Golden voice of Hemant Kumar

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 17 Jun 2009, 03:57

A lovely clip of Hemant-da singing 'Yeh nayan dare dare', song from 'Kohraa'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sThonxgXQjI

What a great singer he was, also an excellent music director.

From his homepage http://faculty.ist.unomaha.edu/pdasgupt ... index.html
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Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee(1920-1989) Indian singer and composer. Most prolific in the 50's and the 60's. Also an eloquent interpreter of Rabindranath Tagore's songs (Rabindra Sangeet). A versatile composer, he scored films such as Nagin, Kohraa and Bees Saal Baad. One of his songs from the Hindi film Jaal opened and closed the syndicated television series Movie Mahal in Britain and to hear him sing "This night, this moonlight may never be ours again. Heed the story of my heart...." was to be transported, even if the viewer did not understand the language. The age-old story of the power of music.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 17 Jun 2009, 04:07

Hemant dA - great singer indeed.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 17 Jun 2009, 06:12

ragam-talam wrote:"This night, this moonlight may never be ours again. Heed the story of my heart...." was to be transported

Sounds so much more romantic in the original language - 'yeh rAt, yeh cAndnI phir kahAn, sun jA dil kI dAstAn' - picturized here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyIOuf-B6Js

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 17 Jun 2009, 07:02

The way he pronounces 'dastan' in the above song is mesmerising. My favorite is 'chup hai darti chup hai ishara ' from House no44. can it be posted ? gobilalitha

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 17 Jun 2009, 07:04

Mama,

Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61vz3DAF_M8

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 17 Jun 2009, 08:58

Ravi,
Thank you for the clips. Oh, such a young Dev Anand and Geeta Bali (?).

ragam_talam,
Yes, very nice. My favorite song of his is 'E rAt E cAndni'. Isn't it a duet which he sings with Lata? 'AhaT tEri suntI hUn, khAmOsh nigAhOnse'. What poets they were who wrote the lyrics! The song remained as the number one hit on the Binaca Geetmala, the most popular pop music program of our days.

GBL,
Remember, Amin Sayani used to be the DJ just as mayilvAganan was for the tamizh version ? For you young ones, the Binaca (toothpaste sponsor) weekly broadcasts came from Srilanka. Memories of such sweet music...

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 17 Jun 2009, 09:09

Dev Anand must have been 35 or so in 1955 when the movie was released, but he looked so young; what did he do to look so young?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 17 Jun 2009, 09:23

He didn't have to do anything to 'be' young. He'was' young! Of course, he had a baby face too, we used to say. But when it came to acting, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Guru Dutt...

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 17 Jun 2009, 19:21

Movie "Guide" still lingers in my memories

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 17 Jun 2009, 19:53

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 18 Jun 2009, 03:10

Another favorite of mine, Na tum hamen jano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_curY3-0H3c

Hemant-da's voice is so hauntingly memorable.

There's such an indescribable beauty to the films from that era, don't you agree?
Even with all the fancy settings and special effects, today's movies pale in comparison.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be...

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 18 Jun 2009, 06:46

And nostalgia isn't 'going to be' what it is now!
Yes, a lovely song again. That one line 'magar lagtA ke kuchch aisA mErA hum dum milgayA' packs a lot of punch in musical phrasing.

Sam Swaminathan · Post by **Sam Swaminathan** » 18 Jun 2009, 07:18

This great man gave a live performance in the 60s in Music Academy. It was a morning concert. Just two people, Hemant Da and a tabalchi. Hemantda had a harmonium in front of him and played it himself. Absolute bliss for 3 hours. Can never forget it in my life time ( for my vicarious pleasure, how many of you would have had this kind of previlege ? mmmm......answer me !!)

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 18 Jun 2009, 07:29

Sam Swaminathan wrote:( for my vicarious pleasure, how many of you would have had this kind of previlege ? mmmm......answer me !!)

Sam, idu 'vicarious pleasure' oNNum illai, vayittericcalai koTTarEL! (It is not 'vicarious pleasure', you are making us jealous!)

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 18 Jun 2009, 07:37

ragam-talam wrote:Another favorite of mine, Na tum hamen jano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_curY3-0H3c

I always felt that this songs was a great counter-point to 'calO ik bAr phir sE ajnabI ban jAyE' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE5q9kst-Zc)

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 18 Jun 2009, 09:23

Ravi,
The scene enhances the song too! Eternal triangle stated, restated in words, camera angles, Ashok Kumar's acting without acting! Every time HK sang chalO, it reminded me as to which part of India he came from.

Sam,
Okay. Wish I had been there too. But if you had said it was Rafi, I would have been really envious!

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 19 Jun 2009, 03:36

ragam-talam wrote:Another favorite of mine, Na tum hamen jano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_curY3-0H3c

Btw, there is a writeup on Suman Kalyanpur at this page:

Suman Kalyanpur aka Suman Hemady was born on January 28, 1937 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, (which was then a part of India under British Raj), her maiden name being Hemady. In 1943, her family moved to Mumbai (then Bombay), where she received her musical training. She married Ramanand S. Kalyanpur.
Once Talat Mahmood heard Kalyanpur singing in a musical concert. Highly impressed, he recommended her to his music recording company, HMV. At age 17, she provided her first playback singing for the movie, Mangu (1954), singing the song Koi PukÃƒâ€žÃ‚Â

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 19 Jun 2009, 04:15

ragam-talam wrote:Fascinating! I wonder why Suman never made it big-time like Lata. She remained a "poor man's" Lata.

You really and truly wonder?

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 19 Jun 2009, 04:34

Usha Mangeshkar - Like her other siblings she too inherited musical genes from father.
With Lata and Asha taking on the mantle of the singers in the family she contentedly kept in the background.

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 19 Jun 2009, 09:02

one of the best melodies in hindi film music duets . has been sung by Suman kalyanpur with RAFI 'aaj hun aye balama,sawan beethe jayen, marvellous sangathis,(shades of chandrakauns),forgot the name of the film, RAVI a request for posting it gobilalitha.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 19 Jun 2009, 17:56

Mama,

Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAmcYZRTrcU

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 20 Jun 2009, 00:06

"Na na karte pyaar" - Suman Kalyanpur live! rare footage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkD6degfAFE

I always thought this was sung by Lata!

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 20 Jun 2009, 07:04

The film producers could have saved 90percent of the amount by booking Suman instead of Lata,and sent the saved amount to me for my advice!!! gobilalitha

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 20 Jun 2009, 07:20

Can we rewind our life like a audio/video cassette?

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 21 Jun 2009, 12:18

Sorry VKR, the days of rewinding are over, with the new digital age!
Now you can only upload/download.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 28 Jun 2009, 22:51

rshankar wrote:
ragam-talam wrote:Another favorite of mine, Na tum hamen jano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_curY3-0H3c
I always felt that this songs was a great counter-point to 'calO ik bAr phir sE ajnabI ban jAyE' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE5q9kst-Zc)

Ravi: Nice connection making. You mean that from the lyrics, the scene or the music pov?

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 06 Dec 2009, 04:07

Hemant-da's live performance! Great video clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_OEOx1BEB4

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 06 Dec 2009, 19:08

My favourite song of Hemant is from the 1952 film 'jaal ' . ye raat ye chandni phir kahan mera dil hai dastan' GOBILALITHA

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 06 Dec 2009, 19:22

oh! I forgot to add how dazzlingly handsome Dev Anand appears in that song . GOBILALITHA

murthyhmg · Post by **murthyhmg** » 06 Dec 2009, 21:53

AaNeelGaganTalePyarHamKare-Lata-Hemant-Badshah1954
ChaliGoriPeeSeMilanKo-HemantKumar-EkHiRasta1956
ChandaniRaaten-HemantKumar-Mukti1977
ChodDePatang-HemantKumar-Nagin1954
ChupHaiDharti-HemantKumar-House No.44-1955
DekhoChandChupkeKartaHaiKyaIshare-HemantKumar-Shart1954
DilChedKoiAisaNagma-HemantKumar-Inspector1956
NaYehChandHoga-HemantKumar-BihariSH -Shart1954
TereDwarKhadaEkJogi-HemantKumar-Nagin1954
TeriDuniyaMeJeeneSe-HemantKumar-HouseNo.44-1955
YadilKiSunoDuniyawalon-HemantKumar-Anupama1966

Please download from: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=3694 ... b9a8902bda

The zip file is named 'Hemant kumar - 11 songs'. Files are alphabetically arranged.

Amraman · Post by **Amraman** » 30 Mar 2010, 22:13

Thanks for posting the link for Hemant Kumar songs. I have been a big fan of his music both in hindi and bengali.
Ambika

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