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Hum Hindustani released in 1960.

The opening line of its title track was Chhodo Kal Ki Baatein.

A recreated version of that song happened to be the fifth song from Sooryavanshi (2021) in my collection.

Alphabetically, it would be the second of those.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was just two minutes long.

Various Artistes sang it.

Prem Dhawan, who wrote the original, was credited with writing this version too.

Tanishk Bagchi, unsurprisingly, shared composing credits with the original composer, Usha Khanna. 

This wAs(h)a duet featuring Rafi

The title track of Dus Lakh (1966) was titled Gareebon Ki Suno Woh Tumhari Sunega.

There were a couple of versions of it on the soundtrack of the film*.

But my collection contains just one.

And that was the duet, to which Asha and Mohammed Rafi (Bhos)lent their voices.

That was hardly a surprise, because between the two of them, they sang the majority of the songs in the film.

Prem was Dhawan who penned the song.

It composed by Ravi Shankar Sharma (better known as Ravi).

(*Note: The other was an Asha Bhosle solo.)

Balbir was in (Ra)fine form

Prior to the addition of this song to my collection, it contained a couple of songs from the 1956 film Jagte Raho.

If the subject of this post were arranged in the alphabetical order, Main Koi Jhooth Boleyan (Punjabi for, “Am I lying?”) would be the second.

And as odd as that would appear, it was a duet sandwiched between a couple of solos.

Two men lent their voices to the track – one was the legendary Mohammed Rafi, and the other was S Balbir.

Prem Dhawan wrote the song, which was composed by Salil Chowdhury.

Lata had a solo too

Tanga-wali was a case of transliteration gone wrong (albeit unintentionally), because it is a single word and not a hyphenated one.

The second song from the film happened to be a solo.

It was titled Rim Jhim Jhim Badarwa Barse (translated to, “Pitter-patter, the rain falls”).

And the lady who lent her voice to it was the one and only Lata Mangeshkar.

That was not a surprise, because she was the only female singer to contribute to the soundtrack of the film.

The song, which was written by Prem Dhawan, was composed by Salil Chowdhury.

Lata sang this ro(He)mantic duet

When a Hindi film music enthusiastic thinks of Tanga-wali (the female driver of a horse-drawn carriage), the first name that comes to mind is Basanti, Hema Malini’s talkative character in the 1975 film Sholay.

But a couple of decades before that cult classic, a film titled Tangawali released.

My collection contained just one song from the film.

It was a romantic number titled Halke Halke Chalo Sanware.

The two people who lent their voices to it were Lata Mangeshkar and Hemant Kumar.

Prem was Dhawan who wrote the song, which was composed by Salil Chowdhury.

This was another Geeta solo

The title of a film that released in 1952 was what the man who composed its songs wanted to touch.

The film in question was Aasmaan (sky).

And the only song from the film in my collection was Dekho Jadoo Bhare More Naina.

By the way, the music director was Omkar Prasad Nayyar, better known as O P Nayyar.

The lady who lent her voice to the song was none other than Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhury (for whom the song should have been rechristened Suno Jadoo Bhari Meri Aawaz).

Dhawan who penned it was Prem.