It (Shams)had a timeless appeal

[Note: Years before I fell in love with the music of the Golden Era, I chanced upon the remixed version of Saiyyan Dil Mein Aana Re on television. So tacky was the video that I wasn’t interested in another dekko, until I decided to create a playlist of 1950s music. That’s when I read about the original song, and learnt that it was from Bahar (1951). The video I watched would have (Sham)s(h)addened Begum, who sang it.]

Penned by Rajinder (Krish)and composed by S D Burman, the song was three minutes and 48 seconds long.