Hi Folks,

A small tribute to Geeta Dutt on her death anniversary.

http://rituswanderlust.blogspot.com/2008/07/list-definitive-geeta-dutt.html

Making lists is an old habit with us RMIMers, this list proved to be a
fun exercise for me. The reason (cut paste from the main article on
the blog)

"For a music lover who has explored the jungle, climbed up every rare
tree and tasted the exotic fruits in a singer's repertoire, it is a
difficult and also rewarding exercise to step back, put the trees in
soft focus and and view the forest in it's entirety again. The choice
of ten celebrated songs that define the range of a singer and also
highlight those little nuances that we now know singer is capable has
been a far more a head scratching exercise than to simply pick a list
including rare songs"

I would welcome your lists too.

Cheers
Ritu

Two of the 15 songs rendered by K.L. Saigal which were considered to
be ‘missing’, have been ‘found’. These are movietrack songs from
Bengali film ‘Jeeban Maran’ (1939), produced by New Theatres,
Calcutta, which were never released on 78 rpm records were composed by
Pankaj Mullick :

Aaji Asamaye Jomunar Kule Keno (By Saigal & Suprova Ghosh; Lyrics :
Ajay Bhattacharya)
Sakhi Ke Se Romoni Kaho …Kaanchan Barani Ke Bate Se Dhani (By Saigal ;
Lyrics : Chandidas)

The best part of the story is that these songs have come alive with
the release of the movie itself (also considered to be lost /
destroyed) !!! The film ‘Jeeban Maran’ starring KL Saigal, Banu
Bandyopadhyaya and Lila Desai in lead roles, is now available in the
form of a set of two VCDs (very good quality video and good audio
reproduction) released as a ‘Classic Collection’ by Angel Video,
Shakespeare Sarani, Calcutta and being marketed on the internet by
Angel Digital (P) Limited, 1, A.J.C. Bose Road, Kolkata – 700 020.

Link : http://angelvideo.in/files/details.php?id=90

http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/jul/02sl1.htm

Who are thes two actors who lyp-synched Talaq song,
O Babusaab O Memsaab.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tU_H-BjN11I

AJ

Hi All

The first one is a recent song - maybe last 5 years. It sort of like:
jisne dil nahiya diya vo dil kaa dard kya jaane
jisne yeh nahi kiya voh yeh nahi jaane etc

The other one is a rafi song, slow and melodious, does have the word
gudiya in it, does have "karti to hogi"

sorry. these 2 songs are driving me nuts. i just cant seem to
remember. i tried google searches to no avail.

thanks in advance for yr help.

music_lover

The deadline is today--Saturday July 19th 11:59 PM EDT. Those who have
already sent in an entry are free to change their answers and send in a fresh
entry. Others hurry up.

Please send me your answers to the email id listed earlier

Ketan

Q: NAMOONA - Mhari Gali Maa Aav Jo / Film Version's Singer's Identity
=====================================================

2-3 days back I went through extreme torture and saw this awful movie
just
to view 2 good songs - Tumtum Se and the subject song

While the 78 rpm version is by Lata, the film version might have been
sung by some other singer. The sound quality of the VCD source
(Moser brand) is so bad that it is hard to identify the singer

Seeking opinion from other members.

2 other songs from this film may also fall in similar category -

Zulm Tumhare Sah Na Sake and

Tadpa Ke Mujhe Ab Chhod Diya

Since, these songs are not on my 'Good Songs' List, so don't care if
the verdict
is one way or the other

Thanks

Sudhir

p.s.: I got this song initially from Mr. Dhareshwar, but now have a
alternate source