Showing posts with label MEGH MALHAAR. Show all posts
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

RAAGMAALIKA IN FILM ' SANGEET SAMRAAT TAANSEN' (1962)

MANNA DEY
SHAILENDRA
A 'RAGA MALKAUNS' PAINTING
PT.S.N.TRIPATHI
A 'RAGA MALHAR' PAINTING
The era of Tansen was early sixteenth century,during the Mughal period,ruled by Akbar.This movie was dedicated to the life history of this great singer of all time,showing his childhood,musical training under the guidance of saint music guru of Vrindavan Swami Haridaas Ji and his selection as one of the Navaratnas of Akbar's court.The raagmaala presented here shows the complition of his music training.Taansen is shown growing up during the learning he concludes with  a prayer for his guru:" गुरुर  ब्रह्मा  गुरुर  विष्णुर  गुरुर  देवो  महेश्वरः , गुरु  साक्षात्  परब्रह्म  तस्मै  श्री  गुरवे  नमः "  singing When asked by Guru Haridaas Swami to express the Classical Raagaas ,he sings this रागमाला including six raagas: bhairav, malkauns, hindol, shree, deepak and megh malhaar .Taansen sings introductary verse: "राग  वर्णत  शास्त्र  मत  गुणि  जन  बखानत  ज्ञान  से " and then starts with raagmaala: " राग  भैरव  प्रथम  शांत  रस  जाके , शंकर  को  प्रिय  लागे  सुर  मधुर  वाके ,नि स ग  म प् ध नि स,स नि ध ध म ग रे स ,राग भैरव ...| सा रे ग म ध नि नि ता ,रे प् वरज कर वामे मध्यम चतुर्थ अंश मालकौंस पहचाने || हिंडोल के बोल ध ध म धी न म ग म ..,आरोह अवरोह रे प् वरज कर गाये || श्री राग अब जाग आरोह करके , पंचम ऋषभ सुर अति ही सुहावन |प् प् नि ध प् म रे म ग रे स ,स प् म नि ध....|| दीपक महाराग गावत जले ज्योति , आरोह षड ऋषभ अवरोह संपूर्ण | प् प् ग म सा रे ध नि ग प् ध ध ग म ध नि ध प् ...|| मेघ मल्हार सब 
गुनियन बखाने | नि ता रे म म प् नि प् प् नि स रे , प् प् नि ध .......मेघ मल्हार  सब गुनियन  बखाने .||"Great singer Manna Dey performed skillfully justifying the grammer and pattern of all the raagaas in dhrupad style.The whole credit should be given to film's Music Composer Shree NathTripathi , who created such a film, loaded with a number of marvellous music compositions.Typical and timely suitable lyrics were written by poet Shailendra.The video clip shows only beginning and end of Raagmaalika.It was completely given on gramphone records only. Credit goes to one of my learned friends Shri K.L.Pandey,IRTS,who has provided this recording,which is before you .This small raagmaala is like 'गागर  में  सागर'.I hope everyone will agree with me.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

KALIDAS'S 'MEGHDOOT' AS A RAAGMALIKA IN FILM:KAVI KAALIDAS(1959)

S.N.TRIPATHI
MANNA DEY
LATA MANGESHKAR
BHARAT VYAS
FILM POSTER
In the year 1959, veteran music director of Hindi films एस. एन.त्रिपाठी ,directed as well as composed music for the film कवि  कालिदास .This film was based on the life of great Sanskrit scholar and poet Kalidas.He composed very appropriate and melodious music in this period film.He composed two raagmalikaas in this film ,which was a tough job. This movie was partly coloured, showing the great creations of Kalidas such as:ऋतु  संहार ,अभिज्ञान  शाकुंतलम  and मेघदूत  in colour.Music director S.N.Tripathi(श्री नाथ त्रिपाठी)   composed one रागमालिका  for the narration of Ritu Samhaar and the other for the narration of Meghdoot. Here we will discuss the superbly composed raagmalika for the narration of मेघदूत , in which raagas मेघ  मल्हार , मियां  मल्हार , भूपाली  and ललित  were used in a sequence.The first part composed in मेघ  मल्हार is sung by मन्ना  डे .Here poet is  sending the clouds(MEGH) as his messanger (DOOT), saying to them:
ओ अषाढ़ के पहले बादल, ओ नभ के काजल ||
विरही जनों के  करुण  अश्रु जल ,रुक जा रे एक पल ||
दूर दूर मेरा देश जहाँ बिखराए केश, विरहन का बनाये वेश||
प्रिया मेरी विदेश,कैसे काटे कलेश,उसे देना मेरा ये सन्देश रे||
ओ अषाढ़ के पहले बादल !!
जा रे जा ओ मेघ ओ मेरे दुःख के साथी,
चल एसे ज्यों गगन मार्ग में चलता हाथी|
मंद पवन मुह खोले चातक बोल रहा है|
बाँध कतार बगुलियों का दल डोल रहा है|
राजहंस भी उड़ते है पंखों को ताने,
मित्र विदा के समय हो रहे शगुन सुहाने|
ओ आषाढ़  के  पहले बादल .......||
जाते जाते तुम्हें मार्ग में मिलेगा मालव देश,
जहाँ मोहिनी मलिनियों का मधुर मनोहर वेश!
Now लता  मंगेशकर  and chorus sings further:
मेघवा झिर झिर लागे बरसन,
जाय कहो तुम छाये कित सन|
तुम तो रहे परदेसन बरसन,
हम तुम्हारे दर्शन को तरसन,
प्रीत लगी तुम्हारी औरन सन ,
मेघवा झिर झिर ...||
The second part is composed in  राग  मियां  मल्हार  and the narration of मेघदूत  is further sung  by मन्ना  डे :
"आगे तुमको मित्र मिलेगी कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि विशाल |
 महाभारत के महा युद्ध की जहाँ जली थी एक दिन ज्वाल ||
कोटि कोटि जहाँ बरस पड़े थे रिपु दल पर अर्जुन के बाण |
कमल दलों पर बरसें ज्यों तेरी बरखा के अगणित  बाण ||
लता  picks up the singing:
मत  मार  मत  मार मोहे बरखा के बाण,
गोरे गाल हुए लाल अब कहना मेरा मान |
मत मार मत मार .......||
सनन सनन पवन चले,
झनन झनन  झांझर बोले:
झन झना झन,झन झना झन..|
कजरा भीगे अंचरा भीगे ,भीगे रे मन की जान..||
मत मार मत मार........||
बसंत बीता बरखा आयी, अब तो विदेशिया चेत|
मेघवा  अंग लगत है मेरे, लिपट लिपट रस लेत|
हाय मैं क्या करूँ? मत मार मत मार ...||
Now in third part of मेघदूत  राग  भूपाली  has been used . मन्ना  डे  now reads the message of poet given to clouds:
चल आगे हिमगिरि शिखरों पर, जहाँ बांस के वृक्ष महान ||
जिनके तन को छूकर  छेड़े ,पवन हठीला मीठी तान ||
उस संगीत के साथ गरजकर, जागे पशुपति नाथ महान ||
जिनकी तान में तान मिलाकर, गाती हैं किन्नरियाँ गान ||
Then लता मंगेशकर  sings in राग  भूपाली  a melodious शिव -स्तुति :
ॐ नमः शिवाय ||
शंकर त्रिलोचन अर्धांग गौरी, शिर गंग धारी || 
गले मुंड की माल ,कटी  सोहे मृग छाल |
हर हर महादेव कल्याण कारी || शंकर त्रिलोचन ......||
The first video clip attached shows upto here.
The second clip shows the last part composed in राग  ललित ,singers being the same.It is:
दूर देख अलकापुरी  जहाँ मेरी प्रिया नार,
झुकी हुई बैठी थकित  लिए विरह का भार||
Now Lata sings:
चातकी मेरी दो अँखियाँ बार बार पुकारती ||
विरहिणी रो रो उतारे आंसुओं की आरती ||
तुम बसे परदेस प्रीतम प्राण भी संग ले गए ||
क्या हुआ अपराध जो बदले में ये दुःख दे गए ,सुख ले गए ||
जग लगे अंगार सा, श्रृंगार मैं न संवारती ||
चातकी मेरी दो अँखियाँ बार बार  पुकारती ...||
This is one of the most typical रागमालिका  in which the whole poetry of this great संस्कृत Epic'मेघदूत ' written by कालिदास is expressed in हिंदी. Poet भरत  व्यास  has done a masterpiece work for Hindi Film Screen.One will enjoy poetry,music and dance all the three together in this presentation.       .                                                  

RAAGMALIKA IN HINDI FILM 'SAU SAAL BAAD'(1966)

LAXMIKANT - PYARE LAL
ANAND BAKSHI
MANNA DEY
LATA MANGESHKAR
The movie सौ  साल  बाद  got released in the year 1966.Though it was not much successful on the screen, but it had very good music compositions given by its music directors लक्ष्मीकांत  and प्यारेलाल .Its Raagmalika is one of the best to be composed for Hindi films.The first song of the Raagmalika
 ‘एक  ऋतु  आये , एक  ऋतु  जाए,
  दीप जलाये,दीप बुझाए ,
  कभी हंसाये ,कभी रुलाये|  ..’ is sung by मन्ना  डे  in the beginning.Later लता  मंगेशकर  also joins him and both sing it as a duet.It is composed in a  very rare राग धन्य धैवत  in तीन  ताल। The second composition
'जिया नाहीं लागे का करूँ सजना,
 तुझ बिन सूना लागे अंगना |
 आये न मोरे नैनों में निंदिया ,
 साजे न मोरे माथे पे बिंदिया |
 बाजे न मोरी बाहों में कंगना।..' is sung beautifully by लता  मंगेशकर  in राग  आभोगी.
The next composition is in the form of a duet,sung by लता  and मन्ना  डे :
घिर आयी कारी कारी बदरिया ,
 धड़के जियरा,चमके बिजुरिया |
 ऐसे लागे कजरे बदरा,
 जैसे तोरे नैनों का कजरा |
 छोडो सांवरिया |..
 in राग  मेघ  मल्हार  in रूपक  ताल .
The last number 
खिल  गयीं  कलियाँ ,
 नैना ढूंढे साजन की गलियां |
 सामा मापा गामा |
 नीधा नीसा  सा नी सा ..,
 खिल गयीं खिल गयीं ....।।
was also a duet sung by them in raaga बसंत  बहार  in तीन  ताल  .All these songs were written in beautiful wordings by lyricist आनंद  बख्शी .Whenever anyone will listen to this रागमालिका , I am sure, will get hypnotized.After a long effort I could get only first two compositions on an audio track from my friend Dr.R.P.Singh and now it is before you.The impressive violin  piece in raga आभोगी  after the first part ,was played by Pt.Husna Lal, who gave hit music in many Hindi films of Forties and Fifties era, with his brother.Their team was known as:' हुस्न  लाल - भगतराम 

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Raagmalika In Hindi Film:JHANAK JHANAK PAYAL BAAJE(1955)

VASANT DESAI
HASRAT JAIPURI
MANNA DEY
LATA MANGESHKAR
SANDHYA IN FILM
COVER OF LP RECORD

While talking about the Raagmalikas composed for Hindi films we must dicuss about the works of Music Director श्री  वसंत  देसाई  , who gave three such compositions worth remembering in three films,झनक झनक पायल बाजे (1955),गूँज उठी शहनाई (1959) and राम  राज्य (1967).First film had dance as its theme and the second had music as its main theme,the last one was a mythological movie.In the year 1955 a classic Hindi film dedicated to the finesse of Kathak Dance form, was produced by श्री  व्ही. शांताराम . The film was ‘झनक  झनक  पायल  बाजे ’.It was first movie of great Kathak maestro Late गोपी  कृष्ण  as a hero of a hindi film.Opposite him संध्या  was cast as heroine.Vasant Desai Ji got a situation when both of them are learning dance from their Guru and a memorable Raagmalika got created by him.The lyricist of songs used in this raagmaalika was famous poet हसरत  जयपुरी . It starts with the rendering of  a 'shloka':
       'गुरुर  ब्रम्हा  गुरुर  विष्णु  गुरुर  देवो  महेश्वरः।
        गुरुर  साक्षात्  परब्रम्ह  तस्मै  श्री  गुरवे  नमः।।  
 in the voice of singer मन्ना  डे , who continues the singing in राग  बसंत:
  “ रुत  बसंत  आयी ,
     वन वन उपवन द्रुम मिलिंद,
     प्रफुलित सुगंध मंद पवन,
     आवत मिलिंद मधुकर मधुर गुंजत,
     रुत बसंत…..।।”. 
 It is followed by the ‘तोड़ा ’ of कत्थक नृत्य   in the voice of गोपी  कृष्ण.
Then second song is presented again in the voice of मन्ना  डे , composed in राग  मेघ  मल्हार,It was:
 “आयी है घटा उमड़ घुमड़,
   घोर घिर चहूँ याम,
   उठत देत अति श्याम  वरन..,
   आयी है घटा  ….।।”
 Again a dance piece in the voice of Gopi Krishna is there and raagmalika continues with two further compositions , sung by लता  मंगेशकर .One is:
”पतझड़ आयी जलत उदासी,
  मैं  घबराई , नैना  रस  की  प्यासी..…।।”
 very well groomed in the flavour of राग  पहाड़ी  and the concluding number is:
 “ अब  तो  सजन  घर  आजा।
    हो मोरे सैंया ,मन का फूल खिला जा।
    अब तो सजन घर आजा...।।
    तड़प तड़प के ये बरखा बहार गुजरी है,
    जो रुत भी आयी है वो बेक़रार गुजरी है,
    राग मिलन के सुना जा...।।
    अब तो सजन घर आजा.....।।”
composed in राग  खम्माज .
The dance pieces are fitted in between these two last songs also and this raagmaalika ends with the diminishing voices of तोडा , टुकड़ा  and तत्कार  sung by गोपी  कृष्ण .This film is a landmark in the history of Hindi films,made very honestly by व्ही.शांताराम .You may not be knowing that before launching this film one day Shantaram Ji called Dr.Smt. सितारा  देवी ,a living legend,to present the various forms of Kathak dance before him, so that he may be able to justify himself in making a film on the art of dancing.The hero Gopi Krishna was son of Sitara Devi’s real sister तारा .Sitara ji is still an active dancer,running in the ninetees of her life. And in my opinion she still is at the top in the field of Kathak dancing.