Channel: Voice from the past

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Description: Enjoy this terrific composition by Naushad. Based on Raga Hamir, this song can be regarded as the perfect example of influence of classical music on film music. The song starts with a mesmerizing 'Alaap' then begins the 'Bandish', 'Sthayi' narrates about Radhika, the divine lover of Krishna dancing to the melody of His flute. 'Antara' describes her ornamentation, shyness, desires and playfulness. The song then traverses to 'Bols' of Mridang (Mridangam) and then we hear intricate Taans by Niyaz Ahmed Khan (wonder why it was used comically in the film). Then comes singing of the swaras (musical notes) i.e. 'Sargam' followed by a short rhythmic dance piece called 'Tarana'. As the vocal part gets over, there begins a conversation in the language of instruments; Sitar, Jaltarang, Sarod accompanied with the percussion of Tabla and Mridang, all this while Tanpura and Ghunghroo serve the purpose of drone. This classic composition was cited as one of the major reasons behind the success of the film. Naushad brilliantly used the elements of classical music and blended them with a perfect balance of vocals and instruments. Interestingly, the interlude pieces have Violin in harmony, a concept of western classical music while the rest of the composition has inspiration from Indian (Hindustani) classical music. A film song achieves a cult status when its depiction on the silver screen spell bounds the audience as picturization is the ultimate purpose. Magnificently captured on celluloid we see Dilip Kumar's enactment as if he is actually singing and his dedication is evident from the fact that he took Sitar lessons for about six months and rehearsed so diligently that his fingers were cut while practicing. Kumkum, a trained Kathak dancer, absorbs the whole scene with her beautiful performance. Galaxy of musicians playing various instruments harmonizes the setting. A timeless classic like this requires to be viewed in the best quality. All over the internet, I couldn't found a decent quality of this song. Here I've tried my best in restoring the song from a pretty better source. There were several issues like abrupt jumps/cuts hence those have been filled with existing videos from YouTube. The translation could have been better but since the subtitles were hardcoded in the video there wasn't any way to fix it. Hoping for the best quality version (HD) to arrive soon, for the time being, watch this song in standard definition/high quality (SD/HQ). Film : Kohinoor (1960) Music : Naushad Ali Vocals : Mohammed Rafi and Niyaz Ahmed Khan Lyrics : Shakeel Badayuni Sitar : Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Perfomers : Dilip Kumar, Kumkum and Mukri Cinematography : Faredoon A. Irani Watch some other interesting videos related to this song :- (1) Naushad talks about Madhuban mein Radhika nache re - youtube.com/watch?v=mmelgtVsaKs (2) Mohammed Rafi presenting live - youtube.com/watch?v=5DfwDvX5gYo (3) Mohammed Rafi live at Holland - youtube.com/watch?v=RfciaPNYJRY (4) Lata Mangeshkar's unfulfilled wish - youtube.com/watch?v=Ag51W0T-yac #DilipKumar #MadhubanMeinRadhikaNacheRe #Naushad #MohammedRafi #ShakeelBadyuni #Kumkum