An artist par excellence who, alongwtih her elder sister, ruled the
Hindi movies music for decades. Hers is the voice which, singing under
the baton of RD, could rock an entire generation - or perhaps a few more
to come, with her rendition of foot-tapping numbers. Yet, RD also made
her sing some such songs which were more of the domain of her elder
sister.
She is turning 80 tomorrow, and it is a fitting tribute
to her as a singer and to RD as a composer to feature a few of her
songs over here over next few days.
The first one to feature - a song from Teesri Manzil, a duet with Rafi.
The composition finds RD in his full elements - creating the kind of
sound that was yet new to the industry - with a 73 second prelude
starting with a rocking combination of Guitar & Drums at a furious
pace, before suddenly slowing down to the sound of vibraphone and other
instruments, halting for just a beat leading into the vocals of Rafi.
However, what is worth noticing is that while Rafi carries out his
portion competently, the song actually comes alive only half way through
when Asha picks up the vocals (while on-screen Asha Parekh sets the
dance floor on fire) taking the song to an altogether different level.
It almost seems as if this song was made for her alone.
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