Pyaar kiya toh darna kya (Mughal-e-Azam, 1960): Parda nahi jab koi khuda se, bando se parda karna kya… Anarkali held court in K Asif’s magnum opus. Impressed with the song, lyricist Shailendra had gifted flowers to Mangeshkar.
Even Mangeshkar has called it one of her favourites - the haunting ditty topped the Radio Ceylon charts for many weeks.
Yeh zindagi usi ki hai (Anarkali, 1953): In this top-grossing film from the year, in which Mangeshkar sang eight songs, Yeh zindagi usi ki hai in the sombre raga Bhimpalasi became the defining sound of heartbreak.Īaja re pardesi (Madhumati, 1958): In this Bimal Roy masterpiece, Salil Chowdhury gave us this achingly beautiful piece that echoes in a valley throughout the film.
