Bole Re Papihara
Bole Re Papihara Lyrics & Chords
Movie: Guddi (1971)
Music: Vasant Desai
Lyrics: Gulzar
This is one of the few songs that I fell in love with, the first time I ever heard it. One of my friends’ mom had sung it for us, and I in turn had sung Jab deep jale aana, which was the only movie song I knew at that time.
I have been yearning to cover it, finally got around to do it.
This beautiful composition is based on Raga Malhar, which is the raga of monsoon. According to the legends, raga Malhar is so powerful that, when sung, it rains and was created by Tansen.
As we all know, Vani Jayaram became immortal with this song, and was awarded the Tansen Samman for it. She became a household name with Bole re……
Here is my humble effort, hope I have done some justice to this song. Your comments and feedbacks are most welcome.
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by Sowmya Srini (getting back slowly....)
March 17, 2011
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Khawer Khilji
said
Excellent pick and beautiful rendition Sirini. It is really a rare gem. Thanks for sharing this beautiful song.
Srividya Kasturi
said
Lovely singing of this tough song, Sowmya!!
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Harry Jassal (indefinitely away) said
Wow, Vani Jayaram’s Evergreen Song. You have done a great justice with your singing.
However, on mixing/recording front it needs attention. What you are covering your Mic to stop the noise. I felt there are reflections coming from surrounding material of the mic affecting your tonal quality. OR you need to watch your equalizer. Neverthless, singing wise great !!
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Padma Mukund said
Fabulous !!superb singing girl!!
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said
Wonderful and peculiar voice for u….gifted really….loved ur singing
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Harry Jassal (indefinitely away) said
WoW….this is the real Mix !! Thanks for taking care of it !!!
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Kala Vijay(indefinitely away)
said
sowmya,wonderful pick.you are really close to the original.very sweet singing of this tough song.congrats.
Harsh Shah said
Wow Swomya !!!!! One Of My Fav Song!!!! And U have Done Very Well !!!! Liked it!!!!!
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Babu Nm said
sowmya listening to you after a long time
what a come back with a super old golden melody of Vani Ji
great pick and wonderfully sung by you
u made my day
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Nalli said
Never heard this before but like your singing! Like it.
I’m here…
Manoj Deshpande said
Wow – Superb work Sowmya.
But can I please suggest something – I might not be fully qualified to do this, but my feelings about this. It appears you are not coming out fully and freely. There is a sense of pressure in the voice – could be because of the pitch. Also falling short of the actual note sometimes.
Ramesh Tadi said
Sowmya, nice to hear songs which one likes very much and covers the same with passion living the song… wonderful rendition in ur beautiful voice covering all the sangithis n nuances’ great stuff.
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Sudhakar said
wow soumya, what a voice and singing, i am impressed, really wonderful. loved ur harqats. keep it up.
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Sowmya R
said
What a Charming voice…Sowmya !First time listening to you…. Beautiful singing…Higher registers could be with more depth to have more punch.Awesome nuances…Enjoyed it!
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Kaushick M ( catching up on listening ) said
@ Sowmya… lovely singing… …with your usual flow and flourish….
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Sarmi .. away!!!
said
Soumya,you sound very close to the original.Great pick and nicely rendered.Loved it.
Aravind Gopinath said
nicely rendered but little more careful pitching would have done wonders. i know its a tough song to sing. but overall good job.
Sowmya Srini (getting back slowly....) said
Thank you all for your valuable feedbacks and for liking it, @ Harry- thanks a ton for pointing out the mixing issues that i could fix immediately. Padma, Harry, kala, Sudhakar, Babu, and Ramesh – thanx for adding this song to your favourites…….@Manoj- Pitch is definitlely high,but i did not feel any pressure while singing and i tried improvising at places probably that’s why you felt the notes falling short.
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Kumar Srinivasan
said
Very good rendition Sowmya. Tough song and you captured most of the nuances well. The mix is sounding good now.
-Kumar.
Soumitra Sarkar said
Lovely singing :) loved it :)
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Adwait Ranade (busy, away)
said
Terrific pick, Sowmya! Superb singing in your lovely voice. I could see young Jayaji….:)
ps: Interesting intro’ :)
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Adina Galani
said
Now, this is a more than pleasant surprise! Such a rendition, such a voice and such a song, can only come up perfect. I am too happy I didn’t have to go through 100.000 “nice”, “lovely” and/or “enjoyable” comments to reach the edit field, I am certainly glad this particular upload does not look like compromising on quality ffor the sake of audiance and/or lobby. Its a beautiful one the way it is and I do love it fully! No, it couldn’t be better as this is perfect the way it is. And You do not need to be close to the original, at least, not too closed, as we all are programmed to be unique and original our way. Please, do keep singing, and put Your 100% into it, the way U did with this song. I don’t know U and U do not know me either, but, what’s beautifully done, even God loves.
Adina
Saroj Nair said
beautiful singing Sowmya
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And live like it’s heaven on earth.’
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Swati Prasad (unable to be frequent) said
A-W-E-S-O-M-E
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Anu Anand said
Absolutely fabulous Sowmya !! :)
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Sangeeta Sutar ... said
This is one of my fav vani jayaram song.you sang it really well.Loved it.
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Sowmya Srini (getting back slowly....) said
Thanks Kumar, Soumitra, Saroj, Adina, Swati, Anu adn Sangeeta for your wonderful feedbacks….@Adina- thanks a ton!
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Rahul (getting back to routine)
said
Hi Sowmya,
Very difficult song to sing and you did enough justice. Just felt at places, singing could be a bit tighter wrt to improvisations:) Modulations in are something you need to watch out for in classical songs like this but overall you did very well. Just some fine tuning needed, thats it.
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Sudha Kumar (recovering and getting back to listening..)
said
Wonderful singing, Sowmya. First off, hats off on singing at this pitch – not so easy. Loved your mukhada immensely. As constructive f/b, would have liked a couple of harkats to be a bit deeper with gamakas in the antaras, but still liked your improvs.
You sure brought in some snow for us New Englanders with raag Miyan ki Malhaar! ;-)
-Sudha
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Harshan (away) Nambiar
said
Sowmya ….beautiful rendition …. Just felt your voice needs to be projected still……awesome cover of a tough song.
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Krishnan N v said
Lovely singing… Very impressive overall…Some harkats could be better…but considering the tough nature of the song even this performance is very commendable…
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Raj kumar Anjan said
Sowmya!!! Thanks for covering this VaNi’s classic… This is a stunner from you minding the high pitch of this song… Really liked you take on this number… I personally felt giving extra stress to the gamakkams would affect the flow and spoil the show… I would rather say, you carried the flow very well without overdoing things… Sorry to have missed this out… Glad that I got landed here… Now being a tamilian, you can cover some tamil songs too… Will this request get heeded?? :)
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Deblina M (away) said
Beautifully sung Sowmya …. loved it :)
Sowmya Srini (getting back slowly....) said
Thanks Rahul, Sudha, Harshan, Anju, Nvkji, Raj and Deblina for your valuable feedbacks…….@Raj- this request would surely be heeded:).
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Sarmi .. away!!!
said
Sowmya,I was listening to one of your “to-be” released song earlier today and decided to check out your page here.Lovely rendition.This is a very fav song of mine.Lovely.
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Thanks Azam and Sarmistha for your valuable feedbacks!
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Dr sridhar saxena said
Grand rendition Sowmya ji….this songs brings a lot of nostalgic memories of yester years….you sung it extremely well….congrats….keep it up
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Latha Ganti
said
Sowmya So beautiful rendition !:-) liked it a lot !
Harish Nambiar said
NICE RENDITION AND FEEL
Shaniruh
said
Wonderful singing Sowmya…. liked it a lot :)
Sowmya Srini (getting back slowly....) said
Thank you Sridharji, Latha, Harish and Shaniruh for your feedbacks!
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Rajiv Saddy said
Sowmya,
Very good singing. Also….must admire your choice of the song to sing. Enjoyed it in your voice!
Hamsapriya
said
wow
Stunning performance
First time here & thoroughly enjoyed it
Regards
HamsaPriya
Sowmya Srini (getting back slowly....) said
Thanks Veenai, Lk, Rajiv and Hamsa for your feedbacks!
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Dilip Mani said
very difficult sng….u sang very well
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Ananya Ramprasad said
Sowmya…….first time in your page……great vocals ….excellent singing ……
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Madhukar (busy, busy, busy...) Mehta
said
Sowmya ji, Nice pick and wonderfully sung … Kudos !!
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Sowmya Srini (getting back slowly....) said
Thank you Madhukar ji !
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Ammu said
nice………