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Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:00 AM

Jaan Pehechaan Ho

A Bollywood number that can turn your day around.
K.L.

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  • Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:19 PM

    Mohammed Rafi was...

    ... a great "playback singer." The voice behind (lipsynching) actors of Bollywood's golden era - roughly the 1950s thru the '70s.

    Kishore Kumar, another great playback singer, was a natural with songs like this one; somewhere w/in him lurked a crazy little kid itching to get out (and often succeeding!), and his songs are infused with the oomph that is Asha Bhosle's stock-in-trade.

    Rafi, and Lata Mangeshkar, excelled at the classic romantic song. Go to www.raaga.com, search for "Ehsaan Tera Hoga Mujh Par" - Hindi - Song - Exact ... and give the first two songs a listen. Great, huh?

    Ah, good times.

    The video is a hoot. With the obligatory Random Whitey(s) and everything ;-).

    —AR in SF Read AR in SF's other letters

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