Pt. Ram Narayan (the legendary sarangi player), in his recent
interview on Radio Farishta (WorldSpace) claimed that he composed the
songs of the film Garam Coat, along with a classical singer from Delhi
named Amarnath (not to be confused with Pt. Amarnath - Husnlal
Bhagatram's brother).
Does the Geet Kosh mention this? Has Ram Narayan composed for other
films? I always thought he played mostly in the classical world and
did not do much in the Hindi Film music world.

Another thing he mentioned was that he composed some of the individual
sarangi passages in some of the songs that he played. It seems like
the Music Directors let the musicians compose their own segments in a
song. A similar comment was made by Jairam Archarya in his interview
on Radio Farishta couple of months ago. Was this a common practice?

Cheers

Q: MD for Pakistani film: SALAAM-E-MOHABBAT / Rasheed Attre or
Khursheed Anwar ?
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I had marked the MD for this film (has the song - Kyun Hum Se Khafa Ho
Gaye by
Mehdi Hassan) as Rasheed Attre.

On the Mazhar's site (listing a large number of Pakistani Films), the
MD is
listed as: Khawaja Khursheed Anwar. I think it is wrong.

Can someone please re-confirm, as to who composed the music for this
film.
It was released in 1971

Thanks

Sudhir

,
re

Q: Release years for 2 Pakistani Films - Bahar and Payas
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Can ome one please let me know the approximate release years of
these 2 Pakistani films. For cross reference, the songs from them
are

BAHAR - Lagta Nahin Hai Ji Mera / Habib Wali Mohd.
(sung at slightly slower tempo than his
original
rendering for HMV's Non-Film song).
Supervising
MD: Suhail Rana

PAYAS - Dekho Kamsin Meri Jaan Hai / Nayyara Noor + Chorus
MD: Robin Ghosh

Thanks

Sudhir