Palkon Hi Palkon Mein, Bas Ik Pal Ko, Chup ke se kuchch aise dekha… Mehdi Hasan sparkles in a song which, in its interludes, is musically arranged unlike anything you would have expected the Ghazal King to have sung! I love these these shuddh Hindi lyrics of the first antaraa: Jhuke Jhuke Nainon Waale will let you savour pure Hindi lyrics by Riyaz-ur-Rehman Sagar, composed by M Ashraf. Perfection! Here it is: LISTEN TO ‘DUNIYA SE TUJH KO CHURA LOON’ Melody, lyrics, musical performance, and that golden, smooth and gravelly voice of Mehdi Hasan. A perfect example of perfect balance in a song. ĭuniya Se Tujh Ko Chura Loon. This one’s an all-time favourite - a brilliantly composed, written, arranged and sung romantic ballad, composed by Robin Ghosh.
This is one avataar of Mehdi Hasan you mightn’t have heard. The lyrics ride a solid bass guitar, heavy but softly closed congas, brilliant piano accordion, with the antara flowing on an off-tabla beat. Truly stylish singing, lyrics, and oh those arrangements and the really stylishly romantic tune composed by M Ashraf.
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You’ve heard his gentlemanly pleadings in the tone of “Tu mujh se khafa hai to zamaane ke liye aa.” Well, here’s the gentleman reminiscing in throaty commercial movie style: Bheegi Bheegi Raaton Mein, Yun Hi Baaton Baaton Mein, Jheel Jaisei Aankhon Wali Ladke Se Mulaqaat Ho Gayi!”. But this is about some great film songs by Mehdi Hasan, and I’m putting up 15 of my favourites.īheegi Bheegi Raaton Mein: Here’s the first. Many of these Pakistani songs were copied by not only regular copycat Nadeem-Shravan, but Rajesh Roshan too. Composed by the great Robin Ghosh (the music director from Bangladesh, who, while composing brilliantly written romantic songs picturized on the beautiful heroine Shabnam, fell in love with her and married her, to move ultimately to Bangladesh after a hugely successful musical career) and M Ashraf, perhaps Pakistan films’ most successful music director, and Kamal Ahmed and Tafu, along with others, these are some of the best songs Mehdi Hassan has sung. The man with a truly gentlemanly voice sang dulcet romantic songs for some of the top Pakistani heroes, like Nadeem. A common factor, throughout, would be Mehdi Hassan’s voice. I reveled in those songs, and such was my love for Mehdi Hassan’s voice, that even though eight out of ten Pakistani film songs - especially the ones by Noor Jahan and Nahid Akhtar - sounded more like nasal noise with loosely arranged, loud music with rough sounding strings arrangements, the remaining two gems that crept in, as if embarrassed, truly glittered – as lilting as the best melodies from India. Mehdi Hassan was the undisputed Ghazal King, and also excelled at film songs. The door to the room shut, Volume nicely up, Bass and Treble levels set, I would sit back and pray that the next song my favourite announcer on Radio Pakistan Lahore, Hassan Shahid Mirza, announced, would be one sung by Mehdi Hassan, and for a film. It had a golden grill, two speakers, and a lovely green-glowing valve, the tuning indicator light which you tried to reduce as close to a hair-thin sliver as possible – for that indicated the finest tuning. Thankfully, Radio Pakistan’s Lahore station tuned loud and clear on Medium Wave on my cherished possession, the six-band HMV Peacock radio with a glowing rich wooden body the grains of which gleamed brighter with each dusting.
Rafta Rafta Woh Meri Hasti Ka Saamaan Ho Gaye, Ranjish Hi Sahi, Kaise Kaise Log Hamare Dil Ko Jalaane Aa Jaate Hain, Tanha Thi Aur Hamesha Se Tanha Hai Zindagi… It was 1974-75, I think, and I was in Chandigarh. I remember, some of the first Mehdi Hassan songs I heard were from an LP of his old Pakistani Film songs – each a gem.
(My heart goes out to a dear friend from Pakistan, Goher Iqbal Punn, who, years ago, had sent me an assortment of excellent Pakistani songs. Thank God for recordings – Mehdi Hassan’s golden voice, with the breathtakingly handsome balance of smoothness and gravelly texture that surely was the result of a divine fluke, will live on for ever. I loved her even more then, if that is possible, because Mehdi Hassan has always been my favourite too. Back in 2004, I think it was, when I met the great Lata Mangeshkar to discuss PR for MAX for the India v/s Sri Lanka benefit match for the Dinanath Mangeshkar Memorial Hospital she was keen on setting up in Pune, when she told me, in response to a question about her favourite singers: “If I can, I always make it a point to listen to two singers every night before going to bed, and every morning after I wake up.” One, she said, was Barbara Streisand.