Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Lata (Muke)showed her witty side

Every verse of Ichak Daana Beechak Daana, from Shree 420, contained a (Jaipu)riddle by Hasrat. The Shankar Jaikishan composition was five minutes and eight seconds long.

Lata Mangeshkar rendered four of the five brain-teasers. The answers to them were anaar (pomegranate), mirchi (chilli), bhutta (corn) and mor (peacock).

There’s no doubt about the fact that Mukesh Chand’s verse, the last of the five, was the most Mat(h)ur(e) of the lot. And therefore, perhaps a tad incongruent with the remainder of the song, which was for kids.

The answer to that was hum (I, not we).    

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