Mangeshkar’s solo was bahut achcha

If one were to list the top ten Hindi film songs for a Mother’s Day compilation, this song would definitely be on it.

It was titled Tu Kitni Achchi Hai.

And it was the only song from Raja Aur Runk (1968) in my collection.

It was no surprise that the lady who lent her voice to the track was the one and only Lata Mangeshkar – after all, she rendered the majority of the songs in the film.

The song was penned by Anand Bakshi.

It was composed by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma.

It was among Rafi’s best

My collection contained a couple of songs from Mere Huzoor, which released in 1968.

These included the subject of this post – Gham Uthane Ke Liye Main Toh Jeeye Jaoonga (which would be the first if they were arranged in the alphabetical order).

It was rendered by the one and only Mohammed Rafi (who sang the majority of the songs in the film).

As far as their mood was concerned, the contrast between the two songs couldn’t have been starker.

But there were a couple of similarities – Hasrat Jaipuri wrote the song,  which Shankar Jaikishan composed.

MoHaMmeD Rafi sang this too

The reason I capitalised half the letters in Mohammed Rafi’s first name was they also happened to be the initials of the title of the film from which the subject of this post was – Mere Hamdam Mere Dost, which released in 1968.

If the singer’s three solos from the film were arranged in the alphabetical order, the subject of this post – Hui Shaam Unka Khayal Aa Gaya – would be the second.

Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote the song, which was composed by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma.

It was four minutes and 31 seconds long.

Only Lata’s version was included

Taqdeer released in 1967.

There was just one song from the film in my collection – it was titled Jab Jab Bahar Aayee.

Actually, it is imperative to mention one thing – while the soundtrack of the film had three versions of it, my collection had just one (the female solo, which was rendered by the one and only Lata Mangeshkar)*.

Anand Bakshi wrote the song, which Laxmikant-Pyarelal composed.

(*Note: Mohammed Rafi sang the male version of the song. And Mangeshkar’s sister Usha teamed up with her namesake, Usha Timothy, and Mahendra Kapoor for the third version.)

It was yet AnotheR(a)fine track

I discovered the songs of the 1967 film Palki quite late in my life.

And upon doing so, I added a couple of them to my collection.

One of them happened to be the subject of this post.

It was titled Kal Raat Zindagi Se Mulaqaat Ho Gayi (which was alphabetically the first of the two).

Like the other song from the film in my collection, this was a male solo.

But the man who lent his voice to it was the one and only Mohammed Rafi.

Shakeel Badayuni wrote the song, which Naushad composed.

Rafi’s fans paid this heed

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

It was titled Meri Awaaz Suno (which could be translated to, “Listen to my voice”).

Though the song was rendered by the one and only Mohammed Rafi, it was nothing but an expression of every singer’s expectation of his fans.

By the way, the next four words of the song were Pyaar Ka Raaz Suno.

The song was picturised on the funeral procession of India’s first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (who died on May 27, 1964).

Kaifi Azmi wrote the Madan Mohan composition.  

This completed Mukesh’s ‘Diwana’ duology

Put 1967, the word Diwana and Mukesh Chand Mathur in the same sentence, and what one would get it a duology of songs that were rendered by him and were from films that released that year,

While I have already written about one of those, the other happened to be the fourth song from Milan in my collection.

It was titled Main Toh Diwana.

The six words in the song’s opening line were, “Mubarak Ho Sabko Sama Yeh Suhana”.

It was written by Anand Bakshi, and was composed by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma.