Satyam: Khooni Kaun (1975) / Vijaysingh: Dimple (1975)

Chellapilla Satyam, aka Sathyam, was a Telugu music director whom I featured a long time ago when posting a – for this blog – rare Tollywood score. 'Khooni Kaun' is one of his considerably fewer Bollywood efforts, but a nice one; cheerful sounding and fun. Like many of his contemporaries, Satyam took cues from RD Burman – you can plainly hear Pancham's influence on 'Yeh Beta' with its upbeat sunshine pop sensibilities and in the wild horns, choppy organ, relentless percussion and general funkiness of 'Aa Lag Ja'. They're both cracking tunes.



Vijaysingh's 'Dimple' offers more of the same. 'Jain Waadiyan Dilnasheen' is a sweet and lovely, almost loungy ballad sung by seldom featured Chandrani Mukherjee, 'Nadaan Hoon Sharmilee Hoon' is a summery 60s-pop-sounding duet, and 'Aao Sikhadoon Tumhen Khat Likhna' is a great fast-paced and slightly Latin-tinged number that's only let down by the non-inclusion of the harmonica intro heard in the film. 

Judging by the scarcity of clips and other info to be found online, neither of these films appear to be very well know. Does anyone know if LP versions of the soundtracks were ever released?

Track listing, 'Khooni Kaun':
1. Asha Bhosle: Yeh Beta
2. Mahendra Kapoor: Yoon Tere
3. Asha Bhosle: Aaja Re
4. Asha Bhosle: Aa Lag Ja

Track listing, 'Dimple'
1. Chandrani Mukherjee: Jain Waadiyan Dilnasheen
2. Asha Bhosle & Vijaysingh: Nadaan Hoon Sharmilee Hoon
3. Tirath: Na Ankhen Band Kar Saqi
4. Mohd. Rafi & Purnima: Aao Sikhadoon Tumhen Khat Likhna

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Vijaysingh: Khoon Khoon (1973) / Sonik Omi: Wohi Raat Wohi Awaz (1972)

If you, of rational mind, were to think it absurd to remake 'Dirty Harry' as a film laced with song & dance numbers, well then welcome to Bollywood. Because that's exactly what 'Khoon Khoon' [review] is. Ever wanted to watch Dirty Harry sing? In 'Kitni Thandi Pawan' his Indian counterpart does. Remember in the Clint Eastwood original when Scorpio the killer hijacks a school bus, beating the kids on board into singing 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat'? Slightly more menacing than Danny Denzongpa pirouetting to 'Teri Meri Achhi Hui Dosti', I'd say. It does all kind of look like fun though, and I'm almost tempted to watch it. And it has a cool cabaret number in 'Meri Aankhon Men Masti Hai' (I don't remember anything like that in the original), definitely belonging to the Pancham school of such things. From what I've been able to surmise, Vijaysingh (or Vijay Singh as he's more commonly known) was very much indepted to RD Burman.



'Wohi Raat Wohi Awaz' is another seemingly obscure film, with very few useful mentions on the net other than, surprisingly, a brief one by The British Film Institute. Apparently, music directors Sonik Omi appear in it. A supernatural thriller, touches of which can be sensed in the picturization of Asha Bhosle's haunting 'Mera Man Bhatak Raha Diwana'. And don't you just love the record's sleeve? You can hear the Scotch-wielding girl hiccup on the exquisitely moody 'Sochta Hai Kya'.

Two great EPs, two not very often heard soundtracks.

Track listing, 'Khoon Khoon':
1. Asha Bhosle & Tirath: Kitni Thandi Pawan
2. Mohd. Rafi: Maati Ke Jalte Deepak
3. Kishore Kumar, Sushma Shreshtha & Jayshree: Teri Meri Achhi Hui Dosti
4. Asha Bhosle & Vijaysingh: Meri Aankhon Men Masti Hai

Track listing, 'Wohi Raat Wohi Awaz':
1. Asha Bhosle: Mera Man Bhatak Raha Diwana
2. Asha Bhosle: Sochta Hai Kya
3. Mohd. Rafi & Radha Saluja: Jogiya Mera Thirke Badan

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