If there were a measure in HFM called hit ratio defined roughly as the number of popular songs divided by the total number of songs recorded, Hemant Kumar would be among the top ranked, perhaps among the top 3. (ignoring the trivial case of one-hit wonders). No wonder that almost all Hemant songs that HMV has released have made it to the ISB. I was going to mail the last (extra) stanza of this song from the video version of the movie to the FITB series, when I realized that this oft-heard song was missing from the ISB...so without any delay..here go the lyrics. As an aside, as most know Kohraa is a sort-of remake of Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca. Suspense, direction, story and other things apart, after being accustomed to Joan Fontaine it was not easy for me to adjust to Waheeda. On its own, the actors in Kohraa have delivered their roles excellently. Commercially this movie did not do as well as its predecessor from the same team 'Bees saal baad'. Hemant Kumar mentions in his autobiography that he, as the producer, had suggested the director Biren Nag either to explain that there was a supernatural element (ex-wife's ghost) in the movie or not involve a supernatural element at all (as in the Hitchcock's original). HemantK felt that this was the reason for the movie's dismal performance. Unfortunately, Biren Nag died of a cardiac arrest soon after the movie flopped. Here are the lyrics to the song... \startsong \stitle{raah banii Kud ma.nzil} \film{Kohraa} \year{1964} \starring{Biswajeet, Waheeda, Lalita Pawar} \singer{Hemant} \music{Hemant} \lyrics{Kaifi Azmi} % %Contributor: Prithviraj Dasgupta %Transliterator: Prithviraj Dasgupta %Date: 10/15/2001 % \printtitle % #indian raah banii Kud ma.nzil piichhe rah ga_e mushkil saath jo aa_e tum raah banii Kud ma.nzil \threedots dekho phuul ban ke saarii dharatii khil parii guzare aarazuu ke raaste.n the jis gha.Dii jis me churaa_e tum raah banii Kud ma.nzil \threedots jharanaa gaa rahii hai merii dil kii daastaa.N merii pyaas lekar chhaa rahii hai.n mastiiyaa.N jin me nahaa_e tum raah banii Kud ma.nzil \threedots pa.nchhii uu.D ga_e sab gaa ke naGamaa pyaar kaa lekin dil ne aisaa jaal phekaa pyaar kaa u.Dane na paa_e tum raah banii Kud ma.nzil \threedots #endindian \endsong ======================================================== P Dasgupta wrote: > > If there were a measure in HFM called hit ratio > defined roughly as the number of popular songs > divided by the total number of songs recorded, > Hemant Kumar would be among the top ranked, perhaps > among the top 3. (ignoring the trivial case of > one-hit wonders). Could you highlight some one-song wonders. Though I don't think they were trivial. -Rawat Message 3 in thread From: P Dasgupta (prithvi_dg@yahoo.com) Subject: Re: GEETanjali: raah banii Kud ma.nzil Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.misc View this article only Date: 2001-10-24 16:52:40 PST vsrawat@MailAndNews.com wrote in message : > Could you highlight some one-song wonders. > Though I don't think they were trivial. Nazia Hassan and her album "Disco Dewaane" for one. I think her other hit was 'Boom boom' from Star. Which gives her a pretty high hit-ratio with much lesser songs than HemantK. It was unfortunate that she expired at such a young age. There is another case in Bengali music. A singer named Malay Mukherjee expired in a motorbike accident after his first record which was a hit(around 1967-68). I agree that the singers and their songs are not trivial. What I wrote was that a case like 1 hit/1 song was a trivial (or base) case. -Prithviraj Message 4 in thread From: Uttam (u0107@usa.net) Subject: Re: GEETanjali: raah banii Kud ma.nzil Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.misc View this article only Date: 2001-10-23 21:25:13 PST > jharanaa gaa rahii hai merii dil kii daastaa.N Should the line not really read Jharanaa Keh rahaa hai mere dil kii daastaa.N Cheers! Uttam ============= In article , prithvi_dg@yahoo.comw says... > >If there were a measure in HFM called hit ratio >defined roughly as the number of popular songs >divided by the total number of songs recorded, >Hemant Kumar would be among the top ranked, perhaps >among the top 3. (ignoring the trivial case of >one-hit wonders). This is stuff and nonsense--or perhaps the irrational ravings of a rabid fan. Compare him to Anil Biswas, Sajjad, Jaidev, Roshan and Khaiyaam. Hemant Kumar's ratio doesn't figure anywhere near that of any of these music directors. I have high regard for Hemant both as a music director and as a singer, but these attempts to place him in a league well beyond his calibre is objectionable. Ashok Message 6 in thread From: P Dasgupta (prithvi_dg@yahoo.com) Subject: Re: GEETanjali: raah banii Kud ma.nzil Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.misc View this article only Date: 2001-10-25 22:15:11 PST ADhareshwar@WorldBank.Org (Ashok) wrote in message news:<9r80q911tjh@enews1.newsguy.com>... > > In article , prithvi_dg@yahoo.comw says... > > > >If there were a measure in HFM called hit ratio > >defined roughly as the number of popular songs > >divided by the total number of songs recorded, > >Hemant Kumar would be among the top ranked, perhaps > >among the top 3. (ignoring the trivial case of > >one-hit wonders). > > This is stuff and nonsense--or perhaps the irrational > ravings of a rabid fan. > Compare him to Anil Biswas, > Sajjad, Jaidev, Roshan and Khaiyaam. Hemant Kumar's > ratio doesn't figure anywhere near that of any of > these music directors. When I wrote songs _recorded_ I implied songs sung and thus recorded. Not songs composed. So I did not compare him to other MD's. If I intended to do that I would use another factor like Filmfare award/nominations as the numerator/denominator:) and place him among top 15. Rabid fan..well maybe. Irrational...well I have rational numbers to support;) > I have high regard for Hemant > both as a music director and as a singer, but these > attempts to place him in a league well beyond his > calibre is objectionable. Well, these are just my humble attempts to nudge people to generate some response to GEETanjali posts...rather than just posting the lyrics of the song. So Ashok's and other's comments are welcome. -Prithviraj Message 7 in thread From: naniwadekar (nani345@hotmail.com) Subject: Re: GEETanjali: raah banii Kud ma.nzil Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.misc View this article only Date: 2001-10-26 00:08:02 PST P Dasgupta wrote - > > When I wrote songs _recorded_ I implied songs sung > and thus recorded. Not songs composed. So I did not > compare him to other MD's. > Oh, come on. You mean there is anything wrong with the usage 'Madan Mohan has recorded ... songs' ? In most cases (but for special exceptions like Anilda - Pannalal's Basant), the words 'composed' and 'recorded' could be used interchangeably. If you had Hemant - the singer in mind, and not Hemant - the MD, you should have said so. I am also curious why you would choose a) hits / total songs for singers but b) Filmfare awards / nominations for MDs. Why not choose criterion - a) for MDs and b) for singers instead? Or just a) for both MDs and singers or just b) for both MDs and singers? First, you are choosing criterion arbitrarily (let us overlook that for a moment). Then you argue that for comparing MDs you would look at filmfare awards as if that is somehow a more logical thing to do. If you look at Filmfare awards for MDs, what do you find? Hemant Kumar better than Anil Biswas !?!? S-J miles ahead of Roshan and SDB and CR!!! Need I say anything more? As for choosing arbitrary yardstick, if we decide to go by output of MDs in 1967, Ravi might prove to be better MD than Sajjad (who got no assignments that year). So the choice of yardstick does matter if you want comparisons to be meaningful. > If I intended to do that (viz - compare MDs) > I would use another factor like Filmfare award/nominations > as the numerator/denominator:) and place him among > top 15. Rabid fan..well maybe. > What is that smiley doing there for God's sake? Go hide behind it now and make more excuses. > > Well, these are just my humble attempts to nudge > people to generate some response to GEETanjali posts... Your aim is no doubt laudable. But please consider that just posting lyrics is also a contribution even if it fails to generate any response. In fact a plain lyrics post is preferable to throwing around careless remarks. - dn