![]() What is Bilaskhan-i Todi? Bilas Khan was the son of the legendary Miyan Tansen, the court musician of Akbar. Lata appears to have sung a bhajan on Meera in this raag but it has not been possible to listen to it or obtain any more details. In-depth research by this writer along with his guide and friend, Jairam Sriram, musicologist, film music archivist and film historian led to ‘Lekin’ (Hindi, 1997), a song and dance number in this fascinating raag with Hema Malini performing the dance with music composed by Hridayanath Mangeshkar (Lata’s father) and sung by his other daughter, Asha Bhonsle. ![]() Very few songs have been composed in this raag even in Hindi cinema. ![]() He was the first to compose film songs in one of the finest raags of Hindustani music - Bilaskhan-i Todi. Viswanathan (MSV) had composed music in about 1000 movies in more than one language, an outstanding achievement. Especially the song, ‘Love Is Fine Darling When You Are Mine!’ (voice: Ajit Singh), which created history in Tamil cinema. This writer had the privilege and pleasure of knowing him intimately and had also worked with him writing English song lyrics for his Tamil movies such as ‘Thavaputhalvan’. Viswanathan, a dazzling icon of Tamil film music passed away.
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