Prasoon Joshi has wriiten some really good songs for films like Phir Milenge & Subha Mudgal albums.
This is great news indeed --- In [email protected], Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mangeshkar-Rahman do a duet for the first time > > `Maa-beta' song to be filmed on Waheeda Rehman in the Aamir Khan starrer Rang De Basanti > > Subhash K Jha > > Lata Mangeshkar at 76 is unstoppable. After accomplishing every possible musical feat, she has > now recorded a duet with A R Rahman, for Rakeysh Mehra's Rang De Basanti. > > "Although I've sung for Rahman before, I had never sung with him," says Mangeshkar, "It's a > lovely maa-beta (mother-son) song 'Lukka-chuppi bahut hui saamne aa ja na'. What really > pleased me no end was the fact that the song will be picturised on Waheeda Rehman, one of my > favourite actresses for whom I've sung some of my favourite numbers." > > Prasoon Joshi who wrote the striking songs of Phir Milenge and the promotional number for > Black, has written the song for the historic Mangeshkar-Rahman duet. The last time she had > sung for Waheeda Rehman, it was coincidentally another mother-son song 'Tu mere saath rahega > munne', by composer Khayyam in the film Trishul. > > The nightingale flew to Chennai to record this historic duet. "Rahman was keen that I sing in > his own studio. I was more than happy to oblige," she says. > > Mehra is ecstatic over this musical duet. "To have Lataji sing for my film was a dream. When > she came for the recording, my knees and hands were trembling. This is Lata Mangeshkar, for > God's sake," says Mehra. > > Mehra isn't the only one in awe of the legend. Composer Ismail Durbar is on seventh heaven as > Mangeshkar will be recording a song with him for the first time for a film called Pyar Kiya To > Nibhana to be directed by Vinay, a former assistant to Sooraj Barjatya. > > Says Darbar, "Every song that I ever composed was for Lata didi. Every time I thought of a tune > I'd wonder how it would sound in her voice. And now she's finally singing for me." > > Says the ecstatic composer, "I've told didi I'd like her to sing all the female songs in this > film. To have her sing for me is a dream-come-true. I keep telling her, 'Didi , I should've > been born 20 years ago'. To what heights she took the tunes of the earlier composers. I was > over the moon when she rang me to wish me Eid Mubarak. Bahut sarey Eid dekhen hain maine. Lekin > yeh Eid mujhe hardam yaad rahega.(I have seen many Eids, but I will remember this Eid forever" > > http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp? sectid=10&articleid=1113200501679841113200501315828 > > "We neglect our cities at our peril. For, in neglecting them, we neglect the nation." > -John F. Kennedy > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/iyUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
