tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883917711302486029.post6164290185403480065..comments2024-01-21T20:17:36.827-05:00Comments on Parties, Sarees and Melodies: S. Dev Burman: Chhupa Rustam (1973)Stella_1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15145030727795627503noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883917711302486029.post-51265872760435088382011-11-14T01:14:02.282-05:002011-11-14T01:14:02.282-05:00will u pls re-upload this album, link is dead.will u pls re-upload this album, link is dead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883917711302486029.post-54298348336761071092008-03-25T19:17:00.000-04:002008-03-25T19:17:00.000-04:00Well then I don't know anything what I had either ...Well then I don't know anything what I had either known or imagined, because my sense was that Kishore Kumar imitated the ballad style of Mohammed Rafi in his early career, and proportionately found his voice even as Rafi - probably wrongly - was becoming overlooked as too identified with the evergreen style.<BR/><BR/>Which of course is wrong, because Rafi proved himself an able master of western styles as well - he handled everything with guileless facility.<BR/><BR/>During the later Rafi revival of the 1970s, Rafi proved he could hold his own in an industry which Kumar absolutely predominated. That said however, Kumar was the voice of the times, and no male singer better suited the Bollywood music of that era.litlgreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03157965394480138787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883917711302486029.post-19749371360642019552008-03-25T17:50:00.000-04:002008-03-25T17:50:00.000-04:00Well not in the classic sense. Ashok Kumar asked S...Well not in the classic sense. Ashok Kumar asked S.D. Burman to help his younger brother (Kishore) out when he first started out in Bollywood. Kishore was a big fan of K.L. Saigal and imitated his voice often when he sang. S.D. told him that if he ever wanted to make it 'big' he needed to do it on his own terms and find his own voice.<BR/><BR/>Kishore took the advice to heart and it was S.D. Burman that guided Kishore through his early years and was the composer for his 2nd (major) breakthrough with 'Aradhana'. I did a 5 part series on Kishore over on my blog, yes, I am what you would call an obsessive fan ;)Sanket Vyashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410998671085464946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883917711302486029.post-67674206090610368982008-03-25T10:54:00.000-04:002008-03-25T10:54:00.000-04:00SD was Kumar's godfather? Really?SD was Kumar's godfather? Really?litlgreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03157965394480138787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883917711302486029.post-25355471274462983922008-03-25T10:40:00.000-04:002008-03-25T10:40:00.000-04:00Not one of S.D. saab's best efforts & almost carto...Not one of S.D. saab's best efforts & almost cartoony in parts but it does contain one of my favorite Kishore Kumar songs of all time. 'Dheere Se Jaana' is actually a parody of a classical non-filmy song that was sung by... S.D. Burman himself.<BR/><BR/>S.D. Burman was a very accomplished singer (classically speaking) but his true love & major success came in the world of music composing. His rendition of the title song over the opening credits of 'Guide' is one I can listen to over & over again.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, Kishore originally does a quick line of this song in 'Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi' in the song Paach Rupaiya - he imitates S.D.'s nasally singing style and gets away with it only because S.D. was his godfather. He does the song again in this movie and does the whole nasally thing again in the middle. And now you know the rest of the story... :)Sanket Vyashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410998671085464946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883917711302486029.post-6344383430112065582008-03-24T21:52:00.000-04:002008-03-24T21:52:00.000-04:00The senior Burman was at the end of his career her...The senior Burman was at the end of his career here, but do you think it's possible that Rahul Dev did the duties on the more western or modern sounding tracks, as he had consistently done for his father throughout the 1960s?litlgreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03157965394480138787noreply@blogger.com