“naa tum hume jaano”, “yaad kiya dil ne kahan ho tum”, “pukaar lo” and many such songs. A sleepy voice, a bit of bangla feel to the hindi but yes, definitely a voice tres unique. That how I thought Hemant kumar’s voice was. Lazy lilting melodies but yes oh so painful at times, these songs tinkle like small bells in my so small brain and make me write about them. These and many such songs fill up my memory lane, like small buttercups along the way. My first love among these is definitely “pukaar lo” from Khamoshi (not the musical ) where my all time favorite has sung one of the best songs called “wo shaam”...but that has to be another blog... A totally ouch song, “pukaar lo” brings out that unspoken feeling, of hoping for something and compromising on what seeming. The other two songs, when I was younger I got confused with, but both of them classy in their way and guess what both of them picturised on Dev anand. One from patita (yaad kiya dil ne; music by shankar jaikishan) and another (na tum hume jaano) from baat ek raat ki (music by S.D burman and written by Majrooh Sultanpuri). The last song I will again add at the last moment cramming is “aye dil” from bluffmaster (the old one again), this has an amazingly thin Shammi kapoor emoting pain personified from the bottom of his heart.
I absolutely have to write about something else...the songs are rapidly biting into my already limited brain
I absolutely have to write about something else...the songs are rapidly biting into my already limited brain
