Piya Basanti was a non filmi album by Ustad Sultan Khan and Chitra that released some years back. The title track became quite a hit and as far as I know, was the only song that was shown on TV. (Probably the other songs didn't even get filmed) Curious, I bought the album only to discover that the title track was nothing at all- compared to this other song called Saavan rut aayi. An outstanding composition in my opinion and amazingly rendered by Chitra. Beautiful use of instruments, lovely imagery through the lyrics and last but not the least, wonderful choice of raga (Shuddha Saarang, sorta equivalent to Hamsanadam in the Carnatic school).
This album was a dedication by the composer Sandesh Shandilya to his guru Ustad Sultan Khan. In addition to vocals, Sultan Khan has of course played the Saarangi in most of the songs.
A song that won my heart on the very first listening. Here's my attempt. Unfortunately, could not find a karaoke track.
Song: Saavan rut aayi
Album: Piya Basanti
Music: Sandesh Shandilya
Singers: K.S.Chitra, Ustad Sultan Khan
Lyrics: Rakesh Nirala
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27 comments:
hey sindhu...awesome as usual! such a musical treat to kick start my saturday morning. btw, you should say "fortunately" u couldnt find the k track :))
can i get an mp3 of this? hope u know my mail id..TIA!
Beautiful!
hey pronunciation stuff: you're not completing "yee" in "gayee" (gayee do baahen). some small nitpicks like that. :)
beautiful song and u sound lovely! a blessing sometimes not finding the karaoke track! :)
yes i agree..this one is the best in the album!
Out-of-the-world!
:)
Vijay.
Beautifully sung! Enjoyed listening to it.
Aaha enna oru voice! awesome sindhuja!
Sounds graceful and classy. I do agree with an earlier comment that it is indeed fortunate you did not find the karoke... really good. Thanks.
Beautiful.. melodious and heavenly... I loved the feel of your voice in this song and just the vocals without any loud music in the BG adds so much beauty to this song. Well done Sindhu!
That was simply awesome Sindhuja!
wow ! just speechless :)
hi sindhuja,
I like your blog a lot. You singing style and voice are fabulous.
I'm a singer myself and am participating in a college show and also would like to open my own audio blog soon.
Atleast for the college show, I'd like to have the karaoke for the song " kannamoochi yenada" from kandukonden kandukonden by AR Rehman.
Can you please send me the karaoke if you've one, or let me know if someone you know can help ?
Thanks a lot ...
Kumari.
When you have a voice like that ..you really don't need karaoke tracks ! ;-) ..Beautifully sung ! :-)
Thank you every one of you for taking time out to listen and comment :)
I truely enjoyed your take. I'm not into carnatic, and I really hope I could understand the entire song. Nonetheless your voice conveyed the message.
:)
are u related to Moses Bhaktavalsalam - a great chirstian music composer?
Hey I've been listening to this a lot after the first time. It is an incredibly lovely rendition. God bless you!!!! :)
Beautiful singing. Keep it up :)
Hi Sindhuja,
I listened to your "Saavan rut aayi" and it was simply out of the world. Truly mesmerizing!
Vani
I think this is definitely one of the best renditions on this blog. Very nice.
One small nitpick - it's in the last verse (I think it's the last kaare kaare) with the more complicated "sangadhi". I think you pulled it off very well, but in concentrating on that line, there's a lot of emphasis on it. So Kaare Kaare is slightly lower in volume than the phrase right after it.
An unsolicited advice here - so feel free to flame me for it - if you can try and get the last kaare kaare such that the entire thing flows as one even line, I think the impact of the phrase is enhanced.
Singing complex lines and letting the listener know it's complex is one interpretation, and singing a complex line and making it sound simple while not altering it's complexity is another more difficult interpretation (in my opinion). Both have their merits. I just think the latter is a little more difficult to master. Six or one-half of a dozen... :-)
Having said all of that, it's a wonderful rendition. very nicely done.
Anonymous: Not making the complexity of a sangathi obvious is indeed a very important thing and is a mark of a true natural talent. You nailed it :) Very pertinent comment. Its not that I am not aware of it; I am working towards it... The point is, it seems unnatural when I sing it. Hopefully more practice will make it 'sound' natural.
Thanks a lot :)
Awesome Sindhu..:)As Jo said, sounds heavenly without the track..
One minor point..I felt that u tend to increase ur volume when you touch higher notes...If that can be avoided, would be even better:)
This is one of the best on this blog. amazing.
Small help: Can you share the original of this (and also the mp3 version of your rendition)?
Thank you Akarsh. Unfortunately, I don't have the mp3 of the original. I have it on tape and that too back home in India. You can download my version here: http://www.4shared.com/file/217077214/c11b7319/saavanrutaayi-Sindhuja.html
Hey Sindhuja,
Well sung!:-) Could u pls post the lyrics of the song in your blog??I'm unable to find it on the net!
Thanks in advance :-)
does this share the same raaga as "Chaliye kunjanu mo thum" ?
Deepika, sorry for the late response but here you go:
Savan rut aayi dekho balam
kaare kaare badra jiya tarsaaye
patton pe paani ki cham cham
ched diya sargam
indradhanush ban gaye do baahein
aayi hai angdaayi dekho balam
satranga aakaash ka aangan
laaj mein jiyun dulhan
mujhme goonje preet ke jaise
ek shehnaayi dekho balam
Shyam: this is Shuddha Sarang, Chaliye is Brindavan Saranga. They are close, but the main difference is that the former has M2 in addition to M1, the latter has only M1.
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