Bollywood Film Songs in Ektal – chandrakantha.com

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Ja Re, Beiman Tujhe Jan Liya
Film - Private Secretary
Year - 1962
Rag - Bageshri
Tal - Ektal, Dadra
Music Director(s) - D. Dilip
Singer(s) - Manna Dey
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Jago Re Jago Prabhat Aya
Film - Sant Gyaneshwar
Year - 1964
Rag - Todi
Tal - Ektal
Music Director(s) - Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Singer(s) - Manna Dey
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Ketaki, Gulab, Juhi Champaka Bana Phule
Film - Basant Bahar
Year - 1956
Rag - Basant Bahar
Tal - Ektal
Music Director(s) - Shankar, Jaikishan
Singer(s) - Bhimsen Joshi
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Main Radha Teri Meri Shyam Tu
Film - Viswaroop
Year - 2013
Rag - Jaijaivanti
Tal - Ektal
Music Director(s) - Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Singer(s) - Shankar Mahadevan and Kamal Haasan
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Lyricist - Javed Akhtar
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Comments – This is a very interesting interpretation of Ektal. There does not appear to be any Ektal theka here. This would at first appear to be very unusual, and admittedly it does open up the possibility that this could be Dadra or some other 6/12 beat tal. The overall impression given is that this piece is the ending section of a larger kathak piece, and the presumption is that the Ektal theka would have been presented in the early portion (not shown). In place of the theka there are sections which are essentially three vibhags of an ultra-fast Tintal. Since there are only three vibhags instead of Tintal’s usual four, this brings the number of matras down to 12 ultra-fast beats.

Manmohana Bade Jhuthe
Film - Seema
Year - 1955
Rag - Jaijaivanti
Tal - Ektal
Music Director(s) - Shankar, Jaikishan
Singer(s) - Lata Mangeshkar
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Nain Se Nain Milaye Rakhne Ko
Film - Waada
Year - 1957
Rag - Darbari Kanada
Tal - Ektal, with short bit in Tintal
Music Director(s) - Rashid Atre
Singer(s) - Ustad Fateh Ali Khan and Zahida Perveen
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Tori Jay Jay Karatara
Film - Baiju Bawra
Year - 1952
Rag - Puria Dhanashri
Tal - Ektal
Music Director(s) - Naushad
Singer(s) - Amir Khan
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