QUOTE(unni @ May 12 2005, 11:18 PM)
Bobby:
Of course I could be wrong. But it doesn't sound like Geeta-ji.
Anybody else thinks the same. Mahesh-ji? Bappa-da?
Ha ha ha ha Unnibhai it appears reverse..... read this article on version recordings during old times. The female singer is Geeta Dutt but look who is male singer? Heard the song many times after downloading....listen to the last lines of the song....only there i could pick up the voice of geetaji.
WAVES
given that they are versions. Saigal's were on the Hindustan - New Theatres combined label. Were these the first of their kind? I wouldn’t venture to make such a claim. In the early days of version records some deceit was inevitable. M K Thiagaraja Bhagavathar was unique as a singing star of the Tamil films in the late'30s and early '40s. When he acted in and sang in 'Chintamani' (1937), he was contracted to Odeon records, which was run by A.V.Meiyappa Chettiar. When MKT, as he was popularly known, appeared reluctant to accept the payment they offered, AVM promptly had Carnatic vidwan, Turaiyur Rajagopala Sharma, a member of their own staff, sing a couple of the songs. The labels simply said Songs from 'Chintamani', the similarity in the two voices being an advantage.
The Bombay-based National Gramaphone Manufacturing Company Limited released version recordings sporadically in the '30s and 40s. Producer director Raj Khosla who later became a top producer director and is known as one today, reprised Mukesh's
hits from Majrooh-Naushad's 'Andaz' (1949) viz. 'Jhoom jhoom ke' and 'Ham aaj kaheen' for the company on the Young India label. In the '50s, Gramco was indulging in a practice that could either be termed ignoring the old and promotion of new talent.
Various film songs were being resung by upcoming artistes (so the company thought them to be, but I can't recall a single one making the grade) and were issued on Columbia (or sometimes on the cheaper) Twin label. An example is GE 21033,which features 'Seen men' by Tarun and Supriti and 'Jali jo' by Gouri Kedar (both from 'Tarana', 1951, Anil Biswas/Prem Dhawan, Kaif Irfani). Who bought these records? Possibly those in small towns, where they couldn't tell these voices from those of Lata & Talat.
The company showed scant regard for established singers when it had them sing with tinny, inadequate musical accompaniment. When Geeta Roy Dutt sang 'Gore gore hathon pe' and 'Chalee Radherani' from 'Parineeta' (1953) on Columbia, she was definitely more popular than the upcoming Asha and
Manna Dey, the original singers. In 1956, she was made to sing on the cheaper Twin label 'Panchhi Banoon' and 'Yeh raat bhigi bhigi' (the latter with Bhushan) from the film 'Chori Chori'. Only die-hard fans of the artistes could have bought these records. Other famous singers too were given the same treatment.
In the early 60s, Gramco started a venture that proved abortive. Called 'Kal ke Sitare', it reaired the songs of the last two decades with orchestra by V. Balsara and uninspired singing by a number of artistes, including Ambar Kumar, Surita, Meena, Rajendra, Shefali Rani, Tarun Kumar, Ratna Sharma, Roshan Kumar, Monica Anand, Inderjeet, Vijaya, Indu, etc. The only one to become a star a decade later, was Rajendra Mehta, the truly cultured amongst the contemporary ghazalkars. The hits from films like 'Punarmilan', 'Jhoola', 'Manmohan', 'Kanya', 'Poonji', 'Khandan', 'Bandhan', 'Jageerdar' did not remain popular because of singers who could not do justice to the originals.
to Bobbyji for uploading the rarest of the rares.