Aayega Aane Waala

Team Nostalgia at Good Earth, Palmgrove, Bengaluru on Nov 19, 2016.

Theatrical ambience - Amphi like - tempting many to click a quick selfie…. Bright lights dotting verdant green walled enclosure, interspersed by interesting interplay of solids n voids of concrete n metal; Coleus, here n there clinging on to rugged stone plinth that based the stage; Enthusiastic community crowd filling the steps right up to top; Trees that flanked on either side of the stage with boughs calendula kind, cantilevered from their trunks, kind enough to bow over their One Sis n Many Bros sitting on stage, a Good Earthy feel…what an inspiration to pen my review of one of a score of songs sung by Team Nostalgia. My pick for song review: Aayega Aane Waala  

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A scintillating song from the mystery movie “Mahal” that catapulted Lata several notches up, to reach super star status among singers then.

The backdrop for the song is a series of breathtaking black and striking white imagery thanks to stunning cinematography by Joseph Wirsching.

Picturised on Ashok Kumar, known as Shankar in the film, owner of Sangam Bhavan that is haunted by memories of two lovers, one an unknown man and the other, beautiful looking Kamini played by Madhubala.

Sangam Bhavan was a palatial mansion that stood on the bank of Yamuna, and built by an “Unknown Man” who would supervise its construction, travelling by boat every night. Once Sangam Bhavan was ready, this unknown man brought his beloved to the bhavan and would come rowing every night to visit her. The romance didn’t last long, for, one stormy night, the boat capsized, the unknown man drowned, followed by grief struck Kamini who too threw herself into the river and drowned.

Aware of the tragic ending romantic saga through gardener of the bhavan, Krishna, yet intrigued, Shankar the owner, wanders through ‘The Mahal’ . His intrigue increases when an old portrait (of The Unknown Man) that fell off the wall (and just missed hitting him) looked precisely like a portrait of himself! During his wandering around the mansion, in the middle of a stark dark stormy night, when the clock strikes to say the time now is two (a.m.!) was that a kind of cue?

For, from not too far away, he started hearing the singing of this song by a lady, none other than Kamini (Madhubala) brilliantly playbacked by Lata. His aimless wandering now shifts to focus, tracking the trailing voice emerging from somewhere out there. A voice heard so near, yet that figure n oh that face swinging back n forth n back n forth appears to be far away. When he rushes to sight her at the spot, lo, the voice is ringing, swing still swinging, albeit with its seat plain empty! To him, it’s sheer disbelief!  A face that he could see, though from far, is now elusive, making him pensive.

What an odyssey it is, all through the song! Sung by a teeny, tiny, double braided marvel of a girl from Maharashtra. Who knew then, in that era when rustic and robust Punjabi voices like Shamshad Begum, Zorabhai Ambalewali, Amirbai Karnataki and Noor Jehan to name a few, ruled the roost, that, this little girl would go on to become “The Golden Voice of Hindi Cinema” to this day! Probably Ghulam Haider alone knew, who envisioned in her a potential musical genius. That was when many an eyebrow shot up!!

1/7 songs from the Film: Mahal

Composer:  Khemchand Prakash              Singer: Lata Mangeshkar           Lyricist: Nakshab

Director: Kamal Aarohi                            Cast: Ashok Kumar, Madhubala

Also read Song review of
Ajeeb Dastaan Hai
Aao Huzoor Tum ko

Churaliya Humne Jo Dil Ko
Tu Pyar Ka Saagar Hai
Tere Mere Milan Ki Yeh Raina
Mang Ke Saath Tumhaara
Sambhal ye dil

Nostalgia Team that performed at Good Earth Palmgrove, B’lore on Nov 19, 2016 comprised of

Sri Sheshadri Mokshagundam – Master of Ceremonies
Smt. Rekha Sathish – Singer

Sri. Ramanujam Masti – Singer

Li'l Master Aprameya – Budding Singer
Sri. Ravi Dharwad on Keyboard
Sri. Srinivas B. C. on Tabla
Sri. Shashidhar on Rhythm Pad

List of Songs sung at the event:

Tu Pyar Ka Sagar Hai -Chorus (Sheshadri Sir, Sri Ramanujam and Smt. Rekha )

Ayega Aanewala 

Yeh Mera Diwana Pan Hai 

Dil Ke Nazar Se

Piya Aiso Jiya

Jalte Hain Jiske Liye

Waqt Ne Kiya

Yeh Raaten Yeh Mausam

Koya Koya Chand

Rahena Rahe Hum

Na Bole Na Bole

Baar Baar Dekho 

Kuch Dil Ne Kaha

Hum Aapki Ankhon Mein

Zindagi Bhar Nahi

Aao Huzoor

Aaja Sanam

Aayiye Meherban

Medley of songs

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Episode #67 by Team Nostalgia at Dignity Foundation, Bengaluru

Sri Sheshadri Mokshagundam – Founder, Anchor, Singer

Singers:

Smt Rekha Sathyashankar

Smt Kumuda Mallya

Sri A K Prabhakar

Sri Badrinath

Smt. Mangala Madhuchand – Event Blogger

Playlist – Oct 27, 2017

Jatan Kahan Hai Diwane – CID (1956)

Kahin Ye Wo To Nahin – Haqeeqat  (1955)

Lakhon Hain Nigahon Mein -  Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon (1963)

Haale Dil Unko Sunana Tha – Fariyaad (1942)

Din Dhal Jaaye – Guide (1965)

Aayega Aanewala – Mahal (1949)

Aaj Yeh Meri Zindagi – Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke (1963)

Hum Aur Tum Aur Yeh Sama - Dil Deke Dekho (1959)

Dil Ka Diya Jala Ke Gaya – Akashdeep (1965)

Aansu bhari hain yeh jeevan ki rahein – Parvarish (1977)

Ye Hawa Ye Raat Ye Chandni - Sangdil (1952)

Suhani Raat Dhal Chuki - Dulari (1949)

Babuji Dheere Chalna  - Aar Paar (1954)

Nainon Mein Badra Chhaye -  Mere Saaya (1966)

Darshan Do Ghanashyam Nath Mori - Narsi Bhagat (1957)

Itna Na Mujhse Tu Pyar Badha – Chaya (1961)