Judy Garland - Over The Rainbow (Subtitiles)

I recently heard this beautiful song, literally being murdered by a young woman  who sang it in such a horrible way, that I had to run back and listen to the original song sung so beautifully by Judy Garland.
It is one of my favorite songs and I am sure it is yours too.
I don't why people like to cultivate an artificially booming voice, when their own voice is not like that.
Shubha Mudhgal,  the Indian Hindustani classical singer has a booming voice because she was born with it, and it suits the type of song she sings, similarly many Africans and African Americans have that kind of voice and  it suits the type of songs they choose to sing..
However it was too much,  listening to this young lady, who doesn't even have the body to carry such  a voice, singing this beautiful and ethereally soft song in a booming voice, it  just didn't sound right. Because it was obviously a put up voice, even the words of the song were  not clear.

Otherwise  the music concert of drums, harmonica, guitar, and flute was excellent.


Have you ever heard some one sing a beautiful song , which you loved in a voice totally not suited for that particular song?
Did you ever feel like asking her/ him to stop?

Mere Mehboob Tujhe......

Mere Mehboob is a 1963 Indian film directed by Harnam Singh Rawail and starring Rajendra Kumar, Sadhana, Ashok Kumar, Nimmi, Pran,Johnny Walker and Ameeta. The film became a "blockbuster" and took the number one position at the box office in 1963.^[1] The movie drew a background from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and traditional Lucknow. The famous song "Mere Mehboob Tujhe Mere" was shot in the University Hall and in a couple of places one gets to see the university. The opening scene of the movie shows the famous residential hall and the associated clock tower 'Victoria Gate'.


I love this song, and I love the location, for I studied for sometime at Aligarh Muslim University. Both the actors had acted so well in this movie, They were the best romantic pair at that time. Though the movie was released in 1963, I got to see it only somewhere around 1977/ 78 in Calcutta. The song literally drips with love. And Sadhana, the heroine looked so beautiful, her eyes so expressive.
After its success many movies were made with similar background, but nothing could stand up to this movie.

Plot

After bumping into a college girl one day, a young man suddenly finds himself falling hopelessly in love with her. The only problem is that, clad as she is in a traditional burkha, he as only seen her hands. The remaining part explains how he finds her. Over-discreet questioning and misunderstandings lead to a series of mistaken identities and misdirected romances.

Cast

• Rajendra Kumar as Anwar
• Sadhana as Husna

The soundtrack for the movie was composed  by Naushad and lyrics penned by Shakeel Badayuni. The soundtrack consists of 9 songs, featuring vocals by Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar andAsha Bhonsle. The song Mere Mehboob Tujhe became very much popular upon release. The song was composed on raga Jhinjhoti.

( Source from Wikepedia)

Enjoy this lovely song.