Great Composer......His Qawali songs are Ultimate....Noone can beat madan mohan.....When asha bhosle asked him "why did u select Rafi saab and Lata for the song" Madan Bhai told asha...Jab tak Rafi aur lata hain....woh rahenge"......
MM is one of the greatest composers of all time..present composers should listen to him for his intricasies and melodies..apart from Rahman,no composer seems to be serious about creativity it seems..The gr8 mantle solely lies on ARR's shoulders
Great article!!! Hats off to Rediff folks. BTW, for Madan Mohan and Rafi saab fans, this comes as a double treat as some of these songs are nothing less than gems. I've already a couple of these songs and Kaise Kategi is one of my all time fave songs from the Madan Mohan - Rafi saab combine. This song sees Rafi saab singing in a quivering voice, a la Talat Mehmood. Am clueless about the lyricist though.
Re: A real treat in the offing!!!
by SANKET P on Jun 25, 2009 10:28 AM
True. Verr Zaara was an album that I bought just to listen to his songs. And its a treat. there are other songs betr than Veer Zaara too. Looking forward to release of this album.
it is a real pity that present day composers are struggling to compose 1 good song, also even if a song is composed these days we dont have the caliber of a rafi to sing those songs.rafi just took playback singing to an alltogether different level and for someone to reach that level and versatility in playback singing is totally impossible
Re: madan mohan
by Usman Zaheer on Jun 24, 2009 08:34 PM
agree with you. i feel jealous of my parents and grand parents who lied during the golden age of playback singing
Re: Re: madan mohan
by Sheetal Kaur on Jun 24, 2009 11:20 PM
@Usman Zaheer, there is no problems, It does not matter if you did not live in the era when melody was queen. All songs and music is still available to enjoy. Most of them are on You tube. Otherwise music lovers like myself have a great collection and `i am ready to share with any true music lover.
Re: madan mohan
by Sheetal Kaur on Jun 24, 2009 11:17 PM
All because they do not understand music,fail to learn and understand. Modern musician are only after quick bucks where as the older musician had love fort music, the earned more then the modern ones but a bit slowly. The so called musician of modern days are just noise makers, a dis grace to music and instruments.
The compositions done by Madan Mohan are mindblowing. Every tune he made had his own signature in it. I feel he was the best composer as far as melodious songs are concerned. Who can forget lataji's immortal song from the film "Mera Saaya" - Tu jahan jahan chalega, mera saaya saath hoga".
Re: Unparallel Madan Mohan
by Ravi Iyer on Jun 24, 2009 10:36 PM
I agree completely. But the irony about Madan Mohan is that he never got recognition when he was alive and became great only after his death (like Guru Dutt's character in Pyaasa). He was mostly relegated to 'B' grade movies with some exceptions. His music was very original and many of his songs were ghazals.
