ADABRAFI FRIENDS,
Amidst the din and troubled times in Hyderabad, when we had asked our members to assemble for this evening's musical session, we had known that the attendance would be rather thin. A few of our members were not in town and some more were apprehensive of how the day would unfold - after the sad demise of the young boy who immolated himself for a political cause. Nevertheless (albatta in Urdu ?) those of us who assembled made the most of it as we all could get to sing more and more number of songs.
Nitin had sent me a message yesterday itself that he would be going out of town and that Mrs Nirmala Dhepe is not having backlog of Office work to cope up with even on Saturdays (their weekly off) and Sundays and that the situation will continue until the end of the current financial year. Nitin would however join us from the next musical session.
Raghavendra Rao has not been attending many of our musical sessions for the last few months, but he is on long deputation outside Hyderabad. He spoke to me just yesterday and was already on his way to some place on official duty.
Mrs Anita Agarwal must be busy with her upcoming Exhibition on 22nd and 23rd at Taj Krishna about she had told me sometime back. In fact, this exhibition had to be postponed from January due to the present agitation going on. We hope this time around, her efforts bore fruit and that her venture was successful.
Mrs Padmaja spoke to me this morning and informed that if the situation was fully peaceful she will try to come. Not knowing when and what will happen at the Osmania University campus, which is very close to her house, I too advised her to take precautions and only then decide on attending the musical session.
R Padmanabhan had left for Chennai suddenly yesterday and he has now missed two musical sessions in a row - very unlikely of him, but then his absence on both occasions was unavoidable.
Today Mr Kanta Rao and Mr Madhusudan (Madhu-rafi) were also to come but they had informed that they would have to leave after spending only as much as one hour with us as they had to attend another programme. Perhaps, they thought that they would miss the latter programme if they attended our Musical Session and hence they too could not come.
Ten of us, therefore, were taking the utmost advantage of the sparse crowd today and sang so many songs that I had to request all of them to jot down the songs for my detailed listing. In recent times, I had discontinued with writing down these details, but the selection of the songs and excellent renditions today (the effort by Sivaram in providing the sound system and N R Padmanabhan in bringing a very smart laptop with internet connection were the main contributors for the fantastic singing) forced me to revive the listing of songs, just as Sachin Deshpande had been insisting on the list being made. Towards the end of the musical session, I had once again requested the few friends to create a new Rafi-email id and Venkatesh Sharma did it the moment he reached home. I have included his new email id in the above list and moved the general email id in "my other contacts" group. Please use the latest email ids from my last messages always, as they will be up to date. So friends, besides myself, others who were at today's musical session are as follows :
1. K SIVARAM,
2. Mrs Prema Sivaram
3. Shanti
4. N R Padmanabhan
5. K Venkatesh Sharma
6. S K Elias,
7. Sanjay Deshpande
8. Mrs Radha Chandar
9. S Chandar.
Here is the list of all songs rendered at this very enthralling musical session.
A S MURTY :
1. MAIN TOOTI HUYI EK NAIYYA HUN - AADMI
2. MEHFIL SE UTH JAANE WALON - DOOJ KA CHAND
3. JAANE WALE ZARA HOSHIYAR - RAJKUMAR
4. JANE KAHAN MERA JIGA GAYA JI - duet with Shanti
5.MAIN TOOTI HUYI EK NAIYYA HUN - repeated on request.
Ms. SHANTI :
1. BABUJI DHEERE CHALNA - AAR PAAR
2. PYAR KARNE WALE - SHAAN
3. JANE KAHAN MERA JIGAR GAYA - duet with ASM
4. THANDI HAWA KAALI GHATA - MR & MRS 55
K VENKATESH SHARMA:
1. ZINDAGI KA SAFAR - SAFAR
2. RANG AUR NOOR KI - GHAZAL
3. DIL AAJ SHAYAR HAI - GAMBLER
4. One more sing not listed by us.
S K ELIAS :
1. MAIN NIGAHEN TERE CHEHERE - AAP KI PARCHHAIYAAN
2. KAL RAAT ZINDAGI SE - PALKI
3. SHIRDI WALE SAI BABA - AMAR AKBAR ANTHONY
4. SAAZ HO TUM AWAZ HUN : SAAZ AUR AWAZ
5. SHANAKARA - SHANKARABHARANAM
K SIVARAM :
1. JAANEWALON ZARA - DOSTI
2. ZINDAGI KE SAFAR MEIN - AAP KI KASAM
3. YE KYA HUA - AMAR PREM
4.CHALA JATA HUN - MERE JEEVAN SAATHI
Mrs Radha Chandar :
1.AA AA BHI JA RAAT DHALNE LAGI - Teesri Kasam
2. Jaane Kyon Log Mohobbat - Mehboob Ki Mehendi
3. Muhabbat Cheez Kya Hai - Yeh Raat Phir Na Ayegi
4. Ek Tu Hai Piya Jispe Dil Aagaya - Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaaye
DUETS S CHANDAR & MRS RADHA CHANDAR
1.Jab Deep Jale Aana - Chitchor
2. Roka Kai Baar Maine - Mere Sanam
3. Brindavan Ka Krishan Kanhaiya - Miss Mary
S CHANDAR :
1. GORI TERA GAON BADA - Chitchor
2.CHHOTI SI YEH DUNIYA - Rangoli
3. JO UNKI TAMANNA HAI - INTEQAAM
4.CHANDI SE DEEWAR NA TODI - VISHWAS
N R PADMANABHAN :
1. AB KYA MISAAL DUN - AARTI
2. ZARA SI AHAT - HAQEEQAT -
3. RANJISH HI SAHI - GHAZAL BY MEHDI HASAN
4. HUM PYAR MEN JALNE WALON - JAILOR
6. WOH SHAM KUCH AJEEB THI - KHAMOSHI
From the above listing, one can observe that the selection of the songs was very interesting and classy. So also, as the music and sound system was excellent, the renditions too came out very well. For me, in some of the songs, I felt as though I was attending a live concert. Two songs from the entire above list are my all time favourites and they were rendered so well that I have to repeat their listing once again.
1. KAL RAAT ZINDAGI SE MULAQAAT HO GAYI (Palki) by S K Elias.
Less than 20 days back, when Sreesha had come to Hyderabad, the three of us = Sreesha, self and Elias = were sitting in the former's hotel room and listening to various songs. Elias had never paid much attention to this gem of a song before that day. Repeated hearing of this song had an everlasting impact on Elias who heard it separately and wrote down its lyrics and rehearsed the song. This is one song that cannot be learnt in less than 20 days time. The variations in the antaras, the various ragas, the diction that certain words require, are of such high standards that many good singers have kept away from singing this great song. But not Elias. For me, it was a gift from this young singer who puts in so much effort in learning and perfecting the art of singing. More about this song and Elias' singing in a separate email again.
2. IK TU HAI PIYA JISPE DIL AA GAYA (Pran Jaaye Par Vachan Na Jaaye) by Mrs Radha Chandar.
This is one exceptional song from an otherwise forgettable movie and has remained my favourite song for decades. Not much heard either on TV Channels or with collectors of songs, the song has perfect balance between the lyrics and the tune composition. Asha Bhonsle has put in some very subtle variations in the song which I was keenly observing when Mrs Radha Chandar presented the song. They were all intact. The beats in the song also change frequently within the mukhda, in antaras and it is a great composition. It was a treat to hear it yesterday once again and we are very happy that such lovely songs are brought to the fore by our members.
Many other songs from the above listing too were very good, for e.g. AA AA BHI JAA RAAT DHALNE LAGI; GORI TERA GAON BADA PYARA (Chitchor), ZARA SI AHAT HOTI HAI (Haqeeqat) and my own rare song - MAIN TOOTI HUYI IK NAIYYA (Aadmi).
Some of these songs are generally not rendered in most mehfils and that makes our Musical Session an exceptional one. Kudos to all our members.
A S MURTY
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