(Revised) Pukarta Chala Hoon Main - Cover By Shreedhar
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Hi Friends
This song always brings back fond memories from my first show at Shanmukhananda Hall Mumbai, singing to a full audience of over 2000, as a college student of SIES College, Sion, back in 1984.
Pukarta Chala Hoon Main was my hallmark song repeated several times over at several inter-Collegiate competitions and helped me establish my singing credentials. Following Mohd Rafi Sahab’s hit songs at the time was a passion as I tried to emulate the mellifluous singing style along with the very many beautiful expressions in various moods.
Decades have passed, and having now met up past friends on social networks, some of my dear friends remembered and asked for a rendition again – in addition to my dear wife Ranjana. I have tried to do justice to this beautiful O P Nayyar song from the movie Mere Sanam.
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As always feedback is most welcome.
Shreedhar
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January 17, 2011
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Srini S (bye bye friends)
said
Always loved this song whoever sings it.Really a good attempt shreedhar sir.Very expressive singing.Hats off to ‘The Emperor Of Music’,rafi sahab.Only he can sing such songs.Keep it up.
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Unnikrishnan Kb said
Nice nice :) Never heard this song before. yeh I know its crime not to get exposed to such wonderful songs from the past. Thanks sreedhar for sharing.
Best!!!
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Adithi said
Beautiful, Shreedharji! Loads of “feel” in the song ;)(hope you read my mail!!!). I could sense how involved you were! To favs!
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Theagaraj Dhanapalan said
Wonderful singing!! One of my always fav…
Thanks for presenting such lovely song in your beautiful voice!!!
Best regards
D.Theagaraj
Faisal Kp said
Hi Sreedarji,
lovely pick and beautiful rendition. i always wanted to try it some how coudnt. congrats!!!
Music is love!!!!!!!
Latha Ganti
said
Shreedharji one more beautiful song from you !one of my fav … beautiful rendition …ofcourse to favs!
Dinesh Mani (away indefinitely) said
Very nice Shreedhar. Liked it a lot.
Kaushick M ( catching up on listening ) said
Wonderful singing Shreedhar Ji of this timeless song… one of my fav rafi songs too… Mazaa aa gaya!
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Sriram Sivaramakrishnan
said
Shree, wonderful, very melodious :-)
Ramesh Tadi said
Shreedhar ji… beautiful song and wonderful expressive rendition liked it…
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Gauri Krishnan said
Very nice Shreedhar. Wonderful expressions.
Harshan (away) Nambiar
said
Shreedhar ….excellent rendition of a Rafi saab song….you brought back memories of our college days at Shanmukhanda. If you remember this song was a very common fixture for every college days …even in the 80s we loved O.P.Nayar…:-)
Hats off for covering this song with every nuance and great feel……loved it and goes to my favs…
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Meera Manohar
said
One of those songs which is nice to listen to no matter how many ever times it has been hashed and rehadhed :)
neat work….
Cheers,
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Natarajan Ganesan said
Yes Shreedhar,
Song does bring back fond memories of our college days. You are eternal in your voice and hope it continues that way.
I do remember your other songs more though e.g. Man Tadapat etc.
Way to go Shreedhar, you have more requests pending from us, remember!
Harry Chops
said
Shreedhar – Excellent rendition with nice voice modulations. I liked your expressions at “Salaaam ki”. Liked it
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Saroj Nair said
wow one of my favourite songs
i never get fed up of hearing this one
great voice and very nice expressive singing Shreedhar
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Shreedhar Ganapathy
said
Wow! So grateful to all of you for your quick comments.
@Srinivasan – yep nobody to match the legend’s greatness. Thanks for Fav’ing it
@Unni – Hey, not a problem at all if you have not heard this before, its not possible to keep track of all genres and songs- thanks for your feedback.
@Adithi – Thanks a ton – Yep really “got” your mail and thanks a lot for that – glad the feel is good on this song. Thanks for fav’ing it.
@Theagaraj – So glad you liked it – much appreciated
@Faisal – Thanks for the comment – why don’t you try this song out?
@Latha – Thanks again for your continuing encouraging comments.
@Dinesh – Thanks you very much
@Kaushickbhai – Thanks a lot – very glad your liked it
@Sri – Thanks da
@Ramesh – thank you so much for the comment – glad you liked it
@Gauri – Gracias :-)
@Harshan – arre main to ek hi baar College Day mein gaya tha – lekin competitions mein ye song sure fire winner tha :-) I remember Roongta trophy competition at Poddar College in 85 – Beat out both Shankar and Mahalakshmi Iyer that year to win the prize with this song :-)
@Meera – glad you still liked this rehash :-)
@Nattu – thanks for your support and yes, Man Tadpat was School favorite – got tired of singing it again and again :-) Will do that one soon as it is not sung that often on the Karaoke wannabe world :-)
@Harry – Thanks for noticing the “Salaaam ki” and other modulations – So glad you listened closely. Very happy about that.
@Renu Thank you so much for your kind words of appreciation.
@Saroj – So glad my rendition was to your liking – understandably, the oft-repeated melodies can be hard to review repeatedly and give feedback – so thanks very much. Yep its one of those melodies that one never gets tired of. :-)
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Smitha Passanha said
Lovely to see this OP-Rafi song covered. You were awesome ! The best cover of this song I have heard so far……superb !
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-Smitha
Harshan (away) Nambiar
said
shreedhar bro ….wow …shankar and Mahalakshmi. Not familiar with the Rongta trophy, but I have seen your awesome singing during college days. I might have left the college when u rendered this ….without much practise if you can render this song like this….I can only imagine what it would be like 26 years ago with daily riyaaz….hats off.
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Harry Jassal (indefinitely away) said
Loved it Shreedhar Bhai…. Agree with above comments. Awesome, one of my top favorites expressively sung !!!
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Shreedhar Ganapathy
said
Smitha, thank you very much – that is such a nice comment to have. :-)
Harshan, Yes I think you had already graduated by then as this was in late Nov 85. Thanks for the encouraging comment – I am beginning to get into the riyaaz mode now. It has the benefit of getting my daughter and son involved :-)
Harrybhai thank you very much for your kind appreciation
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Dinesh Mehta said
Very good feel as always. Really enjoyed listening in your voice.
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Shaniruh
said
Very well sung Shreedhar Bhai…. very soothing and nice expressions ….loved it in your voice :)
Tha Kathir thanks friends said
Very nice singing and greate feel from the song.
Keep it up dear friend.
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Swati Prasad (unable to be frequent) said
awesome singing!!! :)
wow i hv no words to say more
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Sowmya Srini (getting back slowly....) said
Awesome selection of song and singing too Shreedharji……this is one of my fav, you’ve sung it in your style and it’s a great attempt! liked it!
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Dear Dineshbhai,Shaniruh, Swati, and Sowmya
Many thanks and much gratitude for listening, fav’ing/liking, and for your comments.
Shreedhar
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Sudha Kumar (listening..)
said
Absolute toe-tapping pick, Shreedhar, and very well-sung. If I may nitpick, at places, you could have given a lazy and sharp throw, to add to the nasha… This is a perfect song for an OP Nayyar Nite!
Liked,
Sudha
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Shreedhar Ganapathy
said
Thank you Sudha – nice tips :-) Will use it in next rev if I get to it – else in another OPN song :-)
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Kumar Srinivasan
said
Effortless singing Shreedhar. Liked your volume curves and subtle variations. Nice to know this was part of your first stage performance :-).
-Kumar.
Krishnan N v said
Brilliant rendition….Loved it…
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Radhakrishnan Nair said
Sreedhar,
Awesome rendition. It was a pleasure listening to this song in your voice. To my fav.
regards
RK
Shreedhar Ganapathy
said
Thanks very much Kumar, NVK Sir, and RK – Much much appreciated.
Kumar, that was actually my first performance at the Shanmukhananda Hall which at the time was a premier destination to perform at – sorta like The Forum in LA. I had been doing stage performances a few years earlier to that from school days but nothing to match the experience of doing it at Shankmukhananda Auditorium.
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Sojan Chacko said
Wow! maja aa gaya gaana sunkar. Great voice.
Babu Nm said
beautiful pick. love this song a lot. and you have sung this one beautifully too… great expressions sir. to my favs
lovely karaoke track too. awesome
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Adwait Ranade (busy, away)
said
Shreedhar ji,
Enjoyed this wonderful song in your soft voice. Nice Murkis and expressions. Ekadum Mast! To my fav’ with a Big thumbs Up!
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Shreedhar Ganapathy
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Thank very much Sojan, Babu, and Adwait bhai. Grateful for your kind comments. :-)
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Harshan (away) Nambiar
said
Shreedhar bhai …phir se sahi….listening to this yet again. I echo Smitha’s view….the best cover I have heard till now…Brilliant !! Shanmukhanda before the fire used to hold almost 4000 people….:
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Shreedhar Ganapathy
said
Thanks for listening again and for echoing Smitha’s view, Harshanbhai – Did not know S Hall had so much capacity till date.
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Harshan (away) Nambiar
said
lol…I take back my words…but thats what I used to hear from my fellow friends …the biggest hall in Asia and what not….looks like they could accomodate around 2900 people:-)
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Saqib Javed said
waoww shree bhai great singing……like ur style and expressions….
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Rahul (getting back to routine)
said
Shreedhar Ji, Kya gayki hai aapki. I talk from a personal experience having covered it long time back – not very good:). Its a difficult song and the expressions are very tough to potray. You did it superbly and your voice is to die to for with perfect signing talent. I could just see you in the song and no Rafi Saab which was a big big THUMBS UP for me.
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Uthra said
Shreedhar: Beautiful singing and a lovely track too. Keep posting often.
Shreedhar Ganapathy
said
Thanks a lot Saqib bhai, Rahul and Uthra. Rahul you are right about rendering this songs expressions and nuances not being that easy. In fact many Rafi hits are of this ilk – they are easy on hearing but deceptively hard to get some of the nuances and expressions – that is of course why Rafi Sahab was such a legend. Thanks for your kind comments.
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Shreedhar Ganapathy
said
I uploaded a revised version with some pitch corrections in the early part of the song.
:)
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Sushanth Shankar said
Hi Shreedhar Sir!
This is one of my favs from Rafi Saab… Such a soothing melody this… Love this song a lot… :)
You have sung it really well! For some reason when i read ur writeup i remember my college days singing as well… :)
Lovely singing… Just one thing I wanted to chk with you… Was the shiver in your voice intentional or is it a natural one in your voice you had when recording this? Cos I have never found tht in any of your renditions tht I have heard… Anyways a great one sir! :)
All the very best!
- Sushanth
Shreedhar Ganapathy
said
Thanks Sushanth for your faving it and for your feedback – did you mean the vibrato at some places ? Listening closely to most of the lighter, softer Mohd Rafi songs, the vibrato is an expression used in many places – its the same here as I tried to follow the style although with sensitive condenser mics of today the vibrato is more pronounced and clear :-)
Let me know if it is distracting – I will try to control the delivery of those.
Much appreciate your feedback.
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Kaushick M ( catching up on listening ) said
Wonderful Shreedhar Ji…. great adaa… superb attitute befitting a rafi -o.p.nayyar combo song…
enjoyed this rendition…
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Shreedhar Ganapathy
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Kaushickji, Thank you very much for listening to the song and commenting again.
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Thinkal govind kumar
said
My Dear Shreedhar,
Wah Re Wah !
Very soothing rendition in line with the original !
Rafisaab must really be smiling & enjoying your perfect rendition there in heaven !
LOVED your voice, style & expressions especially your beautiful improvisations !
Standing ovation to your good self !
Goes to my FAVOURITES too !
Incidentally, my humble self still sings this great song in some of our live stage programmes !
GOD Bless !
Loving Best Wishes,
Thinkal Govind Kumar.
Shreedhar Ganapathy
said
Great feedback Thinkal Sir – made my day – thanks very much. Great to know you still sing this evergreen melody. Would love to hear your recording of this song. Please post soon.
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Dr sridhar saxena said
Great singing with great feel and conviction….real treat to ears….congrats Sir……keep it up
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Hari Bhaskar
said
Shreedhar, wonderful singing sir. I enjoyed every bit of this song. What an absolute treat.
Regards….hari.
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Shreedhar Ganapathy
said
Thank you very much for your kind comments, Dr Sridhar and Hari Bhaskar ji.
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Shonnie Madan
said
i aggree’Always loved this song whoever sings it. but very well sung
Sajna Taj said
Beautiful rendition ….Gr8 voice:)
Chandrasekharan Nair
said
So nice sreedhar you are singing the great song of rafi sahib. The recording also is good. Keep it up
Shreedhar Ganapathy
said
Thank you very much Sajna, Shonnie and Chandrashekharan for listening to the song and for your feedback.
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Vak Manupadi said
Sreedahr Ji, I vote 5/5 for this rendition. This vote is not for the song, as a whole, but for each and every aspects such as Voice, Picks, Throws, modulations, Notes, pitch (and what not else….). I liked, Fav’ed ‘n’ PlayListed.