Yahudi's unknown masterpiece !

By Chander Mehta

Yahudi album is an all time classic and every song has quality of being a classic. The Rafi and chorus song is very very unique composition of SJ. Interludes in this composition are simply as if composed by the God! Unfortunately for all of us the Yahudi album is derived from the sound track and has film soundtrack covering this song in critical places.

I told Shankerji that if I had to mention a song that highlights the misery of a whole group of oppressed people and their _expression of anguish, there is no song better than "Yeh duniya yeh duniya" Even Naushad's "Zindabaad zindabaad aiye muhobbat zindabaat" cannot come close to this gem from Yahudi. I told him that my Jewish colleage was amazed to feel the pain of the people just by hearing the song and not knowing any Urdu! Shankerji was surprised that I had dissected his song and analysed it to that degree! He could not believe that there were fans like us who did not just listen to the song but studied and analyzed in great detail. Some of what I told him follows here:

Just listen to this song . The musical piece before the lines "Raj yeh darka, maut hai yahi ki rani " it is a magical composition. Unfortunately that musical interlude get covered by shouts of opressed people but a 78rpm record has this music without the crowd noise. I will search for that from my collection and will try to post it. [ A side note: I tried to make a ring tone out of it but unfortunately I could not make it work on my mobile! ]

Another important thing about this song is that the choir is in the background like a counter melody all through the song! This is simply amazing. How many songs have you heard that are composed this way? [I had mentioned this to Shankerji after he talked with
me extensively about the Mukesh song]

In this Rafi song, every musical piece is embedded like in the beautiful tapestry and this Yahudi song is so unique and can only be composed by minds possessed by God! Shakerji's mind was imersed in musical notes every waking hours and perhaps in his dreams too he was composing! Whereas Jaikishanji was a genius like Mozart in that whenever he felt like composing, he had a direct line connection with God!

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