It was a (Muke)short song

My collection contained just one song from Anita, which released in 1967.

It was titled Tum Bin Jeevan Kaise Beeta.

The next four words of the song were Poochho Mere Dil Se.

Every person who has experienced heartbreak in his life would be able to relate to the song, which was rendered by the one and only Mukesh.

It was the joint-shortest song on the soundtrack of the film – it was four minutes and 19 seconds long.

Raja Mehdi Ali Khan penned the song, which was composed by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma.

This was an exceptional nuMbeR

My collection contains four tracks from Mera Saaya, which released in 1966.

The subject of this post – Aapke Pehlu Mein Aakar Ro Diye – happened to be the solo male solo in the film.

It was rendered by none other than Mohammed Rafi.

Obviously, it would be the first if they were arranged in the alphabetical order.

But if there were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the penultimate one – it was three minutes and 32 seconds long.

Raja Mehdi Ali Khan penned the song, which was composed by Madan Mohan.

Ms Mangeshkar’s solo was outstanding

The only contribution of the one and only Lata Mangeshkar to the soundtrack of Aap Ki Parchhaiyan (which released in 1964) was titled Agar Mujhse Mohabbat Hai.

It happened to be the only track from the film in my collection.

And by no means would it be incorrect to state that it was one of the highlights of the film.

The next line-and-a-half of the song – written by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, and composed by Madan Mohan – went, “Mujhe sab apne gham de do, in aankhon ka har ek aansoo, mujhe meri kasam de do”.

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.