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MELODIOUS ECHOES                                                          CONTRIBUTION

                         By RAJI


               THE MUSIC OF THE BURMANS -SD BURMAN



                                                         Yeh Mahlon Yeh Takhton   – Pyasa
                                                         Mohammed Rafi and Sd Burman gave us
                                                         so many melodious songs that it is difficult
                                                         to choose among them. . The song makes
                                                         this list because of the exhibition of several
                                                         emotions like sadness,  wonderment,
                                                         and  anger,  all  executed  with  a  wistful
                                                         satirical twist. Brilliantly sung and emoted
     The Music Of the Burmans -SD Burman                 by  Mohammed  Rafi,  this  song  is  one  of
                                                         his very best, without any doubt. Sahir
     The unfathomable ocean houses a variety             Ludhyanvi’s crowning jewel as well.
     of living and non-living beings, and one
     can easily brush off the stones and the shells      Mora Gora Ang Lei Le – Bandhini
     they find on the shores and the waves. But          Gulzar’s  first  composition  for  the  film
     find a pearl, and you will treasure it and          industry was sung by Lata Mangeshkar and
     leave it as a legacy for future generations.        set to an interesting taal pattern by SDB.
     The same can be said of the Burmans, the            Not an easy composition by any means
     creative  genius  Sachin  Dev  Burman  and          again, Lata’s voice traverses through the
     his  equally  if  not greater progeny Rahul         song with consummate ease and beauty.
     Dev Burman. Two treasured pearls in the             The  song  is  picturized  on  the  legendary
     vast ocean of music!                                Nutan and has an earthy flavor.
      This  listicle contains songs  that pose a
     challenge  due  to  the  complexity  of  their      Saala Main to Saab Ban Gaya – Sagina
     tune or taal or the singing style.                  Kishore  Kumar  and  SDB  were  another
                                                         inimitable pair. SDB loved KK as his own
     Sachin Dev Burman (SDB)                             son. There are so  many  songs  to pick
     SD can be credited with bringing the earthy         and choose from, but this song is unique.
     folk  flavor  of  Bengal  to  the  Hindi  film      It brings out the genius of KK, and one
     world. Burman da was an accomplished                remembers KK more than the “Badshah”
     folk and a classical musician. His style was        Dilip Kumar on whom the song was
     breezy and complex, and yet the melody              picturized. The vocal antics KK brings in
     component was  intact. “Guide,” “Jewel              are hard to replicate or imitate.
     thief,”  “Aradhana,”  and “Abhiman”  are
     simply a few great films that were enhanced         Raat Akeli Hai – Jewel Thief
     by the quality of music SDB brought. Here           One of the finest “item numbers” in the
     are six songs that communicate his style of         film  industry.  As  Asha  Bhosle  traverses
     music to us.                                        from the low to the high octave without



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