First off, a sincere thanks to everyone who extended their congratulations on
ATMJH reaching #400 : Anil, Snehal, Anant. It has been a ride. And it shall go
on ! :-)
 

#401

        Song:   ulfat ke jaaduu ka dil mein asar hai
                aadhaa idhar hai to phir aadhaa udhar hai

        Film:   Sangram (1950)
        Singer: Lata Mangeshkar, Chitalkar
        Music:  C Ramchandra
        Lyrics: Vrajendra Gaur
        *ing:   Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant

More off the Ashok Kumar/Nalini Jaywant ride... here's another
fresh breath of simple, affectionate melody. It's quite a linear
composition, but comes off as extremely sweet and charming,
especially when you "see" it. The entire song is in the water,
literally - Ashok Kumar and Nalini Jaywant, in bathing suits
(no less), nonchalantly milling around a boat in a lake.
There's an unalloyed intimacy in it's picturization (for that
time-period anyway), but it comes across almost as a natural
inevitability with these two, when you see them vibe on screen.

There is a beautiful solo in this movie picturized on Ashok Kumar :
        woh unka muskuraana sharmaana chaley jaana
        yuu.n baat hai zaraa si par ban gayaa afsaana
Does anyone know who the singer is ? It sounds very much like Arun
Kumar, but I'm not sure (but sure would like to find out).

Aside:
One of the suggestions I received recently re: the ATMJH series was
to include an English translation/interpretation of the song alongwith
each post. Unfortunately, I'm totally NOT qualified to do this, and
should probably leave it to maestros like Abhay. I promised I would do
it whenever I felt convinced I wouldn't massacre the original too much,
but maybe someone can oblige for this post ?
Here's my shot at it (and as a disclaimer, it's NOT TNQ-type translation,
so don't go ballistic :-) ) :

 The magic of love thus fills our heart  Partly over here, and yonder, in
part  <--- (I'm sure this can be done better)

 (Hmm, maybe it IS a TNQ-type one. In part :-) ).