tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post772037260184892313..comments2024-03-24T08:18:33.058-04:00Comments on Conversations Over Chai: The Legends: SuraiyaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-85370339420901616912012-03-06T08:09:59.106-05:002012-03-06T08:09:59.106-05:00I hope you had a fine time, bollyviewer. I spent m...I hope you had a fine time, bollyviewer. I spent more time listening to her songs than actually listing them. Can't say it was a waste, but still... : -)Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-55345514989513951332012-03-05T19:07:09.703-05:002012-03-05T19:07:09.703-05:00I wonder why she isn't remembered more often a...I wonder why she isn't remembered more often as singer - because she was so pretty and a popular actress, too? She had such a lovely singing voice, it was so charming and sweet. I was planning on doing a Suraiya post once upon a time, but a little research on youtube convinced me that I knew very little about her songs! All my Suraiya favorites are from <i>Dillagi</i>, <i>Badi Behen</i> and <i>Mirza Ghalib</i>. There are a few others like <i>Dhadakte dil ki tamanna</i>, two that you've mentioned - <i>Yeh kaisi ajab dastaan</i> and <i>Man mor hua matwaala</i> - and some from <i>Dastaan</i> (can't recall the songs at the moment), but that is about it! So I am very excited about this post and it's second installment. Tonight, when I should be busy with work-related stuff, I am going to be spending time with Suraiya! :DBollyviewernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-61928536055841766422012-02-27T08:27:57.440-05:002012-02-27T08:27:57.440-05:00Your dad was villain?! I didn't know he had pl...Your dad was villain?! I didn't know he had played outright villain roles. Oh, do put up your blog about him, Shilpi.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-87331743289580117502012-02-27T01:53:15.258-05:002012-02-27T01:53:15.258-05:00 Yes the songs are great, I actually quite liked t... Yes the songs are great, I actually quite liked the film too, though I do not remember Suraiya's name in the film. Incidentally dad was also the villain and happens to be the reason why Suraiya commits suicide.Shilpi Bosehttp://www.itistastyma.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-78141400237235203132012-02-24T12:18:09.509-05:002012-02-24T12:18:09.509-05:00harvey, you know what I like most about you? You c...harvey, you know what I like most about you? You comment on each song, not just the post. It's so encouraging. Thank you. <br /><br />In those early songs, she was hardly 15 or 16 - it's no wonder that she sounds young. She was sixteen-going-on-seventeen when she did <i>Parwana.</i> <br /><br />Asha was 16 years old herself when she sang for <i>Lekh</i>, so, no, I don't think she was married. : - ) <br /><br />Yes, <i>Afsar</i> was remade as <i>Saheb Bahadur</i>, and by Chetan Anand himself. Only, he remade it with Priya Rajvansh in Suraiya's role, while Dev reprised his original character.<br /><br /><i>Bekaraar hai koi</i> is my husbang's favourite song from <i>Shama Parwana</i> too - I was going to use it for the Rafi-Suraiya duet, but I dropped it in favour of the one I did eventually use. <br /><br />And yes, there is part 2 - I haven't even mentioned her duets here! : - )Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-4296141284891672352012-02-24T12:07:37.808-05:002012-02-24T12:07:37.808-05:00Thank you so much, Mr Ramnathan, for reading my po...Thank you so much, Mr Ramnathan, for reading my posts so regularly. :) It's appreciation from my readers that keeps me posting. I'm so glad you're enjoying the songs. <br /><br />I do not claim an astonishing knowledge (or any deep knowledge for that matter) of the 40s. Most of the familiarity came from having heard it over an over again in my childhood - when I didn't much like them. But as I grow older, I find myself drawn to these songs - for one, they have real music instruments! : - ) <br /><br />Part 2- Duets will be posted in a while. Thank you once again.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-55916375942565629902012-02-24T11:36:21.567-05:002012-02-24T11:36:21.567-05:00Thanks for this wonderful collection of Suraiya so...Thanks for this wonderful collection of Suraiya songs, many of which were unknown to me till now. You are like an archaeologist in this aspect!<br /><br />In gulshan pe hai bahar her voice sounds still so young, doesn't it?<br />I love socha tha kya, kya ho gaya. Although I invariably think of the parody in Lamhe.<br />Murliwale is also one of my Suraiya favs!<br />Re.: paapi papihara, wonder where they got the herd of sheep! She looks so young!<br />I knew only sawan ki ghatao from Lekh. I didn't know that Asha had also sung for that film. Do you know if she was already married at that time?<br />Mere dil me aao was new for me. It is cute. The beginning sounds a bit melancholic, but later on it picks up pace.<br />Love the way she sings manmoooor. Beautiful! Wasn't Afsar made as Sahib bahadur in the 70s?<br />Raaton ki neend cheen li is such a lovely song.<br />Love the other songs in Shama Parwana more than the one mentioned here, particularly bekaraar hai koi. Shammi looks so much like Raj in this.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSakjIe3e4o<br />Somehow the only song which I like from Waris is rahi matwale in all its versions. The other songs pale in comparison. It was funny to see the young boy totally uninvolved in the song! :-)<br />Mirza Ghalib! A wonderful score! Khambakt ek bhi besura gaana nahin hai!<br />Jaddanbai had a great voice, didn't she? I got acquainted with her voice at Richard's site.<br />Yeh kaisi ajab dastan hai has such a hauntign quality to it that I never thought of it as a seduction song, till I saw the video.<br /><br />Did I understand you right, that there is going to be a second part to this post?harveyhttp://harveypam.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-69942572779152490902012-02-23T12:11:28.905-05:002012-02-23T12:11:28.905-05:00Dear Anuradha,
Sridhar told me yesterday that yo...Dear Anuradha, <br /><br />Sridhar told me yesterday that you had posted a new article on Suriaya. I have been listening to it all of today. Such lovely, lovely songs. I'm glad you put her early songs like 'Gulshan pe bahaar hai' and 'Paapi papeeha re' - but then, you have an astonishing knowledge of the songs of the 40s! Thank you once again for listing these songs so I can just click on them. And for all the background information you so painstakingly research. I'm looking forward to her duets in Part 2. Until then, I have these songs to keep me company. <br /><br />God bless!<br /><br />Ramnathan. K.S.Sridharnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-16604617377618785962012-02-22T21:15:13.577-05:002012-02-22T21:15:13.577-05:00I love your pre-emptive comments, harvey. :) Looki...I love your pre-emptive comments, harvey. :) Looking forward to your comments <i>after</i> you read the post and listen to the songs.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-82036921892598748742012-02-22T21:14:00.716-05:002012-02-22T21:14:00.716-05:00Well, maybe he will grow into our music just as we...Well, maybe <i>he</i> will grow into our music just as we did into our fathers. :) We can always live in hope.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-48687162371017341972012-02-22T14:32:46.481-05:002012-02-22T14:32:46.481-05:00I don't have time to read the whole post. I wi...I don't have time to read the whole post. I will do it tomorrow.<br />For now, my favourite Suraiya song from the 60s, where she gives playback to Nimmi<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOe44SXQKew<br /><br />Looking forward to read this!<br />Good night!harveyhttp://harveypam.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-48849009457304862662012-02-22T11:39:12.509-05:002012-02-22T11:39:12.509-05:00I think we followed the same trajectory - or, our ...I think we followed the same trajectory - or, our fathers did! I grew up listening to Suraiya's songs too, and didn't like them much then. Now I'm settling into my forties, I find so much to like in the songs that my father used to play, and my son has the same complaints as I did.Sridharnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-35866434806857855012012-02-22T10:22:02.746-05:002012-02-22T10:22:02.746-05:00Thank you, Madhu. Some of the songs were new to me...Thank you, Madhu. Some of the songs were new to me too, like <i>Paapi papeehara</i> from <i>Parwana</i> - I was blown away when I heard that. The others I grew up hearing my father play them on and on - must confess I didn't quite appreciate them, then. <br /><br />You're right about the vast ocean of undiscovered music - sometimes, it saddens me that I haven't heard them before; sometimes, I'm glad because that means there are so many more wonders to discover. I do not quite know which feeling triumphs!Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-19975563002890555722012-02-22T10:21:16.553-05:002012-02-22T10:21:16.553-05:00Thank you, Madhu. Some of the songs were new to me...Thank you, Madhu. Some of the songs were new to me too, like <i>Paapi papeehara</i> from <i>Parwana</i> - I was blown away when I heard that. The others I grew up hearing my father play them on and on - must confess I didn't quite appreciate them, then. <br /><br />You're right about the vast ocean of undiscovered music - sometimes, it saddens me that I haven't heard them before; sometimes, I'm glad because that means there are so many more wonders to discover. I do not quite know which feeling triumphs!Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-84400793704263344482012-02-22T09:43:46.479-05:002012-02-22T09:43:46.479-05:00I would like to comment more often, but I find it ...I would like to comment more often, but I find it difficult to keep up with all you film bloggers but all the same I am just trying to squeeze out some time to post this comment. Well Madhu has done half the job for me by posting that song from Shama. Before I go into Shama, I have to mention here that I just love Suraiya's voice.<br />Dad had the opportunity of acting with her in Shama, he played his brother. The songs of this film were super-hits,had the film also been a box-office hit the film's music director would not have had to wait for nearly 30 years to see success, no I am wrong he did not see the success he had already passed away, the music director was none other than Ghulam Mohammed whose film Pakeezah was a huge success but unfortunately he was not around to see it.<br />Besides the song posted by Madhu, my other favourite song from Shama is this one Mast Anhkon Mein Shararat<br /><br /><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpX7Qcrj03UShilpi Bosehttp://www.itistastyma.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-68768124456044317212012-02-22T01:02:08.952-05:002012-02-22T01:02:08.952-05:00Mmmm. :-) I have read your entire post, Anu - and ...Mmmm. :-) I have read your entire post, Anu - and am now listening to my favourite Suraiya song, <i>Nuktacheen hai gham-e-dil</i> - as I type. And I am actually breaking out in gooseflesh all over. I LOVE that song.<br /><br />Thank you for this post, and for all that background information. I agree with you about the simplicity of Suraiya's voice - very pure and unaffected. I'd only heard a handful of the songs you listed (the ones from <i>Shama Parwana, Rustom Sohrab</i> and <i>Anmol Ghadi</i>, besides the ones from <i>Mirza Ghalib</i>), but I've listened to each of them over the past half hour, and they're lovely. Can we ever come to a point where we can say we've discovered all there is to Hindi cinema, or its music? Thank goodness, not!<br /><br />Here's another Suraiya song which I like, <i>Aapse pyaar hua jaata hai</i>, from <i>Shama</i>:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH0Txr7dWig&feature=related<br /><br /> dustedoffhttp://dustedoff.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com