UnD(a)oubtedly, it was (R)afine track

Tujhe Kya Sunaoon Main Dilruba, from Aakhri Dao (1958), was another track I came (A)ak(h)r(i)oss, unkind courtesy of a tale that was far from savoury.

Madan Mohan, who composed it, was inspired by Sajjad Hussain’s song from Sangdil (1952), Yeh Hawa Yeh Raat Yeh Chandni. That obviously didn’t go down well with T(h)alatter, who had a reputation for being (Mah)moody.

But there’s no D(a)oubt about the fact that the imitation, which was penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri and rendered by Mohammed Rafi, was as good as, if not better than, the one penned by Rajinder Krishan.