After a long time, another rare Saigal ghazal:
‘gar siyah-bakht hii hona tha naseebon mein mere
zulf hota tere rukhsar pe ya til hota
The recording I have has the first line snipped off. It could be cleaner too — this file is too saturated and a little noisy. Maybe I will re-digitize it someday when I have the time.
Enjoy!
Apart from Hindi and Urdu, KL Saigal recorded songs in several other languages including Farsi, Bangla, Tamil (!) and Punjabi. We feature two of his songs in Punjabi, his native language. While the choice of language is unusual for his songs, the style of delivery is a familiar one.
mahi naal je ankkh laD-di kadi na and o soNe saqiya meri gali vi phera panda ja. Enjoy.
Have a totally wet and sloppy holi! For your enjoyment, we bring you the three recorded holis of KL Saigal. The first two are not available commerically.
main jo dinana ki thori is Saigal’s choli song (!!), in Kaafi.
paniya bharan mat ja re gori — another rare
recording; we featured it recently.
hori ho brajaraj dulare is the third Saigal
holi, a familiar and beautiful song.
On the occasion of the 54th anniversary of Saigal’s
death, we bring you some rare recordings of his songs.
gamza paikaan hua jaata hai
– one of his most beautiful ghazals, delivered in his soft, deliberate
style.
paniya bharan mat ja re gori
– KL Saigal recorded three horis. One of these — “hori ho brajaraj dulare”
– is widely available. The other two are not commercially available. Today
we bring you one of these, and soon we will feature the last one.