My greetings on her birthday September 8
Knowing that Asha Bhosle has a huge fan following and there are people more passionate about her than Lata Mangeshkar, I have to carefully choose my words to describe my relationship with her. If I am asked to choose only 20 singers from the 1930s to 60s for company on a remote island, Asha Bhosle probably won’t figure in my list. There are zillion themes swirling in my head for my blog, but doing OP Nayyar-Asha Bhosle is not one of them, much less RD Burman-Asha Bhosle. Yet there is a very special Asha Bhosle, very unique, incredibly sweet and out of this world. Here are my favourite ten ‘special’ Asha Bhosle songs as my greetings to her on her 78th birthday. (Warning: If you are looking for the ‘best’ songs of Asha Bhosle, you need not proceed further – you will not find Aaiye meherbaan or Jaaiye aap kahaan jayenge here).
1. Gore gore haathon mein mendi rachaa ke from Parineeta (1953), lyrics Bharat Vyas, music Arun Kumar Mukherji
I saw Parineeta several decades back, not in a cinema hall, but in a hostel function on a 16mm projector. Such viewings were always a special experience. These movies had multiple intervals as changing the reels was quite a chore. When you came back after one of the intervals, 10 minutes into the film you would be perplexed that the film was not making any sense as it had no connection with what had happened so far. A collective murmur from the audience would wake up the operator that he had put on part 3 instead of part 2. These films had an additional background score – the constant whirring of the machine, which would at times grow to a gurgling sound as if gasping for breath and the reel would snap making the machine come to a sudden death. The operator would delicately cajole it, then give it a good shake, and finally out of exasperation give it a good smack at different places with a variety of tools from his tool kit he always carried like the medicine box of a doctor. But above all this the impact of Sarat Chandra, Bimal Roy, Ashok Kumar and Meena Kumari was more overpowering. I always found it odd that this movie was not reckoned among Bimal Roy’s other great works, I never got to see this again whereas Doordarshan showed his other movies quite frequently. Another memory deeply etched inside me was this wedding song, and this song too met the same fate – I do not remember to have heard it again on radio or TV whereas another song from this movie, Manna Dey’s Chali Radhe rani ankhiyon mein paani, apne Mohan se mukhda mod ke came quite often. I have been able to reconnect with this song only recently through Youtube, and you can imagine the impact it had on me. Besides being a top wedding song, it evokes deep nostalgia in me, and it comes naturally at the top of my ‘special’ Asha Bhosle songs.
2. Ab ke baras bhej bhaiya ko babul from Bandini (1963), lyrics Shailendra, music SD Burman
Dharmendra made a joke of budhiya jail mein chakki peaceing and peaceing, but when you see the utter despair and hopelessness on the face of this woman prisoner grinding the stone-wheel, it is not funny at all. While the heroine Nutan would get her redemption, this lady, who might have been equally wronged, seems to have no hope. SD Burman gave Lata Mangeshkar, who was making a comeback to his fold after a hiatus of over 5 years, two beautiful solos Mora gora ang lai le and Jogi hab se tu aya mere dware, but you marvel at his judgment and realize Ab ke baras was meant for only Asha Bhosle.
3. Tujhe mili roshni mujhko andhera from Apna Haath Jagannath (1960), lyrics Kaifi Azmi, music SD Burman
This film starring Kishore Kumar and Sayeda Khan must be a perfect B-grade movie. But what a gem SD Burman creates for Asha Bhosle.
4. Koi aya dhadkan kahti hai from Lajwanti (1958), lyrics Majrooh Sultanpuri, music SD Burman
Nargis and Balraj Sahni in a romantic pairing, and the lady on the grand piano which is normally manned by the hero. SDB creates another magic with Asha Bhosle, this one is a little faster and peppy tune.
5. Dhalti jaye chunariya hamari ho Ram from Nau Do Gyarah (1961), lyrics Majrooh Sultanpuri, music SD Burman
This absolutely amazing song is my discovery in the internet era. When I shared it with some of my knowledgeable friends they all exclaimed how come they had not heard it before. You can feel Kalpana Kartik enjoying pure bliss in the company of Dev Anand. If anyone created magic with Asha Bhosle, it was undoubtedly SD Burman.
6. Geet kitne ga chuki hun is dukhi jag ke liye, private song
There was a world of non-film songs co-existing with films in the Golden Era. They had two broad strands – one based on Sanskritised words was popularly described as geet and the other with more Urdu/Persian roots, ghazal. The two together were described by the generic term private song. Most playback singers straddled both the worlds, the private song gave them more room to explore; in many cases they also wrote and composed the songs. Geets were more literary than an ordinary film song. You have this beautiful geet by Asha Bhosle with incredibly beautiful words. Asha Bhosle can be a master of expressing pathos – you feel she was giving vent to her own deepest sadness when she sings I have sung many songs for this happy world/ Let me today cry for a moment for my own sake. And she ends – Tomorrow I will sing something sweet for you/ But today let me cry for a moment for my own sake.
गीत कितने गा चुकी हूं इस सुखी जग के लिये
आज रोने दो मुझे पल एक अपने भी लिये
गीत कितने ……
रो रही थी बीन सुर सुनकर सुखी संसार का
नाचती थीं उंगलियां और कांपता हर तार था
आज टूटा तार मेरी बीन का आघात से
आज कुम्हलाया कुसुम मेरा अधिक बरसात से
आज धोने दो नयन के अश्रु खोने दो
नयन के अश्रु खोने दो मुझे
कल सुनाऊंगी मधुर कुछ आज रोने दो मुझे
आज रोने दो मुझे पल एक अपने भी लिये
गीत कितने गा चुकी हूं …
7. Justjoo jiski thi usko to na paya humne from Umrao Jaan (1981), lyrics Shaharyar, music Khayyam
Every Asha Bhosle song of Umrao Jaan is a masterpiece. Khayyam is himself a master of soft, melodious music depicting deep emotions. My special favourite is Justajoo jiski thi. Rekha’s emoting, Asha Bhosle’s voice and Khayyam’s music bring out the deep pathos of Umrao Jaan captured so evocatively in Shaharyar’s poetry.
8. Dhani chunri pahan, from Hare Kanch Ki Chudiyan (1967), lyrics Shailendra, music Shankar Jaikishan
This song came in what I call the rain-shadow years of film music, when the Old was dying, and the New was yet to come. Great stalwarts like Naushad, OP Nayyar and SJ themselves were past their best. Yet SJ in their twilight years came up with this extremely melodious Asha Bhosle song which is one of the best of the period and I count it among Asha Bhosle’s best. Naina Sahu expressing her joy with the metaphor of clanking of bangles for Biswajit is incredibly beautiful.
9. Bekasi had se jab ghuzar jaye from Kalpana (1960), lyrics Jaan Nisar Akhtar, music OP Nayyar
I consider Asha Bhosle the undisputed Queen of mujra, and what varieties she gave! Ashok Kumar brings out a wad of currency notes, but Padmini obviously sees herself more than merely a courtesan to a rich patron. Jaan Nisar Akhtar’s (father of Javed Akhtar) poetry and Asha Bhosle’s voice bring out the anguish of the courtesan beautifully. OP Nayyar’s music brilliantly exploits the capacity of Raga Desh to express pathos.
10. Saqiya aaj mujhe need nahi ayegi from Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam (1962), lyrics Shakeel Badayuni, music Hemant Kumar
You do not go to a mujra to hear sad songs – the outpourings of a courtesan’s broken heart, but to drown your own sorrows in her sensuous dance and racy songs. You get all this in this wonderful mujra from Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam. In the midst of the impending doom, the decadent zamindars of Bengal could not do without their daily fix of kotha, leaving their pining wives behind. After all, a man cannot remain tied to the pallu of his wife. The wife can occupy herself with getting her jewellery made, unmade and remade. The elder patriarch is a picture of quiet dignity while watching the mujra, while one of his courtiers behind him allows himself a little flippancy breaking into a playful jig, but stops in his tracks when the elder brother glances at him. The simpleton Bhootnath (Guru Dutt), who has been sent on an errand by the chhoti bahu (Meena Kumari) to find out about her ever-absent alcoholic and uncaring husband, is himself drawn to the delightful sight, and gets down to slyly enjoying the mujra from behind the curtain, but is also bashful at being seen. The dance by Minoo Mumtaz (who was the sister of the comedian Mehmood) is a visual treat. Asha Bhosle’s singing breaking the general gloom permeating the movie is beyod compare, and is a perfect foil to Geeta Dutt’s classic poignant solos (Na jao saiyan and Piya aiso jiya mein samaye gayo re). Hemant Kumar proves he could compose a great mujra too. And topping all that, Guru Dutt’s famed command over light and sound and song picturisation, packing so much of the period and layers of meaning, makes this mujra an all-time classic.
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My thoughts on Asha are pretty similar to yours, AK. I just checked my collection – the number of Asha songs is similar to the number of Geeta Dutt songs; which doesn’t disclose a great love for Asha given her much larger repertoire. Ab ke baras is, in my opinion, the best song she has given. Some others I’d put in a top 10 list would be ‘Bheegi bheegi fiza’, ‘Zara haule haule challo more sajna’, ‘Kali ghata chhaye mora jiya tarsaye’ and ‘Aankhon se jo utri hai dil mein’. More than her club songs I prefer her teasing duets with Kishore – ‘Haal kaisa hai janab ka’, ‘Zamana kya kahega’, ‘Aankhon mein kya ji,’ ‘O nigah-e mastana’ etc.
AK, it’s nice to see that you came up with an Asha list for her birthday, too. Of course, yours is more interesting than mine because of the interesting text, while I was too much in a hurry to bother with text this time, at least until I further discussed things in the comments section.
Anyway, I see that our lists have some things in common… We both picked Padmini mujras from Kalpana (which I think probably would not be an obvious choice in most people’s minds), but we chose different ones. The same exact thing happened with Umrao Jaan. I am a much bigger fan of Padmini than of Rekha, but Khayyam’s music for Urmao Jaan is brilliant, and Asha’s singing here is exceptional.
I would have included “Saqiya aaj mujhe need…” in my list; it was just a mistake that I didn’t, but I added it in comments later.
I thought about Parineeta, but I could not bring myself to include that song in an Asha favorites list because I had discovered Geeta Dutt’s version on YouTube and that one is actually much better.
Regarding your opinion of Asha, I agree to some extent. She has not generally been one of my absolute favorites, but she has grown on me more recently, and I usually give her a place in my top ten list (that is, top ten female singers – she probably would not fit into a top ten list of all singers). It is much easier to include her in a favorites list if we start from the 1950s.
But as you said, she is great sometimes.
By the way, when you listed Asha combined with various music directors, I noticed that you didn’t mention Asha and C. Ramchandra. I thought her singing was fantastic in Navrang.
@Richard S
Thanks for your generous comments. After reading your comments I went over to your site and read all the comments too.
I agree with you, I too found Meena Kumari’s shower scene in Footpath most exciting ( do not take me wrong, I meant it is historically significant). The other song I found historically important was Mere pyare sanam ki hai pyari gali from Parda (1949). The music director Sharmaji, I believe, is the same as Khayyam who used this name in the beginning of his career. Asha Bhosle, not surprisingly, sounds completely different, closer to Suraiya. In fact even the music has traces of Husnlal Bhagatram. It is amazing that Khayyam should give great masterpieces in 1980s with a different Asha Bhosle, who has, if anything, matured and whose tonal quality has become much better. You have taken another song from Umrao Jaan, but all the songs in that film are great.
I had not heard the Kalpana song Humein maro nainon, you have chosen. I still find Bekasi had se jab ghuzar jaye far ahead. Nazar lagi raja tore bangale par is also my great favourite.
Geeta Dutt’s Gore gore hathon mein mehdi laga ke I believe is a version song and was not there in the film. But you are right, it is absolutely wonderful, and it is difficult to judge which one is better. Here it is:
Except these commonalities our choices are world apart. May be we are looking at two different Asha Bhosle’s. If I expand my list, following songs would come in:
1. Main jab bhi akeli hoti hun from Dharmputra
2. Bhanwra bada nadan from Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
3. Koi shikwa bhi nahin koi shikayat bhi nahin from Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare
4. Lali lali doliya mein lali re dulhaniya from Teesri Kasam
5. Hae hae rasiya tu bada bedardi from Dil Diya Dard Liya
6. Dil harnewale aur bhi hain from Dil Diya Dard Liya
7. Nadi nare na jao Shyam from Mujhe Jeene Do
8. Piya piya na mane mora jiya from Phagun
9. Tang aa chuke hain kasham kash-e-zindagi se hum from Lighhouse
10. Unhe kissa-e-gham likhane jo baithe from Naya Kanoon
11. Kali ghata chhaye mora jiya tarsaye from Sujata
12. Daiya re daiya laaj mohe lage from Leader
13. Sach hue sapne mere from Kala Bazar
14. Koi kah de kah de kah de from Baharein Phir Bhi Ayengi
15. Yaad tori ayi main to chham chham royee re from Faulad
No matter how much I expand, I guess, we would still have several favourites that do not match. But thanks again for the wealth of information you have provided.
enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPLvdhOFH08
I have just finished listening to Kya dekha hain nainowali from Dharamputra, Do Boondein Sawan ki in Phir Subah hogi, Jahan mein aisa koun hain and Ashqon se tere humne- N Dutta, Khayyam, Jaidev and Madanmohan. Why do the popularity contests always speak of only OP Nayyar ?
Asha singing in a low pitch is heavenly.
@arvind
Trust you to come up with something wonderful! Here is the song:
Wo hans ke mile hum se hum pyar samajh baithe from Baharein Phie Bhi Ayengi
@Gaby
I too share your views. You must have seen my best Asha Bhosle is predominantly SD Burman, sprinkled with others you have mentioned. OPN is just one among them. (RD Burman does not figure in my list).
@Subodh Agrawal
I am late in responding to your comments. You have seen my extended list of solos, still many of your favourites do not come on my radar screen. But duets I agree, all the ones you have mentioned are my favourites, plus:
1. Deewana mastana hua dil
2. Deewana hua badal
3. Chand sa mukhda kyun sharmaya
4. Humse hoti mohabbat jo tumko
5. Bahut shukriya badi meherbani
6. O mere sona re sona re
7. Chhod do aanchal zamana kya kahega , etc
You get the hang of it, I suppose these would figure in anyone’s favourites.
Hello AK,
This one is: ABSOLUTE TREAT in all CAPS. Fantastic research that speaks out minds of many like me. I do have a specially reserved corner for AASHA and I share your views entirely without shifting even coma or a dot. Of course, I do feel strongly about OP s great contribution to AASHA’s popularity. He gave her a solid base of popularity to begin with. However, it is an equally undeniable fact that she sang some of the real classics under SD and not RD. She herself may prefer to go ga-ga over RD [for reasons best known to her] or many of her fans may believe so. But facts are otherwise as you have pointed out beyond doubt. Look at the way she sang under Khayyam in Phir Subah Hogi or Umrao Jaan. that’s Super Duper Fantastic. I think AASHA’s classics can be a subject for a PhD. What made my day is wealth of information given by at one go. Barring that nice song from Nav Do Gyarah or Getta Dutt version of Gore Gore Haatho Mein…I was aware of the exhaustive list give by you and many other music lovers who commented. Thanks a zillion for this special on AASHA especially so for introducing me to Mr. Richard S. DEAR AK…YOU MADE MY SATURDAY. Regards – KRV
@KR Vaishampayan
I am absolutely delighted by your generous compliments, more so when I find someone whose tastes and views match with mine so much. While doing this post, for me the most exciting thing was the discovery of Dhalti jaye chunariya – you fall for it for the first time and it remains with you forever, yet it is amazing no one with whom I shared (all knowledgable people), seems to have heard it.
AK
Our exchange of comments on Asha’s duets prompted me to scan my collection to make a list of top 10 ‘playful’ duets:
1. Hum aap ki aankhon mein, Rafi and Geeta, Pyasa
2. Aankhon hi Aankhon mein, Rafi and Geeta, CID
3. Achha ji main hari chalo, Rafi and Asha, Kala pani
4. Deewana mastana hua dil, Rafi and Asha, Bombai ka babu
5. Jane kahan mera jigar gaya, Rafi and Geeta, Mr and Mrs 55
6. Haal kaisa hai janab ka, Kishore and Asha, Chalti ka naam gaadi
7. Aankhon mein kya ji, Kishore and Asha, Nau do gyarah
8. Chhod do aanchal zamana…, Kishore and Asha, Paying guest
9. Sunday ke sunday, Chitalkar and Meena, Shehnai
10. Mere piya gaye rangoon, Chitalkar and Shamshad Begum, Patanga
As you can see, half of them figure Asha. The interesting part is that Rafi figures more than Kishore – cause for more comments in the already profusely commented post on these two legends!
You deserve a treat for discovering Dhalti jaaye chunariya. Allow me to do the honours on behalf of all lovers of your blog next time we meet.
@Subodh Agrawal
All the duets you have listed are gems, but best ten of all? You have to wait till I post my list of Mukesh’s happy duets! I would be curious to see if you revise your opinion.
Dhalti jaye chunatiya, I heard on Vividh Bharti and then checked up on YouTube. Therefore, to be fair, we should thank Vividh Bharti and the anonymous guy who posted it on YouTube.
two additions….it is endless….
http://youtu.be/zlcDOGFaF50 and http://youtu.be/tVO7x_MRGpI
I have just gone into satiety zone with the shudd Ahir Bhairav of Man anand anand chhayo from Vijeta.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPc_dyJbs1U&feature=related
http://youtu.be/fnWe6ycli40
an asha hit from ……..ZINDAGI AUR MAUT………..
@arvind
My favourite is Mahendra Kapur version of Dil laga kar hum ye samjhe. The main signficance of Asha Bhosle version for me is the female protagonist the piano. When you think of a piano song you think of Dilip Kumar in Andaaz or Sunil Dutt in Gumraah. Though Faryal’s emoting leaves a lot to be desired.
I think I belong to the ‘other’ block and am delighted to see your list. It IS different. And I admire your decisiveness to be able to boil the list down to ten!
Tujhe mili roshni mujhko andhera from Apna Haath Jagannath, Dhalti jaye chunariya hamari ho Ram from Nau Do Gyarah and Geet kitne ga chuki hun were new for me! In the latter song I would have hardly recognised her voice!
This is indeed a good greeting on her birthday.
Now to some nitpicking:
Isn’t it koi aaya dhadkan khaiti hai instead of koi aaya dhadkan kaisi hai? It is a song which I used to like a lot, but right now it has gone into hibernation.
In the song saqiya aaj mujhe neend nahin aayegi it is not Rehman but somebody else. Rehman is not present in the song.
The description, which you have provided to each song is very entertaining and informative to read!
Thanks again for this splendid list!
And a bigger one for letting me discover new songs!
@Harvey
To think that I have been doing not only gaane ka kuchumber, but also film ka kuchumber all these years! Thanks for both the corrections. I have seen worse. A friend of mine for many years sang Baithaa diya palang pe mujhe khaat se uthaa ke for Baitha diya falak pe mujhe khaaq se uthaa ke (Title song of Yaranaa).
I think you mean I belong to the ‘other’ camp, and you belong to the regular camp like any Asha Bhosle lover.
Thanks again for your comments.
I couldn’t resist jumping into this conversation.
@harvey: I think it’s actually ‘Koi aaya dhadkan kehti hai’ (not ‘Dhadkan khaiti hai’ – that would mean the dhadkan is a crop).
@AK: Your friend’s version of Baitha diya falak pe is hilarious!
@harvey, dustedoff
This one is from my daughter:
Tum aa gaye ho Noor aa gaya hai
Chalo hum teeno kahin chaai peete hai
@ ak
Yup, that would be nice, you, madhu and I ! Let’s go and gett some chai and pakoras!
@ dustedoff
The mouse pad on my laptop makes the cursor jump here and there and it often swallows words, like here and makes kachumbar of my sentences. thanks for pointing that out!
I’d come across this song while looking for something else. I could make it to your list: http://youtu.be/QfaIk7FB-UA
This is indeed a wonderful song. Heard for the first time. Deserves to be here.
Raat chup hai chandni madhosh hai by Asha Bhosle from Ustadon Ke Ustad, music Ravi
There are a number of later Asha Bhosle songs from films like Ijazat which deserve to be here. But I had put a limit on 10. May be I need to do another post on her.
Asha is my favourite and have been listening to her songs for the past several decades and have listened to all her songs. I love all the great music directors of the sixties -not possible to name just a few! When I think of Asha and her career from the start I can only say Asha is just about nothing if not for O.P.Nayyar -the greatest songs of Asha have got to be the OP’s tunes.
Thinking of Asha’s sad songs when I re-visited my collection I came across many rare Gems which are class apart and which also let us go down the memory lane. I know AK you have limitation of only 10 songs and you have done good job of listing fantastic songs. If I had been asked to list 10 most melodius songs I would name these:
Sun Bhi Le Parvardigaar-1954-Film Malika E Aalam Noorjahan-Avinash Vyas
Kuchh Meri Nazar Madhosh Hai 1959 Madam XYZ Chitragupta
Bairi Hai Barbad Zamana 1954 Ehsan Madan Mohan
Tere khayalonme hum 1964 Geet gaya pattharone Ramlal
Zilmil Sitare Chanda ke pyaare 1953 Thokar Sardar Malik
Chhand tu yahaan hai aur 1961 Bhabhi ki Chudiyan Sudhir Phadke
Kyon lage aaj 1966 Ladki Sahyadriki Vasant Desai
Diya Jalake Saari Raat 1954 Ramman Vinod
Pyar bhi muze darkaar hai 1959 Didi N.Dutta
Sapne tut Gaye 1954 Dakbabu Dhaniram
Tere deed se tasalli 1964 Samson Chitragupta
You do have some rare favourites. Except the Geet gaya patharon ne‘s title song, I did not know any in your list. Some are not available on YouTube. Some I could locate which I link below:
1. Jhilmil sitaare chanda ke dware from Thokar (1953), lyrics Udhav Kumar, music Sardar Malik
2. Sapne toot gaye from Dak Babu (1954), lyrics Prem Dhavan, music Dhani Ram
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfbyfOaSsA8
3. Pyar hi mujhe darkar hai from Didi (1959), lyrics Sahir Ludhiyanvi, music N Dutta
4. Chand tu yahan hai from Bhabhi Ki Chudiyan (1961), lyrics Narendra Sharma, music Sudhir Phadke
5. Teri deed se tasalli na ho saki hamari from Samson (1964), lyrics Majrooh Sultanpuri, music Chitragupta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flCJ3kkKGNQ
6. Tere khayalon mein hum from Geet Gaya Patharon Ne (1964), lyrics Hasrat Jaipuri, music Ramlal
7. Kyon lage laaj from Ladki Sahyadri Ki (1966), lyrics Bharat Vyas, music Vasant Desai
sharing this asha no. .. .”baithe hain rehguzar par dil ka diya jalaye ….” from “chaalis din ” composed by babul and written by kaifi azmi.
yet another gem
….man tumul kolahal kalah mein….jaishankar pd’s piece composed by jaidev and sung by asha.
Thnaks a lot Arvind. Both are outstanding songs.
O P Nayar and Asha ji were deadly combination. Yeh hai reshmi julfo and Jayien aap kahan from Mere Sanam is still my favourite.
No question about it. However, the key word was my ‘special’ favourites of Asha Bhosle. You may refer to my ‘warning’ at the end of the first para of the article.
old memories ! ‘…tumhara pyar meri zindgani ka sahara hai…’
asha n suhrid kar in ‘.. kanch ki gudiya…’
Arvind, now I know for sure you are a great fan of Asha Bhosle. Thanks for sharing all these beautiful songs, which were not on my radar screen.
‘….saba se yeh keh do…’ asha singing for minu mumtaz in ‘ bank manager’.
Arvind,
You are an uncrowned expert on Asha Bhosle! From this film, my thought would have gone to Kadam bahke bahke jiya dhadak dhadak jaye sung by Lata Mangeshkar for Minoo Mumtaz again.
http://youtu.be/hMakSbL9qUI
this asha song “…layeee kahan ae zindagi….” was composed by her son
hemant bhosle for the movie “…taxi taxie (1977)…”
Interesting trivia. I did not know this. Not surprising considering I am not very up to date with post-70′s songs. Among newer songs of Asha Bhosle, I like Izazat songs.
…..Akji…..nice thread on Ashaji….no. 3, 5, 6 and 8 were new to me…..all r superb…esp. I liked very much the song of ‘h k k chudiya’…..S&J….no one can beat u…..
ok now this is her big hit from ‘Jashan’(1955,Roshan)
‘Haaye ruthi hui khooshi ko hum yun mana rahe hai
Hansne ki aarzoo me aansoo baha rahe hai’
Khushi Dil Ki Talashe-Yaar Mein Ro-Ro ke Kho Aaye-Asha Bhonsle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrGk3a1NByU
Another 24c gold of this film is from lataji…
”Dard e dil tu hi bata yeh kaisi gham ki shaam hai
Is jahan men kya wafa ka bewafai naam hai”
I feel these both songs deserve a place in wrap up 2@1955….
And this is fantastic one surprize 4 asha fans
‘Yeh jeevan jitni baar mile
Mujhe sajna tera pyar mile
O sajna na kar inkaar muhabbat ho ne de”
Jahan haath daalo wahan se heere haath lag jaate hai !! THANX V V V MUCH TO YOUTUBE AGAIN AND AGAIN. Asha-Love murder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGC9slUjHn0
I also like the songs from ‘p jaye par v na jaye’…esp. 1. Chain se humko aapne kabhi
2. Dekho are dilbar…and
3. Dekho raja dekho dilwale teri gali se mar ke hatenge
And now RDB’s maajhi with Asha Bhosle – Bandhe Haath (1973) – HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r27v27CAEtI
I love this song….Akji,, u like him or not but OPN IS AMONGST GREATESTS. Dekho Raja Dekho – Rekha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8AK3VCfjkg
want more post 70 asha gems ? Though post 70 songs r not suitable to our theme, par ek baar sun lene me apna kya jaata hai !
”Chori chori sola singar karungi
Aaj saari raat intezaar karungi
Soye hai mere piharwa”
Zeenat makes it more interesting! MANORANJAN 1974 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gteDROkgVwA
Another RDB-ASHA masterpiece…
Jeeva(1986) Roz Roz Aankhon Tale Ek Hi Sapna Chale.. Amit Kumar Asha Bhonsle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExJqFg822xk
Dear Akji…though these songs r post 70, i m not deviating from ur theme of ”’special favorites”’ Yugpurush – Koi Jaise Mere (HQ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23r6iolCPfo
It would be interesting to explore the work of mainline singers with the composers normally not associated with the singer’s 50+% songs.
e.g. Megha Barasane Laga Hai Aaj – Shaque – 1976 – Vasant Desai – http://youtu.be/M3jH_qlvGg0
http://youtu.be/r-aOv-Oqwx4
this asha bhosle song is from the 1966 movie….YEH ZINDAGI KITNI HASEEN HAI…..it was penned by rajinder krishan & and set to music by ravi.
Lovely post. “Dhalti jaaye chunariya” from Nau Do Gyarah and “Abke baras bhej” from Bandini show the gains Asha made in her delivery under the SDB baton. Umrao Jaan’s (1981) presence in Akji’s list encourages me to suggest “Ambar ki ek paak surahi” from Kadambari (1975). It has been written by Amrita Pritam and composed by Vilayat Khan. Asha’s voice has a different timbre in the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3sJeppHDQ2M
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