Topic started by shyam (@ cache-ntc-aa09.proxy.aol.com) on Tue Aug 24 23:44:40 EDT 2004.
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i am wondering if someone would be able to tell me what raaga exactly is 'mhara re giridhar gopal' sung by lata mangeshkar. it was set to music by hridayanath mangeshkar and is in the album with other meera bhajans like - kino sang khelu holi (yaman), karam ki gati nyari santo (hamsadhani), ud jaa re kagaa (rageshri)....

the bhajan in question sounds liek a variety of malhar - but i cannot identify which....

thank you....

Responses:

• From: Kulkarni SM (@ 61.11.87.6) on: Thu Aug 26 04:43:05 EDT 2004
  
  closest to Miya Malhar ... though one can feel a touch of Megh in some places...
  
  
• From: Ravi Shankar (@ in-29-163.dhcp-149-166.iupui.edu) on: Thu Aug 26 18:38:45 EDT 2004
  
  Along thos lines, I have another question: What is the raag for the song 'Madhuban mein Radhika naache re', sung by Mohd. Rafi in the movie Kohinoor?
  Thanks.
  Ravi
  
  
• From: Ravi Shankar (@ in-29-163.dhcp-149-166.iupui.edu) on: Thu Aug 26 18:39:37 EDT 2004
  
  Along those lines, I have another question: What is the rAg for the song 'Madhuban mein RAdhikA nAche rE', sung by Mohd. Rafi in the movie Kohinoor?
  Thanks.
  Ravi
  
  
• From: shyam (@ 204.68.210.59) on: Fri Aug 27 12:16:09 EDT 2004
  
  thank you - kulkarni ji.... - indeed those touches of megh were cauing the confusion - i was wonderignif there was a distinct variety of malhar that aloowed for it. and hence my question... thanks for your answer..
  
  as regards 'madhuban' - think it is kedar or hamir (hindustani) - more likely the former. they both are close to hamir kalyani (carnatic) than sharanaga.
  
  
• From: Lakshman (@ kit-ppp-64.187.35.163.porchlight.ca) on: Fri Aug 27 17:46:37 EDT 2004
  
  Shyam: Did you get the emails I sent you?
  
  
• From: SM Kulkarni (@ 202.88.169.27) on: Sat Aug 28 07:15:14 EDT 2004
  
  Dear Ravisankar
  Dear Shyam,
  
  I will mail you an excel file which lists hindi film songs with ragas they are based on ,this weekend.(I am not sure if i can post it on this site)
  If you are in India , i could also mail you two mp3 cds which have songs from this database-some 30 hours of film songs and bhajans/ghazals in ragawise assortments.
  I have not been able to collect all the songs listed in the file because it is too exhaustive,but yes, almost all the ragas are represented here.
  The most popular raga seems to be Yaman with over 35 songs and raag Durga is the only raga with one song based on it-from geeth gaya patharone.
  
  SM Kulkarni
  
  
• From: Mehek Jain (@ dialpool-210-214-84-12.maa.sify.net) on: Wed Sep 29 09:30:39
  
  Hi there,
  
  The song "Madhuban me Radhika Nach Re"is based on the rag "Hamir".The charecteristic feature which is distinguishing is the way the swar "dha is used"by touching( ie.,meer)on the swar "pa".You can see this in the way the voice is thrown when one sings "ra" in singing "radhika".Hope this helps you with your question.
  
  regards,
  Mehek
  
  
• From: Mehek Jain (@ dialpool-210-214-84-12.maa.sify.net) on: Wed Sep 29 09:33:49 EDT 2004
  
  Dear Kulkarniji,
  
  I saw that you had mentioned a list of hindi film songs based on rags.I would be grateful if you could send that to me also.Also I have a similar list.Incase you are interested I would be more then happy to send it across to you.
  
  regards,
  Mehek
  
  
• From: Kulkarni SM (@ ppp81-95.dsl-chn.eth.net) on: Thu Sep 30 03:48:51 EDT 2004
  
  Dear Mehek Jain,
  
  I have sent you the excel file.
  
  Regards
  
  Kulkarni SM
  
  
• From: Anish (@ nat246.blockbuster.com) on: Sun Oct 10 02:41:56 EDT 2004
  
  Does anyone have lyrics for "mhara re giridhar gopal" by meerabai? I will appreciate if someone can post it on this site.
  
  Thanks,
  -Anish
  
  

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