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Namkeen · 1982

Badi Der Se Megha Barsa

Hindi-film eligibility matched; song credits may still need checking

Singer: Asha Bhosle

Music: R. D. Burman

Recording: original

Metadata references

Release and credit references do not establish a raag or taal attribution.

Sources differ: Manj Khammaj and Mishra Pahadi are separately reported. RagaPedia has not resolved this difference or verified a multi-raag treatment of the recording.

Reported raag

Manj Khammaj

Not yet reviewed by a musician

A named writer on music analysed the song in this raag. This records what the source says; a musician has not checked the recording note by note.

Evidence: Named musician's analysis · Amrita Dutta, doctoral thesis (University of Delhi, 2018), ch.4, printed p.485 (PDF p.102), semi-classical song analysis

Source wording: “फ़िल्म का नाम : नमकीन (1983); गीत के बोल : बड़ी देर से मेघा बरसा; गायक कलाकार : आशा भोसले; संगीत निर्देशक : आर॰डी॰बर्मन; प्रयुक्त राग एवं ताल : माँझ खमाज, दीपचंदी, कहरवा।”

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Reported raag

Mishra Pahadi

Not yet reviewed by a musician

A named writer on music analysed the song in this raag. This records what the source says; a musician has not checked the recording note by note.

Evidence: Named musician's analysis · Pooja Tiwari, doctoral thesis on semi-classical styles in film music (University of Delhi, 2020), ch.4, printed p.252 (PDF p.30)

Source wording: “सांगीतिक विवरण - इस गीत के निर्वहन हेतु राग मिश्र पहाड़ी का चयन किया गया है।”

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