My friend Madhulika Liddle posted ten of her favourite Krishna songs from Hindi films today, and inspired me to post my own favourites. Several of them are, understandably, part of her list, especially Manmohana Bade Jhoothey and Jaa Tosey Nahin Boloon Kanhaiya (which forged my abiding love for Raga Hansadhwani). My conditions for choosing these songs are nowhere as stringent as hers, all songs are not addressed to Krishna, a couple of them are sung by him to Radha (when she pinches his flute).
In no particular order, my selection of Hindi film songs celebrating Lord Krishna:
Manmohan man mein ho tumhi (Kaisey Kahoon, 1964)
Kaanha Jaa Re (Tel Maalish Boot Polish, 1961)
Radhika tuney bansari churaee (Beti Bete, 1964)
Brindavan ka Krishna Kanhaiya (Miss Mary, 1957)
Such delightful lyrics: Rang salona aisa jaisey chhayee ho ghat saawan ki
Baat Chalat nayee Chunari Rang Daari (Rani Roopmati, 1957)
I had always loved this song, but didn't know of its provenance until one evening in the eighties or early nineties when Rani Roopmati was being telecast by Doordarshan! Those were the now unimaginable days without the Internet or Google!
Aayo kahaan se Ghanshyaam (Buddha Mil Gaya, 1971)
I've always loved the song, and after seeing the movie found it even more enthralling: a lovely semi-classical song linked to more than one murder!
Madhukar Shyam Hamaarey Chor (Bhagat Surdas, 1942)
How can I not have the inimitable K.L. Saigal on my list?
Radhe Rani De Daaro Na (Puran Bhagat,1933)
This was a Saigal song that my father used to sing, so it has a special place here.
Chali Radhey Rani ( Parineeta, 1953)
Manna Dey's magic, a delightful rhythm, and emotions any woman can identify with!.
I'm concluding this post with two non-film songs which are great favourites, composed by two great Bhakti poets, Surdas and Meerabai, respectively.
The immortal Kundan Lal Saigal sings Maiya Mori Main Nahin Makhan Khaayo
Chhannulal Misra sings this utterly beautiful Meerabai composition, in which the milkmaids are so utterly engrossed in their love for Krishna that they forget that they are selling curds, and sing
Koi Shyam Manohar Lo Re!
In no particular order, my selection of Hindi film songs celebrating Lord Krishna:
Manmohan man mein ho tumhi (Kaisey Kahoon, 1964)
Kaanha Jaa Re (Tel Maalish Boot Polish, 1961)
Radhika tuney bansari churaee (Beti Bete, 1964)
Brindavan ka Krishna Kanhaiya (Miss Mary, 1957)
Such delightful lyrics: Rang salona aisa jaisey chhayee ho ghat saawan ki
Baat Chalat nayee Chunari Rang Daari (Rani Roopmati, 1957)
I had always loved this song, but didn't know of its provenance until one evening in the eighties or early nineties when Rani Roopmati was being telecast by Doordarshan! Those were the now unimaginable days without the Internet or Google!
Aayo kahaan se Ghanshyaam (Buddha Mil Gaya, 1971)
I've always loved the song, and after seeing the movie found it even more enthralling: a lovely semi-classical song linked to more than one murder!
Madhukar Shyam Hamaarey Chor (Bhagat Surdas, 1942)
How can I not have the inimitable K.L. Saigal on my list?
Radhe Rani De Daaro Na (Puran Bhagat,1933)
This was a Saigal song that my father used to sing, so it has a special place here.
Chali Radhey Rani ( Parineeta, 1953)
Manna Dey's magic, a delightful rhythm, and emotions any woman can identify with!.
I'm concluding this post with two non-film songs which are great favourites, composed by two great Bhakti poets, Surdas and Meerabai, respectively.
The immortal Kundan Lal Saigal sings Maiya Mori Main Nahin Makhan Khaayo
Chhannulal Misra sings this utterly beautiful Meerabai composition, in which the milkmaids are so utterly engrossed in their love for Krishna that they forget that they are selling curds, and sing
Koi Shyam Manohar Lo Re!
3 comments:
A list for the day. Such lovely songs
Thank you, Batul!
Thank you for this collection. I stumbled upon your blog by chance, and have been reading it regularly for a while now. Madhukar shyam hamare chor, and radhe rani are two songs, which inspired me to write a post of my own...
http://rukkuwrites.com/2016/12/09/of-a-forgotten-era/
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