Rajesh Roshan’s 5 Classic Songs You Don’t Know About

You know Rajesh Roshan for Dil kaye kare and   Bhool gayi sab kuch(Julie), Pardesia and Tauba tauba(Mr Natwarlal), Disco 82(Khuddar), Choo kar mere man ko(Yarana), Jab  koi baat  bigad jaaye(Jurm), Kaho na  pyar hai(title  song) and Jaati hoon main(Karan Arjun). But there is  much more to Rajesh Roshan than these obvious chartbusters  . I truly believe his  best tunes came before he became exclusive to his  brother Rajesh Roshan’s cinema.Here are  the  ones you probably havent heard but should  do so right away.
1. Aa ri aa ja nindiya to le chal  kahin(Kunwara Baap): It  was  comedian-filmmaker Mehmood who gave Rajesh Roshan(RR) his  first break. Mehmood had a keen ear for music. He  had also  given R D Burman his  first  break. In Kunwara Baap RR came up with an all-time great lullaby sung to pitch-peefection by  Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar. Mehmood was  so  fond of this  number that  he would sing it live on stage  and  cry  every time.
2. Sancha naam tera(Julie): Julie is immortalized  by the rightly celebrated tracks Dil kya kare, Bhool gayi sab kuch and Yeh Raatein nayi purani. Lataji considers Yeh raatein among her  best. But the one that I recommend from this outstanding album is this Bhajan sung with enormous affection by Asha Bhosle and Usha Mangeshkar. Unlike other filmi Bhajans this one isn’t over-sweetened  in tone.
3. Yaadon mein  woh(Swami): Another stunning soundtrack from the uncompromising  RR this one featured  the gems Pal bhar mein yeh  kya ho gaya by Lata Mangeshkar and Aye  na balam by Yesudas. But  it was Kishore Kumar’s pain-lashed nostalgia-crammed Yaadon mein woh a composition so undulating  in sound and so  hip and yet so traditional in tone, that  you can  go back to it  any time anywhere to  discover  new facets to its arching  artistry.
4. Ae mast hawa yeh  to batla(Tumhari Kasam):  This  obscure masterpiece  is  a career-defining moment for RR. It is    my single-most favourite  Rajesh Roshan composition.  Superbly penned in the  ink of pain by  Anand Bakshi: Bedard zamanein ne dil mein  yeh dard  na chhod diya hota/Uss jyot bujhane  wale  ne Deepak  bhi tod diya  hota.And  the singing was to die for. Rajesh Roshan wonders why this song didn’t get  its due. How about  bad picturization? And tacky marketing  wherein they preferred to promote the frisky Hum donon milke kagaz pe dilke(Mukesh-Asha  Bhosle) rather than  this profoundly moving melody.
5. Pehle pyar ka pehla gham(Papa Kehte Hain): Celebrated for Udit Narayan’s Ghar se niklate hi  kuch dur chalte hi…. Papa Kehta Hain features another beautiful melody written  by Javed Akhtar and  rendered  by Kavita Krishamurthy who is  able to shed some of her  shrillness to  get to the tender core of  the lyrics about first breakbreak.Pehle  pyar  ka pehla gham  is a sheer beauty and a joy forever.
Subhash K . Jha

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