Sunday, September 15, 2013

Dekha Na, Haye Re Socha Na..

After a week with Asha & RD, through their some not so often heard songs, it is time to get back on the road to celebrate Pancham Da's musical journey. What can be better than a song from Kishore-RD combination.

Again, on road to Bombay to Goa, here is one of the most popular songs of all time. Even after forty years of this song, its pulsating energy and infectious music can draw everyone on the dance floor - the moment this song gets played on a dance floor. The song has Amitabh Bachchan, perhaps for the first time, showing a flair for comedy, which later in his superstar years, became an alter-ego for his angry young man persona. 

It also has Kishore Kumar, singing only second time for Amitabh under Pancham's baton, displaying his zaniest antics with a plethora of funny sounds. Interestingly, the phrase "dole dole dole e e..." sung at the end of mukhda was not a part of the original rehearsal, but was improvised while recording. The reason: Dole was the nick name given to Amit Kumar - then about 18-19 years old, who happened to be present at the time of recording, and this was his father's way of acknowledging the fact.

Here it goes: 

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