LATAnjali - 270

baras baras badalii
(Gajre, 1948)

Posted by:  Dhananjay Naniwadekar
Contributed by: Dhananjay Naniwadekar

03 feb 2003

O P Nayyar once told Shirish Kanekar that nobody can sing melody quite like Lata. We never had any doubt that Nayyar would know that. Nayyar added : "I will give you just two examples. 'tum kyaa jaano' (for CR) and 'baras baras
badalii' (for Anilda)."

The sublime Lata solo for Anilda happens to be one of the two songs whose lyrics I can quote from memory, the other being 'sitaaro, chaand se keh do' from Badi Bahu. Both the songs are of Desert Island calibre. That I discovered
while putting together this post that I had got one line in the song badly wrong all this while is another matter. Lata's grip on the song ('baras baras badalii') is so maddeningly sure that her performance can only be seen as
something in the realm of witch-craft. Anilda's tune and Lata's singing simply beggar description. No art, not even music, has any business of being THIS good.

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\startsong
\stitle{baras baras badalii}%
\film{Gajre}%
\year{1948}%
\starring{Suraiya, Motilal, Geeta Nizami}%
\singer{Lata Mangeshkar}%
\music{Anil Biswas}%
\lyrics{Gopal Singh Nepali}%
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% Contributor: dhananjay naniwadekar
% Date : 03 feb 2003
% Credits : Hamraaz Sahab
% Comments : Latanjali Series. Film 'gajare'
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\printtitle
#indian
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% prelude
kab aaoge, kab aaoge
kab aaoge, baalamaa

baras baras badalii bhii bikhar ga_ii
ab kab aa_o_ge, baalamaa

pashchim se puurab aa ke megh ga_e jhuum ke
tum nahii.n aa_e paapii parades ghuum ke
megh ga_e jhuum ke
taras taras a.Nkhiyaa.N bhii nikhar ga_ii
ab kab aaoge, baalamaa

tum ko bedard baalam mujh se jii churaanaa hai
merii uma.nge.n na_ii, dard puraanaa hai
mujh se bhii puraanaa hai
ubhar ubhar meha.ndii bhii utar ga_ii
ab kab aaoge, baalamaa

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#endindian
\endsong
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