Talat brought his A(e) g(h)am(e)

When Shammi Kapoor became an A-lister, it was virtually de rigueur for him to lip-sync to the divine voice of Mohammed Rafi, who matched his on-screen joie de vivre.

But let’s hark back to 1953, when the former was a newcomer. The soundtrack of Thokar, one of his earliest films, featured a ghazal, Ae Gham-E-Dil Kya Karoon. While the male version of the song was sung by Talat Mahmood, Asha Bhosle rendered the female version.

It was penned by Majaz Lakhnawi (lyricist Javed Akhtar’s maternal uncle), and composed by Sardar Malik (composer Anu Malik’s father).