It completed Lata’s ‘DooR’ duology

If one were to put 1958, Lata Mangeshkar, and the word ‘Door’ (far) in the same sentence, a couple of tracks would come to mind.

And both of them happen to be on this playlist.

While I had already written about one of them in an earlier post, the subject of this post – Chahe Paas Ho Chahe Door Ho – was the other.

It was the only song from Samrat Chandragupt in my collection.

Mohammed Rafi joined her behind the microphone for it.

Bharat V(y)as the lyricist, and the song was composed by Kalyanji Virji Shah.

Rafi sang this for Kishore

Before I describe the subject of this post, it must be mentioned that film it was from was aptly titled.

Mann Mora Baawra was the only song from Raagini in my collection.

The film, which released in 1958, starred Kishore Kumar.

But he did not lend his voice to the song – it was sung by the one and only Mohammed Rafi.

Obviously, there was sound logic (pun intended) in that decision – while Kishore wasn’t classically-trained, Rafi aced that genre.

The song was written by Jan Nisar Akhtar.

And it was composed by O P Nayyar.

Hemant’s classic was recreated Lat(a)er

The subject of this post made it to this playlist purely because I was curious.

I had heard the recreated version of O Neend Na Mujhko Aaye, from the 2015 film Shaandaar (but more on that later).

It did sound familiar, but I had to confirm that, because I didn’t know the film the original song was from.

So, when I looked it up online, I found that it was from the 1958 film Post Box 999.

Lata Mangeshkar and Hemant Kumar sang it.

P L Santoshi wrote the song, which Kalyanji Virji Shah composed.

This was a Mukesh-Rafi duet

With the addition of the subject of this post to my collection, there are four songs from the 1958 film Phir Subah Hogi in it.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Jis Pyaar Mein Yeh Haal Ho would be the third.

By the way, the next four words of the song were, “Us Pyaar Se Tauba”.

Two men lent it their voices.

One was Mukesh, and the other was Mohammed Rafi.

It was the latter’s only contribution to the soundtrack of the film.

Sahir Ludhianvi wrote the song, which was composed by Khayyam.

Lata’s Adalat hat-trick was complete

Prior to the addition of the subject of this post to my collection, it had a couple of tracks from Adalat (1958).

Jaana Tha Humse Door* was the third.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, that song would be the first.

By the way, Lata Mangeshkar rendered all of them.

Rajinder Krishan wrote the Madan Mohan composition.

(*Note: Its next three lines went, “Bahaane bana liye. Ab tumne kitni door thikane bana liye”. So, it meant, “You wanted out, so you made excuses. Now, how far away have you set up multiple bases?”)