Shamikpur and Lata Mangeshkar sang this song together on a flight
We all have moments in
our lives that we treasure for the rest of our lives. Remembering that
melodious happy occasion, our mind gets happy again and again. We are
keeping that memory like an elephant all our life. Such events happen in
everyone's life and if they happen in the same artist's life, he gets a
different hangover. Famous actor Shammi Kapoor shared some such memories
in a video from his show 'Shammikapur Unplugged...'. This is a sweet
memory. (Song)
This is an incident in
the seventies. Then Shammi Kapoor and his wife Neela Devi were coming from
Delhi to Mumbai by flight. Executive class was not very crowded. It
was a winter day so there was a pink mist everywhere. Shammi Kapoor and
his wife were sipping warm Pangharunath coffee from Blanket. In that
mind-blowing atmosphere, Shammi Kapoor started singing. Shammi Kapoor was
very fond of music. So he started singing a song. The lyrics of the
song were 'Bahe Ankhio Se Dhar Kare Jiya Bekraar…' he sang the line. And
immediately they heard an echo of the same line in a sweet woman's
voice. Shammi Kapoor was mesmerized by that voice. Who sang so
sweetly, so melodiously and so sweetly? This was a tone that should be
kept in the ear. Shammi Kapoor was surprised. Who is responding so
sweetly to my song? So he stood up from his seat.
A woman on the seat in front of him was singing that song. He was very surprised. At that the woman looked back and said, “Kyun Shammi bhaiya maja aa raha hai na..?” Now it was Shammi Kapoor's turn to be stunned. Because that woman was none other than vocal empress Lata Mangeshkar. Dad! My God! Shammi Kapoor couldn't believe his eyes and his joy was beyond measure. I am very happy to see that Lata Mangeshkar is responding to our voice and song. This song was sung by Lata herself from the 1951 movie 'Humlog', 'Bahe Ankhio Se Dhar Mera Jiya Bekarar Suno Suno Dildar Jaoge Kahun Dil Todke...' then the duo started fighting. Both of them started singing many old songs.
Shammi Kapoor used to
start a song.. Lata Mangeshkar used to finish it. Lata would start a new
song again and Shammi would confirm it. So many good memories came from
this. Lata used to tell the story of the making of that song. Shammi
Kapoor used to listen to devotional sentiments. Then Shammi would show as
a line. Lata would complete him. His concert lasted for almost an
hour.
Shammi Kapoor's wife
was watching all this with great joy. She said, "I was going to save
the moment we actually wanted a tape recorder!" Later Shammi Kapoor
and Lata Mangeshkar started singing a song from Sajjad Hussain's movie 'Saiya'. The
song 'Kali Kali Raat Re Dil Bada Sataye Teri Yaad Aye..' was very
beautiful. Shammi Kapoor said in this video, “Tears literally started
flowing from my eyes. My mind was not ready to believe that I was singing
with vocal empress Lata Mangeshkar, this is a very melodious memory of my life
and one to cherish for the rest of my life!” (Song)
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Of course, all good
things come to an end. The plane reached Mumbai and their melodious
concert ended. While getting off the plane, Lata told Shammi Kapoor,
“Shammi bhaiyya, it was so much fun. We will meet again sometime like this
and perform this concert of songs like this once again.” But unfortunately
the moment never came back to Asla Suri!
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