It was rendered by Lata

I did not know the subject of this song before I added it to my collection.

But it made it to the playlist thanks to a glance at Binaca Geetmala’s Annual List for 1983.

The song was titled Sajna Sun Sun Meri Chaabi.

And it was the only song from Rishta Kagaz Ka in my collection.

The repeated word in the song’s title could be translated to, “Listen”.

And that was precisely what Hindi film music enthusiasts did, because the person singing it was Lata Mangeshkar.

Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote the song, which Rajesh Roshan composed.

Class made way for KrAss

If there was one thing that defined Hindi film songs in the early 1980s, it had to be the songs from Jeetendra-starrers which were remakes of Telugu films.

And there were three ways to identify them.

Firstly, they crossed the limits of decency.

Secondly, each of those were written by Indeevar.

And thirdly, they were composed by Bappi Lahiri.

One of those was Mawaali, which released in 1983.

The only song from the film in my collection was Jhopdi Mein Charpai.

The two people who (Bhos)lent their voices to it were Asha and Kishore Kumar.

(Am)It was sung by Lata

Lovers was a 1983 film, starring Kumar Gaurav.

My collection contained just one song from it.

It was titled Zamane Mein Sabse Purani.

Amit Kumar was chosen to be Kumar Gaurav’s voice in the latter’s debut (Love Story, which released in 1981).

He was, however, one of the two people who lent their voices to the song from Lovers.

The other was the one and only Lata Mangeshkar.

The song, which Anand Bakshi penned, was composed by R D Burman.

But that team was unable to recreate the magic the songs of that film created.

Asha and Kishore sang it

While the making of Jaane Jaan kicked off in 1976, the film saw the light of day in 1983.

There was just one song from the film in my collection.

It was titled Tere Bina Main Kuchh Bhi Nahin.

No prizes for guessing that it was (Kisho)rendered by Asha Bhosle and Mr Kumar.

Gulshan Bawra penned the R D Burman composition.

By the way, the film starred Randhir Kapoor and his sister-in-law, Neetu Kapoor (nee Singh) in the lead roles.

Randhir’s daughter, Kareena Kapoor Khan, starred in an unrelated 2023 film of the same name.

Shabbir sang this memorable number

The late Rajiv Kapoor, the youngest son (and child) of ‘The Showman’ Raj Kapoor, continues to be remembered (only) for his 1985 film Ram Teri Ganga Maili.

But the film that marked his debut was Ek Jaan Hain Hum, which released in 1983.

My collection contains just one song from the latter – the appropriately-titled Yaad Teri Aayegi.

It was rendered by Shabbir Kumar.

The man who composed the song was Anu Malik, who was in the midst of a long struggle at that point.

It was written by Akhlaq Mohammad Khan, better known as Shahryar.

This wAs(h)a great devotional traCK

If there was a Hindi film song about Maa Durga (in Her Maa Sherawali avatar), chances of Narendra Chanchal’s name in the credits are quite bright.

True to form, that was indeed the case even with the only song from the 1983 film Avtaar in my collection.

It was titled Chalo Bulaava Aaya Hai.

The two people who joined Chanchal behind the microphone for it were Asha Bhosle and Mahendra Kapoor.

It had two things in common with the previous song – the lyricist (Anand Bakshi) and the composers (Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma).

Kishore’s title track was awesome

Andhaa Kaanoon released in 1983.

And the second song from the film in my collection – if they were arranged in the alphabetical order – was its title track, Yeh Andhaa Kaanoon Hai.

The song was sung by none other than Kishore Kumar.

And that was no reason to be surprised – one he could have done justice to it at that point of time.

Perhaps the only people who couldn’t have heard it were those who were behre (deaf).

The song, which was written by Anand Bakshi, was composed by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma.