Rishte Bante Hain Bade Dheere Se..

Another tribute to Asha & RD combination.

Another not-so-often-heard song - this time with Gulzar, in fact a Ghazal.

Created as part of an experimental album at the time when RD was in his low phase, the song still manages to create a haunting melody. Lovely verse by Gulzar, such mellifluous rendering by Asha ji, and a very interesting composition.  Listen to the prelude that begins with notes on Santoor and mixes into Guitar while Madal takes care of the percussion. As Asha's voice on double track takes the pitch higher before fading out into the interlude, a jugal bandi of flute (or is it a bass of a Saxophone?) & Sitar weaves a spell. 

Really, there is not one factor alone that can be given credit for such a lovely song. 

Ironically, yet the song was lost in the otherwise factory level mass-produced kind of sounds that late 80s were witnessing in movies. RD did try composing some such sounds, but since he was not getting the creative satisfaction, his heart was not in that kind of work. It showed also, and as result, after a series of flops, this  was one album which RD, Gulzar & Asha worked together listening to what their heart wanted to say.

After all, Dil Padosi Hai..

रिश्तें बनते है बड़े धीरे से बनने देते
कच्चे लम्हें को ज़रा शांख पे पकने देते

एक चिंगारी का उड़ना था की पर काट दिये
आँच आई थी ज़रा आग तो जलने देते

एक ही लम्हें पे इक साथ गिरे थे दोनो
खुद संभलते या ज़रा मुझको संभलने देते