Another singer not that well known but close to heart 1

Another singer that holds my heart , one who is always in memory is Talat mehmood. I could loose my self in his songs, especially since it had soft lilting quality, a shivering voice, and soft indeed. I can never forget the Sundays when we had a rerun and a rerun of his songs. What with “andhe jahaan ke andhe raaste” from Patita (which incidently has some other amazing songs, but that will come a bit later) and aye mere dil kahin aur chal from daag (old of old one…of Dilip kumar). I liked Talat mehmood’s voice for various reasons. It had a kind of silken quality , a sort of tremor in the voice and a voice that emoted the words sung (a quality that all the singers of that era had but which is a bit rare in today’s singers…an Indian idol does not make a singer). His voice neither had that sweet classical feel or the wild but adorable feel but yes..it was different. A really not that acknowledged singer, he was unique in his own right. A usually night time voice, a voice that will make you sleep or bring that queasiness in the heart which happens when a song particularly touches the heart. That unexplainable fullness.


I liked ‘tasveer banata hoon’ because of the soft and mellow quality that the song had . The lyrics are simple and the music is soft. The combination has made an amazing result. The song is from the movie “baradari” (not heard) and the song lyrics are given by Khumar Barabankwi and guess what we also had a ‘Nashaad’ at that time and not to be confused with Naushaad as the music director.

tasweer banaataa hoon tasweer nahin banti, tasweer nahin banti

tasweer banaataa hoon tasweer nahin banti, tasweer nahin banti

ek khwaab saa dekhaa hai, taabeer nahin banti, tasweer nahin banti

tasweer banaataa hoon tasweer nahin banti, tasweer nahin banti

bedard muhabbat ka, itnaa saa hai afsaanaa

bedard muhabbat ka, itnaa saa hai afsaanaa

nazron se mili nazren, main ho gayaa deewaanaa

ab dil ke bahalne ki, tadbeer nahin banti, tasweer nahin banti

tasweer banaataa hoon tasweer nahin banti, tasweer nahin banti

dam bhar ke liye meri, duniya mein chale aao

dam bhar ke liye meri, duniya mein chale aao

tarsi huyi aankhon ko, phir shakl dikhaa jaao

mujhse to meri bigdi, taqdeer nahin banti, tasweer nahin banti

tasweer banaataa hoon tasweer nahin banti, tasweer nahin banti

tasweer banaataa hoon