From: GRH6@psuvm.psu.edu (Girish Harshe)
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.misc
Subject: Re: "Anand" and Kishore Kumar
Date: 19 Aug 92 20:33:07 GMT
 <1992Aug18.194120.766@access.usask.ca> <1992Aug18.194727.1220@access.usask.ca>
Organization: Penn State University

In article <1992Aug18.194727.1220@access.usask.ca>, dhanda@skorpio.usask.ca
(Sanjay Dhanda) says:
>
>In article <1992Aug18.194120.766@access.usask.ca>, dhanda@skorpio.usask.ca
>(Sanjay Dhanda) writes:
>|> In article <92231.131125GXS11@psuvm.psu.edu>, <GXS11@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>|> |> Hi Filmi Music Gurus,
>|> |>                       Kishore Kumar was supposedly the voice of Rajesh
>Khanna.
>|> |> KK'ssong rendering definitely attributed to Rajesh Khanna's succesful
>career
>|> |> as a romantic hero. But then why is ther no KK number in "Anand". The
>movie
>|> |> has excellent songs picturised on Rajesh Khanna, ( Door kahin jab din   l
>dha
>|> |> jaaye; zindagi, kaisi ye paheli hai; Maine tere liye hi saat rang ke    e
>sapn
>|> |> chunne) but non sung by Kishore Kumar. It seems so weird. Is Anand one
>of
>those
>|> |> rare success stories w/o the KK-RK combination or are there others too?
>|> |>   Any info regarding the matter will be appreciated.
>|> |>                                                 Thanks,
>|> |>                                                         Gurmeet
>|>
>|>
>|> Your observation is really keen. To my mind there is no other movie of
>|> Rajesh Khanna without songs by KK, just as there are no Raj Kapoor movies
>|> with songs by Mukesh. However, it will be interesting to see if someone
>|> can recall movies that feature one of these actors without the songs of
>|> KK/Mukesh.
>|>
>|> Sanjay.
>
>
>Please omit my typing error above. I meant ".. no Raj kapoor movies without
>songs by Mukesh ...."
>
>
>
>Thanks.
>
>Sanjay

 First, I can recall at least one more movie, in which RK has
borrowed the voice of some other singer than KK.
That is Bawarchi. Singer Manna Dey. Songs: Bhor aayi gaya andhiyara
and one more when RK is driving a bullock cart (it's in Jaya's
imagination). Also there is a possibility that RK has once used
voice of Mukesh. Who is the singer of the song Ram kare babooa
ko hamari umar lag jaye from the movie Anuraag (Mausumi Chatterjee
Vinod Mehra etc.)? And in Kati Patang isn't there a song by
Mukesh? Is it Jis gali mein tera ghar na ho baalma? Who sings
that in the movie?
   Also in Aaan Milo Sajana, is Mohd. Rafi singing the title
song for RK?

  Now about the other RK (Raj Kapoor). Yes he has used voices
of other singers. As someone replied in Chori Chori, Manna Dey
has come to his rescue. Imagine those songs in Mukesh's voice.
(Nothing personally against Mukesh. I like many of his songs.)
Also Laga chunari mein daag (Help me here, I can't think of
the film, but I think there is RK and Nutan, no not Anadi.
In this film RK is a great shayar, I think the song 'Tum
agar muzko na chaho to koi baat nahi' by Mukesh is in the
same movie, I think it's coming to me now, is it Dil hi to hai?)
     I think in all these examples, it's probably obvious that
Manna Dey was supposed to be better in very classical based
songs with lots of 'sargam' etc. only to be mathced by Mohd Rafi.
At the same time Manna Dey could sing happy songs by pouring
real happy feeling in them (Ek chatur naar is an excellent example).
    One more example of RK using Manna's voice, Aye bhai jara
dekhke chalo, from Mera naam jokar.

Girish
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