Sohini is a raga in Hindustani classical music in the Marwa thaat. Alternate transliterations include Sohani and Sohni. Like Bahar, it is a small raga, with not much space for elaboration. It emotes the feel of longing, of passive sensuousness.
Technical Description
The raga is of audav-shadav nature, i.e., it has five swaras (notes) in the arohana (ascent) and six in the avarohana. Rishabh (Re) is and Madhyam (Ma) is , while all other swaras are shuddha. Pancham (Pa) is not used.
The vadi swara is Dha, and samvadi is Ga. The rishabh is weak, but Gandhar (Ga) is strong, unlike Marwa. It is an Uttaranga pradhan raga, with the higher notes on the saptak (octave) being used more frequently.
Samay (Time) Raga Sohini is associated with very late night / pre-dawn, the last or eighth period of day, roughly from 3-6AM. (3 AM - 6 AM) : 4th Prahar of the Night : Sandhi-Prakash Raag
Film Songs
Language : Hindi SongMovieComposerSingersKuhu Kuhu Bole Koyaliya Suvarna SundariP. Adinarayana RaoMohammad Rafi & Lata MangeshkarJhumati Chali HavaSangeet Samrat TansenS. N. TripathiMukesh (singer)Prem Jogan Ban KeMughal-e-AzamNaushadBade Ghulam Ali KhanJivan Jyot JaleGrahasti (film)Ravi (composer)Asha BhosleKanha Re KanhaTruck Driver(1970 film)Sonik-OmiLata Mangeshkar
Language:Tamil Note that these are composed in the Carnatic ragam Hamsanandi, which Sohni sounds similar to.
SongMovieComposerSingerThesulaavudhe Then MalaraaleManaalane Mangaiyin BaakkiyamP. Adinarayana RaoGhantasala, P. SusheelaKaalaiyum NeeyeThen NilavuA. M. RajahA. M. Rajah, S. JanakiNinaithal Podhum Aaduven Nenjirukkum VaraiM. S. ViswanathanS. JanakiEnnakoduppanKarnanViswanathan–RamamoorthyP. B. SreenivasEzhumalai IrukkaThirumalai DeivamKunnakudi VaidyanathanK. B. SundarambalVedham AnuvilumSalangai OliIllayarajaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. SailajaNee Paadum PaadalEnkeyo Ketta KuralS. JanakiPutham PuthuThalapathiK.J. Yesudas, S. JanakiOr Poomalai Iniya Uravu PoothathuMano, K. S. ChithraKeerthanaEn Paadal UnakagaManoRaaga Theebam YetrumPayanangal MudivathillaiS. P. BalasubrahmanyamOru PooncholaiVaathiyaar Veettu PillaiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. ChithraSammatham Thanthuten NambuKadhal DevathaiGanakkuyilaePooncholaiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, BhavathariniRaathiriyil PoothirukumThanagamaganS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. JanakiVaanam Niram MaarumDhavani KanavugalNee VaruvaiGowrimanohariM.M.A. IniyavanS. P. BalasubrahmanyamEzhu SwaramumOru Pudhiya KadhaiUma KannadasanPottu Vaithu PoomudikkumNinaithen VandhaiDevaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, SwarnalathaVaname Ketkutha En PaatuNadodi KathalMalaysia VasudevanIdhya VeliyilOru Pudhiya UdhayamMano, SwarnalathaAnbe AnbeChinna RajaP. UnnikrishnanOh VennilaSenbaga Thottam SirpyK.J. YesudasO KannukkulDhinamdhorumOviyanP. Unnikrishnan, Swarnalatha
Further information It is somewhat similar to Marwa and Puriya ragas in the same thaat, and also to Basant in the Poorvi thaat.
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