- Lataji was active but apart from Lata, Rahman may (yes, maybe) has used the voices of Kavita Krishnamoot, Alka Yagniak and Richa Sharma to make the song befitting of the character.
Shyam Benegal is one of the pioneers of parallel cinema. After 'Mammo' and 'Sardari Begum', he made the film 'Zubaida' as part of a trilogy. The story of this film was very close to the true story. He was an English-language journalist and editor of 'Filmfare' magazine during its heyday. Khalid Muhammad's mother's name is Zubaida Begum. She was once an actress. Khalid was brought up by his younger mother. Since childhood, Khalid had a special curiosity about his mother. That feeling was natural. He was looking for his mother. After the first marriage failed, Zubaida got married again.
The second husband belonged to the royal family and was already married and the father of two children. Both husband and wife were killed when their plane met with an accident while leaving for Delhi on political work. Thus, Khalid did not get his mother, but he did get a print of one of her films. Here comes the end of the film. 'Zubaida' script written by Khalid. The film didn't do well at the box office, but Khalid and Shyam Benegal were satisfied with making a good film.
The film had a strong star cast. Rekha, Karisma Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee, Amrish Puri, Shakti Kapoor, Surekha Sikri, Farida Jalal, Rajat Kapoor and others. Although the film did not create a mint at the box office, the film won the National Award for Best Film. Karisma Kapoor, who played the role of Zubaida, won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.
'Zubaida' has lyrics by Javed Akhtar and music by A. R. It was Rahman's. While Javed wrote the songs in such a way that they were useful to the story, Rahman also embellished each song with appropriate swaravali. Almost all the songs were pure shaya raga based. Let's get a glimpse of each song here. Lataji was active, but apart from Lata, Rahman may (yes, maybe) have used the voices of Kavita Krishnamoot, Alka Yagniak and Richa Sharma to make the song befitting of the character.
A song is heard in the background during the film's titles. Lataji sang the opening line of the song, 'So gaye hain, kho gaye hain, dil ke afsane, koi to ata phir se kabhi, in ko jagane...' The song starts with Kafi, a well-known raga of Upshaiya music, and later turns into Bhairavi. The last glimpse of the story is given through this song.
If we take a cue from Kavita Krishnamurti's song 'Dheeme hai gaun, dhime dhaire gaun, haule haule gaun...' the song deploys in a very gentle rhythm in the Khamaj raga.
The song 'Door kahi ek aam ki bagiya, bagiya mein hain chilla chhaan, chhaan mein ik kaccha Rasta, Raste mein hain pyar sa gaon...' is in Raga Pahari, which begins as the mother cradles the baby. In this song too the Kahervo flows in a very gentle rhythm. The song has the feeling of telling a small story.
Alka Yagniak and Udit Narayan have sung the song that begins with the question 'Mahki Mahki hain rahein, bahki bahki hain nigahen, hain na...'. Here the raga, more commonly used in Upshaya music, starts with Kafi and then the song turns into Bhairavi. Here Khatakdar Keharvo caresses the words of the song.
R. d. One of the lyrics composed under the influence of Burman's music is in the song 'Main Albeli, Ghumum Akeli, Koi Paheli Hoon Main...'. This song is sung by Sukhwinder and Kavita. The song is in Basant Mukhari, a favorite raga of Ustad Amir Khan. There are verses that sway the listener.
'Saiyan chodomori baiyan, saiyan chodo na mori baiyan...' Rahman has tried two ragas, Madhuvanti and Patdeep in this song of risamnaam-namamnaam type. Kahreva has made the rhythm more attractive by creating weight in a different way.
It is a wedding song as the last song says 'Mehndi hain rachnewali, haaton mein gahri lali, kahe sakhian ab kaliyan, haaton mein khilnewali hai...'. In this song sung by Alka Yagniak, Rahman has done a nice combination of two ragas, the Pranayarangi raga Marubihag and later Khamaj. The chorus of this song is also catchy and makes the listeners stomp their feet.
Music lovers who were fans of Melody were likely to like the music of this film. Critics may say that the film's music was for the class, not the masses. That is true to some extent. Of course, the songs 'Main Albeli...' and 'Mehndi Hai Rachnewali...' are still popular today.
Comments
Post a Comment
Thanx for your precious time