16 Aug, 2016

Kishore Kumar Oldie

I always wondered why Kishore Kumar kept this song in his own fav list, second to only "dookhi man mere". Only after trying to learn this song for recording, I could appreciate the maza of the song and the beauty of the gharana of old tunes. Those days, the tune cycles were so long and contained so many notes. KKji was only 20 years old then when he recorded this song, and what a matured voice he already had, containing all his trademark natural vibratos, end-breath twists and punches. MD Khemchand Prakash told Ashoke Kumar about KKji, "isko mere haat chor do, mai usko taiyar karunga". I wish I have a Guru also, but no one is around except Naqvi Saab.

My father used to sing this song and this time his influence is more than Kkji's influence on me. I sang with him with wrong notes, but that wrong tune has sat on my tongue so solidly that now it is almost impossible to rectify it in short time. Also I did not get the full karaoke, so please ignore the ear shores considering it to be only an amateurish attempt.

I have recorded another song which is older than this and tuned by Pankaj Mullick, which Lata ji also remade. If you allow my older song singing, I shall upload it next week.


Song: Jagmag Jagmag Karta Nikla
Movie: Rimjhim (1949)
Singer: Kishore Kumar
Music : Khemchand Prakash
Lyricist: Bharat Vyas


Jagmag jagmag karta nikla chaand punam kaa pyaara
Meree chaandanee bichhad gayee, mere ghar me huva andhiyaara
Jagmag jagmag karta nikla chaand punam kaa pyaara

Yeh madmatee raat, yeh thandee thandee hawa ke jhonke
Tere bina mere sune jigar me birhah kee agnee phunke
Jhilmil jhilmil taare chamakate, jagmag hai jag saara
Meree chaandanee bichhad gayee, mere ghar me huva andhiyaara
Jagmag jagmag karta nikla chaand punam kaa pyaara

Chaand kee shital shital kirne birhah ke ban chalaaye
Raat chaandanee diya jalaaye, ang me aag lagaaye
Yeh basant kee raat naa sulge, jaise koyee angaara
Meree chaandanee bichhad gayee, mere ghar me huva andhiyaara
Jagmag jagmag karta nikla chaand punam kaa pyaara

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