Only Lata’s version was included

Taqdeer released in 1967.

There was just one song from the film in my collection – it was titled Jab Jab Bahar Aayee.

Actually, it is imperative to mention one thing – while the soundtrack of the film had three versions of it, my collection had just one (the female solo, which was rendered by the one and only Lata Mangeshkar)*.

Anand Bakshi wrote the song, which Laxmikant-Pyarelal composed.

(*Note: Mohammed Rafi sang the male version of the song. And Mangeshkar’s sister Usha teamed up with her namesake, Usha Timothy, and Mahendra Kapoor for the third version.)

It was yet AnotheR(a)fine track

I discovered the songs of the 1967 film Palki quite late in my life.

And upon doing so, I added a couple of them to my collection.

One of them happened to be the subject of this post.

It was titled Kal Raat Zindagi Se Mulaqaat Ho Gayi (which was alphabetically the first of the two).

Like the other song from the film in my collection, this was a male solo.

But the man who lent his voice to it was the one and only Mohammed Rafi.

Shakeel Badayuni wrote the song, which Naushad composed.

Rafi’s fans paid this heed

My collection contained one song from Naunihal, which released in 1967.

It was titled Meri Awaaz Suno (which could be translated to, “Listen to my voice”).

Though the song was rendered by the one and only Mohammed Rafi, it was nothing but an expression of every singer’s expectation of his fans.

By the way, the next four words of the song were Pyaar Ka Raaz Suno.

The song was picturised on the funeral procession of India’s first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (who died on May 27, 1964).

Kaifi Azmi wrote the Madan Mohan composition.  

This completed Mukesh’s ‘Diwana’ duology

Put 1967, the word Diwana and Mukesh Chand Mathur in the same sentence, and what one would get it a duology of songs that were rendered by him and were from films that released that year,

While I have already written about one of those, the other happened to be the fourth song from Milan in my collection.

It was titled Main Toh Diwana.

The six words in the song’s opening line were, “Mubarak Ho Sabko Sama Yeh Suhana”.

It was written by Anand Bakshi, and was composed by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma.

Suman sang it with Rafi

If the four songs from Farz (1967) were arranged in the alphabetical order, Tumse O Haseena would be the last.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was five minutes and 55 seconds long.

Mohammed Rafi was joined behind the microphone for the song by Suman Kalyanpur.

Anand Bakshi wrote the song, which was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.

By the way, this was one of the three songs whose Revival versions also featured on the film’s soundtrack.

The others were also included in my collection.

Mukesh sang this title track

Rishi Kapoor was one of the three leading actors in the 1992 film Deewana.

And his father, Raj Kapoor, starred in a film titled Diwana, which released a quarter of a century earlier.

My collection contains just one song from the latter (chronologically the former).

And it was aptly titled Diwana Mujhko Log Kahen.

Indeed, people believed the showman was obsessed with and passionate about everything he did.

No prizes for guessing that Mukesh sang the song.

It was written by Hasrat Jaipuri, and composed by Shankar Singh Ram Singh Raghuvanshi and Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal.

Lata sang this La’jawab’ song

Bahu Begum released in 1967.

My collection contains just one song from the film.

While the title of the song was Duniya Kare Sawaal, its next five words went, “Toh hum kya jawab dein”.

Therefore, it could be translated to, “If the word asks questions, how do we answer those?”

But by no means would it be incorrect to state that nobody could question the talents of the trio who collaborated on that song.

The one and only Lata Mangeshkar lent her voice to it.

Sahir Ludhianvi penned the song, which was composed by Roshan.

They promoted interestional touriSM then

Back in the day, only the wealthy travelled.

And in 1967, when Around The World released, eight dollars (the sum referenced in the song) was about Rs 60 (a princely sum).

My collection contained just one song from the film – Duniya Ki Sair Kar Lo.

The song reference three US cities (Los Angeles, Washington, and New York) and five European ones (London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, and Venice).

Sharda Rajan Iyengar and Mukesh Chand Mathur lent it their voices.

Shailendra wrote the song, which was composed by Shankar Singh Ram Singh Raghuvanshi and Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal.

It was a (Muke)short song

My collection contained just one song from Anita, which released in 1967.

It was titled Tum Bin Jeevan Kaise Beeta.

The next four words of the song were Poochho Mere Dil Se.

Every person who has experienced heartbreak in his life would be able to relate to the song, which was rendered by the one and only Mukesh.

It was the joint-shortest song on the soundtrack of the film – it was four minutes and 19 seconds long.

Raja Mehdi Ali Khan penned the song, which was composed by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma.