#105
        Song: Dil Bhi Tera, Ham Bhi Tere
                Ham Ko Pyaa~re Hain Gam Bhi Tere
              Aur Bhi Hon Sitam To Kar Le
                Ke Ye Sitam Bhi Karam Hain Tere ....

        Film:   Taksaal (1955)
        Music:  Roshan
        Lyrics: Prem Dhawan
        Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
        *ing:   Balraj Sahani, Nirupa Roy

The only song, I remember from the film.  But  it's  masterpiece.
Roshan   has   used   many   hindustani  instruments:  flute  (at
abundance), sitar, sarangi. Only at few places we  have  band  of
violins  playing  a  short  and  sweet  interlude  during  antara
registering presence of a western (if you  want  to  call  violin
_only_  western) instrument. I don't know if this was supposed to
be a bhajan. For it appears that way but for one  stanza.  Lata's
singing  is  very  sweet, refined. She sings high, a rarity for a
Roshan compositions from that era, but does remarkably well.  The
melody  of this song can be compared to Roshan's contemporary and
a musician whose style was quite close to  his,  and  who  got  a
better  deal (only God knows why?) -- Madan Mohan's 'Tum Jo Saath
Raat Bhi Haseen Hai'; which itself is a great  number.  For  some
reason, though, I give few marks more to this Roshan song.




 
Author: Snehal B. Oza