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Amar Prem · 1972

Raina Beeti Jaye

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

Singer: Lata Mangeshkar

Music: R. D. Burman

Recording: original

Metadata references

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

Reported raag

Todi

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 · Punit Jaipal Shah, doctoral thesis (Newcastle University), printed p.205 (PDF p.206), chapter 5, §5.5.1 (Rainā bītī jāye), paragraph beginning “This haunting melody”

Source wording: “RD merges the serious and sombre sounding morning melody Toḍī with an absolutely contrasting night rāga Khamāj.” · Applies to: mixed

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Reported raag

Khamaj

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 · Punit Jaipal Shah, doctoral thesis (Newcastle University), printed p.205 (PDF p.206), chapter 5, §5.5.1 (Rainā bītī jāye), paragraph beginning “This haunting melody”

Source wording: “RD merges the serious and sombre sounding morning melody Toḍī with an absolutely contrasting night rāga Khamāj.” · Applies to: mixed

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Reported raag

Gurjari Todi

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.2, printed p.146 (PDF p.99), composer discussion / prose example

Source wording: “सन् 1971 में बनी फ़िल्म ‘अमर प्रेम’ का गीत ‘रैना बीती जाए’ रागाधारित गीतों में एक उत्कृष्ट गीत रचना है। इस गीत में गुर्जरी तोड़ी, तोड़ी एवं खमाज रागों के सुंदर मिश्रण से राहुल देव बर्मन जी ने इस गीत को सजाया है।” · Applies to: mixed

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