Wa(x)ing L(yric)a(ta)l was not unjustified

By no stretch of the imagination did Kali Topi Lal Rumal, which released in 1959, boast of a chart-top(p)ing soundtrack, but its songs did have the film’s makers reaching out for their rumals (handkerchiefs, which presumably weren’t Lal) to wipe their sweat off their brows.

After all, it wasn’t an A-grade film, but Lata Mangeshkar agreed to render one of its songs – Daga Daga Wai Wai, which went on to become popular.

Majrooh Sultanpuri was the one who pulled this phrase out of his topi (which, presumably, wasn’t Kali).

The track was penned by Chitragupta.