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        Song:   Kahe jiya dole woh kaha nahin jaaye
                Kaha nahin jaaye o raha nahin jaaye
                Kahe jiya dole woh kaha nahin jaaye

        Film:   Anokhi Ada (1948)
        Singer: Uma Devi
        Music:  Naushad
        Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni
        *ing:   Surendra, Naseem

The discovery that singing star Uma Devi of yesteryears was  none
other  than  legendary comedienne Tun Tun, is probably one of the
most notable shockers in my musical explorations till  now-  this
was about 8/9 years ago, when I was listening to a song that went
'Dilwaale dilwaale, jal jal kar hi mar jaana,  tu  preet  na  kar
pachhtaana',  and  was  rather  charmed by the sweet voice of the
singer. For some arcane reason, I refused to  believe  my  mother
when  she  told  me it was Tun Tun, and it wasn't until I saw Uma
Devi's name in the credits of Mr & Mrs 55' (Guru Dutt referred to
her  as  Uma Devi in his earlier movies for a while after filmdom
started calling her Tun Tun) that I was finally convinced.

This one is a simple, sweet, extremely  lovable  tune  which  Uma
Devi  has  delivered  delectably- it's got a nice wavy rhythm and
feel to it, and it sounds particularly charming  when  she  sings
it.  I believe some of the more notable numbers from this Mehboob
production (the second, I  think,  in  his  'A-series')  are  the
Mukesh  beauties 'Bhoolne waale yaad na aa' and 'Kabhi dil dil se
takraate to hoga'.




Guest Author: Hrishi Dixit