Hello MusicLovers,

This is the first time Nightingale sings with A.R. Rahman and their duo is sensational.I listen to this rare gem, awesome music and amazing lyrics.

Latajee sounds so beautiful.She does an impressive job for this composition with sweetness rhythm.

A.R. Rahman composed Music and Prasoon Joshi penned notes.Here are the lyrics :


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Song : Luka Chuppi


Lata

Luka Chuppi bahut huyi saamne aa ja naa
Kahan kahan dhoondha tujhe
thak gayi hai ab teri maa

Aaja saanjh hui mujhe teri fikar
Dhundhla gayi dekh meri nazar aa ja na (2)

A. R. Rahman

Kya bataoon maa kahan hoon main
Yahan udney ko mere khula aasmaan hai
Tere kisson jaisa bhola salona
jahan hain yahan sapno vala
Meri patang ho befikar udd rahi hai maa
Dor koi loote nahin beech se kaate na

Lata

Aaja saanjh hui mujhe teri fikar
Dhundhla gayi dekh meri nazar aa ja na

Lata

Teri raah takey aankhiyaan
jaane kaisa kaisa hoye jiyaa (2)

Dhire dhire aangan utre andhera, mera deep kahan
Dhalke suraj kare ishara chanda tu hai kahan
Mere chanda tu hai kahan
Luka Chuppi bahut huyi saamne aa ja naa
Kahan kahan dhoondha tujhe thak gayi hai ab teri maa

Aaja saanjh hui mujhe teri fikar
Dhundhla gayi dekh meri nazar aa ja na (2)

A. R. Rahman

kaise tujhko dikhaun yahaan hai kya
Maine jharne se paani maa tod ke piya hai
Guchcha guchcha kai khwabon ka uchal ke chuwa hai
Chaaya liya bhali dhoop yahaan hai
Naya naya sa hai roop yahan
Yahaan sab kuch hai maa phir bhi
lage bin tere mujhko akela

Lata

Aaja saanjh hui mujhe teri fikar
Dhundhla gayi dekh meri nazar aa ja na (3)

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Zayed

thanks zayed!
great performance by both great singers.
and the last sargam is really wonderful!
these days, rehman is the only composer who can do justice to this greatest singer!
(same goes with asha bhosle-rehman combination)
another such composer is hridaynath mangeshkar.
but he has not worked with asha lately.
the marathi album " maitr jeevanche" that lata and he did this year, is just superb.

August, You can listen to Private albums "Meera Soor Kabeera", some Bhajans composed by Hridaynath Mangeshkar and "Antarnaad", Music by Mayuresh Pai and poems by Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Lata sings with various emotions and sound fresher.




Zayed

meera sur kabeera is my favourite in recent times. the blue couloured album, isn't it?
every song is wonderful and the simple music by hridaynath captures your heart.
i like few songs from antarnaad. like "tute hue taronse phute vasanti swar."

now that music and film both are out in open field,
reviews and interviews have started coming in..
read this:
rehman says about story behind Luka Chuppi..
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There are also many things he has done for RDB that are new to him. For one thing, he says he had "the audacity, if you will" to join Lata Mangeshkar for a song. "The song has a long and complicated history," he says. "I felt, several times, that I was not going to have it in her voice, but I didn't want to give up."

When a song in which a soldier's mother is featured arose, he thought of a situation from one of his favourite films, the Tom Cruise-starring war drama Fourth Of July. "I kept thinking the song should be very different from the kind of mother-child songs we generally hear in our films," he continues. "At one point, I thought, how about getting the dead son to respond to the mother?" he remembers.

Mehra and lyricist Prasoon Joshi loved the idea, he continues. But, after many months, he heard that many others associated with the film had their reservations, wondering if such a song could work. "Then came the question of who would sing it," he adds. "I knew who would be singing it -- the mother of all singers, Lataji."

When the date for recording was fixed, Mangeshkar was ill. And months later, when a second date was being arranged, he heard that she had to attend an event organised by Yash Chopra. Rahman told her there would not be another opportunity for her to record the song. "I was also going abroad in a few days," he continues. "She made a big sacrifice and cancelled the event."

Rahman also revealed that, as per original plans, Mangeshkar had only a few lines. "But she was singing it so beautifully, and she had made this big effort to record it," he continues, "that we decided to expand her contribution."

Mangeshkar has sung just about half a dozen songs for Rahman. "But every time I have worked with her, I have felt we were doing something truly special." Besides, she has also paid him the "highest compliment," he says. "She told me she liked my version of Vande Mataram better than her own!" No one could pay him a better compliment, the composer adds.

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for whole article go to:
http://ia.rediff.com/movies/2006/jan/30rah...q=mbp&file=.htm