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         Song:   aaoge na saajan aaoge na
                 qismat ko meri jagaaoge na
                 aaoge na...

         Film:   Jaan Pehchaan (1950)
         Singer: Geeta Roy
         Music:  Khemchand Prakash
         Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni
         *ing:   Raj Kapoor, Nargis

 Nargis' (fifteenth?) death anniversary falls today, May 3. A few of her songs
 in remembrance..

 Today's post, actually, is a combined dedication to Nargis and Shakeel
 Badayuni whose death anniversary passed not too long ago, on April 20. Jaan
 Pehchaan is one of the many splendid offerings from Khemchand Prakash, most
 notable for the divine Talat-Geeta duet "armaan bharey dil ki lagan tere liye
 hai" which, had it not been for the fact that Snehal has already posted it,
 would have been a precious addition to the Pacific Duets series. Oh well, I
 shall survive :-)

 Geeta Roy has been the voice of Nargis for a large number of her early films,
 such as this one, 'Darogaji', and of course Kidar Sharma's 'Jogan'. The last
 two Bulo C Rani soundtracks in fact, feature as many as 12 and 15 Geeta solos
 respectively, all picturized, IIRC, on Nargis.

 There is an almost child-like innocence in this lovely Kedar-based tune, my
 favorite Geeta solo from this movie. The imploring note in the "aaoge na"
 succeeds in evoking all kinds of protective feelings in the listener:-). And
 Geeta sounds absolutely wonderful, not just in this song but in all the songs
 in this movie- "pardesi se lag gayi preet re", "naina milaake dil chheena",
 etc.

 This is probably one of the very few movies that featured Jeevan in a
 non-negative role, playing a noble, brotherly figure to the unhappy Nargis.