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3 Mera Sundar Sapna Beet Gaya - 6 Sham-e-Gham Ki Kasam - Footpath, 1953
Do Bhai, 1947

The magical Geeta Dutt sings Raja Mehdi When it came to sad songs, singer Talat
Ali Khan’s words “Main prem mein sab kuch Mahmood was king. This tune, composed by
haar gayee” to S.D. Burman’s music. The Khayyam and written by Ali Sardar Jafri, is
song was picturised on Kamini Kaushal. picturised on Dilip Kumar, and talks of the
agony of waiting through the lines “Aa bhi
4 Zinda Hoon Is Tarah - Aag, 1948 jaa, aa bhi jaa, mere sanam”.

7 Jaane Woh Kaise - Pyaasa, 1957

One of Mukesh’s evergreen hits, composed
by Ram Ganguly and picturised on Raj
Kapoor. Behzad Lucknawi comes up with
immortal words like “Jalta hua diya hoon
magar roshni nahin”. On this masterpiece, Sahir Ludhianvi wrote,
“Hum ne toh jab kaliyan maangi, kaanton
5 Jaag Dard-e-Ishq Jaag - Anarkali, 1953 ka haar mila”. Picturised on Guru Dutt and
Waheeda Rahman, it was sung by Hemant
Kumar and composed by S.D. Burman in
raag Bilawal.

8 Hum Pyaar Mein Jalnewaalon Ko -
Jailor, 1958

Anarkali was one of music director C.
Ramchandra’s best scores, containing Lata
Mangeshkar’s iconic ‘Yeh Zindagi Usi Ki
Hai’. This one, sung by Hemant Kumar and
Mangeshkar, was also penned by Rajendra
Krishan. A blend of romance and sadness in
raag Bageshri.

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