When Lata Mangeshkar, Mohd. Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Mukesh all sang together in one song. (Did You Know - 25) |
Bollywood movie lovers living all over the world are well familiar with “Amar Akbar Anthony”, one of the most famous movies of both Amitabh Bachchan and director Manmohan Desai. Along with its brilliant comic sequences featuring Amitabh and Rishi Kapoor, the movie had Vinod Khanna completing the trilogy in a tough role standing against his biggest competitor of that time, Amitabh Bachchan.
But apart from these many renowned merits, the film also had a rare and amusing fact associated with its melodious music which probably remains the only example in the history of Hindi Film music wherein the four most respected stalwarts of our Indian Cinema performed together in a song for the entire lead star-cast.
The song was “Humko Tumse Ho Gaya Hai Pyar Kya Karein” in which Mohd. Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar all sang together probably for the first and last time.
Mohd. Rafi sang for Rishi Kapoor, Kishore Kumar for Amitabh Bachchan, Mukesh for Vinod Khanna and Lata Mangeshkar for all the three female actresses, Shabana Azmi, Neetu Singh and Parveen Babi.
Moreover this particular song of the movie also stands out of the entire soundtrack as in it the composer Laxmikant Pyarelal very insightfully incorporated the essence of Hindu, Muslim and Christian communities in an unique and intelligent way. Just listen to the western arrangements in the start of the song with all the strings and a choir singing in the interlude generating an Anthony kind of impact. Then in the middle, the use of Duff, giving it an ethnic kind of traditional feel representing Amar. And later on the insertion of Qawwali beats with the group claps to suit the character of the naughty Akbar. Simply an outstanding achievement by the director, music directors, singers, choreographers and all the actors involved in the song.
Cheers!
26 Aug 2010 /
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KennyG
This song is priceles gem in the indian music history.And it came from none other than LP as music directors and Anand Baksh as Lyricist. The four great singers give their best in this song.I wonder how it must have felt when they all sang on the same platform standing next to each other. What a moment....!!!
Bobby Sing
Rightly said Kenny G and thanks for adding up a valuable info on another song. I will surely add this up in the article with you name to make it more complete. Thanks Once Again and Keep Visiting......Cheers!
rahul natthani
bahut hi badhiya collection hai yaha information ka. padh kar achha laga.
Bobby Sing
Thanks Rahul for your appreciation. Keep Visiting and Cheers!
Anees-ur-Rehman
That song was "Tum bin jaaon kahaan" film "pyar ka mosam".
Bobby Sing
Dear Anees-ur-Rehman,
Chirag
Hi
Bobby Sing
Yes Chirag, but actually the big difference here is of LATA Ji only. So please let me know if you find another song with the four maestros together.
Vishal
Mr. Chirag, that song was rafi, kishore, asha & usha all together. Mukesh was not there in the song.
kausik chakraborty
Could you please list the song,where kishore,asha and lata-all sung together? there is a beautiful melody which I am not being able locate. Not the "Aap ke Deewane" song.......!
Bobby Sing
Hi Kaushik Chakraborty,
Jon
Agree, the Naseeb song did not have Mukesh in it! He died in 1976 and Naseeb was released in 1981! Only the AAA song has all three of them in it.
Deepak Kanchanbaras alias Kapil Krishna
Was Never A Fan Of Laxmikant Pyarelal, Shankar Jaikishan, Kalyan Ji Bhai Anand Ji Bhai Alongside Pancham Were Always Preffered In That Order, But All Credits To Laxmi - Pyare For Uniting The Four Pillars Of Hindi Film Playback Singing - First & Last Time! Still Feel Goosebumps, When Listen To This Melody! Simply Out Of This World - Noslagia Engulfs My Soul! KUDOS!
Bobby Sing
Thanks Deepak/Kapil for visiting and writing in.
salman
Sir pls.tell me Rafi sahab lata jee ya asha jee or mukesh jee ka gaya hua ek sad song hai konsa hai vo pls bataye
Bobby Sing
Hi Salman,
Srinu
Rafi is irreplaceble & indispensable at the same time others are also incomparable.
Bobby Sing
Yes Srinu1940, that's right about the maestro Mohd. Rafi and the other exponents too.
Bobby Sing
Dear Shurin,
S srinivasan
Burman da has to seek Rafi in Abhiman
For a duet with lata as he can\'t sing do You know
Bobby Sing
Dear S. Srinivasan Ji,
Atul Kumar
Can anyone tell me. there is song of kishore and other singers. This song is picturised on rajesh khanna and others. but kishore Kumar did not sing for rajesh khanna in this song. can any one tell me the song.
Bobby Sing
Dear Arun,
dhananjay
Actually for Abhiman, Rishida want three top singers to sing for Amitabh Bachchan. Meet na mile re man ka (Kishor) , Teri Bindioya re (Rafi with Lata) Thease two songs were composed by SD. For Mukesh there was one song but due unavailability of Mukesh this song was sung by Mnhar Udhas . Song was Loote koi Man ka nagar with Lata!
Bobby Sing
Thanks a lot Dhananjay for your valuable comment.
Yugpursh
Few points:
Bobby Sing
Thanks for your interesting detailed comment Yugpurush.
Rakesh kumar
My dear dharmendra is the greatest survivor. Dharmendra is the big name than Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna and Raj Kapoor.
Kriti
There is another song by rafi sahab, mukesh ji and suman kalyanpur. DIL NE PHIR YAAD KIYA - Beautiful track
Bobby Sing
Thanks for visiting and writing in with your favourite song Kriti.
Pravin Odedra
Hello guys!
It would be appreciated if you can tell me the songs where Kishore kumar, Md. Rafi and Lata mangeshkar sang together
Or Udit narayan, Kumar sanu and Alka yagnik
I mean songs with 2 male singers and 1 female singer
Thank you
Bobby Sing
Hi Praveen, Cheers!
nab
The title song of movie DILLAGI has many famous singers in it namely Udit Narayen, Kumar Sanu, Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik, Jaspinder Nirula, Hari Haran and others.
Rakesh Modi
I want to tell everyone that there is only 1 movie of RD Burman where lata, asha, kishore, mukesh & rafi all 5 great singers have sung songs in a single movie...its mukti...can anyone tell any LP movie like this?
Bobby Sing
Thanks for the valuable addition Rakesh Modi.
Rajib Gope
No most us got it wrong. There is one more song as far as I know which is sung by great 5....chanajot garam from Kranti.
Bobby Sing
Dear Rajib Gope,
RAKESH RAO
Dear Mr. Bobby Sing, Will be waiting for your response.
Bobby Sing
Dear Rakesh Rao,
Vaddepalli Shridhar
Hello Bobby, Interesting information is shared by you. I would like to share one information where eight singers were used for one song. One male singer and seven female singers. In the movie Vidhaata, the song "Saath saheliyan khadi khadi" where Kishore Kumar, Alka Yagnik, Anuradha Paudwal, Sadhana Sargam, Padmini Kolhapure, Shivangi Kolhapure, Kanchan and Hemlatha voice was used. Some contribution from my side.
Bobby Sing
Hi Vaddepalli Shridhar,
Shabnam
The song, Rahega jahaan Mein tera naam, from the incomplete movie 'Love and God' was sung by the following singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Suman Kalyanpur, Mohd. Rafi, Talat Mahmood, Mukesh, Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar, Khan Mastana and S. Balbir!
Bobby Sing
Thanks for writing in Shabnam. |
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