Thursday 27 December 2007

Rahul Dev Burman: Anamika (1973)

27.12.07    23 comments

Anamika

I reckon I can fit one or two more in before the end of the year... plus I wanted to post a record with a wintery cover, 'tis being the season and all. Although I'm thinking snow might not be very present in many parts of the world where this is being read... matter of fact it's not much present in Oslo at the moment either. But I digress.

Ages ago I wrote that 'Chura Liya' from 'Yaadon Ki Baaraat' was my favourite ever Bollywood song. That may actually have been a premature assessment, as at the moment I can't think of anything more perfect than the gobsmackingly amazing 'Aaj Ki Raat' from 'Anamika'. With a cool spoken intro I for once don't fast forward through, the wickedest psych-tinged guitar line, an atmospheric yet groovy and totally mod beat, Asha Bhosle sounding seductive as sin (and I have no idea what she's on about) - this one song encapsulates everything I like about Bollywood music from the period. Flawless.

The rest of the soundtrack inevitably pales in comparison. 'Logo Na Maro Ise' is nice and upbeat and would be a highlight of most other scores, 'Baahon Men Chale Aao' is a trademark mid-tempo Burman number, 'Meri Bhigi Bhigi Si' sounds altogether lovely... in all a very good album, but it really is for 'Aaj Ki Raat' alone that it gets filed under absolutely indispensable.

Track listing:
1. Lata Mangeshkar: Baahon Men Chale Aao
2. Asha Bhosle: Aaj Ki Raat
3. Asha Bhosle: Jaoon To Kahan Jaoon
4. Asha Bhosle: Logo Na Maro Ise
5. Kishore Kumar: Meri Bhigi Bhigi Si

23 comments:

  1. PC27 December 2007 at 16:46:00 CET

    http://lix.in/84a22c

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  2. Stella_128 December 2007 at 00:22:00 CET

    Ya , Aaj Ki Raat is one of my favorites too!

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  3. Anonymous28 December 2007 at 01:52:00 CET

    Nice songs, and after seeing the picturization that posted of Helen in the nighclub scene, well, I had to add this movie to my Nehaflix.com order!

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  4. PC28 December 2007 at 01:57:00 CET

    Yup, pretty much what I did the first time I saw it as well :-)
    PC x

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  5. Anonymous28 December 2007 at 13:41:00 CET

    Thanks PC. You are doing just excellent job. Salute you ...

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  6. Reza28 December 2007 at 16:29:00 CET

    coming thick and fast and ooooooh so good , thank you thank you thank you

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  7. Anonymous31 December 2007 at 21:41:00 CET

    We never had great TV growing up, so I used to wait eagerly for the weekly Wednesday Hindi movie. Even though I never understood a word of them, they were always great. Honestly, thanks for this site! You've put a smile on my face for months to come!

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  8. dubmusic1 January 2008 at 14:29:00 CET

    Nice one, mate!
    Thanks for the winter reminder, btw. Its snowing outside my window right now so I rather go to Calcutta or Delhi.

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  9. Anonymous3 January 2008 at 02:56:00 CET

    Hey PC,

    I believe you mentioned you had the vinyl of SHAAN (1980). If you do, I wanted to know when you were going to post that, its a rocking album.

    Thanks a million for all these vinyl rips of yours. I can't get enough of THE BURNING TRAIN, and HUM KISISE KUM NAHIN, amazing quality and two outstanding albums.

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  10. PC3 January 2008 at 08:39:00 CET

    In about a month or so I reckon, there's a few others I have lined up first.
    PC x

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  11. Anonymous3 January 2008 at 22:40:00 CET

    Alright Thanks, looking forward to that !.

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  12. Bob DuCharme11 January 2008 at 22:50:00 CET

    You forgot one of the best parts of Aaj Ki Raat: the amazing bass playing.

    The other tunes may not be as amazing, but this soundtrack still has more good tunes than many soundtracks with twice as many songs.

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  13. Lemoncat,,25 January 2008 at 18:12:00 CET

    fan-tas-tic thanx so much for this one it.s brilliant :)

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  14. Anonymous29 January 2008 at 18:42:00 CET

    Hey PC,

    Would you by any chance happen to have RDB's "The Train" (1970) ?. It was released by Polydor, and it's a rocking album !.

    Thanks so much for all your albums !!!.

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  15. PC29 January 2008 at 19:13:00 CET

    No afraid not, it's on my want list though.
    PC x

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  16. Anonymous29 January 2008 at 20:14:00 CET

    Thanks for the reply PC :).

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  17. Anonymous20 April 2009 at 15:38:00 CEST

    i can't download these songs..there are no links to the mp3 download.

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  18. PC20 April 2009 at 15:44:00 CEST

    Yes there is, in the first comment.

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  19. Ed5 November 2009 at 19:59:00 CET

    Hi PC,

    Memsaab sent me over. Fantastic blog. Aaj Ki Raat is the bomb indeed. This may have too much of a self promotional point on it (and feel free to not publish) but my band Autorickshaw did a cover of this song (blasphemy, I know) because we loved it so much and simply couldn't resist ;) and i thought I'd share.

    http://autorickshaw.bandcamp.com/track/aaj-ki-raat

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  20. MFT3F5 November 2009 at 20:15:00 CET

    Cool :)

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  21. N.Srinivasan31 July 2010 at 12:20:00 CEST

    PC,
    I just have no words to thank you ...man you simply rock.......

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  22. The Record Store of India5 September 2018 at 10:03:00 CEST

    Care to post image of Side B as well.

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  23. MFT3F5 September 2018 at 10:24:00 CEST

    Sorry, but I made a conscious decision early on to limit scans to the front cover. Mostly to save time.

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