Bengali Films of Salil Chowdhury

Madhumati (1958)
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Lyrics: Shailendra and *Majrooh

Title Music

Nr Song Singer(s)

Other known variations

Hnd Mal Tam Tel Kan Bng Oth
MM1 suhaana safar Mukesh - - - - - OS64 -
MM2 aa jaa re pardesi Lata - - - - - - -
MM3 kanchaa le kanchi le Asha, Sabita Banerji,
Ghulam Mohammed,
chorus		 - - - - - - -
MM4 zulmi sang aa.nkh laDi Lata, chorus - - - - - - -
MM5 ghaDi ghaDi meraa dil dhaDke Lata - - - - -

SC26
MW1

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MM6 dil taDap taDap Lata, Mukesh - - - - -

JB4
OS64

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MM7 chaDh gayo re paapi bichhuaa Lata, Manna Dey,
chorus		 - - - - - - -
MM8 jungal mei.n mor naachaa Rafi - - - - - - -
MM9 Tute hue khwaabo.n ne Rafi - - - - - - -
MM10 Hum haal-e-dil
sunaaye.nge 		Mubarak Beghum - - - - - - -
MM11 Tan jale man jaltaa rahey* Dwijen Mukherji, chorus - - - - - - -
Possibly the best soundtrack of all Salil films- a true celebration of folk music with amazing orchestration. From Assam to Kumaoun and then from Nepal to Poland ! "Madhumati" has always been a great favourite of film writers and music reviewers. All the songs are unique and evergreen. "Kancha le kanchi le" is based on a Nepaleese song, my favourite, the haunting melody of "zulmi sang aankh laDi" is based on a Kumaouni folk song and then the rhythmic "chadh gayo paapi bichhuaa", a tribute to his Assam childhood. Pity the Dwijen Mukherjee song "Tan jale man jaltaa rahe" was deleted and it didn't get much press either. Salil used the low-pitch voice of the actor Bhudo Advani as the "Bass" voice in this song ! The lyrics of this song was written by Majrooh. Salil was inspired by the famous American folk song "Sixteen ton" which was about the struggle by the coal miners of Kentucky made famous by Merle Davis.
The surprise song is "Dil tadap tadap ke kah rahaa hai" - based on a very popular Polish folk song " Szla dzieweczka do gajeczka" that originated in the Silesian (South-Western) part of Poland.