Comments on: ‘Mujras’ in films - Sung by Lata Mangeshkar

by: amit siwach

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:49:29 +0000

by: amit siwach

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:48:51 +0000

Can any body provide me following songs…

1-Aisa na ho ke in wadion mein Rafi AAKHIRI DAO.
2-Chori khole na.yeh maathe ka pasina Lata EK KUNWARI EK KUNWARA
3-Mein peetal ki payaliya.. Lata KASAM KHOON KI.
4-5-Kali ghata chhayee- 2 Parts Lata-1 Rafi-1 KALI GHATA
6 Koi fool na khilta . Rafi PAISE KI GUDIYA
7-Mein to karti na dalu kajarva.. Lata PAISE KI GUDIYA

I will be thankfull If I can have these songs. need desperately

by: Lawrence

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:22:54 +0000

Hey everyone,
I really love the list of mujra songs by Lata ji.. One other mujra song i truly thing you should add to this list is Jalta Hai Badan from the movie Razia Sultan.The song just “oozes” of passion and love , lata’s voice is soo beautiful in this song. Anyways i think you should also make a list of mujra songs by other singers especially Asha ji. One new song from her is Jaam-E-Mohabbat from the movie Yatra, which has Rekha. As usual i thought Rekha did justice to that song. You guys should also listen to the songs from the Pakistani version of Umrao Jaan Ada. The mujra songs in that movie is really good. Also you guys should hear “Tha Yaqeen” from the movie, Suraiya Bhopali.. You guys can check it out on www.Youtube.com. Also can someone direct me to a site or some books that can cover the history of mujra….

Thanks

by: Deepak Jeswal

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:36:48 +0000

Moh - Thanks for being here Yeah, i also believe the new ones are a great try!

Deewani - Welcome here! And thanks for this brilliant piece of info. I wasnt aware of this! I shud hv guessed that there wud be a far off source somewhere for the wonderful song!

by: deewani

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:12:56 +0000

Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s Kivein Mukhre Taun Nazran Hatawan, Ke Tere Vichon Rab Disda (Ji Karda Ae) can be heard on the album Kande Utte Mehrman Way Vol 40 - the Punjabi equivalents of the Hindi lyrics used in the ahem “Nikhil-Vinay” composition from English Babu Desi Mem, though I love them both.

by: Moh

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:55:50 +0000

Hey-
Thanks for all this detailed mujra research - just what I was looking for! Yes, the new Umrao Jaan mujras might not be as well done as the earlier ones, but they’re a great try. Anyway, thank you.

by: Random Expressions » Blog Archive » Lata Mangeshkar - A Quest For Lifetime

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:50:35 +0000

[…] Last night, I got the chance of watching another film having songs that I have searched for eagerly - Raj Khosla’s eighties blunder Maati Maange Khoon. The film has four Latadidi solos - and each one is a nugget to be treasured. The best of the lot is Sang sang saari duniya le hum dono ka naam, ang lagake Shyam kardo Radha ko badnaam, followed by Lo saahib mai bhool gayii (a song mentioned in this post here). The film - a longwinding saga about poor kisaans v/s rich thakurs, with dacoit angle awkwardly juxtaposed on it) starred Shatrughan Sinha, Rekha, Reena Roy, Amjad Khan and Raj Babbar. In fact, Rekha has the most ‘musical’ role in the film - if she is on screen, she sings a song. I could catch only one small scene where she didnt break into a song. I think her dubbing portion would have got over in half a day itself. Nevertheless, I sat through the rut, to pick up Latadi’s mindblowing rendition of the songs. During the course of viewing the film, I was constantly texting my Mumbai friend the details, knowing that she would avidly enjoy it. Her reply was I sincerely appreciate your patience and tolerance for the sake of Lataji’s songs where such flop films are concerned. […]

by: John

Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:41:03 +0000

Hey man - really good post. Some of these are so hard to find - especially Maati Mangey Khoon - which I heard on Radio Sri Lanka, of course eclipsed by the unnecessary promotion of Ghulam Ali’s “Yeh Dil Yeh Paagal Dil Mera”.

BTW, where o where did you get the unreleased Devdas music by R.D. Burman? I want to get it! Did you also know that RD was supposed to score the music for Umrao Jaan but got replaced? (I’d read about it in the trade papers when it was launched)

BTW, if you notice “Pooch Rahen Hain” by Alka Yagnik in JP/Aishwarya’s Umrao Jaan, it’s a very well-done copy+paste composition that encapsulates earlier melodies (some ghazals, and mujras) - case in point, it has murkhis and taans from:
1. Sharm aati hai humey magar, aapse kehna hoga (Lata/RD/Padosan)
2. Sanam tu bewafa key naam say (Lata/LP/Khilona)
3. Main Tulsi tere aagan ki (Lata/LP/Main Tulsi)
4. Pyar tumhara bhool to jayen (Talat Aziz)
5. Mera dil bhi shauk say todo (Chitra Singh - interestingly, the thought/idiom/metaphors in the ghazal are copied as well)

Stay in touch - I think we have lots of music info to share!

by: Shalini

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:02:28 +0000

There are a few inaccuracies (Jisse tu kabool karle, tadap ye din raat ki, aren’t mujaras), but overall a very nice effort and an interesting read.

I have to confess that apart from the Mujhe Jeene Do and Pakeezah songs, I don’t like any of the songs on your list.:-) Might be because the list is skewed to latter-day, well-past-her-prime(IMO) Lata. While I don’t think Lata was ever particularly good at singing mujras, two early numbers by her rank among my favorites: “bazooband khuli khuli jaaye” from Baazoband and “ja main tose nahin boloon” from Sautela Bhai. Lata is superb in both semi-classical compositions.

However, for me the top spot among mujras would go to “saqiya aaj mujhe neend nahin aayegii” from Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam. Now that’s how a mujra should be sung!:-) Asha is simply flawless.

by: Silky Moon

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:27:07 +0000

O.K. hear those songs once again. I’m sure you will like them. And you know that Geeta Dutta, Mahendra Kapoor also sang in that film. And you know that the music is by Jaydev. Once I asked the name of Jaydev. Do you know?

And the song Lata di sang was on Motherland. I am sure you didn’t have any difficulties to understand that song . I really like that song and you know the alap .

And other song there is in CD by Ashaji - Gaihri khet ko shirai haanyo - (film) Prem Pind is also dance number not in Kothi buy in the Rana Palace - She (the heroine) was a nautch girl. And Ashaji (the song), music, and film won the award that year. And A song “Ke bhanu ma kaso gari pareN mohini ko maya jaalai ma..” sung by Abheejit in that film. That’s also nice number. The tune in very nice .