World Music Day
Today is World Music Day - and I cannot let this day pass without saying a prayer and thanks to the musical legend who has been one solid constant in my life; one who epitomises music; one who has inspired generations - LATA MANGESHKARji, aap ko shat shat pranaam. You are the beginning and end of music!
On this day I also remember and bow before other legends who have colored my life with their golden voices: Mohd. Rafi, Mukesh, Kishore Kumar, Hemant Kumar and Manna Dey. My thanks to Asha Bhonsle for her songs, and also praise to some contemporary voices like Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Shreya and Sonu Nigam.
A day dedicated to music cannot be completed without a mention of three of my most favorite composers - Madan Mohan and Shankar-Jaikishan.
However, there are many others whose contributions have had significant impact on me viz. Naushad, Anil Biswas, Husnlal Bhagatram, SD Burman, C. Ramachandra, Chitragupt, Sardar Mallik, Kalyanji-Anandji, RD Burman, Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Bappi Lahiri. My sincere thanks to many contemporary music composers as well , listing them out will not be possible here.
Words add beauty to music. Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri, Rajendra Kishan, Raja Mehndi Ali Khan, Shakeel Badayuni, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Anand Bakshi, Javed Akhtar and Gulzar and to many others I have missed out to mention - thanks for your invaluable words which have touched my heart and soul.
Listing out every artiste of each music field is impossible. But everyone’s contribution is always important, and somewhere it does make an impact.
Lastly, my reverance to Goddess Saraswati, who gave this priceless gift to mankind called music!
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June 21st, 2006 at 10:30 pm
oye mein FIRST !!
June 21st, 2006 at 10:35 pm
MEHAK - Arre waah, that was fast. I just posted this
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:20 am
Me second! I must admit that I have not heard names of many musicians/singers you mentioned in here (Husnlal Bhagatram, Chitragupt, Sardar Mallik).Well, hope the years to come are filled with the melodious tunes and voices.
June 23rd, 2006 at 10:42 am
MANNAT - I am sure you would have heard their creations if no their names…
eg, Sardar Mallik’s Mukesh solos ‘Haan deewana hoon main’ and ‘Saaranga teri yaad mein’ are quite famous.
Husnlal- Bhagatram gave us that impish Lataji song ‘ Chup chup khade ho zarur koi baat hai pahli mulaqat hai ji’
Chitragupt gave innumerable sweet numbers like ‘Dil ka diya jalake gaya yeh kaun meri tanhai mein’ and ‘ Laagi chhoote na ab toh sanam chaahe jaaye jiya teri qasam’
June 23rd, 2006 at 12:08 pm
I was expecting similar kind of post and was clicking on ur website again n again. But I dont know what was wrong, it wasnt opening at all. And I faced the same thing with my Yahoo too.
I cant imagine my life without hearing Her voice. We are fortunate that we are born in this era. What if we would born and died before 1947? My sincere thanks to Lata Mangeshkar and all other singers, music directors, lyricists and other artists. In sabko mere shat shat pranaam!
June 23rd, 2006 at 2:04 pm
Kudos You too who else than you can come up with such a nice post
But I really surprised not see the TWO names who are inspirations of our Lata Di.
I mean K.L. Segal and Noorjanha. You have forgotten or just missed them.
Like you my sincere Thanks and Respect to all the known and unknown all the people who are related with the music.
June 23rd, 2006 at 2:05 pm
Hey, The story “Sargam” I published today. Would be waiting for your comments.
June 24th, 2006 at 5:55 pm
I cant imagine my life without music…however, for me i respect music n its creators n artists….i dont need 1 particular day to thank someone…though i respect them every single day!!!!….Sincerely thank these people without whom life would have lost its musical notes!!!
Nice post DJ
June 27th, 2006 at 8:40 am
Madhu - Yep there was a day’s outage in the server. True, we are very lucky. Listening to ‘Ghiri ghataayen’ right now as I type this , its raining here as well
Silky Moon - Yep I forgot them, and also Ravi.
Read the story and commented.
Anz - LOL, that same argument that u dont need one day to remember someone /something
But yeah u r abs right, without music life wud hv been so awful.
August 13th, 2006 at 6:50 pm
Deepakji, very pleasant to see your Pranam to Music and Goddess Saraswati.
I am a little worried why Talat Mahmood, who was remarked to be THE GOLDEN VOICE OF INDIA and KING OF GHAZALS, who had left his imprints
on melody music before many of the artists quoted, is forgotten by Deepakji!
The combination of Madan Mohan and Talat Mahmood is like flesh and blood of golden music. In our musical circles, there is even a pun on their combination, “Madan Mahmood and Talat Mohan!”.
So, let us not forget the great Crooner Singer who was compared to
Elvis and others.
Regards and Best wishes for your BLOG!
M.Iqbal, Cochin
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