Woh Sarphiri Hawa - (Hariharan Ghazal cover - Semi Unplugged)

Sudhakar said

awesome yaar, what a voice u have, i am glad to comment first on this cover, loved it.
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Shajinarayanan said

Nicely sung and good voice too….

Krishnan N v said

Kumar…That was a nice one… I felt you have done very good justice to the original…and then getting to the nuances in Hariharan’s Ghazals is not all that easy…:) The harkat at ‘SAR’ and ‘PHIRI’ and the similar harkat at many other places needed more perfection…tough one it is…

Overall appreciate the effort…

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Swati Prasad (unable to be frequent) said

wow what an amazing song!!
you have done really great
when i got notification i thought wht is sarphiri …. then thought is it about a snake :D LOL at my stupidity

very very beautifully sung by you :)
Swati Prasad

Ajeesh Kumar said

I always wished to cover this one and kesariya (from lahore ke rang). Very good attempt Kumar. This song is extremely difficult to cover.
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Arvind R said

Hi Kumar,

I like Hariharan ghazals too and way back in 1988 or therabouts I bought a couple of his ghazal tapes and was totally entranced by his own ghazal compositions, spending many a night with earphones plugged into my ears until my earlobes started to melt!.

Nice singing by you and admire your passion to sing such ghazals. Of late I am not really up to date with all of HariJi’s ghazals so I took the time to listen to the original of this one too. Thanks for bringing it to light with your rendition which was nice.

You have a nice voice and have sung it well. Would have liked it to be a bit softer I think and with a better flow but then we are mere mortals so will not impose that on you!. Admired your passion and talent in this one.

What I feel about ghazals is that, it is not really about the music alone … one has to imbibe the genre so that it is like talking a language!. Of course a strong understanding of Urdu is also required to bring the expression and flow along with it. There is a lot of comfort factor involved in rendering ghazals that reach the hearts of the audience. With movie songs we can get away with a copy rendition, but not with ghazals I feel.

By the same token, I do not like each and every HariJi’s tamil movie renditions as it is heavily influenced by his ghazal style and does not suit all songs in tamil, not to mention his diction especially in earlier tamil songs was not up to the mark. They used him for his sheer musical talent but at the expense of tamil expression. His sheer voice and musical talent made up for it nevertheless.

Given the above, I think your rendition is admirable but to my ears the roundedness, flow and feel factors are sort of missing even from my layman’s point of view. Your voice stands out and that is nice but honestly speaking ghazals of these types are a different depth all together.

Liked it and admired your voice more.

Cheers.

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~ Arvind ~

Adina Galani said

What a voice U have! Not even knowing how to put this in words…. Awesome! Fully unplugged would have revealed Your vocals even better…… think…… ;)
Adina

Thinkal govind kumar said

My Dear Kumar,
Once again, your good self has enthralled us all with this awesome rendition of a tough ghazal !
Done full justice to the original !
In some places you sounded almost like the great Hariharanji !
LOVED this to the core !
Standing ovation to our dear Kumar !
GOD Bless !
Loving Best Wishes,
Thinkal Govind Kumar.

Sudha Kumar (recovering and getting back to listening..) said

Beautiful singing, Kumar. I am not familiar with this HH Ghazal, but really liked your attempt. I agree with Arvind about ghazals in general – something about them just hard to reproduce what the original singer was thinking. Harkats are so non-linear and kudos to you for doing this!
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Prem j Hans said

Nice Singing Kumar …very soothing and a treat to ears. Keep up the good work :)
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Musique said

Love listening to ghazals ……wonderful Kumar
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Harshan (away) Nambiar said

Kumar …not familiar with the original ….but great rendition……in your melodius voice.
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Rahul (getting back to routine) said

Like Sree, even I am not familiar with the original. But Kumar, you have done a marvellous job with it. Enjoyed this ghazal in your voice. Your voice very much resemble Hariharan here:)
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Saroj Nair said

great gazhal and wonderful rendition Kuamr

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Harry Chops said

Never heard this before so to me, it was an original. Loved the way you sung this difficult ghazal. Liked
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Sangeeta Sutar ... said

Excellent Rendition Kumar….Fantastic singing.
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Kaushick M ( catching up on listening ) said

@ Kumar …. great attempt… not at all easy to sing ……it’s easier to render a Jagjit singh or Pankaj udhas ghazal but not a Hari ji one … enjoyed it very much… “padaa” had more of carnatik flavour than hindusthani… on the whole very creditable effort…
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Rakesh Baro said

Kumar,

I havent heard the original but you are as good as the original am sure….you are one of the best singers on muziboo , liked it……

Cheers
Rakesh

Shaniruh said

Superbly sung in your pleasant voice …. liked it very much :)

Srividya Kasturi said

Pleasing rendition, Kumar…. Some of the nuances were very well done! Liked ur attempt very much!
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Rajeev Onv(away on a long break) said

Kumar, very melodious song. Good flow on the sangathis. Enjoyed it-Congrats!
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Babu Nm said

just too good beautiful brother…loved it a lot
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Shreedhar Ganapathy said

Beautifully sung Kumr – and many of the sangatis and nuances came through shining.
Arvind has summed it all up so well in terms of the challenges of Hariharan’s ghazals – the conversational aspect of the singing is tough to juxtapose with the gaayaki involved. I agree with his pointers on the subtleties.

Immensely enjoyed your rendition. Great work
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Raj kumar Anjan said

Kumar!!! Have listened to a couple of Hariji’s ghazals and I just got bewildered on giving many listens to the same song… I mean the subtleties, depth, roundedness, feel, soul – everything fall in tandem… I really can’t comment on this masterful venture to Ghazals… I felt you were a bit conscious not to leave any of the finest details… But as said, they talk to us through ghazals which was kinda missing in this… Pardon me if I am wrong as I am completely a newbie to this genre… Relished this cover and do keep covering more ghazals… Thanks for transporting us to trance… :)
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Deepesh A k(indefinitely on and off) said

beautiful rendition….loved it….
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Deepesh

Mahadevan said

wonderful singing….you have a wonderful voice….keep it up. more ghazals please.
mahadevan

Soumitra Sarkar said

Very well sung Kumar :) well done :)
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Latha Ganti said

Kumar ! first of all my congratulations for choosing this song ! i am a great fan of Hariharan ghazals …Especially love the album ‘’Gulfam ’’Hariharan has developed a distinctive style of his own…undoubtedly you recreated that magic ! liked this soothing rendition alot !

Radhika Nair (away) said

Kumar, good to finally see a Hariharan ghazal out of you. Your voice stood out the best in this rendition. Kudos for venturing into this challenging zone without being intimidated by the original singer or the genre!
Radhika

Dinesh Mani (away indefinitely) said

Good singing. Nice expressions.

Ramesh Tadi said

Kumar, wat a pick yaar! great buddy… we need to be really brave choosing to sing Hariharanji’s songs and u know wat it requires to choose a ghazal… barring the pointers above… i loved your expressive and lived in cover of this ghazal… yes there is always room for improvement and that is the only thing which keeps us attached to his beautiful thing called MUSIC which we can not see but enjoy it whole heartedly… loved ur attempt Kumar….

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Sheba said

Kumar…Amazing singing…U hv a gifted voice…
I luv gazals but hearing this one for the first time…
LOVELY SONG AND SUPERB SINGING…

Kala Vijay(indefinitely away) said

WOW,just awesome.felt like sitting in a gazal sandhya.enjoyed your expressive rendition kumar.

Adwait Ranade (busy, away) said

Don’t know this ghazal. Sounds quite tricky composition. Very well sung, dost!
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Radhakrishnan Nair said

Awesome rendition Kumar. Liked it very much in your voice. Keep it up!

Cheers
RK

Anbu Mohamed said

Awesome performance !!! I am not familiar with Ghazal songs but still could feel your effort and professionalism to bring it out well and pleasing to hear !!
Regards
Anbu J. Mohamed

Biju Ramachandran said

hi kumar,
very well sung…
v tough song this esp wen it was done by hariharan.yu have done justice to the song in yur style.
impact made?well- it will be blurted out offline.haha

biju ramachandran

Sowmya Srini (getting back slowly....) said

Very soothing rendition Kumar, kudos for attempting this, as pronouncing urdu words’ not an easy task…… you should try “mujhe phir wohi yaad” by Hariharan. Awesome singing!
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Vishnu Mohan ( busy mode) said

Kumar anna nice singing

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Madhukar (busy, busy, busy...) Mehta said

Kumar ji, My first visit to your space……… Great vocals and confident singing!! I must admit my ignorance about this ghazal but loved your rendition. Now I will seek the original and listen to Hariharan ji as well. Loved it and goes to my fav’s.
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Harish Nambiar said

excellent rendition chetta