{"id":1666,"date":"2009-09-28T15:26:38","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T10:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2009-09-28T15:26:38","modified_gmt":"2009-09-28T10:26:38","slug":"the-nightingale-sings-solo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2009\/09\/28\/the-nightingale-sings-solo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nightingale Sings – Solo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two years ago – i had blogged<\/strong> <\/a>the bulk of this post. I am using it as a base and just refurbishing it with a few more favorites. Tomorrow, I will look at the duets. September 28th – The birthday of [tag]Lata Mangeshkar<\/a>[\/tag] …. the woman with the golden voice.The first lady of [tag]Hindi film<\/a> Music[\/tag]. For me, the last of the [tag]All India Radio [\/tag] generation , the lady and her music was a constant companion when I was growing up. Although in later years – i would think post the late 1980’s- her voice has lost much of the sweetness and melody, her body of work prior to that stands as testimony of her talent. On her birthday, I am going to take on a difficult task – the task of compiling my personal favourites sung by her. This is in no particular order of prefernce – just stuff that i enjoy listening to … the list will be divided into my favourite solo numbers & duets. Today is the list of the favourite solo numbers.<\/p>\n

1) Aaj Phir Jeene ki Tamana Hai –<\/strong> the film [tag]Guide[\/tag]. A celebration of life. Picturised on [tag]Waheeda Rehman[\/tag] – a truly feminist song before the term feminist became popular in India<\/p>\n

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2) Aapki Nazron Ne Samjha<\/strong> – the film Anpadh. Lata Mangeshkar creates magic with Madan Mohan. Dharmendra looks hot, while Mala Sinha sings to him!<\/p>\n