jivan naiya was produced by Bombay talkies in 1936-37 starring ashok kumar,devika rani,mumtaz ali & music direction was by saraswati devi who was a Parsi lady
In one of Ashok Kumar's interviews he recalls that he tried to dissuade Kishore Kumar from singing this song as it was rather difficult classical number and to which Kishore Kumar replied that he did not understand all that mumbo jumbo, but would sing the song alright and better than Ashok Kumar too... which he did obviously. I'd been looking for the song and all I found was that 26 sec clip which made my desire to hear it stronger. I can hardly overstress how I feel right now. Many thanks!
Awesome find. BTW, Kishore kumar never gave the credit to Saraswati Devi for this music, when he rendered it (maybe more masterfully than his elder brother) in his own debut (music) direction Jhumroo 1961.
Listening to this and immediately thereafter playing Kishore Kumar's version, from the same page, is an incomparable experience. Dadamoni (Ashok Kumar) once told me "Mera sur theek nahin hai, mere chhote bhai ki awaz ekdum seedhi lagti hai'. What artists !
In one of Ashok Kumar's interviews he recalls that he tried to dissuade Kishore Kumar from singing this song as it was rather difficult classical number and to which Kishore Kumar replied that he did not understand all that mumbo jumbo, but would sing the song alright and better than Ashok Kumar too... which he did obviously. I'd been looking for the song and all I found was that 26 sec clip which made my desire to hear it stronger. I can hardly overstress how I feel right now. Many thanks!
gaurav1089 2 months ago
Awesome find. BTW, Kishore kumar never gave the credit to Saraswati Devi for this music, when he rendered it (maybe more masterfully than his elder brother) in his own debut (music) direction Jhumroo 1961.
shrini68 4 months ago
Listening to this and immediately thereafter playing Kishore Kumar's version, from the same page, is an incomparable experience. Dadamoni (Ashok Kumar) once told me "Mera sur theek nahin hai, mere chhote bhai ki awaz ekdum seedhi lagti hai'. What artists !
ravisinha67 4 months ago
Great job finding and uploading this.
SanjayMalhotraSongs 5 months ago
I had no clue that he could sing so well.
Thanks for the background info and for cleaning up the track.
Appreciate your hard work.
vahanvaty 6 months ago
what a find. congratulations.
ambindia 6 months ago