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.