Music composer Madan Mohan with playback singer Lata Mangeshkar. | Photo Credit: @FilmHistoryPic/X
In the silence of the night, play it on your speakers, Hug meNothing more can soothe your senses and make you feel at peace.
Hug me This might be one of the most popular songs in India. Just look at how many people have watched it on YouTube. One video of this song has been viewed nearly 300 million times. There are many other versions of it, including cover versions, some of which are funny and some of which are not so funny.
Hug me It is one of those great works of art. It has great lyrics (by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan), impeccable singing (by Lata Mangeshkar), and is also well filmed (by director Raj Khosla), with the film featuring the good-looking pair Sadhna and Manoj Kumar Who was she?
With music director Mohammed Rafi. | Photo Credit: @FilmHistoryPic/X
But, the biggest credit goes to the man who created it – Madan Mohan. Today, June 25, is his birth centenary. He is one of the greatest Indian composers of all time. But sadly, he is not among the most successful composers as he did not get the recognition he deserved during his lifetime.
However, she was respected by her contemporaries. Naushad, who achieved greater success as a composer in popular films, once visited Madan Mohan’s house, impressed by Lata’s song This is where the dignity of love lies. He said that he could give all his songs for one composition by Madan Mohan. However, this song was not the most popular song of the film. Illiterate. it was Your eyes understood.
There are very few composers who have been loved and admired by fans and musicians as much as Madan Mohan. He was not the most versatile of composers like SD Burman, his son RD Burman and Shankar-Jaikishan, but he made his own mark.
He composed many melodious tunes in the ghazal or semi-classical style – most of them in Lata’s voice. He had no equal in that field.
Hug me This may be the biggest hit of that collaboration, but it is just one of their many immortal tunes. I remember trying to choose the best from Anuradha Paudwal’s cover versions of Madan-Lata songs on a cassette released by T-Series. After considering each song – including get it – I thought maybe it was If he remains silent.
But the movie in which that song was there, Jahan AraThere were some other great creations, such as whenever i forgot youFor which Lata joined hands with her sister Asha Bhosle, and After a long time this moment cameIn which not Lata but Suman Kalyanpur and Mohammad Rafi were there. This tells a lot about the talent of Madan Mohan.
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He was fortunate to have an all-time great singer like Lata as his muse at her peak. It was the good fortune of Hindi film music that two immensely talented individuals came together and created a great collection of great tunes, such as O couplet’s song, clouds in the eyes, except your eyes, that forgotten story, eyes shed tears, a slight sound, wherever you go, the story that we have told you And If you love me.
If I had to choose any best song of Madan Mohan other than the one sung by Lata, I wouldn’t think twice. The heart searches forSung by Bhupinder Singh and written by Gulzar The Storm,
This is one of those songs that will never tire of you. The lines are like poetry and Bhupinder’s voice and expressions do complete justice to them.
A few years ago, in my interview with the singer, I had asked him about this song. Bhupinder told me that Madan Mohan had considered eight tunes before he finally chose the perfect one.
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I remember he used to sing this song The heart searches for till For you From Veer Zaara. Bhupinder also told me how excited Madan Mohan was when he heard this song. your eyes understood On the radioWhen he was on a trip to Ladakh, Madan Mohan said, “Look, they are playing my song!”
madan sNow, We continue to play your songs.
