'Bahaaron mera jeevan bhi sawaaron'(Aaakhri Khat) gives me 'goosepimples'!!
Friday noon, hungry and waiting for my friends to go lunching, am too bored to work, so I switch on to music india online, in mood for some old hindi numbers, here comes on Lata Mangeshkar's page. I chose this song as I do always first. Numerous songs in film music make use of this raga 'Pahaadi'to perfection. It reminds one of the mountains (Himalayas) as the name suggests.
Every 'Pahaadi' I have listened to till now takes me away to some misty mountains,plains with rivers flowing across, flower gardens in the middle, freshness and nature in summation.
What strikes me most about 'Pahaadi' is how nature-loving the raga is structured. Indian music student that I'm, me always trying to analyse why certain ragas remind me of certain places, people and such,with Pahaadi it is not different. Only difference here is that 'Pahaadi' is so rustic to the ears,I forget to analyse, I stop being the eternal Indian music student and become a lay-listener. I close my mind and open my heart!!
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Some raagams transport you in time, some in emotion, and some others in place. Pahaadi surely belongs to the third category. Indeed, it has been a perennial favourite among Bollywood composers, and for good reason. Check this out: http://chandrakantha.com/raga_raag/film_song_raga/pahadi.html
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