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If the seven songs from Sangam were arranged in the alphabetical order, Yeh Mera Prem Patra Padhkar – which was, undoubtedly, the most popular song in the film – would be the last.

The song, which was four minutes and 25 seconds long, was the only song on the Mukesh-dominated soundtrack that was rendered by Mohammed Rafi.

He was joined behind the microphone by none other than Lata Mangeshkar.

The Shankar Jaikishan composition was penned by Hasrat Jaipuri. They (and Rafi) deserved the lion’s share of the credit for the Jubilee Kumar phase of Rajendra Kumar's career.

It was another underrated MeLody

As far as the soundtrack of Sangam was concerned, it seemed that O stood for underrated, as that was precisely what O Mere Sanam was.

There’s no two ways about the fact that the track, which Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh rendered, was superb.

It was the shortest of the four songs penned by Shailendra on this blog – it was four minutes and 13 seconds long.

The film’s soundtrack earned Shankar Jaikishan a nomination in the Best Music Director category at the Filmfare Awards in 1965. Unfortunately, it was Laxmikant-Pyarelal who bagged the trophy for Dosti.

Mukesh’s rendition reached its destination

O Mehbooba was the most underrated song on the soundtrack of Sangam.

But there’s no two ways about the fact that it reached its manzil-e-maqsood (destination) – the memories of the listeners, where it continues to be.

 The longest of the three songs penned by Hasrat Jaipuri in the film, it was four minutes and 59 seconds long.

A track that was tailor-made for Mukesh, it (ideally) should not be attempted by mere mortals, lest they be labelled eve-teasers, albeit sophisticated ones.

Jokes apart, the song, which Shankarsingh Raghuvanshi and Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal composed, was beautiful.

This Mangeshkar solo evoked La(ta)ughter

Buddha Mil Gaya was a film that released in 1971.

It derived its title from the next line of Main Kya Karoon Ram, the shortest of the seven songs from Sangam on this blog – it was three minutes and 45 seconds long.

The only female solo from the film on this blog, it was rendered by Lata Mangeshkar.

If Dost Dost Na Raha was a song that haunted the listeners, this track certainly brought smiles to their faces.

The track, which was penned by Hasrat Jaipuri, was composed by Shankarsingh Raghuvanshi and Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal.

It was a MeLodious nuMber

Like Rishi Kapoor, Salman Khan too was a beneficiary of the Sangam of talent.

His 2000 film, Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega, derived its title from the song of the same name, which was melodious.

Four minutes and 45 seconds long, the track, which was composed by Shankarsingh Raghuvanshi and Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal, was penned by Shailendra.

Since one of the actors it was picturised on was Raj Kapoor, no prizes for guessing that one of the three who rendered it was Mukesh.

He was joined behind the microphone by Lata Mangeshkar and Mahendra Kapoor.

Ironically, Mukesh sang this song

Although Dost Dost Na Raha, from Sangam, was undoubtedly an iconic track, it would not be incorrect to state that it became an ironic one as well.

That was because it was rendered by the one and only Mukesh Chand Mathur, who never had to sing the immortal song in real life.

The longest of the seven songs from the film on this blog, it was five minutes and 51 seconds long.

Shailendra penned the Shankar Jaikishan composition.

Its instrumental version – an electric guitar piece by Van Shipley – was three minutes and five seconds long.

Mukesh Sangamarvellous number with Vyjayanthimala

Rishi Kapoor's Bol Radha Bol (1992) derived its title from the title track of Sangam (1964).

If the seven songs from the film, which was produced and directed by and starred Raj Kapoor, were arranged in the alphabetical order, the song, which was also titled Mere Man Ki Ganga, would be the first.

It was four minutes and 39 seconds long.

While the track was rendered by none other than Mukesh Chand Mathur, the interjections at the end of each verse were credited to the film’s leading lady, Vyjayanthimala.

Shailendra penned the Shankar Jaikishan composition.