How did the Raj Kapoor and Manna Dey Jodi germinated
Saturday, May 2, 2015 • Tamil
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Pyaar hua ekraar hua, Ye raat bheegi bheegi, A ja sanam madhur chandni mein hum.. Ae Bhai Zara Dekh Ke Chalo...
Guess what is common in these super hit songs? Well you have guessed it right they are all hit songs of legendary actor cum filmmaker Raj Kapoor but on focusing little more you will observe that all these songs are sung not by Mukesh, considered the voice of Raj Kapoor but they are all sung by the great genius and versatile singer Manna Dey.
So how did Manna Dey and the Raj Kapoor Jodi germinate? Well it was surely not an easy task but thanks to music director Shanker (of the Shanker-Jaikishan team) and Raj Kapoor`s insistence that did the trick.
Raj Kapoor who had an ear for good music was overwhelmed by the classical genius of Manna Dey and it was he who first trusted Manna Dev and offered him the popular dream sequence song Ghar Aaya Mera Pardesi ... in AWARA.
However the acid test came when Raj Kapoor tried to promote Manna Dey in other production house. The movie was AVM`s CHORI CHORI and the song was Yeh Raat Bheegi Bheegi...
Music director Shanker in an interview informed, "Actually film producer Avichi V Meiyappan (AVM) first choice was Mukesh but I and Raj felt Manna Dey will do better justice to the song so were started recording with Manna Dey in his absence but to our surprise on the day of recording AVM sahab landed in our recording room and was quite angry. Where is Mukesh? He demanded."
"However Raj Kapoor insisted on Manna Dey and to calm AVM Sahab Raj Kapoor convinced AVM Sahab that if he does not like the song then he will re -record the song in Mukesh`s voice at his own expense," added Shanker.
"But when AVM sahab heard the song he was bowled over and ordered all the songs to be sung by Manna Dey," a delighted Shanker informed.
May 1, marks the birth anniversary of Padma Bhushan and Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner Manna Dey; Ragaa.Com pays him our humble homage.
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