Do Deewane Shahar Mein".. Song of the Evening 💕💕💕

Let’s start the day and week with Bhimsen’s 1977 drama film *”Gharaonda”* directed by Bhimsen. 

The film starred Amol Palekar and Zarina Wahab. They were supported by Dr Shreeram Lagoo, Dina Phatak, T. P. Jain, Sudha Chopra, Sadhu Meher and Jalal Agha. 

Here is a fantastic song from “Gharonda”. Neither the movie, nor the song were mainstream ones by the standards of 1977, but this song and this movie struck the right chords in the hearts of the audience.

This movie was a small budget movie in which the characters actually looked real life with real life problems. The characters in this movie for example were shown struggling to find a home of their own.

The singers are Bhupinder and Runa Laila. Bhupinder Singh was around in Hindi movie songs from 1960s, during whic time he sang a few songs as well as played guitar in several songs. Runa Laila, on the other hand was a Bangladeshi singer. Bollywood producers, who were so much “phoren” obsessed those days that even a Bangladeshi singer became a hot property for them. Runa Laila was much feted and celebrated in Bollywood circles. She sought , and got the blessings of Lata Mangeshkar. But that was only till Lata came to know the astronomical amounts that the movie makers were paying Runa Laila to sing her songs. Lata was not amused. She put her foot down, and thus threw cold water on the enthusiasm of the Bollywood producers.

Gulzar, the writer of this awesome song, was of course the grandmaster of his art. And as I have repeatedly mentioned, he was at the peak of his prowess those days.

I, like many fans, wonder why Jaidev got so few movies as a music director, despite impeccable credentials. Jaidev was the assistant of S D Burman, and many S D Burman songs were composed by him. Also, the “Laila Majnu” songs, which are credited to Madan Mohan, were composed by Jaidev, as Madan Mohan had died before composing the songs of this movie.

*"Do Deewane Shahar Mein"* lyrics by Gulzar, composed by Jaidev and sung by Bhupinder Singh and Runa Laila 🎤🎵🎶🎧