Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar :: Of course THIS IS " LIFE " FOR THE " LIFE " - A TRIBUTE And A Homage

Lata Mangeshkar And Kishore Kumar – The “ ONES ”  That Did Not Hit ….. Yeh Jivan Hai …This Is             “ LIFE”

SORRY- EXTREMELY SORRY…… to start with. It’s late but then it is….. NO “ NEVER ” HERE……

“” AAYE YEH RAAJ TAB SAMAJH MAI , JUB UMRA HI BEET JAYE ””  ……. This is the END of the lines from the song.It means that WHEN THE LIFE NEARLY COMES TO AN END, THE “ OCEAN” OF THE SECRET THAT THE LIFE HOLDS,IS THEN UNDERSTOOD

Sunday, FEBRUARY 6^th, 2022…… February 6^th 1973….. this was the date that the GREAT Madam lata Mangeshkar specially had send an invitation to the two Karnataka’s GREAT STALWART, B.S.Chandrashekar and Gundappa Vishvanath to meet her at a studio at Mumbai now and Bombay then.

She  specially wanted to GREET both the maestro for saving India from a very POSSIBLE defat at Kanpur against England. In that match Chandrashekar had claimed four very vital wickets to save England taking a huge lead over India and when it came to batting, Vishvanath scored a majestic unbeaten 75 to completely save India from a 100% defeat. That was February 6^th when she send them a message through the late Mr Raj Singh Dungarpur to the maestro’s to meet her…… Gundappa Vishvanath scored an 113 on February 7^th 1973 to become the first Indian to score a century yet after scoring one in his debut. …..

February 6^th 2022 . it was the next day after the Saraswati Pooja, and the early morning greeted us with the news that the VOICE OF INDIA, the SWARN-KOKILA of India Madam Lata Mangeshkar, ie, Latadidi to all of us was NO MORE.

This article is just my effort to pay my MOST-REVERRED-TRIBUTE-AND-HOMAGE to the Lady who perhaps was the only SECOND in the FILM industry of her kind and shared that place with Kishore Kumar alias Kishoreda as we know him.The FIRST definitely was DADA SAHEB PHALKE .

This article is all about the TWO SONGS that NEVER was released by the one’s who simply could not put these two songs of the duo that sang this duet in two different films in Hindi.  There are certain songs sung by Kishoreda, Mohammed Rafi and Latadi which could not break the ice to smash the box-office and those who have spend their most of the life singing either on the stage on the occasion of Durga Puja, or at the auditorium of their College while at the College, or the School and who  have a TREMENDOUS knowledge of the Hindi films and  it’s song, like I do have, and possess, I can say without any hitch that the BEST of some songs that have been sung By Mohammed Rafi, Kishoreda and Latadi, had it hit the screen then people would have forgotten those  songs to praise which they have been fortunate to hear it in any form and in any way or manner  in the TV or the radio set or on audio sets etc. …..

I have discussed a few songs on this blog page and their stories about how those songs were picturised  but today I focus on TWO songs sand as a DUET by Ladi and Kishore Kumar , which actually are the IMMORTALS one’s but never discussed. ……

The narrow gist of these two songs are as follow-::

A ) > Bombay To Goa:: Tum Meray Zindagi  Mai Kuch Is Tarah Say Aaye. …..

This song is from the film Bombay to Goa. This film was NEVER at all a hit film of Amitabh  Bachchan who was struggling in an manner to find a place in the DIRTY world of the Bombay film industry. Every where that Amitabh went to plead to get him a film or any job, in the film industry saw him hearing that GO AND DO SOMETHING ELSE AS YOU ARE NOT SUITED FOR A FILM CAREER. …..

Amitabh during those days would get only the third class films which would be a disaster at the box-office and Bombay to Goa was no exception. This film directed by his everlasting reliable friend Mr Mehmood, the MASTER PILLAI of Padosan and a GREAT comedian , saw Amitabh somehow dancing in the song Dekha Naa , Hai Re Soccha Naa,. This song sung by Kishore Kumar gave some kind of a solace to Amitabh, only to preserve his respect as a flop hero, but that song became a hit, and later Amitabh due to this film got another film named ZANZEER which changed the course of his life.

This film Was a SUPER FLOP film and one of those which Amitabh gave it from 1968 when he first played the role in SAAT HINDUSTANI  till the moment. However this song which reads as under-::

 TUM MERI ZINDAGI, KUCH IS TARAH SAY AAYE ……

Sung By Latadi and Kishoreda, written by Rajinder Krishan , and composed by R.D.Burman,ie , Panchanda , it  was a HEAVEN in terms of the WORDS that the song carries, the MUSIC that it was mixed with to compose it, and the RANGE that included the SWEETENESS that it contained, or contains .

STRANGE-  THIS SONG WAS DELETED BY THE MOVIE MAKER AT THE NICK OF THE TIME…… What a MISTAKE it was , for if this song was pictured and played in the movie, I THINK THIS SONG WOULD HAVE WON A FILMFARE AWARD WITHOUT  ANY GO AND NOTHING TO HAVE SAID – NO.  

This song and it’s removal from the film, completely had broke Latadi as her emotion was something which she could not control and it completely left kishreda gazed and terrified without any words that could come out from his mouth.

THEY JUST TILL THE END WHEN KISHOREDA HAD LAST MET LATADI ON October 3^rd 1987, ALWAYS SPOKE TO EACH OTHER ABOUT THIS SONG BEING DROPPED….. The next day October 4th 1987, was when Kishoreda bid GOODBYE to this world. 

How was the SONG like and alike, well the U-Tube is here and KINDLY click on the same to hear it…

https://youtu.be/76cdOflmTm4

U Tube :: Song :: Tum Meray Zindagi Mai, Kuch Is Tarah Say Aye…. Bombay To Goa 

My only SINCERE request to everybody reading this article is PLEASE click on the LINK given here or make use of the same to just listen ONCE to this song .YOU WOULS BE MESMERISED. Had this song hit the SCREEN, Amitabh immediately would have become a STAR IN THEWANTING LIST then and there itself and maybe Aruna Irani would have bagged a few more films  as a HEROINE and not as an character actress.

Some " SPECIAL " Lines About Panchanda Who Composed This Song - Charlie Chaplin Touch 

It would be a GREAT sin if I did not mention and write about Panchamda who composed this beautiful song. RDB ( Rahul Dev Burman ) picked up just two lines from Sir Chaplin's exquisite melody , and transformed it into a superb song , for the Indian audience. and that was a sheer creativity. That's inspiration !! hats off , Panchamda !! 

" HALLMARK " of this song-::

It is a very very Very beautiful song with sweet lyrics and slow, soothing music. Lata Didi sings very very sweetly in her extraordinary melodious ,sweet voice. That was Latadidi on the song .

The tenderness with which Kishoreda has rendered this song is amazing...this is the same singer who has sung such boisterous songs....what versatility!

Even though song is " happy ", listening to Latadidi , and listening to Kishoreda brings " tears " in eyes.

B ) > Ek Ladki Badnaam Si …… RAHAY NA RAHAY CHHAHEY HUM AUR TUM, KAWAAN HAMARI HAMESHA RAHEGI. 

I would not like to write much or more about this song and this film. I have written a detailed article providing much and most information about the film EK LADKI BADNAAM SI and how it did not hit the movie at all.

This song , well the link is as follow-::

https://youtu.be/NTDVYhQ6YQ8

U Tube - :: Song :: Rahay Naa Rahay, Chhahay Hum Aur Tum.... Ek Ladki Badnaam Si 

This film could not hit the screen as the Director of the film could not arrange the money to complete it and this SONG a “ DIAMOND ” in terms of the composition and in terms of the QUALITY simply went into the drain.

This was the FIRST venture of Bhappi Lahiri of his life that did NOT see the eye and meet the eye-ball of the public as a result such a beautiful song went into the drain and from there to oblivion.

LATADI ONCE HAD WEPT IN FRONT OF KISHOREDA WHEN  ONCE THEY DISCUSSED ABOUT THIS SONG

There are the songs that I have put it here. I would not like to write much on them on these two songs.

PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK AND HEAR IT FOR YOURSELF TO GUAZE THE  WHAT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS THE “ DIAMOND” OF THESE TWO SONGS.

Latadi and Kishore Kumar, they were the NOSE through which the HINDI FILM SONGS would go in to the LUNG and from there to the HEART and comes out after the HEART pumped it stamping the word on it-:

IMMORTAL……

For that was the DUET in terms of the HISTORY that they sang ……… SO SORRY again to say that these two songs just did not hit the Indian Silver screen…..

That is it and  this is my GREATEST TRIBUTE andf HOMAGE to the SOUL who left us on February 6^th 2022 and to the DUO which was the HEART that THROBBED and the LUNG that PUMPED OXYGEN to the millions of Indians to survive just listening to their songs even if the STOMACH was empty.

THEIR SONGS QUENCHED THE THIRST AND FULFILLED THE APPETITE. …….

No doubt, when once when Latadi was asked to sing a song of Kishoreda in one of her programme in front of a HUGE gathering, she sang that one of Kishoreda to pay him her last RESPECT……

YEH JIVAN HAI , IS JIVAN KAAA …….

Of course, this is LIFE, for the LIFE . ....... 

For the benefit of the readers I'm pasting or inserting that song here in the U Tube along with the link and I would again request the readers to listen to that song. It will completely mesmerise you all after you hear Kishoreda singing it-::

Pic - :: U Tube Of The Song Yeh Jivan Hai, Is Jivan Kaa from The Film " PIYA KA GHAR " 

https://youtu.be/IEcYHmAbznE

Kishoreda was a PART of Latadi's LIFE . Both use to sit and talk hours, after hour and when ONE wept the other CONSOLED the counterpart, .... for that was the BOND that they shared which NOBODY would know, everything about it, not even Madam  Leena Chandavarkar except , to some extent , Asha Tai and Hridhyanath Bhai. This is a FACT , a TRUTH as clear as the BROAD DAY LIGHT. 

Pic - :: Latadidi feeding Kishoreda with his favourite " ROSOGOLLAS "  after she ties the           " RAKHI "  on the RAKSHA BANDHAN day 

Just cut copy and paste the two links, for the two duets that they sang- UNHEARD by 1000/10 that lives and  that I have put here or click on the picture that is here of the two songs, and VISIT the HEAVEN for yourself to listen to the song .

At the end of everything , IE, AFTER LISTENING THE TWO SONGS,  you would feel that INDIA HAS A  BECOME  " VOICELESS "  NATION ,  AFTER THE EXIT IS THE TWO MAESTROS' 

That is it 

Regards and Thanks

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Shyamal Bhattacharjee 

Mr Shyamal Bhattacharjee, the author was born at West Chirimiri Colliery at District Surguja, Chattisgarh on July 6th 1959 He received his early education at Carmel Convent School Bishrampur and later at Christ Church Boys' Higher Secondary School at Jabalpur. He later joined Hislop College at Nagpur and completed his graduation in Science and he also added a degree in  B A thereafter. He joined the HITAVADA, a leading dailies of Central India at Nagpur as a      Sub-Editor ( Sports ) but gave up to complete his MBA in 1984 He thereafter added a Diploma In Export Management. He has authored THREE books namely Notable Quotes and Noble Thought published by Pustak Mahal in 2001 Indian Cricket : Faces That Changed It  published by Manas Publications in 2009 and Essential Of Office Management published by NBCA, Kolkatta  in 2012. He has a experience of about 35 years in Marketing .

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