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Sardari Begum · 1996

Saawariya Dekh Zara

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

Singer: Shubha Joshi

Music: Vanraj Bhatia

Recording: original

Metadata references

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

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

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 · Amrita Dutta, doctoral thesis (University of Delhi, 2018), ch.3, printed p.357 (PDF p.186), §3.3, film item 39, song/table row 7

Source wording: “गीत के बोल : साँवरिया देख ज़रा इस ओर; गायक कलाकार : शोभा जोशी; प्रयुक्त राग एवं ताल : खमाज+माँझ खमाज, कहरवा।” · Applies to: mixed

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Reported raag

Manj Khammaj

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.3, printed p.357 (PDF p.186), §3.3, film item 39, song/table row 7

Source wording: “गीत के बोल : साँवरिया देख ज़रा इस ओर; गायक कलाकार : शोभा जोशी; प्रयुक्त राग एवं ताल : खमाज+माँझ खमाज, कहरवा।” · Applies to: mixed

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Reported raag

Mishra Khamaj

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.434 (PDF p.51), composer discussion / prose example

Source wording: “श्याम’; राग मिश्र खमाज एवं कहरवा ताल में निबद्ध गीत ‘साँवरिया देख जरा इस ओर’।”

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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.3, printed p.150 (PDF p.34)

Source wording: “गीत के निर्वहन हेतु राग मिश्र पहाड़ी का चयन किया गया है तथा कहरवा ताल में इसका गायन किया गया है।”

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