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Aradhana · 1969

Kora Kagaz Tha Man Mera

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Singer: Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar

Music: S. D. Burman

Recording: original

Reported raag

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 · Rajan Parrikar, Hindustani raag articles, Short Takes: Bhoopali and Deshkar — https://www.parrikar.org/hindustani/bhoopali/ — Raga Pahadi; paragraph opening: “The superhit from ARADHANA (1969) composed by S.D. Burman, delivered by Lata”

Source wording: “The superhit from ARADHANA (1969) composed by S.D. Burman, delivered by Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar: kora kaghaz.”

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