sudhir

sudheer

हाल ही में सिनेमा ने एक और शख्स को खो दिया. शायद  टीवी के परदे पर ज़्यादा चर्चा इसलिए नहीं हो सकी क्योंकि वो बाक़ी कलाकारों की तरह ‘चर्चित चेहरा’ ना बन पाया हो.  सुधीर 70 के दौर के ऐसे अभिनेता रहे जिन्हें बाद की पीढ़ी न पहचानती हो .पर  मज़ेदार बात ये रही कि हाल के विज्ञापनों में सुधीर से मिलती जुलती आवाज़ का खूब इस्तेमाल देखा /सुना गया . असल में अपने अभिनय के साथ साथ ही सुधीर की आवाज़ उन्हें बाकी कलाकारों से काफी अलग करती थी.  ‘नेज़ल साउंड’ काफी रहा उनकी आवाज़ में . सुधीर पर फिल्माया हक़ीक़त फिल्म का वो गीत तो याद ही होगा आपको ? मदन मोहन का  संगीत और कैफ़ी आज़मी के बोल. रफ़ी साहब की आवाज़. पहाड़ की चोटी पर अपने पुराने लम्हों को याद करते एक सैनिक की भूमिका में नज़र आते सुधीर .’सत्ते पे सत्ता’ उनकी चुनिन्दा फिल्मों में रही जहाँ उन्हें खलनायक की भूमिका से हटकर कुछ अलग करने को मिला . 

image : Kaustubh Pingle

 

Bichhurat Mose Kanha : Parveen Sultana

parveen-sultana

One of my very favorite songs from the 80s is from Vijeta (1982), a soothing Ahir Bhairav that is quite popular. After watching the movie, the song lingered in my mind for years until I managed to listen to it again sometime early in the last decade. The movie was quite engaging too. Ajit Verman teaming up with Vasant Dev had another couple of songs in the film.

Audio :Bichhurat Mose Kanha
courtesy : veena pathak

 

piya milan ko jana

PANKAJ MULLICK INTERVIEWED BY JAYANTA CHOWDHURY :-

JC – MAY I MENTION THE SONG YOU ARE TRYING TO SPEAK ABOUT?
PM – TELL.
JC – “PIYA MILAN KO JANA”.
PM – YES. BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW THE INCIDENTS RELATED WITH “PIYA MILAN KO JANA”.
JC – NO.
PM – IT IS A VERY SURPRISING THING. KHEMCHAND PRAKASH, WHO COMPOSED MUSIC FOR SAIGAL’S “TANSEN” IN BOMBAY, HIS OTHER IDENTITY IS AS A WONDERFUL CHOREOGRAPHER – EXCELLENT HE WAS! HE HAD TAUGHT A BOL OF KATHAK TO

KAMLESH KUMARI (THE DANER IN THE FILM). HE COULD PLAY THE TABLA AS WELL. HE WAS PLAYING THE BOLS AND KAMLESH KUMARI WAS DANCING, WHEN I SUGGESTED THAT A SONG COULD BE USED IN THE SITUATION.
KHEMCHAND WAS MY ASSISTANT IN THE FILM. PHANI MAJUMDAR, THE DIRECTOR APPRECIATED THE IDEA. ARZOO SAHAB LUCKNOWVI WAS ASKED TO SEE IF A SONG COULD BE WRITTEN ON THE BOLS OF THE TABLA. THE ENTIRE KATHAL BOL WAS PRESENTED AS A SONG. I TOLD THE DIRECTOR THAT I HAD TO SING IT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA AS WELL.
JC- I RECALL YOU SANG THE SONG WHILE PLAYING A SITAR, ONSCREEN.
PM – THAT I DO NOT RECALL NOW… NO! I REMEMBER. I WAS PLAYING THE TANPURA.
JC- O! TANPURA…

courtesy :shonak gupta

Pankaj Mullick with the Tanpura in Kapal Kundla..
Pic courtesy Priya