#330

        Song:   Humse aaya na gaya
                Tumse bulaaya na gaya
                Faasla pyaar mein
                Donon se mitaaya na gaya

        Film:   Dekh Kabira Roya (1957)
        Singer: Talat Mahmood
        Music:  Madan Mohan
        Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan
        *ing:   Anoop Kumar, Shubha Khote, Ameeta


What can I say about this one.. IMO  it's  one  of  Talat's  (and
Madan  Mohan's) most gorgeous melodies. This entire movie has got
some of Madan Mohan's most memorable compositions  picturized  on
some  of  filmdom's  least popular faces. This one, for instance,
has a crooning Anoop Kumar gazing longingly into  the  enraptured
eyes  of  Shubha  Khote  (??).  Each  of the movie's three heroes
(Anoop Kumar, xyz and abc- forgot the  other  two)  and  each  of
their  respective  heroines (Shubha Khote, Ameeta and Anita Guha)
has atleast one song apiece, each  one  a  classic  (e.g.  Lata's
wonderful 'Tu pyaar kare ya thukraaye' filmed on Shubha Khote).

This remains one of my favorite Talat melodies of all time  -  it
decisively  underlines  Madan Mohan's ascendancy as the uncrowned
king of the ghazal. Not to mention the fact that it features some
truly beautiful poetry by Rajendra Krishan.

(I know there is a plethora of other peerless  classics  in  this
movie  which I haven't mentioned in this post- I'm saving them up
for future ATMJHs).





Guest Author: Hrishi Dixit