That Mad Bengali Babu

I was in my seventh standard then . I came home one day from school to hear a cassette playing in our music system and fell in love with that magical voice. The voice belonged to man called Kishore Kumar Ganguly who would epitomize the word madness for me. Be it a tragic philosophical song , fun and nakhra filled numbers or soft romantic melodies Kishore da became the identity of hindi melodies for me. Of course I progressed on to Mukesh and Rafi later on and came to love their voices equally well , it is always a Kishore da song I hum when I have the mood to sing. That doesn't make Rafi , Mukesh and Manna Dey saab any less singers but somehow I've never gotten over my preference of Kishore songs from that Era.

So on the wee hours of Monday morning when listening to the extremely mellifluous aanewaala pal jaane waala hai from Golmaal I just new that I had to pen down my thoughts on Kishore da.

Here are some of my favourite Kishore numbers. If I were to catalog all my Kishore Favourites , it would take me at least a month to nail down a list

1. Kora Kagaz Tha
2.Mere Saamnewaali
3.Tere Mere Milan Ki yeh Raina
4. Jeevan se Bhari Teri Aankhen
5. O Maajhi re
6. Bhool Gaya Sab Kuch
7. Meri Bheegi Bheegi si
8. Humein Tumse Pyar Kitna
9. Mere Dil mein aaj kya hai
10. Kabhi Kabhi
11. Mere Naina Sawan Badho
12. Rhimjin Gire Saawan
13. Yeh Raatein Yeh Mausam
14. Zindagi ek safar hai suhana
15. Khilte hain gul yahaan
16. Ruk jaana nahi
17. Ek ladki bheegi baagi si
18. Yeh Waada Raha
19.Gaata rahe mera dil
20.Koi humdum na raha