The right call was (Tala)taken

Many moons ago, I watched a television show featuring songs from the Golden Era. One of them was picturised on Sunil Dutt singing on the telephone. The song was Jalte Hain Jiske Liye.

Of course, it was much later that I discovered that it was from Sujata, which released in 1959, and it was rendered by Talat Mahmood.

Penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri, it was composed by S D Burman.

(Note: An impressionable Hindi film music buff at that point, I recall quipping that Dutt’s character will run up a hefty bill when he hangs up.)