Sunday, October 18, 2009

Dancing in the rain...

It is interesting to compare the Lata Kishore song 'Ab Ke Saawan Mein Ji Darre' of RD Burman with the many Kishore Asha duets involving romance in the rain, like "aaj rapat jaiyyo toh hamein na uthaiyyo" of Bappi Lahiri. It an be argued that Lata did a better job of conveying the playful mood much better than Asha.

1 comment:

Vishu Gurram said...

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As you well know I would, I of course disagree.

There are many Lata light-hearted rain-duets as good as Abke sawan mein jee dare. As well, there are many Asha rain-duets equally good.

For instance

1) this Kalyanji Anandji number
Bheege hue jalwaon par
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnKYSU_ICIc

2) this Sonik Omi song
Ek Chattri aur ham hain do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oWsComKpsA


3) this 1975 Bappi Lahiri number
Jalta hai jiya mera bhigi bhigi raton mein
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4nagBkShwk

4) This Shiv-Hari number
Parbat se kali ghata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO3zWDY4rI0

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