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Paraya Dhan · 1971

Holi Re Holi

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

Singer: Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey

Music: R. D. Burman

Recording: original

Metadata references

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

Reported raag

Shivaranjani

Not yet reviewed by a musician

A named writer on music analysed the song in this raag as one of several raags in the song. 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.461 (PDF p.78), composer discussion / prose example, table row 8, table row 8

Source wording: “इस गीत के बोल है-‘होली रे होली रंगों की डोली’। इस गीत को शिवरंजनी एवं काफ़ी रागों के स्वरों में एवं कहरवा ताल में गाया गया है।” · Applies to: mixed

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Reported raag

Kafi

Not yet reviewed by a musician

A named writer on music analysed the song in this raag as one of several raags in the song. 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.461 (PDF p.78), composer discussion / prose example, table row 8, table row 8

Source wording: “इस गीत के बोल है-‘होली रे होली रंगों की डोली’। इस गीत को शिवरंजनी एवं काफ़ी रागों के स्वरों में एवं कहरवा ताल में गाया गया है।” · Applies to: mixed

Need the attribution logic? Read how film-song raags are identified.