Bandhe Haath's music had some more gems which people started
relishing only after the movie's flop status became irrelevant, and
Pancham's own stock had risen high.
One of these was a number
sung by Lata Mangeshkar, for a very oft-repeated situation of heroine
dancing around the hero. The location was also quite cliched - Chhota
Kashmir of Aarey Colony in Goregaon.
The lyrics & the composition though are sounding much more fresher. Majrooh uses the imagery that is provocative
while the composition adds the lovely lilting silken touch to it. The
heroine - Mumtaz - in love, tries to express her emotions to the sombre
looking Amitabh, with her usual sparkle & froth, also suiting her
role as a dancer in the movie. Lata too pulls out all stop in her
singing to match her step by step.
Interesting to note are two aspects - one, the interlude before the
first stanza has a tune on saxophone while the interlude after the same
stanza has that same tune in Saxish mode but this time on Guitar; and
two - the subtleness of the percussion which add to the lilting mood.
On a lighter note, looking at the clumsiness of AB's performance in the
romantic scene, specially in another typical to-kiss-or-not-to-kiss
scene of those years, it is clear as to why he hit the bull's eye only
after getting into the avatar of the Angry Young Man - with romance
always at the back-burner.
Anyways, listen to this lovely number from Bandhe Haath:
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