Monday, July 18, 2011

MUSICAL SESSION 17TH JULY 2011

S I V A R A M A K R I S H N A N ..... Wow. it took some time typing his name here. But brings out some of the best songs of Kishore Kumar always.
Sreesha, Sivaram and Chakravarthy listen in abject silence to Sivaramakrishnan.
N R Padmanabhan, Anita and Sailaja all all ears to the good music.
MUQABALA HUMSE NA KARO, MUQABALA HUMSE NA KARO, HUM TUMHE APNE RANG MEIN RANG DALENGE EK HI PAL MEIN.. Who says this to whom ?
The darling of the mehfil - APURVA - is hugged by Anita.
Prasun, Sivaramakrishnan, APURVA and Kamalakshi enjoying the songs.
Belting out some of the MASTI songs of Rafi Sahab is Chakravarthy. Elias is all attention to this one.
Unable to keep away, ELIAS wants to be as close to Chakravarthy when HUMDUM MERE MAAN BHI JAAO, KEHNA MERE PYAR KA is rendered.
Another long shot of the singing session.
SAILAJA churning out some sweet music of Lata Mangeshkar songs. She is too good.
Chakravarthy... and Elias....
Aur agla gana pesh karenge... Chakravarthy seems to be announcing as he took up the mantle to organize the Musical Session.
Ooops. R Padmanabhan. The enthu is there always.
Brings out the rarest of rare songs of Rafi Sahab and JHOOMS while singing - is R Padmanabhan
Sreesha, Elias and Sivaram
TEEN KANASTAR PEET PEET KAR - one very old and rare song of Rafi Sahab - singer is Anantrao Deshmukh
Some applaud, while some ... R Padmanabhan and S K Elias
Prasun says : ZULFON KO HATALE CHEHRE SE THODASA UJALA HONE DE
Prasun has not heard this one earlier and has a closer look at TEEN KANASTAR PEET PEET KAR as Anantrao gives a demo of Rafi Sahab's versatility
Sreesha, Anantrao, Sivaram and Kamalakshi
Anita was impressed with our group and Sailaja assures this is the best group to be in.
Different moods, different strokes but Apurva is relishing every moment
Elias takes keen interest in some great songs of Rafi Sahab. Here he is a keen listener alongwith R Padmanabhan, Chakravarthy as Prasun sings.
Prasun is handling the sound system now and Sailaja joins Sivaramakrishnan in this duet.
Another angle, same song. The duet
WATCHING YOU ALL MAKING SUCH A MESS OF YOUR SONGS !!! HA HA HA HA .. but you guys are are a sincere lot no doubt.
What's cooking ?? Kamalakshi, Sailaja, Balaji share a joke as Sivaramakrishnan is enjoying the songs
Anantrao Deshmukh and R Padmanabhan
I DESERVE ALL THE ATTENTION, ALL THE TIME. Let the songs go on, but see how good looking I am. APURVA.
When she herself is not singing, APURVA is all around the place. Check her videos to listen to her sing some of the difficult songs with ease.
Another duet and this time it is Prasun with Sailaja
Sailaja and Prasun
No, it is not a three-some song (threut?), but R Padmanabhan is keenly checking the lyrics of this duet.
OK Guys and Gals ! Great singing by you all. I am relaxing

MUSICAL SESSION 17TH JULY 2011

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

MY TOPIC OF THE DAY - by A L SREESHA


DEAR RAFI FOUNDATION MEMBERS !!!


My topic and song for the day.

Let me tell you how I began to enjoy Rafi saab's songs. This
will also be in the thread of ASM talking about the legend with
reference to 31st july with Babul song.



In 1977, when I met ASM, I was tuned to listening to old Hindi songs
and was collecting a lot of casettes of Mukesh. I enjoyed Kishore,
Manna De, Hemant, and of course Lata, Asha, Suman Kalyanpur,
LakshmiShankar, Jesudas and Rafi saab.

ASM and I argued about who was better. Mukesh or Rafi. He slowly
started introducing me to the Music Direction, Lyrics and style of
rendition. I was following only melodious tunes and with my limited
Hindi knowledge and absolutely no knowledge of Urdu, I had not been
eager to listen to OHFM in that aspect. Once ASM grilled me for about
one year, my approach to Hindi Film Songs Changed.
"Jaane bahaar Husn tera be misaal hain actually changed my attitude
towards Rafi saab.

My frequent visits to Hyderabad and gatherings in my room by a few
Rafi Bhakts singing old songs, ASM's explicit detail of the song from
the film "Ghazal", with complete lyrics and meaning, my listening to
Mere Mehboob Tujhe by Rafi saab, my attending the concert of Shrikant
Narayan in Chowdiah Memorial and the superb compering by Iyer, my
little interaction with the legendry Raviji, Rafi Holiday Bangalore,
interaction with Narayan and his devotion to Rafi saab, Guru's
knowledge, involvement of Rafi bhakts like Bina, Asha, Alka, Snigs,
Raj, made me also a keen follower of Rafi saab. My membership with AR
elite group is slowly and steadily increasing my knowledge about the
profound topic called Rafi Saab.

Sreesha.
I hope this is a good topic of the day.

http://youtu.be/j8IDirPakBY

Enclosed, my song for, Not only the day but for ages to come