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        Song: Chaand Ko Daag Laga Chand Hamaare Aaja
                Aaj Ankhon Ka Harek Ashq Pukaare Aaja ...

        Film:   Hamaara Watan (1956)
        Music:  Hemant Kumar
        Lyrics: Raja Mehandi Ali Khan
        Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
        *ing:   ?

If any song should follow that wonderful Zaanar (Jnaanjhar) song,
then  it's  this  pathos  evoking number, from the class of songs
like: 'Dil Jalega To Zamaane Me Ujaala Hoga'. If anyone is trying
to  neglect  Hemanto's musical genius, (consider ing after Naagin
he was never upto the same standard), I strongly  recommend  this
beauty.

Hemant Mukherjee has given one more evidence of his class in  one
more  song  - a duet with Asha - that IMO is same to Asha as what
'Aa Neele Gagan Tale Pyaar Hum Kare' is to  Lata.  It's  a  truly
great song:

        'Ye Shokh Sitaare Ye Rangeen Nazaare
                Aa Baith Ke Hum Pyaar Bhari Do Baat Karen'

Hemant's magical notes are still embracing the world,  with  same
charm, let's rediscover the master!


 
Author: Snehal B. Oza