Showing posts with label Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai. Show all posts

Saturday, December 16, 2023

Lata’s solo contained a synonym

The last word in the title of the subject of the previous post was Deewana, which means crazy.

Pagal is a synonym of that word.

What were the odds of the last word in the title of the subject of this post being Pagal?

The track in question was O Basanti Pawan Pagal, and it was from Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai.

The Lata Mangeshkar solo was the third song from the film in my collection – it was three minutes and 52 seconds long.

Shailendra penned the song, which was composed by Shankar Jaikishan.

Friday, December 15, 2023

A popuLar idioM was referenced

My collection contains five songs from Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (1960), including the subject of this post and the next one.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Begaani Shaadi Mein Abdullah Deewana would be the first.

Shailendra referenced the Hindi proverb, which translated to, “A person who is more interested in poking his nose into others’ affairs than minding his own business”.

Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh lent their voices to it.

Shankar Singh Ram Singh Raghuvanshi and Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal composed the song, which was three minutes and 29 seconds long.


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