Nge62R9k9r0/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Bihar Folk Songs' title='Bihar Folk Songs' />Film Songs Based on Classical Ragas 9 Pilu. Guest article by Subodh AgrawalPilu is one of the most popular Ragas in Hindi film music. Naturally, many songs based on Pilu have appeared on So. Y, and some interesting discussion has taken place about KL Saigal being mesmerised by SD Burmans Ami chhinu eka, and speculating which of his song it was similar to. Now, our expert Subodh writes a formal article on the Raga, in which he discusses the best film songs based on this Raga and some fine classical pieces. It comes after a long wait, which I can ascribe to Writers Block. Let us hope that 2. AKI have been rather lazy about writing this article. The list of songs was ready months back, but I just couldnt get down to writing. EYKyo6BDc/T843jCgZauI/AAAAAAAAA8I/6zyjktX15UA/s1600/sharada+sinha.jpg' alt='Bihar Folk Songs' title='Bihar Folk Songs' />What spurred me into action is the realization that it is nearly a year since the last article of this series. My apologies to AK and to the amiable readers of So. Y whose comments are something I always treasure. As I begin this article my mind goes back to Anuradha Warriers beautiful article on Rain Songs on her blog. Let me quote The rains are here And with it comes the smell of freshly dampened earth. Puthu mannu we call it, a smell that cannot be described it has to be experienced. It is the smell that assails your senses when the parched earth eagerly drinks in the first drops of the first monsoons The smell of freshly dampened earth mitti ki sondhi khushbu, as we say in Hindi has long been a metaphor for folk art and music. If there is one raga from the North Indian repertoire that is inseparably linked in my mind to this earthy smell, it is Pilu. There are other ragas with strong folk roots this series has already covered Pahadi, Desh and Tilak Kamod but for me Pilu is the one that truly captures the mood evoked by this earthy smell, possibly because it is the raga of the Gangetic plain, where the summers are long and severe, and the rain when it comes comes in torrents. I will stick my neck out in writing this article. Despite the title of expert in classical music conferred on me, I am quite aware of the limits of my knowledge. I generally dont include a song in my list unless I have independent confirmation of the raga from a reliable source usually www. However, in my list for Pilu I am including some songs for which I dont have such confirmation. I could be wrong as I have been in case of Mohe panghat pe nandlal chhed gayo ri which is Gara, not Pilu. I will be very happy to be corrected by knowledgeable readers if I make any mistake. Pilu is used extensively in folk songs of UP and Bihar. Many of the traditional wedding songs of this region are based on Pilu. Let me present, as a prelude to the list, a fragment from the film Sara Akash 1. I could locate. This very tune was later developed into a full song for the film Dushmani 1. Now for the list 1. In an interesting coincidence when this site carried Subodhs article on music from the mountains, Harvey was doing songs of clouds. Mountains and clouds share. The culture of Bihar, an eastern state of India, includes various unique forms of literature, cuisine, performing and visual arts, and festivals. Aarti Kunj bihari Ki. Aarti Kunj Bihari Ki Lyrics Krishna Bhajan Song. Aarti Kunj Bihari Ki Shri Girdhar Krishna Murari Ki. Gale Mein Baijanti Mala, Bajave. Pinjre de vich qaid jawani by Baby Noorjehan from Gul Bakavli 1. Ghulam Haider. Noorjehan was only 1. I came across this gem on Richard Ss blog Dances on the Footpath. Thank you Richard. Prabhuji tum raakho laaj hamari by Kanan Devi from Hospital 1. Pt Madhur, music Kamal Dasgupta. This song is a pleasant discovery while researching this article. I had heard many other songs by the great Kanan Devi, but not this one. So I got my reward even before I wrote the articleRi gori, Kahe guman kare by KL Saigal from Tansen 1. Pt. Indra, music Khemchand Prakash. This song by the incomparable Saigal Khemchand Prakash duo stays very true to Pilu as heard from regular classical singers. Saigals songs are usually the oldest in lists that figure on So. Y. Pilus timeless appeal has ensured that he makes an appearance at number 3. Paa lagoon kar jori re by Lata Mangeshkar from Aap ki Seva Mein 1. Datta Davjekar. There have been claims that this is the oldest film recording of Lata Mangeshkar. There was a discussion on So. Y which belied this claim. This song has a mix of many ragas, but the part Shyam mose na khelo hori distinctly evokes Pilu. Dheere se aa ja ri ankhiyan mein by Lata Mangeshkar solo and Lata and Chitalkar duet from Albela 1. Rajendra Krishna, music C Ramachandra. There are two excellent loris in Pilu, both duets this one and Chandan ka Palna, resham ki dori. I had a tough time deciding between the two, but then I opted for this one because of the comparative rarity of the Chitalkar version. The movement at the end of the line aa ja ri aaja is something extremely difficult to manage even for an accomplished singer the way the second aa ja trails off in Latas voice. One little doubt what kind of person sings a lori while driving AK may also note that this is one song in which the female version trumps the male one in terms of recall Main soya ankhiyan meeche by Rafi and Asha Bhosle from Phagun 1. Qamar Jalalabadi, music OP Nayyar. Madhubala is the queen of romance and there is no dearth of songs in which her presence lights up the screen with her own mix of mischief, innocence and sensuality. Symantec Procomm Plus 4.8'>Symantec Procomm Plus 4.8. If I were to pick two songs that best represent her in a leisurely romantic mood, I would always pick this one and Beimaan tore nainawa which is also set in a folk based raga Pahadi. The setting of the two songs is very similar, with a haystack providing the backdrop. I had first seen this video clip on Doordarshan in the days before the internet, and it stayed with me on the strength of that one viewing. Thanks to the internet we can see it any time now. Tere pyar ka aasra chahta hoon by Mahendra Kapoor and Lata Mangeshkar from Dhool ka Phool 1. Sahir Ludhiyanvi, music N Dutta. Pilu is at its playful best in this nok jhonk song. Rajendra Kumar and Mala Sinha, neither of them among my favourite actors, have done an excellent job on screen. The lyrics of this song a part of them at least have a special place in my life. Hasino se ahad e wafa chahte ho, bade nasamajh ho ye kya chahte ho has been my mool mantra in dealing with hasinas through my life, along with another equally important couplet Hasino se to bas sahab salaamat door ki achchhi, na inki dosti achchhi na inki dushmani achchhi. I have followed this mantra quite faithfully the sole exception being the lady who deigned to marry me. Outlook Events And Activation Bangalore Time there. Dheere se gagri utaar by Lata Mangeshkar from Zindagi aur Hum 1. Shiv Kumar, music Roshan. This song has figured earlier on So. Y in AKs post on Lata Mangeshkar songs by Roshan. Thats where I first noticed it, and it joined the ever growing list of old gems that I discovered thanks to this blog. How can such beautiful songs be forgotten Tere bin soone nain hamare by Rafi and Lata from Meri Surat Teri Aankhen 1. Shailendra, music SD Burman. As musicals go this film was right there at the top. One would be hard put to choose the best song out of the amazing repertoire created by SDB. This duet is as good a choice as any other. It is interesting how SDB has used Rafi and Manna Dey for different songs, building on the strengths of each for the individual nuances of the particular song. It is hard to imagine Manna Dey in this song, or Rafi in Puchho na kaise. Ab ke baras bhej bhaiya ko babul by Asha Bhosle from Bandini 1. Shailendra, music SD Burman. Another great musical by SD Burman. I had initially kept this song out of my list because it had figured prominently in AKs post on Asha Bhosle songs, and generally one avoids repeating songs. But this one proved too beautiful, too evocative to leave out. Bihari culture Wikipedia. The culture of Bihar, an eastern state of India, includes various unique forms of literature, cuisine, performing and visual arts, and festivals. LanguageeditHindi, Maithili, and Urdu are the official languages of the state, whilst the majority of the people speak one of the Bihari languages, like Bhojpuri or Magadhi. Bihari languages were once mistakenly thought to be dialects of Hindi. However, more recently, they have been shown to be descendants of the language of the Magadha kingdom Magadhi Prakrit, along with Bengali, Assamese, and Oriya. It is difficult to ascertain the number of people who speak Bihari languages due to unreliable sources. In the urban region, most educated speakers name Hindi as their language because it is what they use in formal contexts. They may also believe this to be the appropriate responsecitation needed. The uneducated and the rural population of the region assign Hindi as the generic name for their language. Despite the large number of speakers of Bihari languages, these languages have not been constitutionally recognized in India, only exception being Maithili, which is recognised under the Eighth Schedule. Hindi remains the language used for educational and official matters in Bihar. Bihari is actually the name of a group of three related languagesBhojpuri, Maithili, and Magahispoken mainly in northeastern India in Bihar. These languages were legally absorbed under the subordinate label of Hindi in the 1. Census. State and national politics are thus creating the conditions for language endangerment. Hindi was first successfully spread to Bihar in 1. In the ensuing struggle between the competing Hindi and Urdu languages, the potential claims of the three large mother tongues in the region Maithili, Bhojpuri and Magahi were ignored. After India gained its independence, Hindi was again given sole official language status through the Bihar Official Language Act of 1. LiteratureeditBihar has produced a number of Hindi writers, including Janaki Ballabh Shashri, Raja Radhika Raman Singh, Shiva Pujan Sahay, Divakar Prasad Vidyarthy, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Ram Briksh Benipuri, Phanishwar Nath Renu, Gopal Singh Nepali, Shankar Dayal Singh and Baba Nagarjun. Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan, the well known writer and Buddhist scholar, was born in Uttar Pradesh, but spent his life in the land of Lord Buddha Bihar. Usha Kiran Khan, Mithileshwar, Madhukar Singh and Hrishikesh Sulabh are prominent short story writers from Bihar. Arun Kamal and Aalok Dhanwa are well known poets. A number of Urdu scholars, writers and poets also hail from Bihar. These include Shaad Azimabadi, Jamil Mazhari, Bismil Azimabadi poet who authored the famous patriotic ghazal Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai, Maulana Shabnam Kamali scholar, teacher, writer, and poet, Dr Prof Anjum Kamali urdu scholar,Kaif Azimabadi, Inaam Azmi and M R Chishti,Atahar nafish. Bihar has also produced some prominent poets and authors who write in various regional languages Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, who is among the most prominent authors who writes in Bengali, resided for some time in Bihar. The latest Indian author who writes in English, Upamanyu Chatterjee, also hails from Patna in Bihar. Devaki Nandan Khatri, who rose to fame at the beginning of the 2. Chandrakanta and Chandrakanta Santati, was born in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Vidyapati Thakur, who wrote around the 1. Maithili language poet In India. Satyapal Chandra5 has written many critically acclaimed best sellers in English. Performing artseditBihar has contributed to Indian Hindustani classical music. The region has produced such musicians as Ustad Bismillah Khan and various dhrupad singers, like the Malliks Darbhanga Gharana and the Mishras Bettiah Gharana. Bihar has an old tradition of folk songs, sung during important family occasions such as marriages, birth ceremonies, and festivals. They are sung mainly in group settings without the help of many musical instruments, although the dholak, Bansuri, and occasionally the tabla and harmonium are used. Bihar also has a tradition of lively Holi songs known as Phagua, characterised by their lively rhythms. During the 1. 9th century, when the standard of living in Bihar worsened under British rulecitation needed, many Biharis had to migrate as indentured laborers to the West Indian islands, Fiji, or Mauritius. During this time, many sad plays and songs called biraha became very popular in the Bhojpur area. Dramas on that theme continue to be popular in the theaters of Patna. Vishwa Bhojpuri Sammelan has done a project on Bhojpuri Folk Baarah Maasa in the last decade. This unique musical series has been released at the second World Bhojpuri Conference in Mauritius. Drama and theatreeditSome traditional Bihari forms of theatre include the Bidesia, Reshma Chuharmal, Bihula Bisahari, Bahura Gorin, Raja Salhesh, Sama Chakeva, and Dom Kach. These theatre forms originate in the Anga region of Bihar. The modern Hindi Theatre movement reached Bihar in 1. Satish Anand, an actor and director, helped develop Modern Hindi theatre in Bihar. He established the theatre group Kala Sangam at Patna in 1. The 1. 97. 3 production of a play named Adhe Adhure was considered a major event in the history of Bihari culture. The play was called a Renaissance of theatre in Bihar. From the 1. Patna became the one of the most active theatre centers in India, owing to high quality play productions directed by Kala Sangam and designed by Satish Anand. After watching some of Kala Sangams plays, eminent theatre critic Dhyneshwar Nadkarni wrote a 1. Economic Times titled Small Town Stalwarts. Satish Anand also introduced street theatre in Bihar during the JP Movement in 1. Under Anands direction, Kala Sangam presented Bihars first street theatre production, called Juloos. Sangams productions held on street corners, in parks, and on roadsides were historic in Patna. Sangam presented a total of 1. Juloos in Patna and outside Bihar, to large audiences. The success of the Juloos greatly increased the theatre audience in Patna. It also motivated many political parties to start or form their own cultural groups to perform street plays. In 1. 97. 8, Kala Sangam organized the areas first theatre festival and first all India theatre seminar. At these events, Sangam presented five plays Andha Yug, Ashadh Ka Ek Din, Lahron Ke Rajhans, Ballabhpur Ki Roopkatha, and Singhasan Khali Hai. Marathi Songs Sites List. In 1. 98. 4, Satish Anand had evolved a new Bidesia Style for modern Indian theatre. The new style used elements of traditional folk theatre from indigenous Bihari culture. Visual artseditPaintingeditTraditionally, painting was one of the skills that was passed down from generation to generation in the families of the Mithila region, mainly by women. Painting was usually done on walls during festivals, religious events, and other milestones of the life cycle, like birth, Upanayanam the sacred thread ceremony, and marriage. There are several traditional styles of painting practiced in Bihar. One is Mithila painting, a style of Indian painting used in the Mithila region of Bihar. Tradition states that this style of painting originated at the time of the Ramayana, when King Janak commissioned artists to do paintings at the time his daughter Sitas marriage to Lord Ram.