Saturday, May 25, 2019

It was Talat’s last hurrah

By no means would it be incorrect to state that Phir Wohi Shaam Wohi Gham – the only song from Jahan Ara (1964) on this blog – mirrored the decline of the man who rendered it.

By the time the film released, Talat Mahmood was in the shaam (evening) of his playback singing career, during which he rendered many an unforgettable number laced with melancholy (gham).

Although the track, which was penned by Rajinder Krishan and composed by Madan Mohan, was a classic, it, sadly, proved to be the crooner’s last hurrah. 

It was three-and-a-half minutes long.

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