He had also blessed two of Kishore KumarвЂ™s films with their title songs вЂ“ Door ka Rahi (1969) and Door Gagan ki Chaon Mein(1964). The meter of Sheeshe ka ho ya pathar ka dil was used by R D as Kuch tum karo, kuch hum karen in Umesh MehraвЂ™s Hamare Tumhare (1979).ДЄpart from his own compositions, the one single composer for whom Hemant Kumar had had majority of Hindi film hits was SD Burman. R D Burman, the assistant music director, later used these words in his chartbuster from Krishna ShahвЂ™s Shalimaar (1978). The song sequence of Sheeshe ka ho ya pathar ka dil started with actor Bela Bose dancing to the lines of One Two Cha Cha Cha. The song in question вЂ“ Sheeshe ka ho ya pathar ka dil вЂ“ a duet between Rafi and Lata was to become the first released song of Lata Mangeshkar after the split with S D during I S JoharвЂ™s Miss India (1957) (as per Lata Mangeshlkar)/Sitaron se aagey (1958) (as per a report in the Filmfare in 1961). Chandrasekhar, the only Indian actor who had a diploma in Ballroom dancing then, was to be seen in a spectacular dance alongside Waheeda in a song which SD had specially composed for the operatic sequence. Though Na tum hamein jaano surfaced as THE song from the film, it was a dance drama featuring Chandrasekhar and Waheeda which received media publicity during that time. The working title, derived from Dev AnandвЂ™s signature song with a fishing rod, Akela hoon main, continued for quite some time, and the name was changed to Baat ek raat ki after the film was almost shot. Film was directed by staunch Dev Anand follower Shankar Mukherjee, and understandably was like a showcase for Dev to exhibit his charisma. The story was written by famed lyricist and script writer Pranab Roy of Calcutta, one of Kazi Nazrul IslamвЂ™s closest disciples. Midway through the song, Waheeda Rehman would join and sing along.ДЄlankar ChitraвЂ™s Baat ek raat ki was started with the working title Main Akela. The Suman Kalyanpur solo version of Na tum hamein jaano too was usedДЄs a song playing on a 78 rpm shellac gramophone record in the ultra modern living room designed by Sudhendu Roy at Mehboob studios. The overall impact of Dada Burman,Hemanta and Suman in Na tum hamein jaano leaves the listener slightly trance like after it ends an almost semi-hypnotic effect. Sringar Samsad award thrice in her career and was noted for her classical singing skills that she brought into popular music.Д«ut no bigger tribute has been paid to her than the fact that Na tum hamein jaano, the duet version, a practically lyric-less song as far as Suman was concerned, is her most revered score. She recognises the song and somehow wills herself to hum along. One waits for it with a high Pavlovian anticipation the minute the song starts.ДЄnd she surfaces with her mystique when Hemanta returns to the refrain after the first antara when Neela is awaken from her sleep. In the duet, Hemanta delivered all the lyrics and Suman Kalyanpur, one of the best remembered obbligatos in the history of Hindi film songs. The interlude, worthy of being classified as a separate sub-composition in itself for its melody, crescendos into a symphony consisting of group violins before SD Burman silently merges it into the antara.

One might notice that the interlude before the first antara consists of western flutes, faintly resembling a Salil Chowdhury composition.

Indian bangla song hemanta