Lata sang this La’jawab’ song

Bahu Begum released in 1967.

My collection contains just one song from the film.

While the title of the song was Duniya Kare Sawaal, its next five words went, “Toh hum kya jawab dein”.

Therefore, it could be translated to, “If the word asks questions, how do we answer those?”

But by no means would it be incorrect to state that nobody could question the talents of the trio who collaborated on that song.

The one and only Lata Mangeshkar lent her voice to it.

Sahir Ludhianvi penned the song, which was composed by Roshan.

Lata and Hemant sang it

My playlist dedicated to songs from films that released between 1960 and 1968 contained one song from the 1966 film Mamta.

The subject of this post was the second song from the film in my collection.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Chhupa Lo Yun Dil Mein Pyaar Mera would be the first.

And if they are arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was three minutes and 11 seconds long.

Lata Mangeshkar and Hemant Kumar sang the Roshan composition, which was written by Majrooh Sultanpuri. 

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.  

Mohammed Rafi’s rendition was Be‘Misaal’

Prior to the addition to the subject of this post to my collection, it had just one song from Aarti, which released in 1962.

The second song from the film in it also happened to be the second from an alphabetical point of view – it was titled Ab Kya Misaal Doon.

The next three words were Tere Shabaab Ki.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, the Mohammed Rafi solo would be the first – it was three minutes and 53 seconds long.

Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote the song, which Roshan composed.

‘Ensemble queen’ Kamal S(um)ang it

Barsaat Ki Raat released in 1960.

My collection contained five tracks from the film, because I split the pair of qawwalis (Na Toh Caravan Ki Talash Hai and Yeh Ishq Ishq Hai).

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Garjat Barsat Saawan Aayo Re would be the first.

The two ladies who lent that track their voices were Kamal Barot and Suman Kalyanpur.

Ironically, the former seemed to come into her own when she teamed up with other singers, particularly female singers.

The song, which was penned by Sahir Ludhianvi, was composed by Roshan.

The palindromically-named crooner rendered it

There were a couple of male singers in the Hindi film music industry whose names were palindromes.

The older of them was the one and only Talat Mahmood.

He sang a song titled Main Dil Hoon Ek Armaan Bhara.

It happened to be the only song from the 1952 film Anhonee in my collection.

The man who wrote the song was Satyendra Athaiya.

And the person who composed it was Roshanlal Nagrath.

Incidentally, both the songwriter and the music director were mononymously credited – while the former was known as Satyendra, the latter went by Roshan.

Mukesh’s fans loved this Du(e)t(t)

Kidar Nath Sharma – also known as Kidar Sharma – was a producer, director, and writer of dialogue, screenplay and songs.

He did all five of these in a film titled Bawre Nain, which released in 1950.

There was just one song from the film in my collection.

It was titled Khayalon Mein Kisi Ke.

The song was a duet – the two people who lent their voices to it were Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhury (who would go on to be known as Geeta Dutt) and Mukesh.

It was widely regarded as composer Roshan Lal Nagrath’s first hit.