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Namak Haraam · 1973

Sooni Re Sejaria

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

Singer: Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar

Music: R. D. Burman

Recording: original

Metadata references

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

Reported raag

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 · Pooja Tiwari, doctoral thesis on semi-classical styles in film music (University of Delhi, 2020), ch.3, printed p.147 (PDF p.31)

Source wording: “ठुमरी गेय विधा पर आधारित यह गीत राग खमाज में रचित है, जिसका प्रयोग संगीत-निर्देशक आर-डी- बर्मन ने सन् 1973 की फ़िल्म ‘नमक हराम’ में किया तथा आशा भोंसले जी एवं उषा मंगेशकर ने इसे कंठ प्रदान किया है।”

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