Wednesday, 2 January 2008

Ajit Varman: Vijeta (1982)

2.1.08    33 comments

Vijeta

The cover makes 'Vijeta' look like an armed forces recruitment film (it's not), Ajit Varman is a fairly obscure music director by Bollywood standards (only half a dozen scores to his name), and the album's three songs sound lovely and trippy, or meandering - depending on your perspective (I can't decide). What makes this particular soundtrack really interesting though is that the entire second half is devoted to the film's 'background music' - ie. the instrumental stuff they play behind the action. Which I think is a splendid idea, especially as said music here is rather ace. Sweet orchestrations, loopy jazz, pysched out funk, mad killer beats, freaky keyboard bits and synthesized noise... all contained within tracks 4-11 below. Loads to sample for those inclined, yet very enjoyable as a whole for just listening.

More soundtrack albums should be like this.

Track listing:
1. Asha Bhosle & Satyasheel Deshpande: Man Anand Anand Chhayo
2. Parween Sultana: Bichhurat Mose Kanha
3. Manna Dey & Chorus: Man Base Mor Brindaban Ma
4.-11. Background Music

33 comments:

  1. PC2 January 2008 at 19:08:00 CET

    http://lix.in/596315

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  2. avocado kid2 January 2008 at 22:13:00 CET

    sounds great!

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  3. Onetet2 January 2008 at 22:25:00 CET

    sounds very intriguing and up my alley... thanks for the post!

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  4. litlgrey3 January 2008 at 03:56:00 CET

    Definitely never heard of this Music Director, but obviously someone did, or he wouldn't have gotten the nod for this score, and he wouldn't have gotten to work with veterans like Asha Bhosle and Manna Dey.

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  5. Anonymous3 January 2008 at 14:48:00 CET

    Looking good - listening now. Many thanks.

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  6. Emma4 January 2008 at 18:11:00 CET

    I came to your website quite by chance and I am glad I did. Do you own all these records? How do you procure them? I myself am an avid collector of Gramophone records and have over 300 in my personal collection. I am always on the lookout to acquire more and any info/help in this regards would be much appreciated. Also, can you please let me know how can I convert the music from these records to MP3?

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  7. Lemoncat,,11 January 2008 at 00:23:00 CET

    never heard or seen this.. but it's crazy i love it.. well good thanks a million.

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  8. Anonymous11 January 2008 at 20:13:00 CET

    Killer Sound track!!!! LOVE IT! THANKS

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  9. Anonymous13 January 2008 at 17:45:00 CET

    Thanks for the record, your blog is dope...

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  10. NishaDelisha17 January 2008 at 12:30:00 CET

    Really nice to see a write-up about my father. Its true he never got the recognition he deserves in India. I am planning to do something with the OST. Thanks once again, it will make his day!

    Nisha Varman

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  11. PC17 January 2008 at 12:47:00 CET

    If my post can somehow make his day, that will certainly make mine! Thanks so much for commenting :-)
    PC x

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  12. NishaDelisha17 January 2008 at 12:53:00 CET

    Thanks PC..

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  13. Anonymous21 January 2008 at 20:11:00 CET

    Fantastic blog, I love it.
    I can't believe I stumbled on it looking for album art and some of these album covers are so innovative and beautiful, way more progressive than the album art you get to see these days.
    Question: Are you uploading these tracks someplace for download? There are a couple of songs I was looking for and though I see the track listing, I can't find any way of downloading the songs themselves.
    Thanks Buddy, Sid

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  14. Anonymous22 January 2008 at 14:09:00 CET

    I remember the songs of Vijeta and the music is truly beautiful. Its time the composer Ajit Varman was pulled out of oblivion and given his true recognition. His music in Saaransh directed by Mahesh Bhatt was so moving. Do listen to it.

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  15. Anonymous22 January 2008 at 18:12:00 CET

    Sid, paste the link at the top of the comments into your browser window--it will lead you to the tracks.

    Thanks for this awesome soundtrack, PC. One of my favorites--the instrumentals are totally ace.

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  16. Anonymous29 January 2008 at 11:03:00 CET

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    To your blog.
    Pls give me your positive reply at videosnstuff@gmail.com when you are done.
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  17. phil29 January 2008 at 14:42:00 CET

    Its all quiet on the western front ...all alright PC ?

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  18. PC29 January 2008 at 14:49:00 CET

    Yup, all fine, thanks for asking :-) Just really swamped, both dull stuff (work) and cool stuff (new release by my label)... but I will be posting new stuff shortly.

    Oh, and to anonymous with the videonstuff blog, no thanks, I think I'll pass.

    PC x

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  19. Anonymous2 February 2008 at 00:23:00 CET

    link isnt workinn...reup?

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  20. PC2 February 2008 at 21:19:00 CET

    Working fine now.
    PC x

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  21. Anonymous10 February 2008 at 05:06:00 CET

    Thanks for the upload. Brings back memories of watching the movie on Doordarshan as a kid. Govind Nihalani was the director. Here's a review link

    http://www.planetbollywood.com/Film/Vijeta/

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  22. Anonymous14 March 2008 at 05:48:00 CET

    Was looking for this soundtrack for ages!!! Thanks for the upload.

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  23. k0230 April 2008 at 14:56:00 CEST

    Great thanks

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  24. Anonymous10 June 2008 at 14:15:00 CEST

    http://www.citizensound.net/2008/06/10/the-sound-of-a-film-ajit-varman/

    Your blog was featured. Just so you know. Thanks PC

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  25. Emma13 June 2008 at 01:38:00 CEST

    The link isn't working. can you please send me the correct link to reachemma@gmail.com?

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  26. PC13 June 2008 at 01:42:00 CEST

    Really? It's working fine from here.
    PC x

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  27. Emma13 June 2008 at 01:44:00 CEST

    I used the link above. I can see only the file name which itself isn't hyperlinked. Am I missing something? How do I download?

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  28. PC13 June 2008 at 01:50:00 CEST

    Copy/paste the url in the first comment into your browser... that'll take you to a link-protection page. Clicking 'continue' will send you to a Sharebee page, where you subsequently can choose from several download sites.
    PCx

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  29. Emma13 June 2008 at 02:34:00 CEST

    It worked - thank you very much.

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  30. AB24 March 2009 at 10:59:00 CET

    Please provide the link once more. It is not working. DNS Error. I need the OST very badly.

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  31. PC24 March 2009 at 12:02:00 CET

    The link works fine from where I'm sitting

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  32. AB24 March 2009 at 12:06:00 CET

    If it is uploaded in rapidshare kindly provide the link to it

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  33. PC24 March 2009 at 12:12:00 CET

    It's uploaded to Sharebee - from where it's redistributed to other hosts, Rapidshare being one of them.

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