Classical/semi-classican Compositions That Inspired Film Songs, Companion to the Sangeet Ke Sitarey thread "Famous Songs And Thei Options

[abhayp]

In the Sangeet ke Sitarey forum, Faraaj has started a thread about film songs inspired by earlier songs. In many cases, the inspiration for a song is a classical/semi-classical bandish. This thread is meant for the longer classical and semi-classical pieces; I am starting it here so that classical music fans can also access these pieces easily.

The first piece being uploaded here is a "kajri" that inspired the famous Lata song from "Udan Khatola" - "more sai.nyaa.Njii utare.nge paar ho nadiyaa dhiire baho". It has been sung by many singers; the version being uploaded here is by the great Padmavati Shaligram (Gokhale) of the Jaipur Atrauli gharana. It is taken from a recording of a live concert where she also sang a wonderful Nand. The kajri is 18:16 minutes long and is encoded in mp3 at 128 kbps.



The post talking about the film song can be found at

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...amp;st=15&#

Warm regards,
Abhay

This post has been edited by abhayp: Dec 12 2008, 03:32 AM

[abhayp]

Raag Gaud Malhar comes next, with the old but little-heard drut bandish "garajat barasat bhiijat aa_iilo". The rendition of the bandish being uploaded here in by Malini Rajurkar. It is taken from an old cassette release and belongs to the days when Madame Rajurkar's awesome singing had a slightly frantic edge that has, mercifully, mellowed over the years (her recital at the Sawai Gandharva last month was a thoroughly delightful experience!).

The duration is 9:09 minutes and the recording is encoded in mp3 @ 147 kbps (VBR). The recording was sent to me by a friend at my express request - a million thanks to him!



A 1-minute snippet of this rendition, as also the two spectacular film songs created by Roshan based on this bandish, can be found in post # 64 on the following link:

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...id=561286&#

Warm regards,
Abhay