EK SHAAM SHRI TALAT MAHMOOD JI KE SAATH

MY POEM ON SHRI TALAT MAHMOOD,printed in 'TALAT GEET KOSH'

I  HONOURED TALAT JI WITH A GARLAND

MYSELF WITH KHALID MAHMOOD

TALAT JI AND ME AT HIS RESIDENCE IN BANDRA

TALAT JI AND NAUSHAD ALI RELEASING THE BOOK

MYSELF WITH TALAT JI IN KANPUR

Evening of 26th August,1992, was a memorable evening of my life,when a few lines written by me on the art of great artist Talat Mahmood's singing,were recited by famous journalist Shri Raju Bharatan before Shri Talat Mahmood himself in his own drawing room ,at his Bandra residence,in Mumbai.The occasion was the release function of 'TALAT GEET KOSH' compiled by my childhood friend Dr.Rakesh Pratap Singh.It is a collection of  lyrics of all the film songs,geets, ghazals ,non-film songs and even regional language songs, recorded in Talat Mahmood's voice. This event was hosted by Shri Talat Mahmood himself.Chief guest was music director Shri Naushad .Other distinguished persons present were Shri Gopal Sharma( of radio Celyon),Shri Raju Bharatan (Times of India),Raju Naushad and Khalid Mahmood etc.As the book got released, turning its pages Raju Bharatan taking everyone's attention started rcitation of my poem on Talat's speciality of singing.I was overwhelmed with inner joy when clappings and appreciation came from all sides.Talat Ji took my copy of the book and put his autographs on that very page ,where my Poem is printed.( it can be seen in the picture).How can I ever forget those precious moments of my life?You may also enjoy two of his songs ,of my choise.

RAAGMAALIKA IN FILM 'SWEEKAAR KIYAA MAINE'(1983)

USHA KHANNA

USHA KHANNA COMPOSING MUSIC

SINGER HAIMANTI SHUKLA

SHABANA  AZAMI

A SCENE FROM FILM

This Raagmala is like गागर में सागर .It presents Eleven classical raagas in a sequence,within a short duration of about six minutes.Classical singer हेमंती शुक्ला has wonderfully rendered all the eleven compositions in a row maintaining purity and mood of the raagas,as well as melody of the song.The credit must be given to the film's music director Mrs.उषा खन्ना , for creating this raagmala, by including so many raagas in it very intelligently.The raagas are:भैरव ,गांधारी ,मालकौंस ,बागेश्वरी ,मुल्तानी ,हम्मीर ,सोरठ ,जैजैवंती ,दुर्गा ,बहार and बसंत .Frequent shifting from the mood of one raaga to another in continuation, is very difficult,but singer Haimanti Shukla has shown her ability and maturity of approach, doing this commendable job.The lyrics of this raagmala are as follows:
भोर भई भैरव गुन गाओ ,
गांधारी संग हैं सा सा रे नि सा रे ग म ,
मालकौंस गुनियनन बखाना ,म म ध ध ध गा म ध म ध सा नि ध नि ध ...मालकौंस गुनियनन बखाना ..,
अति सुंदर बागेश्वरी जानो .
प्रभु नवा में गा मुल्तानी , 
हम्मीर संग भेंटा भक्ति की ,
प्रभु भक्ति मिले सोरठ जानी .
जैजैवंती प्रिय रागिनी आ अ ....रे नि ध प् ध म गा रे गा म ध नि सा नि ध प् ध रे गा रे रे गा नि सा
 जैजैवंती प्रिय रागिनी ..., जय जय जय दुर्गे महारानी आ .. आ ..... आयी बहार सकल मन जानी ,
 छाई बसंत ऋतु मन भानी ,
 आ .. आ .....सा रे गा म .....म गा म ध सा.. .
You will definitely enjoy this raagmala with a blending of so many raagas.Interludes given by using Santoor and Saarangee create a very pleasing effect.I must thank Shri K.L.Pandey ji for providing its audio version.