This is the most beautiful song in the 1956 film “Chori Chori” starring Raj Kapoor and Nargis. The movie was directed by Anant Thakur, with music by Shankar Jaikishan and lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri.

This song would admit that only Rafi Saab could ever furnish it so effectively, no matter who was actually Raj Kapoor’s voice (Mukesh, Manna Dey).

Raj Kapoor surrounded himself with the foremost talents in filmmaking, acting, writing (Khwaja Ahmad Abbas’), music composition (Jaikishan Dayabhai Pankal, ‘Shankarsinh Raguwanshi’), and playback singers, including Mukesh, ‘Mohamed Rafi’, and Lata Mangeshkar. Kapoor continued to make films of varying critical and popular success up until his death in 1988, and apparently considered Mera Naam [...]