Comments on: Robin Ghosh and cross-border “infiltration” in South Asia

By: Anirban

Anirban — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:56:51 +0000

What, me cynical? No, that’s not possible.

I was genuinely amazed when I wrote this. This guy has directly and indirectly influenced the popular music of three countries by composing songs in two languages that I understand, and I hadn’t even heard of him.

By: Nish

Nish — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:42:45 +0000

In this age of recycling why are we so cynical if someone recycles the tunes and the lyrics …

On a serious notes i love Aashiqui songs and lyrics but after your revelations that respect for the songs has dipped down a bit!

By: Anirban

Anirban — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:38:11 +0000

Nope… you are right. “Kinna Sona” was a blatant Nadeem-Shravan ripoff.

There were two things I liked about Aashiqui – i) the songs (which were mostly lifted) and ii) the cinema poster which had a bit of intrigue. http://i.indiafm.com/firstlook/aashiqui1.jpg

I know it is lame by today’s standards, but we were fed on Mithun Chakraborty back in the day. LOL

I love Nayika Sangbad by the way. It is one of the few Bangla movies on Netflix, and the dialogue between Uttam Kumar and Anjana Bhoumik is something that even Billy Wilder would be proud of!

Thanks for reading.

By: BongoP'o'ndit

BongoP'o'ndit — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:21:06 +0000

That a romantic movie with a couple from matchmaking hell….

LOL. This transported me back to 1990(or was it ’90?) Durga Pujo – when everyone and their second cousins were humming the tunes and friends comparing notes on how many times they’d seen Aashiqui. Absolute pain.

Coincidentally, I was just watching Nayika Sanbad this weekend.

Nice post – wasn’t ‘Kinna Sona..’ in Raja Hindustani also lifted (or did Nusrat give his blessings for that ?)

By: Anirban

Anirban — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:41:28 +0000

If I write about everything for my blog, than where does that leave me if I want to write something a bit longer and more detailed?

By: jakyastikpress

jakyastikpress — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:11:39 +0000

Never heard of him. Oops.

By: Raja

Raja — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:38:55 +0000

I’ve now learned to call them Ghulam Ali dadu, Ajoy mama (and a lot more such ‘mama’, ‘dadu’ and ‘dida’) etc. :p
When I had written this post (http://snowyevening.blogspot.com/2009/04/musical-half.html), I still didn’t have any idea who are the people I mentioned there.

Thanks for the info about ‘humein tumse pyaar’ and ‘ay re pawan’

Off-topic: how much have you written here about milk miracle, or miracle in general? :p

By: Anirban

Anirban — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:19:20 +0000

Yeah. The difference is before the internet and globalization, music directors used to rip-off Pakistani and South Indian songs. Now because news travels at the speed of light, they’ve gotten more experienced in finding Turkish, North African, and Indonesian gems.

Check out “Pritam ke karname” here:
http://www.itwofs.com/hindi-pritam.html

By: Anirban

Anirban — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:13:22 +0000

Tauba, tauba. Me touching my ears in reverence.

Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan is of the Patiala Gharana. The connection of this gharana to Bengali music is very strong. Ramnidhi Gupta (Nidhubabu’s) tappas are in this gharana. Also, Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty is a doyen of this gharana.

Filmi connection. Have you seen Nana Patekar’s Prahaar? There is a lilting rendition of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Sahab’s “Yaad piya ki aaye” by Shobha Gurtu in that film.

Another filmi connection. Parveen Sultana who sang “Bendhechi beena” (Bangla version of “Ay re pawan) and ‘Humein tumse pyar kitna” (all composed by RD Burman) is a proponent of this gharana

By: Raja

Raja — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:58:56 +0000

You’re becoming (or may have already become) Sidhu JyaTha.

Forget about Robin Ghosh, I didn’t even know that Bade Ghulam Ali Khan saheb is not Ghulam Ali, the ghazal singer! Both were very famous in Pakistan. I got this gyan during my India trip last month.