Who accompanies Rafi in madhuban me.n raadhikaa naache re

dipendra nath Bhowmick

2024-02-01 15:17:51 UTC

but I understand the aalaap part is done by someone else.
shalu

Amir Khan

There we go again. It is Niaz Ahmed Khan (not Amir Khan).
Do a search on rmim archives for 'kohinoor hamraaz'.
His part cannot be called 'aalaap' by any stretch of imagination.
And I say this as someone who puts almost everything in
classical music under 'aalaap' category for want of a better word.
Khan sahab's 'taans' in the Kohinoor song are breathtaking.
- dn

And that is one thing I hold against Naushad and the
producer/director. By having the late funster Muqri
sing these "taans" on the screen, they in fact held up
the Ustad's art, and indeed classical singing as such,
to ridicule. It was so painful watching the audience
laughing during the song. And the way Naushad goes on
and on lamenting the demise of classy music in the
film industry ! The producer (one Dr. V.N. Sinha) was
probably a front-man. To my knowledge, he was not heard
of after "Kohinoor", if at all before that film. The
director, S.U. Sunny, was an old crony of Naushad.
He was associated with Naushad's "URan KhaTola" too.
I do believe that the chief blame for this should be laid
at Naushad's door.
Afzal

I agree. such stalwarts, often shown in lighter vein, by some old and great music directors. I have observed Manna Dey's song "Lapak jhapak tu aarey badarwa....", such heavy weight song, u cannot match with the comedy scenes, through which it is presented.