Nainon Mein Badra Chayye

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One of a kind film where the heroine meets death barely few minutes after its start. What else can ensue if not those run of the mill expectations: A somber saga spinning off interspersed with sad songs filling spaces in between….right? Proving viewers wrong and belying their usual expectations to present a pleasanter film is the unusual director Raj Khosla stunning all with his masterpiece:  film with a unique theme, loaded with sensible suspense, classic romance beautified in classical style, thereby Khosla flaunting flashes of a splendid love story, not to miss the magic of mesmerizing music by Madan Mohan.

Set amidst expansive outdoors around the palatial and picturesque Lake View of Udaipur, this song from the

1966 film Mere Saaya (meaning “My Shadow “ and a remake of Marathi film “Pathlaag”) starts with the affluent descendant of the royal family, lawyer Thakur Rakesh Singh (Sunil Dutt) mentally not one bit at ease with himself though physically appears relaxed, stretched out and smoking away, laid back on a chaise lounge ….but not for long, since the so far still though pensive mind with a cigar in hand is now stirred by the gentle tunes of a sitar and santoor combine, a jawbreaking  jugalbandi  setting tone for a classic ghazal of a song composed by Madan Mohanji, sung with gusto by Lataji playbacking for the female actress of fame who brought to fashion, fringe haircut and tight churidar kurta…guess who…yesss ...the one and only Charming Sadhana.

Sadhana, in this song, while clearly craving for Dutt’s love, makes no bones about singing the same to him “Prem deewani hoon mein”.  Introducing herself as his Queen of Dreams from a previous lifetime (“sapnon ki raani hoon mein” “pichale janam se teree”), she pleads with him to make her his’s in this lifetime too (“aa is janam mein bhi tu”).

A song that shows Dutt reminiscing one of many spurts of blissful moments he had with Sadhana , one that evokes evidence of his enigmatic state,  one that lets viewers’minds soak in the views of the resplendent lake and environs of Lake Palace, Udaipur as much as their misty eyes soak in desparate Dutt’s saga of desolation.

This is 1/6 songs from

Film: Mera Saaya (1966)              
Director: Raj Khosla        
Music Director: Madan Mohan

Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan         
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar

Cast: Sunil Dutt, Sadhana

Few other songs reviewed in this blog can be reached via Bollywood Songs Review

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