Once when asked about her favourite lyric, Lata Mangeshkar immediately mentioned Shakeel Badayuni’s Na Milta Gham Toh Barbaadi Ke Afsane Kahan Jaate/Agar Duniya Chaman Hoti Toh Veerane Kahan Jaate… ...
Love – desired, fulfilled, sublimated, subverted, or thwarted – is the bedrock of Hindi film songs but scarcely anything can beat the expressively bold, yet elegantly simple landmark song from “Mughal ...