Beautiful Duet Series
I started this series on my Facebook group Yaad Kiya Dil Ne on 23 Aug 20. Since then, many other members have put up these songs. Here, I shall be giving you one of my own, per day.
On 05 Dec 20, I gave you Beautiful Duet #6 – Dil ki nazar se. So here, then, is the next one:
Song #7
Tasveer teri dil mein jis din se utari hai
Dev Anand and His Heroines
There has to be something about his aura. How can it be that he had remarkable chemistry with all heroines who acted with him. Most of them, if not all, gave their best performances with him; be it Waheeda Rehman in Guide (Tere mere sapne ab ek rang hain, Madhubala in Kala Pani (Accha ji main haar maan jaayo na), Vyjayanthimala in Duniya (Dooriyan nazdeekiyan ban gayi), Sadhana in Asli Naqli (Tujhe jeevan ki dore se baandh liya hai), Kalpana Kartik in Nau Do Gyarah (Aankhon mein kya ji rupahla baadal), Asha Parekh in Mahal (Yeh duniya waale poochenge), Mumtaz in Tere Mere Sapne (Hey maine kasam li), Zeenat Aman in Heera Panna (Panna ki tamanna hai), Suchitra Sen in Bambai Ka Babu (Deewana mastana hua dil), Hema Malini in Johny Mera Naam (Waada to nibhaya), Zahida in Gambler (Choodi nahin ye mera dil hai, and the best with Suraiya, eg in Vidya (Layi khushi ki duniya with a rare Mukesh singing for him and she singing for herself).
Indeed, such was his image that in Teen Deviyan he successfully wooed all three of them: Kalpana (Are yaar meri tum bhi ho ghazab), Nanda (Likha hai teri aankhon mein) and Simi Grewal (Kahin bekhayal ho kar; he didn’t sing a duet with her).
Dev Anand and Mala Sinha
They acted together in Love Marriage in 1959 and Maya in 1961. Love Marriage, of course, has their unforgettable duet: Dheere dheere chal chand gagan mein with magic created by Shankar Jaikishan and Maya having this iconic duet. And this, after weighing the fact that none of us would place Mala Sinha in the top five favourite actresses.
In this song, for example, her acting is worth watching. Being unbiased, I would place it better than his!
Maya – the Movie
The movie was highly rated movie directed by DD Kashyap. In reality it should be rated among top trash movies of all times. Except for two songs of the movie, both being my favourite (this one and Jaa re jaa re udd jaa re panchhi), there is nothing at all in the movie. Somehow, the quality of movies of that time didn’t match the quality of songs.
The Song
The magic of this song was created by Majrooh Sultanpuri, Salil Chowdhary, Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammad Rafi.
तस्वीर तेरी दिल में जिस दिन से उतारी है
फिरूँ तुझे संग लेके, नए-नए रंग लेके
सपनों की महफ़िल में
तस्वीर तेरी दिल में…
माथे की बिंदिया तू है, सनम
नैनों का कजरा, पिया, तेरा ग़म
नैन किए नीचे-नीचे
रहूँ तेरे पीछे-पीछे
चलूँ किसी मंज़िल में
तस्वीर तेरी दिल में…
तुमसे नज़र जब गई है मिल
जहाँ हैं कदम तेरे, वहीं मेरा दिल
झुके जहाँ पलकें तेरी
खुले जहाँ ज़ुल्फ़ें तेरी
रहूँ उसी मंज़िल में
तस्वीर तेरी दिल में…
तूफ़ान उठाएगी दुनिया, मगर
रुक ना सकेगा दिल का सफ़र
यूँ ही नज़र मिलती होगी
यूँ ही शमा जलती होगी
तेरी-मेरी मंज़िल में
तस्वीर तेरी दिल में…
Other Tasveer Songs
There are quite a few, eg, Tasveer banata hoon teri khoon-e-jigar se, Jo baat tujh mein hain teri tasveer mein nahin, Tasveer banata hoon tasveer nahin banati, Meri tasveer leke kya karoge and Kisi roz tumase mulaqaat hogi (Zara tasveer se tu nikalke saamne aa).
There is no doubt that this happens to be the best Tasveer song of all times.
Please enjoy: Tasveer teri dil mein jis din se utari hai…
I hope you liked my choice of Beautiful Duet #7.
Please await Beautiful Duet #8- Rimjhim ke taraane leke aayi barsaat.
