This song must have made generations of music lovers restless, as it made the legendary singer Tansen (Saigal), who was passing by. This film with Khursheed’s four solos and a duet with KL Saigal (two versions- happy and sad) was the apogee of her career, and Ghata ghanghor ghor, with which the film opens, her most iconic song. These legends would not have realised that many decades later there would be anything like the Internet, and the music lovers of Songs of Yore who would be remembering them with such fondness on their centenary. One can be almost sure no such song exists. Some readers might be fantasising about an Anil Biswas-Khursheed-Begum Akhtar triad song. Let us start with this rare song where the two centenarians come together. The YT link mentions Ghulam Haider as the music director, but HFGK mentions that this was composed by Anil Bisaws – this was the only song he did in the film, whereas four other songs were composed by Ghulam Haider and four by Gyan Dutt. Apparently, it also had a solo version in the voice of Surendra. The film was a Surendra- Khursheed starrer, therefore, the song must have been picturised on these actors-singers.

We must thank the uploader who has put up this song on YT, which is a duet with Surendra.

I had no hopes for the first, and very slender hope for the second. But, luckily, his filmography lists at least her two songs composed by him – one in the film Shokh Dlruba (1936), and the other in Manjhdhaar (1947). Anil Biswas- Khursheed combo is equally rare. Because of the rigidities of the studio system, many great contemporaries could not come together – one such sad miss was Anil Biswas-KL Saigal combination. When I decided to write on her, the first thought was how nice it would be if I could include Khursheed songs by Anil Biswas. Besides these two films, she sang for most of the great composers of the era. The songs of these films are remembered today as much for Khursheed as for Saigal. Her roles as actor-singer against the legend, KL Saigal, in Bhakt Surdas (1942) and Tansen (1943) has given her an important place in the history of Hindi cinema. Blessed with a beautiful face and charming personality, she was also the leading lady in many films. Endowed with a full-throated, open and powerful voice, she was one of the leading singers of the Vintage Era. No singer represented this contrast better than Khursheed. the 1930s through 40s, but also, and more importantly, a different style of singing, which became extinct with the arrival of Lata Mangeshkar. Vintage Era refers to not only a period of time, i.e.

But she is such a prominent singer of the Vintage Era that I had to pay my tribute with her selected songs. I realised somewhat late that Khursheed’s Birth Centenary ( b.14 April 1914, d. 18 April 2001) fell this year.

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