Only Kishore’s version was included

The second song from Rimjhim in my collection was Mere Ghar Aage Hain Do Do Galiyaan.

When I read the title of the song for the first time, I noticed that the word Ke – which should have been there between Ghar and Aage – was missing.

Although the film’s soundtrack contained three versions of the song, my collection contains just one – the one (Kisho)rendered by Kumar.

While one of its other versions was sung by Shamshad Begum, another was sung by Mohana.

All of them were written by P L Santoshi, and composed by Khemchand Prakash.

It was (Kisho)rendered by Kumar

At the time of writing this, it was the fifth day since Kishore Kumar’s 93^rd birth anniversary (which fell on August 4, 2022).

He sang some mind-blowing rain songs later in his career, but the subject of this post was from a film whose title could be translated to, “The pitter-patter of raindrops”.

I am talking about Rimjhim (1949).

If the two songs from the film in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Jagmag Jagmag Karta Nikla Chand would be the first.

Bharat Vyas wrote the song, which was composed by Khemchand Prakash.

It was a memoRabLe duet

Paras could be translated to, “A mythical stone that turns base metals into gold”.

And as far as Hindi films were concerned, it was the title of one that released in 1949.

My collection contains one song from the film – Dil Leke Chhupne Wale.

By the way, the film’s title could well have been used to describe Ghulam Haider, who composed its songs, and turned Lata Mangeshkar – one of the two people who lent her voice to the track – into a diamond.

The other was none other than Mohammed Rafi.

Shakeel Badayuni penned the song.

This social commentary was supeRB

The title of the 1949 film Kaneez could be translated to, “Slave”.

But the only song from the film in my collection was, interestingly, a song that sympathised with the well-heeled.

It was titled Duniya Mein Ameeron Ko Aaram Nahin Milta (which could be translated to, “The wealthy people of the world do not get enough rest”).

Mohammed Rafi was one of the two men who lent their voices to the track.

The other was S D Batish.

This superb piece of social commentary was written by Hasrat Lakhnavi, and was composed by Ghulam Haider.

This Mukesh solo was mind-blowing

Andaz released in 1949.

Spread across my blogs, the subject of this post – Toote Na Dil Toote Na – was the third song from the film in my collection.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, it would be the second.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was just a couple of minutes and 43 seconds long.

The song was sung by Mukesh Chand Mathur, who was the voice of the soundtrack.

It was written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, and was composed by Naushad.

It was (Kisho)rendered by Lata

Ziddi released in 1948.

Spread across my blogs, the subject of this post was the second song from the film in my collection.

It was titled Yeh Kaun Aaya Re.

The next four words of the song went, “Karke Yeh Sola Singar”.

It could be translated to, “Who is this person who has put make-up on and come?”

It was the first-recorded duet of Lata Mangeshkar with Kishore Kumar.

While the former was the voice of the soundtrack, the latter was the male voice of it.

Nakhshab Jarchavi wrote the song, which Khemchand Prakash composed.

Khan Mastana sang with Rafi

Harikrishan Giri Goswami rechristened himself Manoj Kumar after watching his idol Dilip Kumar’s 1949 film Shabnam, in which his character’s name was Manoj.

The duo starred in two separate films that shared a title – Shaheed.

While the Dilip Kumar-starrer released in 1948, the Manoj Kumar-starrer released in 1965.

My collection contained just one song from the former – Watan Ki Raah Mein.

Khan Mastana was joined behind the microphone for it by Mohammed Rafi.

The song – which was three minutes and 22 seconds long – was written by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, and composed by Ghulam Haider.