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

[abhayp]

Can anyone shed some light on

Meera Bhajan- "Jo tum todo piya -classical and bollywood connection.

Except for a variation rendered by Lakshmi Shankar (more on that below), I can't remember any rendition of "jo tum to.Do piyaa" by any classical singer. The versions we hear are the film versions: Lata Mangeshkar (twice over, once in "Jhanak Jhanak Paayal Baaje" and then in "Silsila") and Vani Jairam (in "Meera").

I used to have a cassette of Lakshmi Shankar's in which she sang a variant of "jo tum to.Do piyaa" which was credited to Rohidas/Ravidas. That cassette also had two brilliant renditions by her - "hari mukh pe chandaa balihaarii" and "ehi muraare kunja vihaare". I lost the cassette some years ago and have never been able to find the collection - or individual songs from it - anywhere else. If anyone does have those songs, please do upload them!

Warm regards,
Abhay

[abhayp]

Abhay,

Eagerly awaiting some more gems from you.

Kaansen

I second that! Those posts are among the very best in the past one year...and the erudite commentary makes them especially valuable....

Kaansen, Faraaj: Thank you for the kinds words! I noticed your posts only today. Will surely upload a few more in this chain over the next week.

Warm regards,
Abhay