Sunday, September 22, 2013

Baahon Men Chale Aao

A Yaari Ho Gayi.. was an aberration as far as the choice of singer goes. RD usually managed to find the perfect voice to suit his compositions – specially when it came to female voices & choosing between Asha & Lata. 

Take Anamika for example. In this movie, Asha Bhosle rendered songs with variety of moods – a bhajan and an impish song for Jaya Bhaduri, a cabaret for Helen. For the most interesting composition in the movie, Lata was the chosen one. A soft sensuous song, the composition with its minimal use of instruments – mainly only Guitars & percussion instruments. Lata’s using soft & whispering rendition perfectly matches a coy Jaya Bhaduri, while Sanjeev Kumar’s attempt to ward her off & silencing her adds to the scene as well as to the composition.

Here it goes:

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