Youtube hs ben the source of many many pleasant surprises for me. How many many songs whose picturizations I never imagined I would see appeared there. Sometime back, I had shared my utter delight in seeing a clip of an old televiosion music show where C.Ramchandra sang his sholaa jo bhaDake. You can now imagine my state when I saw some very kind soul sharing BBC recordings of the same legend rendering unforgettable melodies in his own voice.Listening to it, we cant but feel huge regret that the man did not sing more in films. His voice has the dard that makes for happy listening. Of course, the compositions are all the ones we know well and made famous by other singers. But Chitalkarsaab gives the songs his own touch - you dont feel the songs lack anything when he sings them.
Anaarkali's mohobbat aesii dhaDan hai is one of Lata's most beautiful songs but see how CR deals with the song:
Very very nice indeed. Then he takes on aadhaa hai chandramaa from Navrang - and in my view, you cant listen to Mahendra Kapoor again after hearing Chitalkar's rendition:
CR of course was a fairly prolific singer in his own way. Albelaa was one soundtrack that he literally owner But apart from this magnificnt track, there was plenty for us CR fans to delight in. His fun songs in particular had an intoxicating quality about them. One of my favorites is this delight from Baarish.
A true legend !!
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