As I sat on the park bench last evening I was approached by a young lady who sat next to me on the same bench. After a few minutes of silence she initiated a conversation : "Aunty..."
I was taken aback and then realised she wanted me to play 'agony aunt'!
When the evening replayed in my mind, I was reminded of the song 'Auntyji' from a recent Hindi film and that lead me into thinking of the Goan influences in Hindi film music...
Goa - the land of beaches, feni and vindaloo and Goa- the
land that is the birthplace of some of the best musicians in the Hindustani
classical music arena (Kesarbai Kerkar, Jitendra Abhisheki, Mogubai Kurdikar,
Kishori Amonkar to name a few)!
But here I’d like to touch upon the flavour of western orchestra
music and Portuguese music, from Goa, that left their mark on the music of
Hindi films.
Anthony Vaz Xavier is credited with bringing in ‘swing’
into Hindi film music.
Eena Meena Deeka
Gore Gore Banke Chore
This was Pyarelal’s (of Laxmikant-Pyarelal fame) tribute
to his violin teacher Anthony Prabhu Gonsalves
My name is Anthony Gonsalves
An adaptation of the popular Goan folk form ‘Dekhni’
that is an amalgamation of Goan dance and song:
Na maangu sona chandni
Speaking of Goa and not mentioning ‘Sagaar’ would be a
gross mistake!
O Maria
Remo Fernandes occupies a place of prominence among
musicians who contributed greatly to the ‘Goa’ influence into film music.
Maria Pitache
I’d like to close this short walk along the shores of Goa
with this number:
Auntiji
2 comments:
Good as usual, post this in the RTS group, Shobha.
well, variety is the spicy no matter from where it comes!
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