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Gujarati Movie Songs By Praful Dave

admin — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:28:49 +0000

I recently uploaded some more Gujarati movie songs by Praful Dave for you. Here we go. Did they compose “Jode Rahejo Raj” for movies a second time? The other recording, as per this link, belonged to Prafulbhai’s earlier days. I’d personally recommend the earlier version as against the recent one.

Gujarati Movie Songs By Geeta Dutt

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:46:15 +0000

Here is a list of Gujarati movie songs by Geeta Dutt. Locate the mp3 player just below top left corner on each of these links. I have been wandering around to find newer file hosting sites for my uploads. Let me know if you have any problems downloading these numbers.

Gujarati Movie Songs By Lata Mangeshkar

admin — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:43:12 +0000

Here is a list of Gujarati movie songs by Lata Mangeshkar.

Gujarati Movie Songs By Mukesh

admin — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:50:50 +0000

The following is a list of Gujarati movie songs by Mukesh, I have been able to collect recently. Some of these are truly old ones, since Mukesh could be heard imitating KL Sehgal in those few. A few of them are quite familiar and therefore, could be assumed to have been popular since the old days. I know, some of you have been searching out for particular Gujarati movie songs on my site (I always save them for my later use) including those sung by Rafi and Mukesh. I’ll soon upload a few of Rafi and Talat Mahmood Gazals, as well as some Lata and Geeta Dutt movie numbers. Enjoy these Gujju songs in the Sugam Sangeet mode by Mukesh for the time being. Sugam Sangeet, Light Music or Gazal whatever, I’ve chosen to publish them under Gujarati folk music for my own simplicity.

Btw, how do you define Sugam Sangeet? Any suggestion?

Gujarati Movie Songs By Asha Bhonsle

admin — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:18:42 +0000

Here is a list of Gujarati movie songs by Asha Bhonsle.

Gujarati Movie Songs (Praful Dave And Usha Mangeshkar)

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:08:24 +0000

Image Courtesy of Exotic India Online Art Store

As promised earlier, here we go with another list of Gujarati movie songs. These are Praful Dave and Usha Mangeshkar duets. I’ll get several more Gujarati movie and folk songs uploaded in the next few days.

Duets by Praful Dave and Usha Mangeshkar

Happy streaming!

Gujarati Folk And Movie Songs

admin — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:44:06 +0000

Lt. Maniraj Barot/ Image Courtesy DeshGujarat.com

Here is a bunch of links to some Gujarati movie duets by Praful Dave and his female co-singers. Also, the Sanedo track by Lt. Maniraj Barot is up there, though I might update it later, since I’m not fully sure about its authenticity.

Btw, the subtitles of “Mare Te Todle Bethyo Olyo Morlo” read “Mahesh & Chorus” instead of any female. Gosh! I didn’t know it was Mahesh singing along with Praful Dave, for so many years (the former is known to mimic female voices on stage, so it shouldn’t have caught me with so much surprise either). Or am I wrong in assuming Mahesh with that female lead? Should find this out soon.

Some free hosting sites allow hot-linking, some others do not. Kindly, follow instructions at the download page to listen/ download these file compressions/ samples of the original audio files.

Sanedo has now been updated with a link to original Maniraj Barot file.

Check out these latest Gujarati movie and folk song uploads.

Praful Dave – The Lord Of Gujarati Cinema And Folk Music!

admin — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:53:45 +0000

Praful Dave – The Pride Of Gujarat!

Last night I happened to be at Praful Dave’s live Dayro (the Gujarati way of telling folklores) program at the Town Hall, Ahmedabad. Though, I had no definite info if he was performing there or not, I decided to have a chance and was handsomely rewarded in the due course by him and his colleagues with three soothing, musical hours. I personally rate Prafulbhai, as he is fondly called by his die hard fans and co-musicians, at par with some of the best bygone Hindi music legends. To make it simpler, let me name Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi and Mukesh. The only difference being Dave doesn’t cater to the wider Hindi-Urdu speaking audiences of this subcontinent. The rest, in my opinion, remains the same. He can move and mesmerized you and drag you into ecstasy with his ever lengthening ALAAPs and mystical voice. He can generate the same euphoria and passion that any other virtuoso might happen to instill in you.

And those loving his genre of music do appreciate it by attending most of his Dayro programs. Remember, this was the age of multi-million Bollywood flicks, cricket leagues and a society that was fast getting influenced by the western culture. Yet Praful Dave’s listeners, however limited in strength, are a buoyant entity. They make a point by attending his Dayros throughout Gujarat and elsewhere. They seem to be reminding him, he was the sole lord of Gujarati folk arena…none else could reach his stature!

And the master also kept his fans duly entertained by breaking into impromptu folk gyrations last night. He also experimented with various folk music sub-styles from within Gujarat. He thanked the audience by saying, it was always motivating to watch die hard Gujarati Lok Sahitya and Sangeet fans around. “The love, honor and recognition attained to one’s SURAs and RAGAs were more precious as compared to any monetary rewards gained in the process,” he said. Roughly four to five hundred people made it there by paying various entry fees that they would hardly cough out otherwise, but for watching a Hindi movie or a ODI cricket game.

Also, on the dais was Harsur Ghadhvi, another Dayro exponent and somebody, who could make you laugh without barriers. I missed out most of what he said though. In fact, I did not understand most of what Praful Dave sang either, since most of it was rhymed in the regional dialects from withing Gujarat and I, originally from North India, could still not claim to know anything else apart from SHUDDH (pure) Gujarati. This, despite having lived in Ahmedabad for over 35 years. My bad luck or lack of sincerity, whatever!

But, the way I listened to KK’s magical singing while growing up, so did I do to Praful Dave’s melodious voice – he is far younger compared to the Bengali legend though. As a result, I carried the influences of both these singers since my early life. I must also add here, there may be a whole generation of folk music lovers, specially in the interiors of Gujarat, who might wish to trace back their youthful and romantic days in the annals of Prafulbhai’s genre of music, since the late 70s. This should tell non-Gujaratis, why I could be hailing this man so much!

Watch out two cellphone videos recorded at the Town Hall by me. The video quality is poor, a friendly caution.

Praful Dave’s Live Dayro At Town Hall, Ahmedabad – 1

Praful Dave’s Live Dayro At Town Hall, Ahmedabad – 2

Those interested can have a better video to watch here.

Find more about Praful Dave here.