#443

         Song: hanse tim tim tim chhote chhote taare
               kahey chanda bhi aaja aaja aa re
               tera naam le pukaare tujhe neend ki kareeb
               soja soja re mere pyaare

         Film: Sanskaar (1952)
         Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
         Music: Roshan
         Lyrics: Shailendra
         *ing: ?

This has got to be one of the sweetest lories I've heard. Set
beautifully in Bhairav, the delicately nuanced tune and Lata's
caressing rendition literally make you skip a beat or two. The opening
refrain echoes the sentiment in the mukhDaa very effectively; the music
actually 'twinkles'. Most of the song is composed in lower notes, and
sung almost in a gentle whisper with the perennial twinkling as the
backdrop.

Like all lories, the lyrics are pure, simple, genuine and laced with
the ineffable affection only a mother can shower on her child:

bagiya mein soye jaise genda gulaab
soyegaa laal meri godi mein
saagar mein seep jaise mandir mein deep
mera gopaal meri godi mein
saagar ke paar neele saagar ke paar
din duuba duub gaye din ke rang sabhi
soja re mere pyaare...

The last line, and the way it returns to the mukhDaa, is simply
exquisite I can't wax eloquent enough about the song... it just has to
be listened to.

Thanks to the efforts of Vish and the organizers of the Sunnyvale RMIM
meet last year, this rare song has been made available to the luckier
RMIMers, along with an absolutely enviable selection of 50s Roshan
rarities. It's song #5 on Vish's "rahein na rahein hum" compilation. If
HMV was kind enough to release Raag Rang and Nau Bahar, can two of
their contemporaries, Aagosh and Sanskaar, be far behind?. Answer: Sure
can. But one keeps hoping and dreaming.

The other classic from this movie, also on the compilation, that
deserves mention here is Lata's "do nainon ne jaal bichhaaya".
Talat's "mohabbat ke jhoote sahaaron ne loota" as far as I know, is the
only song from this soundtrack available commercially.