In the end, they take him away and spare the village. When a group of dacoits attack the village in which he and Gauri (Meena Kumari who got the Filmfare award for Best Actress for the movie, one of the four that she got) live, Baiju sings this song to them to appeal to them to spare the village and become human. Insaan Bano was sung by Mohammad Rafi for Bharat Bhushan who acted in the title role. Shakeel Badayuni (Sitting) and Naushad (Standing) Each one of its songs is based on some Raag or the other. The 1952 movie Baiju Bawra was the only movie for which Naushad was given the Filmfare Award. We started with our 21st Raag today that gave birth to a Thaat having been named after it one of the ten fundamental thaats in Hindustani stream of music.Īs soon as I start with a Raaga, as is usual for me, I think of the combine of Shakeel Badayuni with Naushad Ali. Please enjoy in Raag Todi: Ae ri main to prem diwani mera dard na jaane koye….Īeri mai to prem diwani mera dard na jane koi Pandit Ravi Shankar composed the bhajan and Vani Jairam sang it. It comes close to the description of the Raaga. She is singing a Meerabai bhajan: Ae ri main to prem diwani. The cover picture that I have put up is that of Hema Malini in the 1979 movie Meera in which she was in the title role. Song #1 Ae ri main to prem diwani mera dard na jaane koye…. The composition is such as to afford an artist of high calibre to mould it in either the inherent pensive mood or to entirely present a festive mood. Miyan ki todi predominantly is mostly pervaded by a pensive, mournful mood which is then relieved in the drut (faster tempo) part, by a festive piece, possibly to alleviate the heavy pathos in the earlier stages of rendering, though not always. Rasa in Indian classical music is understood as mood of the raga. Her body is anointed with saffron and camphor.” Kaufman cites the Sangita-Darpana “ With a fair erect body like the white lotus, and delicate like the gleaming dew drop, Todi holds the vina and provides fun and frolic to the deer deep in the forest. The Carnatic raga Todi is the equivalent of Bhairavi and does not have any similarity to the Hindustani Todi.Īs can be seen in the profile picture of the Raag, Todi is nearly always shown as a gentle, beautiful woman, holding a veena and standing in a lovely green forest, surrounded by deer.

The equivalent raga in Carnatic music is Shubhapantuvarali. Miya ki Todi) itself, Bilaskhani Todi, Bahaduri Todi, and Gujari Todi. Ragas from the Todi raganga include Todi (a.k.a. Todi (Hindi: तोडी) is a Hindustani classical raga which gave its name to the Todi thaat, one of the ten modes of Hindustani classical music.

Ramayan title song raag