bairagi baadal bairagi (this post might only be of interest for hindi speakers)

i was frantically searching the depths of Internet for this one song from the album "Boodhe Pahadon Par", titled "Bairagi Baadal Bairagi". The album is a work from Vishal (music), Gulzar (lyrics), and Suresh Wadker (singer). The song in discussion is a particularly beautiful poem and the music is fantastic. It touches classical music in a way (though I am by no means, a student of classical music, I enjoy it nevertheless).

Ultimately when I found the song, I started thinking about all the other nice songs that are unfortunately not popular and hence not available readily. Wouldn't it be a great idea to have a platform that contains a repository of these gems.

Few of my favorite rare pieces are -

- yaad piya ki aaye (prahaar)
- aaja ri nindiya (nidaan) even this national-award winning movie - based on HIV infection - is rare to find
- suno re bhaina (godmother)
- phul-gendwa na maaro (dooj ka chaand)
- gham diye mustakil (shaahjahaan) apologies to sajal for pulling his leg on this one during undergrad :D
- o des se aane waale bataa (aap ki abida)
- saanware ai jaiyo (laal salaam) music was given by hridaynath mangeshkar)
- yaar julaahe (boodhe pahadon par) same album as bairagi baadal bairagi
- nikla, neem ke tale se nikla (hu tu tu) marathi themed song
- kaali ghodi dwaar khadi (chashm-e-baddoor)
- kahaan se aaye badra (chashm-e-baddoor)
- thirakti kyun hawa (yeh yaarana by renoo nathan)
- more saiyyan to hein pardes (bandit queen - nusrat)
- jeevan kya hai (is raat ki subah nahin)
- aaina mujhse meri (daddy (?) )

let me know if you have some songs that you have been searching for. maybe I can be of some help

cheers
gaurav