Thursday, August 31, 2017

Rafi’s and Bhosle’s exuberance wAs(h)apparent

Before I decided to add Mohabbat Ka Haath to my collection, I hadn’t heard the track as frequently as I’d heard other songs of the Golden Era, so I wasn’t aware that it was from Howrah Bridge.

While the first three words obviously mean, “The hand of love”, it’s the next three (Jawaani ka palla) that are undoubtedly interesting. They can be translated to, “The border of the garment of youth”.

Qamar Jalalabadi penned this O P Nayyar composition, which was four minutes and three minutes long and sung by Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle.   

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