Friday, August 23, 2013

Ek Insaan Hoon, Main Tumhari tarah..

Jisne Sab ko Racha, Apne Hi Rang Men, Uski Pahchaan Hoon..

In 1964, a movie was being made, based on the story of two handicapped young boys who meet each other coincidentally and then surmount the adversities of their life together.

This was the time when a music director duo - as admitted by themselves - were struggling in the industry, despite the mega success of their first venture together, and they accepted this movie just in order to at least stay afloat.

While composing the music for this movie, they realised that, the character of one of the protagonists in the movie is supposed to be a good harmonica player, and hence they needed someone who could play harmonica for the music. RD was well known for his prowess as a harmonica player - as was seen in Hai Apna Dil To Awara.., and they roped him in.

Vindicating their faith in him, RD played some of the most delectable pieces of Harmonica, in almost all the songs - and thus was created the music of Dosti - a movie from where that struggling duo of Laxmikant Pyarelal took off and never really looked back.

Much later Pyarelal not only acknowledged RD for this movie but also called his skill with Harmonica unparalleled in Hindi film industry. Here is one of the songs from the movie, with poignant verse from Majrooh, superb composition of LP, mellow voice of Raf, all combining together with RD's harmonica to create a mood of melancholy and anguish:


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