Whenever
Kishore & Pancham came together - and fortunately such were
innumerable occasions - they infused soul in the music they created.
Perhaps one of the reasons could be both being genius in their own
right. While Kishore Kumar was a "harfanmaula", RD was no less. Add to
it their rebelliouss nature that went against anything which was
conventional.
Listen to their first ever song together from
Bhoot Bungla. This was RD's 2nd movie as the music composer - that too
after 4 years of having composed the music for Chhote Nawab. Once again
the producer was Mehmood, who this time also decided to venture out as a
director. For one of the situations in the movie, Mehmood decided to
re-create the ambiance of West Side Story, with the song choreographed
in the style of a street fight.
A prelude that is almost a
minute long, leading to Kishore's trademark yodelling before he picks up
the song & elevates it to a classic. The music has a haunting
quality to it, with chorus adding to the impact.
Another reason
to feature this song today being the death anniversary of Hasrat
Japuri, the prolific lyricist & poet, whose only movie with RD was
Bhoot Bungla. Please listen to these lines when sung by Kishore, and I
am sure you too will be mesmerised:
Tootaa jo aaj, Dil kaa vo saaz
Rone lagaa ek bad nasib
Hansane lage duniyaa ke log
Koi huaa barbaad
Jaago sone vaalo
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