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        Song:   Chhoti Si Yeh Zindagaani Re
                Chaar Din Ki Jawaani Teri
                Haaye Re Haaye
                Gham Ki Kahaani Teri

        Film:   Aah (1953)
        Music:  Shankar Jaikishen
        Lyrics: Shailendra
        Singer: Mukesh
        *ing:   Raj Kapoor, Nargis


Raj Kapoor sometimes liked to cast non-acting members of his crew
in short cameo roles in his films (Jaikishen, for instance, had a
small 5/6-minute role  in  Shree  420).   This  song  is  another
instance  of  that.  One of Mukesh's (IMHO) best renditions, this
song, set beautifully to rhythm on a  running  horse's  hoofbeats
(rather   OPN-esque,   huh?),   features   Mukesh  himself  as  a
tongawallah, carting an ailing Raj Kapoor to (somewhere- I forget
where).

I would rank this as the best song in the movie (just my opinion)
-  in addition to its great tune and rhythm, it's got some rather
philosophical words too, and they come at a critical juncture  in
the movie.

A must for Mukesh fans...






Guest Author: Hrishi Dixit