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.
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.)
Shehnai released in 1964.
But please do not
be fooled by the musical title of the film – my collection contained just one
track from it.
It was titled Na
Jhatko Zulf Se Paani.
That line could be
translated to, “Don’t shake off the water from your tresses”, and was, therefore,
something a man would instruct his partner after she has come out of the
shower.
The man who lent
his voice to the song was none other than Mohammed Rafi.
It was written by
Rajinder Krishan, and was composed by Ravi Shankar Sharma (a.k.a. Ravi).
Aaj Aur Kal released in 1963.
My collection
contained just one song from the film (which I remembered out of the blue when
I was compiling this playlist).
It was titled Yeh
Wadiyan Yeh Fizayen.
Mohammed Rafi lent
the track his voice.
And he was the
right man for the job – his songs are timeless classics, and with the constant
deterioration in the quality of Hindi film music over a period of four decades,
it seems fair to say that the valleys and the springs have been beckoning him.
Sahir Ludhianvi
wrote the Ravi composition.
Kishore Kumar
seemed to revel in film titles with a blank, the word Ka, and another
blank, in which the first blank was the name of an Indian metro and the third
word described a criminal – in 1958, he starred in Dilli Ka Thug, and in
1962, he starred in Bombay Ka Chor.
The only song from
the latter in my collection was Hasrat Hi Rahi Humse Bhi Kabhi Koi Pyaar
Karta.
Firstly, Mr
Jaipuri didn’t write it – Rajinder Krishan was the lyricist.
And secondly,
everyone loved Kishore Kumar.
The song was
composed by Ravi.
Nazrana released in 1961.
My collection contained one track
from the film.
It was titled Baazi Kisi Ne
Pyaar Ki Jeeti Ya Haar Di.
The opening line of the song could be
translated to, “ Someone has either won or lost the wager called love”.
As was the case with the previous
song, this one was also sung by none other than Mohammed Rafi.
It was his only contribution to the
soundtrack of the film.
The song was penned by Rajinder
Krishan, who also wrote the film’s dialogues.
It was composed by Ravi Shankar
Sharma.
Kids share a special bond with their grandparents.
But kids will be kids and their
behaviour might occasionally upset their grandparents.
There was one track from a 1961 film
that was about an upset paternal grandma and her grandchildren’s attempts to
make her happy again.
It was titled Daadi Amma
Daadi Amma Maan Jao.
And spread across my playlists, it
was the second track from Gharana in my collection.
The two ladies who (Bhos)lent their
voices to it were Asha and Kamal Barot.
The song, which was written by
Shakeel Badayuni, was composed by Ravi.
Barring the title of the subject of this post, it had everything in common with the previous one.
In fact, those
tracks had half-a-dozen similarities.
Let us look at those
first.
Firstly, it was
from Chaudhvin Ka Chand.
Secondly, the
film released in 1960.
Thirdly, it was
the third song in Mohammed Rafi’s Solos Trilogy.
Fourthly, it was
penned by Shakeel Badayuni.
Fifthly, the
track was composed by Ravi Shankar Sharma (who was mononymously credited as
Ravi).
And lastly, the
song began with the letter M.
The song in
question was Mili Khaak Mein Mohabbat.
Before I added the subject of this post to my playlist, my collection contained just one song from Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960).
With the addition
of this track, and the next one, to it, there were three.
It was one of the
two songs from the film that began with M – it was titled Mera Yaar Bana Hai
Dulha.
Wedding ceremonies
in the Hindi belt were complete without it.
It was the second
track in Mohammed Rafi’s 1960 Solos Trilogy in this playlist.
The song, which
was written by Shakeel Badayuni, was composed by Ravi.
