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Godaan · 1963

hori khelata Nandalal biraja mein

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

Singer: Not listed in open data

Music: Ravi Shankar

Recording: original

Metadata references

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

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

Reported raag

Kafi

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 · Rajan Parrikar, Hindustani raag articles, Short Takes - Kafi — https://www.parrikar.org/hindustani/kafi/ — Raga Kafi; paragraph opening: “We hit the movie circuit first. On the few occasions he ventured”

Source wording: “We hit the movie circuit first. On the few occasions he ventured there, Ravi Shankar disclosed a keen talent for composing film songs (Alu, on the other hand, turned out to be a thundering flop). His composition from GODAAN (1963), in Mohammad Rafi‘s voice: hori khelata Nandalal biraja mein.”

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Recording cues

No phrase-level timestamp has been expert-reviewed for this attribution yet.

Reported raag

Mishra Kafi

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.240 (PDF p.18)

Source wording: “सांगीतिक विवरण - यह गीत मुख्य रूप से राग मिश्र काफी पर आधारित है तथा ताल कहरवा में निबद्ध है।”

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