I never thought that I would ever like this type of song. But here I am, listening to Mastam, and humming with it.
Trust ARR to know what I myself never knew about my liking. I think ARR has never given any song like this, trusting on the rhying words to create a melody of their own. Old timers in the group must be knowing that such usage were the norms in 50s - yes, half a century ago. Almost every was using it then but it was Chitalkar/ C Ramchandra who had given some of the best songs having rhyming words with slight music creating wonderful listening experience. Listen to his Mombasa, etc. to get the feel of it. At that time there were no special effects, no recording facilities, so MDs had to rely on the great melodious tunes and/ or on the rhyming words. And trust ARR to revive that trend right here after 50-60 years, when all the special effects, loops, great recording facilities are available to him, yet he brings wonders to the fore with rhyming simple words. Mind you, I am not saying that ARR copied any song of 50s. :-) Before this song, I think that the nearest ARR had come to create a rhthm with words was in Bombay's Kahna hi Kya's background ground, in Dil Se's Diya Jale's Malayalam Chorus and in Jeans' Kehna Hi Kya's classical part, and we can see how different Mastam is from these three songs. Please do mention other songs in which ARR had brought out music by using rhyming words. Other songs are also good, Zindagi, Manmohini, muskura, etc. but ARR has given similar genre of songs earlier many times. Of course no copy. So, though these ones also sound good in hearing, the novelty is not there. So, I dare say that Mastam is the find of album as it shows a new genre of creation by our man who has revived a half a century old, now forgotten, trend with this song. :-) -- V
