Watched the 1946 Dilip Kumar starrer “Milan” again yesterday and lived through the gorgeous Anil Biswas melodies all over again. There is no question that this is amongst the greatest of all Anilda sioundtracks and belongs to the top league of soundtracks like “Taraanaa”, “Aaraam” and “Kismat” by the same man. Parul Ghosh rules the track with four stunners and Shankardas Gupta, if I remember right, makes his first appearence in Anilda's music.
The film starts with a very young Dilip Kumar walking down the street and hearing "gun gun gun gun bole bha.Nvaravaa" being sung by his lady love - rendered so beautifully by Parul. You can almost feel a gentle breeze wafting across you when you hear Parul singing this song, so effortless and simple is her style. Then that masterpiece of a melody "suhaanii beriyaa biitii jaaye".. what a song that is !! Parul breezes through the melody.. at her best. The two other Parul songs are heavier, more melancholic but no less beautiful. "mai.n kisakii laaj nibhaauu.N" captures the dilemma of the heroine to a nicety while "jisane banaadii baa.Nsurii giit usii ke gaaye jaa" is one of my personal favorites. All in all, a veritable Parul Ghosh treasure here. Amidst all these treasures, it may be a trifle difficult to remember the two male-voiced songs in the film "vo kahe.n aap se" and "uupar hai baadriyaa kaarii". The latter is a masterpiece which captures the boatman's philosophy and the composition conveys the dark looming clouds and impending tragedies without going overboard. This is Anilda's genius - he captures the mood of the sequence without resorting to melodrama.
All in all. "Milan" is one of the treasure tracks of Hindi cinema and worth a million hears !
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