Lata Mangeshkar (Reshma aur Shera - 1971)
Balkavi Bairagi, Jaidev
Firstly, what a superlative Santoor piece in the prelude... it immediately captivates you... and then comes Latadi's heavenly voice.. it literally reverberates till eternity!!!!
The way this composition is weaved in Raag Mand is an example of sheer sheer brilliance..Jaidev's outstandingly exquisite music pieces in between the vocals are just out of the world... what an intricate way has he intermingled the lyrics and the tune...
The fusion of Flute,Sarangi and Santoor in the first interlude is mesmerizing to the hilt...it instantly makes you feel that the song is being sung somewhere is a barren, deserted place (and that exactly is the case)
Use of Dadra which probably is one of the toughest taal's to sing in elevates the song to a completely new level.. Jaidev sa'ab has used this taal so fervently that it just blows you off... extremely tough to have placed those extremely lengthy and heavy lyrics in the matras..but this makes the song outrageously difficult to sing..
The places where the taal completely stops and picks up at a accurate point.. the way the beat changes for the last line is just superior!
Each stanza has a different tune... and each one excels the other in the difficulty level... and one voice maneuvers through it so so effortlessly that it literally gives me goosebumps! The way she emotes in the adlib.. the way she sings the penultimate line of each stanza... every word, every line, every stanza, every phrase gets a heavenly touch.. the meend, the murki, the harkat, the straight sur, the taan, the wajan in the voice, the effortless singing.... I can go on and on...
This song and Latadi's singing takes you in a trance... a completely alien world..
And finally I have to necessarily mention Balkavi Bairagi.. without his lyrics this songs would have reached the heights that it has.. What words... what emotion...
'Aangarey Bhi Lagne Lage Aaj Mujhe Madhumaas Re..'
Mashallah... how better can you express the feelings of the character of Reshma??? Too too good!!!
What more do I say? I have so much to say yet bereft of words... a breath-taking song... JAIDEV, BALKAVI BAIRAGI and LATA MANGESHKAR... a song of a lifetime!!!!!!
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