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).

Kapoor’s title track was ‘(Dh)un’derrated

Sansaar Ki Har Shae was a song that I did not even have the foggiest idea of before I compiled this playlist.

So, I had to look it up online.

And that was when I read that it was a song from Dhund.

The film, whose title could be translated to fog, released in 1973.

In fact, the song was the title track of the film.

The man who lent his voice to it was none other than Mahendra Kapoor.

It was written by Sahir Ludhianvi.

Ravi Shankar Sharma was the man who composed it.

Kapoor was a surprise package

A number of singers sang songs picturised on Rajesh Khanna during the peak of his superstardom (which began in 1969 and came to an end just two years later).

But the crooner most associated with him was none other than Kishore Kumar.

Therefore, it was quite surprising that Mahendra Kapoor sang the songs of the Kaka-starrer Bandhan, which released in 1969.

However, there was just one song from the film in my collection.

It was titled Aayo Re Aayo Re.

The song was written by Indeevar.

Kalyanji Virji Shah and Anandji Virji Shah composed it.

This tracK had two (Man)names

Daadi Maa released in 1966.

While the title of the film could be translated to paternal grandmother, the only song from the film referenced her daughter-in-law (in other words, Maa, or mother).

It would not be incorrect to state that it went by a couple of titles, if one considered Ae Maa Teri Soorat Se Alag as one of those.

But the song was officially credited as Usko Nahin Dekha Humne Kabhi.

The two men who lent their voices to it were Manna Dey and Mahendra Kapoor.

Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote the song, which Roshan composed.  

The education system was MocKed

Sikandar is Hindi for Alexander III of Macedon, who was better known as Alexander The Great.

His battle with Porus was the subject of the third song from the 1962 film Anpadh in my collection.

It was titled Sikandar Ne Porus Se Ki Thi Ladaai.

The song took a dig at the Indian education system, as well as the ‘funny’ English language (as was evident from the line about P-U-T put and B-U-T but).

It was Mahendra Kapoor’s only contribution to the film’s soundtrack.

Raja Mehdi Ali Khan wrote the song, which Madan Mohan composed.