Film: Sitamgar (1985) Producer: Bikram Singh Dehal Director: Raj N. Sippy Lyrics : Majrooh Sultanpuri Singer: Kishor Kumar – The case of the “Sitamgar” soundtrack is a strange one. All the songs on this album were gems. Even the unreleased seldom-heard Shailendra Singh song “ kisii Gariib ke dil se” (having had the privilege of […]
Film: Arjun (1985) Producer: Karim morani, Sunil soorma Director: Rahul Rawail Lyrics : Javed Akhtar Singers: Asha Bhosale – ARJUN is one of the better more cohesive Rahul Rawail films exploring the themes of alienated youth, corruption, and grimy politics. Pancham had not disappointed Rawail with BETAAB, the film that launched Sunny Deol, who also […]
Film: Heera Panna (1973) Producer/Director : Dev Anand Lyrics : Anand Bakshi Singers: Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar – One of the romantic most duet created by Panchamda and what a passion it reflects….through its poetry, singing and the arrangement of orchestration. It’s the night before heroine is going to leave for abroad on her job […]
Film: Manzil (1979) Producer : Raj Prakash, Jay Pawar, Rajiv suri Director : Basu Chatterjee Lyrics : Yogesh Singers: Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar – The song has two versions to it but not in the same mould of happy and sad as in case of most of them that have two versions. Here, though their […]
The duet, so different from a normal love song. This also being a romantic duet but coupled with a little mystery in it as hero follows the girl not showing her face & seducing hero as if she is his woman.
Film: Gomti Ke Kinare (1972) Producer/Director : Sawan Kumar Tak Lyrics : Majrooh Sultanpuri Singers: Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhonsle, Chorus One of the unique compositions of Pancham. What makes it different from others is its arrangement of sign line and stanza and also the way chorus has been beautifully interweaved with the lead. Intro of […]
Film: Chote Nawab (1961) Producer: Usman Ali Director: S.A.Akbar Lyrics : Shailendra Singer: Lata Mangeshkar – A song complete in its form… a base that is Indian Classical… sung by an artist who is at the crest of the singing, the melody queen herself… named Lata Mangeshkar… written by the most renowned lyricist of the […]
The lyric just inspires me and confuses also… and at different times, it feels quite different as well. I mean due to various changes that happen in life.
27th June 2010….An occasion when R D Burman’s 71st birth anniversary coincided with ten years of completion for Panchammagic, the Pune based organizing group. With an enjoyable prospect already in store, the added presence of Hindi film industry’s Yahoo man Shammi Kapoor meant a sure shot double Sundae treat. The Panchamrut was too tempting to […]
One may wonder what this title music is doing in the section of “song of the fortnight”, but as it’s a Pancham creation, we all know his love for this visual medium and it was HE who could bring out that intense and complete expression as in any of the conventional songs.
