Sunday, March 26, 2017

This immortal bhajan exemplified (Ra)finesse

Here’s a question: Which is the best devotional song in a Hindi film? If you’re a true Hindi film music aficionado, your (Malk)a(u)nswer would be Man Tadpat Hari Darshan Ko Aaj from Baiju Bawra.

(Nau)S(h)adly, it didn’t fetch its composer an award, but the (bha)janata’s patronage of the song – penned by Shakeel Badayuni – was no less than a trophy.

It was rendered by Mohammed Rafi, whose fans would be forgiven if they paraphrased the first line to, “Kaan Tadpat Rafi Ki Awaaz Ko Aaj Bhi” (The ears want to listen to Rafi’s voice even today). 

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