Talking about achingly romantic songs where Pancham & Sunil Dutt collaborated, here is one more special from this combo – a couple of decades later. Oh, but this time Sunil Dutt was off screen, directing his son’s debut movie – Rocky.
After the runaway success of “Love Story” a couple of years ago, starring Kumar Gaurav, suddenly there was a spate of movies launching star-sons. Rocky was perhaps the second in that series. As a movie, it was not a patch on Love Story. Even the story line and the acting were far off the mark. Yet, if the movie could do well, the credit was chiefly to its music, which found RD in his full elements. In fact I find the composition of Rocky more interesting than the ones of Love Story.
There were six tracks in the movie, and each one had something that RD alone could have created. Be it Aa Dekhe Zara or Hum Tum Se Mile. Of course, the pick remained this lovely Kishore –Lata duet, picturised on Sanjay & Tina Munim.
This composition – wovern around Anand Bakshi’s lyrics - has a number of woodwind instruments, right from the beginning, including flute & saxophone, mixed so brilliantly with the varying chord of guitars throughout the song. One cannot but help falling in love with the way Saxophone is used – specially at the beginning & in the interlude before the first stanza.
In fact the composition & the vocals by Kishore Kumar & Lata – almost in their 50s by the time this movie was released - sound more expressive (& fresher too) than the pair on-screen, when they sing:
Kya Yahi Pyar Hai
Haan.. Haan Haan Yahi Pyar Hai..