What does you do when your beloved is angry with you for no fault of yours? When the quality that made him fall in love with you is the same quality that is driving him away? In a tale of a marriage riven asunder by ego, each line that she sings is indicative of her grief at his leaving, and how empty her life is without him. It is interesting that this brings in a shade of love that is the most heartbreaking. What follows next forms the rest of a very different tale by Rajinder Singh Bedi. She gives in to their pleas and dances in exuberance only to have her loving husband come home and spray her expensive sari with rang. Set against a Maharashtrian backdrop (another rarity in Hindi films), the rich Shanta (Waheeda) is waiting for her husband to come home, but is persuaded by her friends to take part in their celebrations. Picturised on the beauteous Waheeda, the song celebrates the coming of Phagun, the month of Holi. One of the few films in this period that used songs to pull the narrative along, it sets the tone for the rest of the film. They may not (all) be everyone's cup of tea, but I think they have held their own through the passing of the ages. The next three songs are indicative of an age, yet diverse in their scope. The golden age of Hindi film music may have passed, but there were still a few directors and music directors who kept the flag flying. While collating this particular list, I found a few songs that I like very, very much. I do not usually go beyond the 60s in my song lists, but sometimes, just sometimes, I make an exception. (I could have done without the dying fish, though.) Saranga may have been what was often referred to as a B-grade film starring Jaishree Gadkar and Sudesh Kumar, but it had a stupendous musical score. What is love after all, if it is not put through trials and tribulations that make the heart grow fonder in absentia? Add in a heroine who has to face many troubles, and a hero who is dying of love for her, and you have the stage set for a wonderful paean to love and longing. Artistes: Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi You cannot have love without separation, nor separation without the longing to meet one's beloved.
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