Rukma Bai, history-making Folk Singer, dies

Video-Beschreibung von ndtv – 22.07.2011

Rukma Bai was an amazing folk singer from Barmer, Rajasthan. The first woman from the Mahangniyar community to sing in public. She died today.

Worlds Alon Manganiyar Lady Singer Rukma Bai

Video-Beschreibung von chandanbhati – 17.03.2011

Ramsar village, Barmer, Rajasthan. „Desert dreams sting as sharply as the desert sun,“ Rukma Bai warns.

At five in the morning, you can already feel against your skin, the sun sucking the chill out of the desert dawn. Memories of Rukma Bai piercing the night with her powerful rendition of Kesariya balam, give way to the sounds of a morning raga. We clamber out of our sleeping bags to the words of a playful bhajan, about a young Krishna talking to birds. The ’nandlal‘ in the bhajan is clearly her grandchild, who plays by her side as she makes bajre ki roti with lehsan ki chutney. Our breakfast.

Rukma Bai lost both her legs to polio. She drags herself on the stubs of her knees, burnt repeatedly by the scorching earth. It’s painful, she says, but less so than some episodes in her life. Her husband left her, ran away with her sister. She had to bring up three children. Recurrent drought killed all her cattle. With no legs to walk on, she could not go, like others, to work at drought-relief sites. Hunger threatened her children, which is when Komal Kothari, ethnomusicologist and unrivalled expert in desert music, suggested she sing in concerts, in public, for money.

„When a Manganiyar baby cries, it is in the tune of a raga.“

„If I cut you, blood will flow. If you cut me, there will be blood, but with it sand and music will flow too.“ …

Yeh Raaten, Yeh Mausam, Nadee Ka Kinara

Film: ((Dilli Ka Thug)) – Delhi Thug
Jahr: 1958
Regie: S.D. Narang
Interpreten: Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar
Komponist: Ravi
Lyrics: Shailendra

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Yeh raaten, yeh mausam, nadee ka kinara, yeh chanchal hawa
Yeh raaten, yeh mausam, nadee ka kinara, yeh chanchal hawa
Kaha do dilon ne, ke milkar kabhi hum na honge judaa
Yeh raaten, yeh mausam, nadee ka kinara, yeh chanchal hawa

Yeh kya baat hai, aaj ki chandni mein
Yeh kya baat hai, aaj ki chandni mein
Ke hum kho gaye, pyaar ki raagani mein
Yeh bahon mein baahen, yeh behki nigahen
Lo aane laga zindagi ka maza
Yeh raaten, yeh mausam, nadee ka kinara, yeh chanchal hawa

Sitaron ki mehfil ne karke ishara
Sitaron ki mehfil ne karke ishara
Kaha ab to sara jahaan hai tumhara
Mohabbat jawaan ho, khula aasman ho
Kare koi dil arzoo aur kya
Yeh raaten, yeh mausam, nadee ka kinara, yeh chanchal hawa

Kasam hai tumhe, tum agar mujhse roothe
Kasam hai tumhe, tum agar mujhse roothe
Rahe saans jab tak ye bandhan na toote
Tumhe dil diya hai, ye wada kiya hai
Sanam main tumhari rahoongi sada
Yeh raaten, yeh mausam, nadee ka kinara, yeh chanchal hawa
Kaha do dilon ne, ke milkar kabhi hum na honge judaa
Yeh raaten, yeh mausam, nadee ka kinara, yeh chanchal hawa

Jiska Mujhe Tha Intezaar

Film: Don
Jahr: 1978
Regie: Chandra Barot
Schauspieler: Amitabh Bachchan, Helen
Interpret: Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
Komponist: Kalyanji-Anandji
Lyrics: Anjaan

Jis Ka Mujhe Tha Intezaar
Jis Ke Liye Dil Tha Beqaraar
Wo Ghadi Aa Gayi Aa Gayi
Aaj Pyaar Mein
Had Se Guzar Jaana Hai
Maar Dena Hai Tujh Ko
Ya Mar Jaana Hai

Jis Ka Mujhe Tha Intezaar
Jis Ke Liye Dil Tha Beqaraar
Wo Ghadi Aa Gayi Aa Gayi
Aaj Pyaar Mein
Had Se Guzar Jaana Hai
Maar Dena Hai Tujh Ko
Ya Mar Jaana Hai

Mujh Pe Jo Guzri Tu Kya Jaane
Tu Kya Samjhe
O Deewane
Le Ke Rahungi Badla Tujh Se
Aayi Hoon Dil Ki Aag Bujhaane

Ho Kaatil Meri Nazron Se
Bach Ke Kahan Jaayega
Kaatil Meri Nazron Se
Bach Ke Kahan Jaayega

Diya Hai Jo Mujh Ko
Wahi Tu Mujh Se Paayega
Wo Ghadi Aa Gayi Aa Gayi
Teer Ban Ke Jigar Mein
Utar Jaana Hai
Maar Dena Hai Tujh Ko
Ya Mar Jaana Hai

Jaadu Tera Kis Pe Chala
Hoga Kisi Din Ye Faisla
Wo Ghadi Aayegi Aayegi
Jaana Tune Abhi Ye
Kahan Jaana Hai
Kise Jeena Hai Aur
Kis Ko Mar Jaana Hai

Hoga Tera Aashiq Zamaana
Auron Ka Dil Hoga Tera Nishaana
Naaz Na Kar Yoon Teer E Nazar Pe
Aaye Hamein Bhi Teer Chalana

Jo Hain Khilaadi Unhe
Khel Hum Dikhaayenge
Apne Hi Jaal Mein
Shikaari Phas Jaayenge
Wo Ghadi Aayegi Aayegi

Waqt Aane Pe Tujh Ko
Ye Samjhana Hai
Kise Jeena Hai Aur
Kis Ko Mar Jaana Hai
Kise Jeena Hai Aur
Kis Ko Mar Jaana Hai