Ek Din Paakhi Ure...

Udashir banshi aar keno keuto shone na

Konodin keu taar keno mon to bojhe na

Ghor chere konodin jeno she pothe na boshe

Ekdin pakhhi ure jabe je akashe.....

Ekdin Pakhi Ure Jab - this is the title of a biography of Kishore Kumar, written by Mukul Datta. This was also a poem by Mukul Datta, chosen by RD for one of his compositions in 1967's Durga Pooja album & sung by Kishore Kumar in his inimitable style.

Two years later, he used the same composition in a Hindi movie to create a song with two versions by both Rafi & Kishore, which appears five times in the movie. Of these five appearances, each was supposed to be the version sung by Rafi in his absolute pure-silken voice, Of these five appearances, each was supposed to be the version sung by Rafi in his absolute pure-silken voice, but for the insistence by RD which made the Director use Kishore's version - albeit once only with the first stanza and once a slower rendition of only the mukhda.

Yet, even after four decades, it is Kishore Kumar's sensitive & intense rendition which casts its magic on the listeners.

Let us first hear the original Bangla version

And now, it is the turn of Hindi version - an absolute in form Kishore Kumar rendering in his rich baritone on an absolutely mismatched  Bharat Bhushan.





For all those whose dil maange more, here is the full version of Kishore Kumar: