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.

Dey sang this title track

Toofan Aur Deeya released in 1956.

The only song from the film in my collection happened to be its title track.

It had a couple of titles.

One was Yeh Kahani Hai Deeye Aur Toofan Ki (which means, “This is the story of a lamp and a storm”).

And the other was Nirbal Se Ladaai Balwaan Ki (which could be translated to, “The fight between the weak and the strong”).

It was the only contribution to Manna Dey to the soundtrack of the film.

The song V(y)as written by Bharat, and composed by Vasant Desai.