When talking of C.Ramchandra and his great soundtracks, "Sagaai" gets usually overlooked. If so, its more to do with the utter luminousness of tracks like "Yasmeen", "Parchhaain" and "Albelaa" than with any deficiency with "Sagaai", for on repeated listens, I find myself becoming more and more enthralled with the quality of the soundtrack. This is a soundtrack worth treasuring. It has the usual CR-Lata heavenlies but also showcases, IMO, Rafi at his melodious best !! My favorites from this track :
i) o baabuu kaise dil pe kare.n kaabuu batalaaye jaa : This film followed the runaway success of Samaadhi which boasted of gore gore o baa.Nke chhore. CR has obviously tried to repeat the success of the song here using the same singers - and IMO, he succeeds brilliantly !! Its a total fun song where both Lata and Ameerbai sound wonderful. Where I occasionally skip gore gore o baa.Nke chhore, I never do o baabuu. Its a much livelier song..
ii) aa.Nkho.n se jo bhii aa.Nsuu bahegaa
iii) dil kii kahaanii kahanaa to chaahe.n
No track of CR can be complete with some Lata beauties and what beauties these are !! A slightly nasal tinge to Lata's voice make these songs extra sweet. Amongst the best of this great combo..
iv) udhar se tum chale aur ham idhar se : I saved my favorite for the last. Oh, what a song this is !! I can never ever tire of hearing this. Rafi was meant to sing like this. What flair, what melody and what style he brings into a simple and effortless rendition. Yes, Lata is sweet as ever but to me, its Rafi's singing that makes this song ultra-special to me. I might have no hesitation in nominating this as the best ever Lata-Rafi duet. CR managed to keep Rafi under restraint and hence got some of his best renditions.
The song has other nice songs too - a pleasing Lata-Talat duet mohobbat me aese zamaane bhii aaye, a bunch of fun songs, Lata's o DaDDiijii and her chorus backed triplet with Chitalkar and Rafi, jhukatii hai duniyaa jhukaane vaalaa chaahiye. Overall, an evergreen gem of a soundtrack.
i) o baabuu kaise dil pe kare.n kaabuu batalaaye jaa : This film followed the runaway success of Samaadhi which boasted of gore gore o baa.Nke chhore. CR has obviously tried to repeat the success of the song here using the same singers - and IMO, he succeeds brilliantly !! Its a total fun song where both Lata and Ameerbai sound wonderful. Where I occasionally skip gore gore o baa.Nke chhore, I never do o baabuu. Its a much livelier song..
ii) aa.Nkho.n se jo bhii aa.Nsuu bahegaa
iii) dil kii kahaanii kahanaa to chaahe.n
No track of CR can be complete with some Lata beauties and what beauties these are !! A slightly nasal tinge to Lata's voice make these songs extra sweet. Amongst the best of this great combo..
iv) udhar se tum chale aur ham idhar se : I saved my favorite for the last. Oh, what a song this is !! I can never ever tire of hearing this. Rafi was meant to sing like this. What flair, what melody and what style he brings into a simple and effortless rendition. Yes, Lata is sweet as ever but to me, its Rafi's singing that makes this song ultra-special to me. I might have no hesitation in nominating this as the best ever Lata-Rafi duet. CR managed to keep Rafi under restraint and hence got some of his best renditions.
The song has other nice songs too - a pleasing Lata-Talat duet mohobbat me aese zamaane bhii aaye, a bunch of fun songs, Lata's o DaDDiijii and her chorus backed triplet with Chitalkar and Rafi, jhukatii hai duniyaa jhukaane vaalaa chaahiye. Overall, an evergreen gem of a soundtrack.
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