#334

        Song:   Haay unki woh nigaahen
                Dil dekhe jin ki raahen
                Koi unse jaa ke poochhe
                Hum kyoon na unhe chaahen

        Film:   Aakhri Daao (1958)
        Singer: Asha Bhosle
        Music:  Madan Mohan
        Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri (?)
        *ing:   Nutan, Shekhar, Shammi

And yet another Asha-for-Nutan gem, also  delectably  picturized.
This  one  has  Nutan sitting in the back seat of a cab (with pal
Shammi) merrily belting out this melody, completely oblivious  to
the fact that the object of her affection is actually driving the
cab himself.  (I'm  curious  to  see  the  big  Oops  that  would
inevitably follow this song.)

This is a very OPN-esque tune, IMO - the first time I heard it  I
de-facto assumed that the MD was OPN - and was rather taken aback
when I discovered it was Madan Mohan (which was when  I  saw  the
other  diamond  from  this  movie: Rafi's incomparable 'Tujhe kya
sunaaoon main dilruba').

Isn't this a slightly unusual MD-artiste pair ? Are there  a  lot
of Asha-MM songs around ?

Finally, for those who've heard this song before, this *is* Asha,
isn't it ? (Reason I ask is, it's been a long time since I saw or
heard this song, and as far as my memory serves me the voice  was
Asha's..  but,  there  *is*  a non-zero probability that I may be
wrong, in which case I plead temporary  dyslexia,  appending  the
customary   Oops   !).  Also,  is  this  song  available  in  any
compilation ? Would love to have it.







Guest Author: Hrishi Dixit