Selected songs from Pakeezah Rang Barang In the film, the song plays in the background when the protagonist goes to meet her ill friend. Deeply pained, Naushad gave an entire song to her as a mark of respect. During the production of the film, Naushad found Rajkumari, one of the first female playback singers of India, singing in the chorus to make her ends meet. Meena Kumari personally trained her for the scene, and the song was filmed with the majority of the dancing done under a veil in order to hide her face. Actress Padma Khanna played her body double in this song as she was an adept Kathak dancer which was an urgent requirement of the song. Keeping in mind her medical condition, a body double was brought. By the time it was recorded, Meena Kumari's condition had worsened to such an extent that while performing, she collapsed. This song comes in the climax of the film.
This song can be heard being played in background in one of the scenes of the film Sarfarosh. Based on raga Yaman, simple instrumentation makes this song an easy listen, and Ghulam Mohammed even employs western instruments like the harp and Hawaiian guitar to convey the mood.
Thus, in order to camouflage that, Kamal Amrohi made her wear a comfortable kurta and lungi. But by the time the shooting has resumed, Meena Kumari had lost her beauty due to her addiction to alcohol and had a bloated stomach. When the film was resumed in 1969, Mausam Hai Aashiqana was the first song which was shot. This song was used much later as a reprised version in the 2018 film Mitron and was sung by Atif Aslam. Ram Narayan, his Sarangi master, to give 21 takes for the desired effect. One of the most celebrated songs of the film, it was composed by Ghulam Mohammad who made Pt. " Chalte Chalte yunhi koi" got its lyrics from Kaifi Azmi. This song is based on Raga Maand which has its roots to Rajasthan. However, in an interview given to Ameen Sayani, Meena Kumari revealed that the opening lines of this song are written by Kamal Amrohi and not Sultanpuri. Majrooh Sultanpuri is credited as the lyricist of this song. Both of these versions were composed by Pt. Similar versions of this song with minor differences were used in the films Himmat and Aabroo with Shamshad Begum singing in the former and Yakub in the latter. It was ultimately Pakeezah that popularised the track and became synonymous with Meena Kumari and Pakeezah. What is even more interesting is that this ‘song’ has been sung and used in many movies before Pakeezah. Selected songs used in the film Inhin Logon Ne Īlthough, Majrooh Sultanpuri and Ghulam Mohammad are credited as the lyricist and composers of the song respectively, this particular lyric is actually a folklore melody. So he kept his music intact, but used fewer songs as planned to keep up with the fast changing times. To this Amrohi said that he would have readily done this if only Ghulam Mohammed was still alive but now he cannot betray a man, who gave him such melodious songs, after his death. Many exhibitors suggested Kamal Amrohi to change the music according to the then famous trend and style. So, when the film was revived in 1969, Naushad was roped in to complete the background music for the film. In 1968, the composer of the film passed away. The shooting of the film was halted in 1964 due to mutual differences between lead heroine Meena Kumari and her director-husband Amrohi. Ghulam Mohammad composed the music of the film in the late 1950s, to lyrics by several poets, including Kaifi Azmi, Majrooh Sultanpuri and Kaif Bhopali. Furious Amrohi roped in Kaifi Azmi to complete the song. Kamal Amrohi didn't want him to go before completing the song he was working on then but Majrooh told him clearly that poetry and participation in Mushaira were his first preference and he left. Majrooh Sultanpuri was supposed to write most of the songs of the film however, in between, he got invitation for a Mushaira and he wanted to attend it. Ramchandra in mind, who was on cloud nine after the success of Anarkali. After seeing Mirza Ghalib, Kamal Amrohi decided on Ghulam though earlier he had C. It was Mirza Ghalib's music, which paved the path for Ghulam Mohammad to compose for Kamal Amrohi's dream project. The film was eventually released under Kamal Pictures Pvt Ltd in 1972. The mujra Inhin logon ne was shot on Jas written on the reel under Kamal Pictures. Pakeezah was conceptualised in 1954 as a Black & White venture.