Before Teesri Manzil, released in 1966, went on to create waves, another event took place at the beginning of that year, which brought two multi-talented & multi-faceted artists together.
Here is a song from another movie of 1966 - Pati Patni (again not so popular). Not so well-known, yet this song, magical on its own, was the beginning of a relationship which went on to enthrall Hindi movie music buffs for almost 3 decades. So here is first song that brought Asha & Pancham together.
This was also the first time that Brazilian Bossa Nova rythm was used in Hindi movies.
Apparently, in an interview later in Screen, following was Asha ji's observation:
" Till then, whatever the ultimate garb of the tune itself was seedha-saada with straight counting of the matras, which any performer with a minimum vocal training could sing. But in 'Maar Dalega Dard-E-Jigar', I found that I had to keep careful count of the beat, if only because it was so unusual. This is something so technically testing that only a singer or a composer can truly appreciate it. It was this test, to which I was put in 'Maar Dalega Dard-E-Jigar' that first made me sit up and take notice Pancham as a composer. I came to discern that even a seasoned singer like myself had to be alert while negotiating his tunes, which are none too easy to render while being so appealing to the ear."
The movie also was among the first ones where Pancham collaborated with Anand Bakshi. As you listen to the verse in tandem with the Saxophone of Manohari da, you realise this composition was just a precursor to the musical storm this team was to unleash in the years to come:
Yeh wafaayen bahut ho chuki
Aaj koi jafa kijiye
Mar dalega dard e jigar
Koi iski dawa kijiye
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