When I put the previous list together and I thought about Parineeta, I thought about this song. But, no, I said to myself, that was sung by Asha. Well, as it turns out, it was sung by Asha and it was sung by Geeta! Only the Geeta version was not put in the film… Which doesn’t matter with the version I got, because this song was completely left out of the DVD! But, in any event, for anyone who may have missed it, here is the song sung by both Geeta and Asha. (Now, who does it better? Hmm… Personally, I like Geeta’s singing more.)
I like both but prefer Geeta’s version: clear vocals and she is much more comfortable and natural in the upper registers of the song. Asha sounds a bit at the limit in those. Just my humble opinion!
I too think the Geeta Dutt version is better – the words are clearer, and she doesn’t get shrill, as Asha does in places. And any way, I do tend to be a bit biased towards Geeta Dutt!
Thanks, Bawa and Dustedoff. I agree with everything you both just said. :)
Me too, I like Asha’s version too, but if I had to choose I would take Geeta’s version.
Interesting – so far, everybody prefers Geeta’s version – it’s unanimous!
Unanimous indeed, Geeta sounds really good!
Thanks for sharing these lovely gems. To the best of my knowledge, Geeta ji’s song is a version song, recorded later, most likely by the same composer (Arunkumar Mukherjee sahab). She has also sung one more version song, this time the original being sung by Manna Dey sahab. Yes, I am referring to the song “Chali raadhe raani, ankhiyon mein paani”. Here is the audio
And here is the original song by Manna da httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1mhtZxALGs
Sorry for the typo in the previous comment, now corrected: And here is the original song by Manna da
Parag, you’re welcome. And thank you for the information that this was a version song. I wondered if she might have actually sung it for the film, considering that there was at least one song she sang for the film that was deleted. And it was such a nice one…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52B9bUa9Ksc
Thank you also for sending links to both versions of the Manna Dey song. Of course, both versions are a pleasure to hear. But this time, my impression is the reverse of what I said about the Geeta Dutt version of the other song vs. Asha’s… I think I still like the Manna Dey version more. But I need to listen to both again a few times. :)
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P.S. I don’t know why those URLs that you posted didn’t become embedded YouTube clips the way these usually do, but when I changed the spacing a little and “updated” them, they did. I don’t know why my own link, above, is not converting, either (has the WordPress program suddenly become picky?), but because of limited time, I will not dwell on that for now – people can enjoy it on YouTube.