#440

 Song: chanda chamakti raat, o ji more preetam
       suniyo man ki baat, chanda chamakti raat..
       dhoop chhaaon barsaat, o mori sajani
       rahiyo jug jug saath, chanda chamakti raat..

 Film: Do Dulhe (1955)
 Singer: Talat Mahmood, Lata Mangeshkar
 Music: B S Kalla
 Lyrics: Pt. Indra
 *ing: ?

Lemme wrap up this slight inundation of Talat on ATMJH with this
jubilant track, available on yet another nice EMI compilation: Rare
Duets of Talat Mahmood (CDF 132293).

Gemini's "Bahut Din Huwe" was the first instance when I heard this MD-
lyricist pair, and was quite taken in by the lush melodies therein
(especially Lata's "kyoon chameli khilkhilaati hai bataa"). This is
empirically melodious music; brisk, uplifting, intimate and
unassumingly ecstatic. Some of the murkis Lata takes in this song (like
in the "raat", "baat", etc.) are absolutely delightful. It's rather
amusing how Talat's murkis in the same places kind of diffuse into some
sort of a probability cloud of notes the tremor in his voice creates.
Lovely co-ordination of male and female voices.

The opening bars of this song, again, are strongly reminiscent of some
very popular song, I forget which.