Howrah Bridge
Sharing some info about the song from Howrah Bridge, Bollywood film
Starring the beautiful Madhubala and Ashok Kumar along with Om Prakash, K N Singh and Madan Puri.
In 1957, Samanta had a car accident in which he was severely injured. He spent many days in the hospital, and eventually developed the story of Howrah Bridge lying on the hospital bed. Soon after being discharged, Samanta contacted his friend and actor Ashok Kumar and narrated the story to him; Kumar liked it and agreed to the film.
A problem came up when Samanta told Kumar that he wants to cast a "top-notch" actress in the role of Edna. He had previously considered Nargis and Nimmi, but found them unfit for the character. He also had Madhubala's name in his mind, but her price was too high for the financially unstable Samanta. It was then when Kumar came in to help him. Kumar, who had previously worked with Madhubala in Mahal (1949) and Ek Saal (1957), went to her house and told her the film's story. Madhubala took an immediate liking to the character of a cabaret dancer, something which she had not done before. Upon learning that Samanta is reluctant to cast her due to her fees, she reduced it from ₹2,00,000 to just ₹1.25.
Here is the digitalised colour version of *"Yeh Kya Kar Dala Tune"* composed by the very successful O P Nayyar, lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri and sung by the versatile Asha Bhosle 🎤🎧🎥🎶🎼
Click the link and listen to the song
https://youtu.be/fQUFW52RkT0
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