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  O P Nayyar and Asha Bhonsle gave us some of the most memorable songs of Hindi Cinema. S ongs like ‘Jaayiye aap kahan’ (Mere Sanam), ‘Raaton ko chori chori’ (Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi), ‘Zara haule haule’, ‘Meri jaan tumse sadke’ and ‘Aaj koi pyar se’ (all in Sawan Ki Ghata), ‘Aayiye Meherbaan’ (Howrah Bridge) and ‘Aankhon se jo utri hai dil mein’ (Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon) to sense the profound wavelength the two worked on.   Born on 16th Jan 1926, he came to Bombay for giving music for films. initially, he was offered  the background score for  Kaneez  (1949), and 1952's  Aasmaan (produced by  Dalsukh M. Pancholi ), was his first film as music director. His real break came with Guru Dutt's Aar Paar in 1954. After that, he gave music for    Mr. & Mrs. '55  (1955) and  C.I.D.  (1956). The songs of all these three films established him among the top composers of that time. The two met in 1952 at the music recording of a song f...

  This song appears in the 1955 hit musical comic Baap Re Baap  directed and produced by A R Kardar. The movie starred Kishore Kumar, Chand Usmani. This song is a duet of Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhonsle, written by  Jan Nisar Akhtar, and the music was composed by O P Nayyar. During those times, t here were no digital recording facilities like today, where if there is a mistake it can be rectified by computers. Those days   there used to be only one microphone for the singers, and another for musicians.   If the singers want to record a duet, one would sing his/her line, get away noiselessly for other singers to sing, and come again for their own part. And, if a musician makes a mistake, the whole track would be recorded again from the top. There was also no technique to alter the intensity of sound, if the sound was supposed to come from a distance, the singer had to stand away from the mic, slowly advancing towards it, to get the desired effect. This song is sig...

  OP Nayyar was among the Top 5 Composers of the Golden Era. Some of the great musical films were Aar Paar(1954), Mr & Mrs 55(1955)  ,   CID(1956),  Tumsa Nahin Dekha  (1957),  Howrah Bridge  (1958),  Jaali Note  (1960),  Ek Musafir Ek Hasina  (1962),  Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon  (1963),  Kashmir Ki Kali  (1964),  Mere Sanam  (1965),  Baharen Phir Bhi Aayegi  (1966),  Kismat  (1968) and  Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaye  (1973) His songs had a unique freshness, a rare robust beat, a flowing style similar to what you feel when you dip your hand in a running stream, blending Punjabi folk music with a rare Western-style orchestration, never heard before or since. His variety of rhythm patterns baffles the film industry, even today.  He was not only a great Composer but also   singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician. He  wrote,  "Yeh Desh Hai Veer ...