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TELUGU
Indra... Aditya Music...
Rs. 40
IN THE late Eighties and the early Nineties, most songs from Chiranjeevi's films had lyrics that were full of Kottandi champandi gillandi gichchandi, Bangaru kodi petta, Pandu pandu pandu bujji pandu. After Hitler, there was a noticeable improvement. The current album, Indra, has some good songs and attractive tunes. In Bhambham bhole, the way Varamiche kasipuri is rendered reminds one of Yamaha nagari Kolkatapuri. Though Ammadu appachi nuvvantene pichchi is typical of a Chiru movie number, Udit Narayan's Radhe Govinda is good and it reminds you of his earlier rendition for the megastar - Ramachilakamma prema molakamma Radhamma.
On the flipside, the richness of lyrics in Ghallu ghallumani sirimuvvalle chinuke cherani will immediately tell you that it is written by Sirivennela Sitaramasastry whose lyrics for movies like Sirivennela, Swarnakamalam and Gayam have placed him on a higher pedestal. Dayi dayi dayamma and Ayyo ayyo ayyayyo are just about okay. On the whole, it is worth buying.
CLASSICAL
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia... Virgin... Rs. 75
Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt... Virgin... Rs. 75
LAST YEAR a series of concerts were held at Taj Group of Hotel's heritage properties in different cities. Each of these heritage concerts featuring maestros was recorded live by Virgin records and the cassettes form part of the Swar Shikar series. Two maestros Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt performed at Jaipur and Jodhpur. Since it was a one and half hour concert the musicians could play only one or two ragas.
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia in his introductory note mentions that for the first time he felt as if he was playing in a raaj durbar. "I will play according to the principles of durbari sangeet raag Malhar. In the durba,r aalap was encouraged so I will begin with an aalap of Mia ka malhar and then go on to the jod".
The virtuoso enraptures the listener in his ambit with his captivating play. The raag Des (on Side B - gat in madhya laya and drut teenal ) is so delicately played on the flute that the listener is able to enjoy and appreciate every moment - sonorous as it is. Panditji's nephew Rakesh Chaurasia proves he is a chip off the old block. Shafaat Ahmed Khan is brilliant on the tabla.
Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt plays the raag Jog. Side A features the aalap, jod, jhala. He is ably accompanied by his son Salil Mohan Bhatt. The flip side has the vilambit gat in teental and drut gat in teen tal. The music is scintillating and showcases the Bhatts' dexterity on the instrument. Sandeep Das' percussion support is noteworthy.
GHAZAL
Together... Jagjit Singh
& Pankaj Udhas...
Venus... Rs. 50
DO NOT be misled by the title Together and assume that Jagjit Singh and Pankaj Udhas sing together. This album is just a compilation of all the songs sung by the two and features nothing new. Side A (Jagjit Singh) begins with the famous Tumko dekha to yel khayal aaya (with Chitra Singh). Others include the famous song from the film Arth, Tum itna jo , apne hothon par, chak jigar se and hum dosti ehsaan wafa.
On Side B Pankaj Udhas begins with Chitti aayee hai from the film Naam. Jeeye to jeeye kaise is another film number worth hearing. The other three are Na kajre ki dhar, Tujhko di surat parish and Woh ladki yaad aati hai.
If you have not heard any of the above songs then you can perhaps consider it, if you have, just forget it.
ENGLISH
Everybody Says I'm Fine... Universal... Rs. 40
THE MUSIC of `Everybody Says I'm Fine', the film by Rahul Bose is `in', what with maestros Sultan khan, Talat Aziz, Ronu Mazumdar and Taufiq Qureshi together at work. Music director Ustad Zakir Hussain provides a wide range with string and jazz combination such as at the instrumental Secret Key.
The numbers to lookout for in this album are Somewhere-a splendid work from Zakir Hussain and Ronu Mazumdar, as also the track I'm fine arranged by Salim Merchant. And well, the title track performed by Storms featuring Carlos Santana.
The album has a fine measure of the Qawwali tradition with the post-new age piece Zindagi written by Shakeel and Rahul Bose. All through, the album has a very contemporary appeal both at the lyrics and music, one prelude before the flick hits the silver screen.
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