Friday, September 13, 2013

Mera Naam Hai..

With the last week beginning with Asha Bhosle’s birthday, for last few days I showcased only RD-Asha combination. To round up the working days of this week, heere is another song - not so rare, yet a path-breaking one for both of them.

Picturised on Bindu, this was the first ever cabaret sung by Asha Bhosle. The situation demanded, unlike a normal cabaret, a constant much closer view of the performer on-screen, while singing. On the other hand, the song does not have a base metre at all, rather more of a conversation directed at the heroine of the movie interspersed with jazz kind of interludes, which makes it more difficult for lip-syncing. That the singer & composer have been able to pull it off with such ease is what makes Asha-RD combination so endearing and so refreshing.

The irony is, yet again, the other songs from the movie turned out to be so popular that this one lagged behind always. That does not take away the brilliance of the composition & singing though. Judge yourself:

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