Raat kali ek khwab mein aayee................Aur gale kaa haar hueee.......

This song has innumerous memories...right from my childhood.

One of my friends Rajan Bahadur in the Incometax Colony in Peddar Road,would sing this song,at most functions and i would invariably be playing the bongos,alongwith his harmonium....

Kishore Kumar had this magic created which would somehow pull you to listen to the song completely.... and still ask for more..............

When i started singing, this song first came thru my mind, and thinking that i was a cat...i recorded it.....and realised what a disaster the reproduction was.

I also realised something was missing which Kishoreda had caught on....

Years went by and after recording around 100 odd songs i felt that this was the time to use my little experience to try this song again....

So...My dear friends & Followers.....again a masterpiece from Kishoreda....humbly replicated by me.....

and yes.............Navin Nischol in this song looks exactly like my dear friend Shyam Bali(in his young days)...so much so that even the mannerisums match each other............perfectly...

Aadmi jo kehta hai

Some lyrics have excellent meanings.And it becomes a punch line when,the mood is grim and subtle...............

This song i took an instant liking...cause it conveys the subtle truth,that nothing is permanent............

Kishoreda,as usual,has again used a different technique of voice throw here,to get that subtleness and seriousness on screen...with ofcourse AB doing a brilliant job of enacting.

Obviously if you know youre going to die.............youre going to be grim...

I have tried to get that same mood and hope you guys like what you hear.....

Again...one of my favourite numbers.....

Ashwini ye na

A War cry!Thats what i first felt when i heard ''Ashwini ye na''..

The beat and tempo were terrific,and when i realised that Kishoreda was the playback behind this,it freaked me out!

The words slowly started making sense and i realised that this was a.... Romantic song!!

Two mates desperately calling each other....in tune ofcourse....

And i thought....Wow...what a way to tell your mate ''to come''......

My marathi has always been...well...not that bad...

And i thought.... if Kishoreda could do this song in Marathi..,well, let me attempt too.......

I also saw an interview with Anuradha Paudwal where she mentioned that the maestro was rolling on the floor during the recording of this song...

And i wondered why the histrionics.....till i attempted it...

This song takes your ........(u know what i mean!)

The power and thrust is too heavy...

So again... guys and Gals....here's a Marathi number for your reckoning....................

Rock with me....and call your mate..............like i did.................

A romantic lilting melody from the experts in the field for a decade-Shankar Jaikishen...coupled with the first directorial venture of Randhir Kapoor.This film-Kal Aaj Aur Kal of 1971 was literally a beginning of the era of the young Gen freaking out boldly..

Kishoreda seems to have just let go of himself in this song,which i duly followed.....

The music is simply superb and mind you...tough to adapt since you tend to go off sur due to the low and high,including the yodelling...

I simply loved this song when i was a kid and wanted to sing it to my wife....

Instead, i will like to throw it to the universal energy, to decide....

Enjoy.........and keep listening....................................

O Saathi Re

Muqaddar ka Sikandar-A film which had stupendous dialogues alongwith superb songs,including Salaame Ishk meri Jaan....

O Saathi Re was the emotional song which is very special to me since i recorded it on the very day,i lost someone special....8th july,2007,...

I have retained the original dialogue of AB,in the beginning..since i too sing this song or hum it only when im depressed and vulnerable.....and the tempo and feel of the song is maintained....

The feelings and ''Dard'' in this song,is something which can only come forth when youve gone thru that pain..

Kishoreda has taken a different scale in this song,but my track was not at its very best and hence i had to makedo with it.

Presenting my next emotional number for all my friends and well wishers......

O Saathi Re...tere bina bhi kya jeena....