पूत के पाँव पालने में ही नज़र आ जाते हैं....
Although Mohd. Rafi is considered by many to be one of the
greatest Indian playback singers of the Hindi film industry because of his
ability to sing songs of different moods and varieties in a career spanning
over 30 years, I am sure that if he would have seen the young Sonu Nigam
performing at stage at the tender age of 4, he would himself have given his
crown to him.
Technically, Sonu Nigam is said to be Gulshan Kumar’s discovery,
who in the early 90s have started to re-create golden 70s and 60s song under
his banner T-Series where Sonu Nigam sung many covers of Rafi Saa’b . Perhaps
because of this, he was called as Rafi Clone during his early years and still
today, one can find traces of Rafi Saa’b in his voice. Further when T-Series
started to make devotional songs, then Sonu Nigam’s popularity rose and because
of his appearances in these songs, people started noticing his screen presence
also.
Sonu Nigam’s real stint with popularity came with the TV
Show “Sa Re Ga Ma” which he hosted. The show was first of its kind and was the
second reality show of cable television after Close Up Antakshari. This was a
game changing event for Sonu as during this show, music director started taking
him seriously as a singer and he was being given a chance to be the playback
voice of actors.
1997 was an year, that changed Sonu Nigam’s career with two
path breaking songs that went on to create history as well as defined his path
Sandeshe Aate hain – Border
Dil Deewaana – Pardes
Over the years, Sonu Nigam has become a major force in the hindi film industry. Just, when you think, he has delivered his peak, he makes his comeback with a song more melodious, more soothing than the previous, the latest example of which is “Abhi Mujh me Kahin” from Agneepath(2012). He has not only been a exceptional playback singer, but has tried his hands at pop albums, acting, music direction etc. Not only Hindi, he has recorded songs in almost all regional languages. Besides a musician, he is a top notch performer and has a niche stage presence. Those who have seen his stage performance would have certainly witnessed his witty jokes.
Today, Filmistani would take a dig at Sonu Nigam’s under
rated songs that he has sung over the years and because of many reasons, these
songs got lost/not much popular these days.
#6: Betab Dil Hai(Phir Milenge) – This 2004 movie starred
Shilpa Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan and Salman Khan and was directed by Revathi.
The movie was allegedly said to be inspired by the Hollywood Movie Philadelphia. The movie dealt with a bold subject AIDS and in 2004, there were no takers
for such concepts. As the movie failed miserably at the box-office, the lesser
known songs got washed away from the public memory. Enjoy this song here and do
let us your thoughts.
#5: Sapne Ki Baat Main Bataun (Indipop Album): Whenever,
names of pop albums of Sonu Nigam is taken, there is always mention of Kismat(feat.
Tu), Deewana, Jaan, Chanda Ki Doli etc. but, very few people know that before
these albums, there was an album called Sapne Ki Baat. It surely was not as immensely
popular as Sonu’s other works but it surely boasted of some good music and which
was lost because of the popularity of his other works. Enjoy this song by the
then lesser known Sonu Nigam who had raw fresh energy. Somehow, I feel the raw
fresh power of this song deserves to be listened by more audience.
#4: Zaalima(Jal): This 2013 movie, directed by Girish Malik and
starring Purab Kohli is about an
overconfident water diviner, who tries to solve the drought problems in his
village, but faces unforeseen circumstances when he tries to help a female
ornithologist save flamingos. The film was premiered and received special
mention at the "New Currents" section of the Busan International Film
Festival 2013 and in the "Indian Panorama" section of the
International Film Festival of India. However, there were hardly any takers for
the music of this movie because of the lack of a proper production house. As a
result, this highly pulsating energetic Sonu Nigam number remained unnoticed.
#3: Phir Mujhe Dil(Toh Baat Pakki) – This 2010 romantic
comedy marked the debut of Marathi Filmmaker Kedar Shinde. Although, the movie
was produced by Tips Music Films and boasted some known actors like Tabu and
Sharman Joshi, the movie was badly promoted and not many people knew about this
movie at the time of its release. As a result the movie sunk. Also, the movie was
actually scheduled to release in the September 2009 but because of the
multiplex strike the movie was delayed by five months and finally released in February
2010 which overall increased the cost of the movie and film makers have then
decided not to spend much on its publicity. The music of the movie was given by
Pritam and it was not promoted well as you can see this Sonu Nigam song is not
known to many people today. This solo song has some extraordinary Alaap and you
can feel his vintage voice. (Tips Music: I have a question for you. Are you so
obsessed with Aatif Aslam that you will not promote a song sung by other
singer.. WTH man..). Enjoy this soothing song and let us know your thoughts.
#2: Sapna Mera (Sooper Se Ooper ) – This 2013 movie was
directed by Shekhar Ghosh and starred Vir Das, Yashpal Sharma and Deepak
Dobriyal. The movie faced stiff competition in the week of its release with as
many as six films releasing on the same day. Despite being promoted as a comedy
the film almost never made you laugh.Though the film had an interesting story
line with more than praise worthy comic actors, the sad under usage of talent
plagued the film and hence it was a total washout. As a result, songs never
became popular and this jazzy Sonu Nigam song penned by Shabbir Ahmed was lost
in be-wilderness. Let us know your thoughts on this song.
#1: Do Qadam Aur Sahi – I have not mentioned the name of the
movie because I know that the moment I mention the name of the movie, people
will jump on the bandwagon and will point fingers at me and will say that "Hey
Admin! Are you mad? This movie is so popular. How come it is underrated?" I
agree friends, this movie is very popular and its songs have crafted a special
place in the heart of music lovers over the period of time but unfortunately,
this marvelous song is mostly unheard of. Reason being, this movie was directed
by M.F. Hussain in 2005 and was a semi-autobiographical. The music of the movie
received positive reviews but as the movie bombed at the Box-Office the
soundtrack too remained unnoticed. Tracks such as "Yeh Rishta" and
"Chinnamma Chillakkamma" became chartbusters when they were reused in
the 2008 Tamil movie Sakkarakatti. (Now you must have realized why I called the
song an underrated). Listen to this soulful number sung by Sonu Nigam and
penned by Rahat Indori. Let us know what you feel about this song.
Hope you like the list. Do let us know your comments.
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