Rama kant | 14th Jan 2024With Rama Kant-ji, one comes to expect the rare and esoteric and therein lies the joy of his presentations. His horizon of Film songs stretches to the 40s and the 30s and it's always a pleasure to be walked down the garden holding his hands for guidance. On both these fronts Rama kant-ji did not disappoint.
That said, the choice of Qawwali in his PMP was baffling. Not because this genre is uninspiring and tepid. Quite the contrary, Qawwali’s are awe inspiring when done right. As the song progresses the tempo and passion build up, with each singer trying to outdo the other in both vocal delivery and lyrical subjugation. The show had its fair share of “Eureka” moments, but as a listener one tended to get fatigued by the predictability of this templatized genre. Additionally for reasons unknown Roshan’s Qawwali’s were kept out. Admittedly Roshan’s Qawwali’s are popular and have had/ continue to have plenty of airtime. Given Rama kant-ji fetish to highlight only rare songs, I certainly didn’t expect – “Yeh Ishq Ishq hai” and “Nigahen Milane Ko Jee Chahta Hai” to be on the playlist. But I was disappointed to not see a few of the Roshan’s less heard /spoken tracks like
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Thank you, Rama kant-ji for exposing us to this genre beyond the popular ones and helping us discover some gems.
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Rama kant
1/18/2024 03:30:00 am
Thanx a lot Balaji for an insightful unbiased review of my PMP. It is good to know that broadly barring one number of Junoon, u liked every other choice of mine.
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Charumitra Ranade
1/21/2024 10:14:03 am
totally agreed with balajis comments!!!!
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Suresh Kulkarni
1/18/2024 05:36:25 am
I personally look forward to unheard songs and that wish was more than fulfilled by Rama Kant ji in his PMP. 7 of them were FTH for me. To have them from the same genre was a testimony to Rama Kantji's vast knowledge and the research he must have done. But I understand if people felt a bit of a monotony due to songs of the same genre coming at them one after the other. All in all I personally enjoyed the show a lot. I just wish Rama Kant ji speaks some more during his narratives :) I am sure it will be entertaining and informative
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Vikas Prabhu
1/18/2024 06:04:18 am
Have attended PMP of Balaji Vittal only till date and was mighty impressed the way entire show was conducted and curated. Selection of songs, audio quality, genuine information about paraphernalia of music makes the experience even more awesome. All the very best to R4 team for this new venture,may the force be with you always.
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Meenakshi Krishnan
1/18/2024 07:39:00 am
Well written Balaji 👏
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Rama kant
1/19/2024 01:27:10 am
Thanx a ton Meenakshi for the kind words. It is primarily due to the encouragement of my colleagues like Charu, Shankar, Baaji n yrself that I got into the business of presenting MP's n choice songs. Yr daily doze of one song apart from a stinging four liner on club site as well as yr choice songs r more often than not off the beaten track, liked n appreciated by one n all.
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Charumitra Ranade
1/21/2024 10:15:57 am
wow!!! ramakantiji and Meenakshi ji for nice remarks
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