The golden-hearted Rafi rendered it

Maya released in 1961.

Spread across my playlists, there were a couple of tracks from the film in my collection.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, the subject of this post would be the first.

It was titled Koi Sone Ke Dilwala.

And appropriately, it was rendered by the man with a heart of gold, the one and only Mohammed Rafi.

The next four words of the Salil Chowdhury composition, were ‘Koi Chandi Ke Dilwala’ (which could be translated to ‘the man with a heart of silver’).

It was written by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

Mr Ganguly (Kisho)rendered this song

Musafir released in 1957 (and had three episodes).

My collection contained just one song from the film.

It was titled Munna Bada Pyara.

The next three words of the song went, “Ammi Ka Dulara”.

Kishore Kumar happened to be one of the stars in the second episode in the film (which was titled Birth).

So, it was no surprise that he lent his voice to the song as well.

By the way, it was his only contribution to the soundtrack of the film.

The song, which was written by Shailendra, was composed by Salil Chowdhury.

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.