Jeeya na lage...

This is another song (from film Budhha mil gaya) that I am perpetually in love with and so is Anju, here it is for our enjoyment.
Anilji had not heard the song before so he has been creative enough to make totally new arrangement.People who have not heard the original listen to us but please go and listen to the original as its brilliant.People who have heard it, please be open minded for my version in Anilji’s new arrangement.

Original Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Music: R.D. Burman
Arrangement/Orchestration/mixing: Anil Bs
Recorded at Studio: Friends (Pune)


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Chal soduni haa desh pakshini...

This song is very close to my heart, as it’s from a Marathi movie ‘Ekati’ and it was based on a story called ‘Madhuchi aai’ written by my Grandmother, Mrs. Vasundhara Patwardhan, who is a very well known writer in Maharashtra. This award winning movie was made in 1969, and renowned movie/stage actors and actresses like Sulochna ,Indumati Paingankar and Dr.Kashinath Ghanekar were part of the cast. Music direction was done by Shri.Sudhir Phadke, who not only was well known in Marathi but also gave some beautiful songs to the Hindi film industry. ’Joyoti Kalash Chalake’ was one of his melodious compositions that was unforgettable.
I grew up with my Grandmother since the age of 10 months; needless to say, she was a Mother more than a Grandmother and she has been a tremendous Inspiration in my life. Because of her, I am who I am, a very strong woman who never feared obstacles, fought calamities and paved her own path in life.
For my non Marathi friends, I requested my Grandmother’s other Granddaughter, the very talented Ms.Rama Desai, reconstitute the meaning of the Marathi poem in her words. You will note that I did not use the word translation. The reason for this is that sometimes a translation can be accurate to a ‘T’ yet it loses the song’s meaning and feeling somewhere along the way. Rama has reconstituted the lyrical ideas for us in a very poetic way. I hope you will enjoy the song ‘Chal soduni haa, desh pakshini’.

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FORSAKE***
By:Rama Desai

Forsake this land
where a mother is spurned,
and the offspring abdicate,
never to return.
Forsake this land
desolate without kin,
where the wind echoes fierce
with a hollow haunted ring.
Forsake this land
and soar into the eternal blue,
when vanity rules emotions,
this is the only recourse left to you.

Spread your wounded wings
and forsake this land
where a mother is spurned
by the offspring’s hand.
Forsake this land
with its fierce echoing wind,
now rendered desolate,
with neither kith nor kin.
Forsake this land
and soar into the eternal blue;
when vanity rules emotions,
this is the only recourse left to you.

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Original Singer: Sudhir Phadke
Music: Sudhir Phadke
Lyrics: Raam Kadam
Sung by: Swati
Tabla: Shankar Kuchekar
Arrangement/Mixing: Anil Bs
Recorded at Studio: Friends (Pune)


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Jeevan Dor

There are some songs that you never get tired of. I have very few that I can count on my fingers and ‘Jeevan dor’ is one of them.
This song is very special to me as it is a beautiful connection to some people in my life. Beyond the time limits music has power to fetch you in the past. It drenches you with all the emotions that you felt once; it evokes your senses and fills your surroundings with a pleasant aroma. Music is that time machine that flies you to a different plane…

This beautiful song that I have attempted is from a movie ‘Sati Savitri’

Original Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Music: Laxmikant Pyarelal
Lyrics: Bharat Vyas
Sung by: Swati
Tabla: Shankar Kuchekar
Arrangement/Orchestration/mixing: Anil Bs
Recorded at Studio: Friends (Pune)



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Dono Jahan teri....

Dono Jahan teri mohabbat me haar ke Ghazal by Faiz Ahmad Faiz...
Different people have different addictions. An artist or a singer has that of singing beautiful compositions. His thrill is to see how he can justify them/reproduce them, and I am no exception to the rule either.
This Ghazal has been sung by many well known artists,Begam Akhtar, Madam Noor Jahan, Ghulam Ali Sahib to name a few.
So here it is…
”Dono Jahan teri Muhobbat me haar ke
Wo….. jaa raha hai koi Shab-e-gam gujaarke…”

Sung by :Swati
Tabla: Shankar Kuchekar
Harmonium:Santosh Ghante

Arrengement: Anil Bs
Recorded at Studio: Friends (Pune)



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Ulfat ki nai...manzil ko chala

Anju Project:
Song 2: Ulafat ki nai…

“Nai hai manzil naya hai hamsafar ,
jara sambhal ke rakhna pair.
jis par tum chal rahe ho…jis par tum chal rahe ho,
wo… hum se bani hai dagar…..”
These are the lines that came to my mind, when I was trying to post this Ghazal by Iqbaal Bano ji.

Iqbal Bano, voice that was robust and rustic yet it had quality that made it very soothing to the ears….full of emotions and each note would touch your innermost feelings. I always felt as if there was no pretentiousness. What she had was present in front of you. As they say your voice is a face to your heart…it’s so true…it’s so true….

Original Singers: Iqbal Bano
Sung by :Swati
Tabla: Shankar Kuchekar
Harmonium: Santosh Ghante
Arrangement/mixed:: Anil Bs
Recorded at Studio: Friends (Pune)



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Saranga

Anju Project:
Song 1: Saaranga Teri Yaad Mein
You know, sometimes I think I must have done something good in my past life that I meet such wonderful people now. These are great friends who do not want anything from me, but are happy in my company or even away from me. My well being, my prosperity and happiness is what they are interested in. Nothing more nothing less.
Here I am talking about such friends. This series of songs is something that I did for my friend Anju. She wanted me to do songs that I liked and suited my voice. Her aim was to record and listen to them with my 93 year old grandmother, who happens to be my inspiration and motivation.
We recorded these songs with Tabla played by our beloved Tabla nawaz Sri.Shankar Kuchekar (we affectionately call him Sir.), who made a tremendous effort to put it all together.
When we heard the songs we thought they sounded OK but were a little dry and empty. Well, here comes another friend to the rescue, Anil ji; who I have never met but connected with through  music, even though we are thousands of miles and several languages apart. I sent him the tracks and in a day he sent me this amazing transformation of “Saaranga”

Listen to it and let me know. Please be kind as I have varied from the original tune,but then…I sang it with the feelings that I had singing and listening to this song…
The recipe of the song is simple "a little imperfection with feelings to feel,with the love that I got from my friends I made it all real”.
Here it is, Saaranga teri yaad me……

Original Singer: Mukesh
Music: Sardar Malik
Lyrics: Bharat Vyas
Sung by: Swati
Tabla: Shankar Kuchekar
Orchastration/Mixing : Anil Bs
Recorded at Studio: Friends (Pune)


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Sunna le

Once upon a time, and a long long time ago, there lived……….never mind, to get the story short, I remember Murali had sent me this Tammil song called ‘Sonnalum‘, heard it and fell in love with it. A year ago I sent it to Ali and he loved it as well. We were inspired to write Hindi lyrics to it, which we did and because of lack of good karaoke track we never finished the recording. Recently I requested Anil Bs ji to make a track and very graciously he made an amazing track for me.

Here is our version of Tammil :Sonnalum” called ‘Sun-na le’. Sun-na le is not a translation of Tammil song but a beautiful tune driven flow of thoughts in our voices. Pease keep your hearts and minds open to grasp the variations and style.
Again thank you Murali for introducing me to this song, thank you Ali for singing with me and Anil-ji for making such a beautiful track for us, without your track we would have never been able to record and present it to the people.

Hope all of you enjoy it.

Original Composition :A.R.Rehman
Original Singers: Harini and Unni Krishnan
Sung by : Ali & Swati
Lyris by : Ali & Swati
Track by :Anil BS

JAANE DO NA

'Jaane do na' is one of the songs that I like,So here it is.
Enjoy.