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Film Songs in Rag Shuddha Kalyan

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Chand Phir Nikala
Film - Paying Guest
Year - 1957
Rag - Shuddha Kalyan
Tal - Kaherava
Music Director(s) - S.D. Burman
Singer(s) - Lata Mangeshkar
Links -
Lyrics - https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~navin/india/songs/isongs/0/38.html
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Comments –

The actual song holds fairly close to Bhupali; however the musical interludes freely include a lot of non-Bhupali elements. It is for this reason that we have decided to call it Shuddha Kalyan. It should be noted that the pakad of Shuddha Kalyan is absent.

It can reasonably be argued that this should be considered to be Mishra Bhupali.


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Jahaan Daal Daal Par Sone Ki Chidiyaan Karti Hain Basera
Film - Sikander-e-Azam
Year - 1965
Rag - Shuddha Kalyan
Tal - Kaherava
Music Director(s) - Hansraj Behl
Singer(s) - Mohd. Rafi
Links -
Lyrics - https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~navin/india/songs/isongs/0/24.html
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Meri Muhabbat Javan Rahegi
Film - Jaanvar
Year - 1965
Rag - Shuddha Kalyan
Tal - Kaherava
Music Director(s) - Shanker-Jaikishen
Singer(s) - Mohd. Rafi
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Rasika Balma
Film - Chori Chori
Year - 1956
Rag - Shuddha Kalyan
Tal - Kaherava
Music Director(s) - Shankar, Jaikishan
Singer(s) - Lata Mangeshkar
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Comments – Shuddha Kalyan is a very fragile rag.  If it is not handled very well, it spills over into Bhopali and Deshkar.  This rendition by Lata is a surprisingly good example of this rag.  Of course, when you listen carefully you will hear some .. er .. “irregularities”, especially in the musical interludes.


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Ye Sham Ki Tanahaiyan
Film - Aah
Year - 1953
Rag - Shuddha Kalyan
Tal - Kaherava
Music Director(s) - Shankar Jaikishan
Singer(s) - Lata Mangeshkar
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