MEHDI HASSAN‘s admiration for MADANji
15 April 2021

The ghazal great MEHDI HASSAN admired Madanji as a composer and he shared his admiration in an interview given to well known radio announcer, Manohar Mahajan who narrates this in the excerpt in the link video below:

Mehdi Hassan also occasionally sang some songs of Madanji in private mehfils. His private rendition of HUM PYAR MEIN JALNEWALON KO has been featured on this website in the Audio Gallery under Miscellaneous Recordings.

The Pakistani film PARDES (1972), had music by Nazir Ali and in a song sung by Mehdi Hassan Saab, ‘Payal Chhanan Chhan Chhanke’, the alaap in the interludes and tune of antra is similar to Madanji’s song ‘Nainon Mein Badra Chhaye’. Of course both songs are based on Raag Bhimpalasi but the admiration and inspiration is evident.

We can hear both the songs in the links below:

NAINON MEIN BADRA CHHAYE (MERA SAAYA 1966)
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar

 

PAYAL CHHANAN CHHAN CHHANKE (Pakistani film PARDES 1972)
Singer: Mehdi Hassan, Music: Nazir Ali