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Song:
“O
More Sajana…”
Film:
Baharon Ke Sapane (1967)
Producer:
Nasir Husain
Director:
Nasir Husain
Lyrics
: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Singer:
Lata Mangeshkar
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It
seems Pancham treasured his most valuable compositions for
certain people, Nasir Hussain being one of them. I think Nasir
Hussain really got hold of Pancham’s creative nerve and
utilized his music to great effect in his trend-setting
melodramas.
“Baharon
Ke sapne” is one Nasir Hussain film, which is seldom talked
about, and although it is remembered mostly for its beautiful
melodies, there’s one song “ O more sajana”, which seems
to have been forgotten or probably overshadowed by more
popular numbers from the same movie.
To
start with, this song has one of the best M0’s that I have
listened so far. The M0 starts with a soft piece of santoor,
which is then picked up by the guitar to a beautiful piece of
rhythm and melody, which like typical R D has no relation
whatsoever with the main melody as a stand alone piece, but
Pancham weaves and bridges this piece so beautifully with the
main structure that it becomes inseparable from the
song….and how many times has Pancham done this ? Remember
the M0 of “ Aisa sama na hota”
? . This piece coupled with R Khanna’s “Aati ho ke
jaaon ?” really establishes that although its all about he
leaving and she persuading him not too, its not a sad song at
all; rather its a sweet romantic number. The music then goes
back to the santoor followed by a soft single bell tone which
not only acts as
bridge between the M0 and the Mukhada, but also an indicator
for the singer to start the song and a stop gap for us to
prepare ourselves for a different perspective..the she side of
it, all this achieved through a single soft tone….brilliant.
Lata
Mangeshkar then , in her heavenly voice, starts the song “ O
more sajana,O more balma, ab bideswa jaiyyo na” The rhythm;
mainly dholak, gives a rural touch to the song.
Along
with the M0, I also love this song for the beautiful stanzas,
this song has very romantic antara, the already romantic
melody is enhanced by the use of flute and the soft rendition
of Lata when she sings “ Usi sham ko jala ke diye, bahut roi
hai mien tumhare liye”.
Pancham
again creates magic with the M2. He starts with prominent
guitar chords played in a rhythm, introduces shehnai with
amazing effect and gets back to the track with a simple flute
bridge. While listening to the second stanza, I could not help
recollecting “ Tere liye palkon ki jhallar”, it might be
because of the words..” Meri to daulat tum ho sajanwa, jaise
rakhoge waise rahoongi” or may be because of the similar
effect both the songs had on me.
The
song ends with Lata’s fading voice humming the mukhada with
only soft guitar chords in the background, a perfect ending
for such a soft romantic number.
Do listen if you haven’t,
and if you have…listen again.
Anand
Dhodapkar
Panchammagic.org
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