BHAIRAVI THUMRI-JUGALBANDI FROM FILM:'RAM TERI GANGA MAILI'

Kankana Banerjee

Ravindra Jain

This is a  rare piece of  Bhairavi Thumri,"सैय्याँ सैय्याँ सैय्याँ हो सैय्याँ रटती मैं डोलूँ   .."  beautifully sung by Nirmala Devi and Kankana Banerjee,in Jugalbandi.Though singing is intermitantally masked by the dialogues ,where thumri's audio level has been suppressed.But the song goes on continuously for more than 5 minutes.It starts with a 'Doha'( couplet) and also ends on a 'Doha'( couplet).Late Smt.Nirmala Devi was the master of singing the jugalbandi thumris and had cut many such records,singing  along with Lakshmi Shankar.

Late Shri Raj Kapoor was a great fan of her singing and getting a suitable situation in his film,he used this thumri.Though film's music was composed by Ravindra Jain,but for this song he simply provided the music accompaniment.Kankana Banerjee also has an extremely flexible voice and had matched  it well,with her co-singer at all levels.The harmony in their singing is superb.
                         I can say so much for both of these artists, because I got the chance to listen to them singing in Classical Music Concerts many times here at Kanpur.

This thumri starts with a couplet:

                      'प्रीतम की पगली भई,रट रही पी पी नाम। 
                       प्रीत बिना ये कब मिले, मेरे को आराम॥' 

                   हाँ...सैय्याँ सैय्याँ सैय्याँ, हो सैय्याँ रटती मैं डोलूँ ।
                    ………। 
 And thumri ends with this couplet:

                      'साईं तेरा रूठना , आदर करे ना कोय। 
                      दुर दुर करें सहेलियां,साईं मुड़ मुड़ देखे कोय॥'    
                        

HINDI FILM:'TANSEN'(Unreleased)HAS A RAAGMALIKA,SUNG BY K.J.YESUDAS

TANSEN

AKBAR,TANSEN and  SWAMI HARIDAS

K.J.YESUDAS

RAVINDRA JAIN

Ravindra Jain

This is an unique raagmalika composed by music director Ravindra Jain in which  he has used various ragas in a sequence.These are: Kaafi, Bilawal,Kaafi,Bhairavi,Yaman Kalyan,Khammaj,Aasawari,Bahaar,Sohini,Darbari,Megh and Kaafi.The lyrics explaining the construction of various ragas when 'Shadaj' is replaced by another swar,is very interesting and this is written by Ravindra Jain himself.Because no lyricist or poet could write this  typical song based fully on the grammer of the ragas of Indian Classical Music.The film is unreleased therefore we do not know on whome this raagmalika is picturised.But as I feel this must be on Tansen himself.

Tansen's Samadhi,Gwalior(M.P.)

The lyrics of this raagmala is as follows:

Shadaj ne paya yeh vardan,

shadaj ne paya yeh vardan.

Koi bhi swar sa thahra kar,

gaa lo chatur sujaan...

shadaj ne paya yeh vardan,.......

Sa se ni tak shuddha swaron mein,

hota raag BILAWAL,ga ma re  ga  pa..

Re ko sa samjho to KAAFI,

ga ni jis mein komal,ni dha pa ma ga re..

Ga ko sa mano to BHAIRAVI ki hoti pehchan,

Shadaj ne paya yeh vardan,....

Aa aa..madhyam ko sa maan chalo to,

YAMAN KALYAN kahaye,ma dha re ni dha ni ma..

Shuddha swaron mein tivra madhyam

kaisi shobha paye,pancham sa ho jaye to aaye,

pa yadi sa ho jaye to aaye raag KHAMMAJ ka dhyan.

Shadaj ne paya yeh vardan...

Sa re pa pa dha re ga....

AASAWARI suhawani bhayee,dha sa dha sa re ga re ni,

gandhar dhaiwat nishad teeno hi komal,

meetha madhur swabhav chalan ke chanchal,

sun sun kar na bhare man pyasa dha sa bana jab dha sa,

sa re ga ma pa dha ni sa.

Ni ni ni..jab ni sa bani,do do madhyam par nahi pancham,

pancham ko tarse abhagini,ni ni....

bin ni ke neeki na BAHAAR.

Kahin komal kahin shuddha ye bankar, karti raagon ka shingar.

Saat swaron mein sabse oopar,

baithi mathey ki bindiya bankar,

suno gunijan phiki ni bin, Tansen ki taan,

shadaj ne paya yeh vardan..

O de ta na ne deem ta da na deem.....

O de ta na na deem ta da na deem....

Suye mana ke tera yaare wafadar manum,

Chakhda na da ke tera yaare kharidar manum.

O de ta na na deem ta na na deem..... 

Bol taal sur gum huye,har sunane wala jhoom uthey,

bol par bol,taan par taan,sargam par sargam,

chha jaaye bus ek masti  hi masti ka aalam.

Aise mein agar koi naar kiye singaar,

liye tan man mein ek jhankaar,

naachna chahe baarambaar,magar baithi ho man ko maar,

to gayak  kare dhoom,daud uthey ragon mein khoon,

bhool aadab,tod kanoon,bhare darbaar kare tatkaar,

bhare darbaar kare tatkaar..aa..aa..aa..aa..

                      

Tansen's Samadhi

The 'mukhada' of this ragmala "shadaj ne paya yeh vardan.."is composed in raga Kafi.The part"suno gunijan.." is in raga Sohini and" Tansen ki taan.."in raga Darbari.The concluding part of tarana is composed in ragas Megh and Kafi.