I do not agree.... one studies music from the child hood it sure be an
advantage if that musician or singer should take up the language along
with the music to complete the nuances of the music. it leaves a bad
taste in the mouths when a singer mipronounces the word. Not only ARR
but almost every singer from other parts of country also commit these
blunders. I am recently touched by a song , sung by Kunal Ganjawala for
the film BABUL . The song is excellent other wise. he sung the song
beautifully but he messed-up the song in the last by saying Gh-
umnamiyan bhi Dedo ( it should have been GumNaamiyan Bhi Dedo) or Hansi
not Haseen and here the whole couplet becomes meaningless for Haseen
instead of Hansi. Senior artists such as Lata Mangeshkar, Kavita
krishnamurthy ,Kishore Kumar , Mukesh, learned urdu diction or they
check their lines thoroughly before recording of the song.
Music directors such as Madan Mohan , Salil chaudhry, OP Nayyar, or
even LP used to have Urdu literate people in their teams to make sure
of proper diction. Naushad , Khayyam had an advantage of coming from
Urdu speaking backgrounds. some actors also have urdu teachers taking
care of their diction.
