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Music
Songs for every season
Narendra Kusnur expounds on musical creations inspired by our seasons
AROUND this time every year, it becomes a The reason is simple: here, one associates
regular habit to sit by the window and watch summer with hot and sultry days, nothing
the rain falling, with some pakodas and like the romance European summers have
garam chai for company. More often than to offer. There, summer is a welcome escape;
not, you’ll listen to your favourite rain song. here, it’s torture. In fact, the only summer
It could be the BJ Thomas hit ‘Raindrops song that one normally thinks of is from
Keep Falling on My Head’, Led Zeppelin’s the 1975 film Parinay, where the Sharma
‘The Rain Song’ or Pandit Bhimsen Joshi’s brothers wrote and sang ‘Suraj ki garmi se
raag Miyan Ki Malhar. Or it could be any jalte hue tan ko mil jaaye taruvar ki chhaya’,
Hindi film song, from ‘Saawan Ka Mahina’ composed by Jaidev. Perhaps, the song
in Milan to ‘Garjat Barsat Saawan Aayo Re’ ‘Suraj Hua Maddham’, from the 2001 movie
in Bhanwara. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham could pass
Obviously, there are film songs for every muster too.
season. While monsoon songs make up a Of course, there are also songs with the
pretty long list, and should keep listeners word ‘hawa’ that can be played when a
occupied for the next three months, there pleasant summer breeze is blowing – like
are adequate songs for the winter and ‘Hawa Mein Udta Jaaye’ from Barsaat
spring too. Unlike in English music, (1949), ‘In Hawaon Mein’ from Gumrah
which has songs named ‘Summer Wine’, (1963) and ‘Hawaon Pe Likh Do’ (Do Dooni
‘Summertime’, ‘Summer Holiday’ and Char, 1968). Pakistani singer Hassan
‘Summer Night City’, there aren’t too many Jehangir’s ‘Hawa Hawa’ can make yet
songs for the hot season in Hindi. another revival. Actually, these songs can
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