Dharmendra Mumtaz

Watching Indian Idol

Dharmendra Mumtaz.

How elegant..

They were together in

Mere Humdum Mere Dost and Aadmi Air Insaan but Mumtaz was not the leading lady.

1973 saw two of their releases.

Loafer

Jheel Ke Uss Paar

Both Musical Hits

Who can forget the music of Loafer 

Aaj Mausam Bada Beiman Hai – Mohammed Rafi. Unbelievably good. Impossibly good. Wonderfully good. I just melt when Rafi croons

ऐ मेरे यार ऐ हुस्न वाले |

दिल किया मैंने तेरे हवाले ||

तेरे मर्जी पे अब बात ठैरी |

जीने दे चाहे तू मार डाले ||

तेरे हाथों में अब मेरी जान है ||

Rafi is the absolute king of this type of singing and can never be replaced, absolutely never!

Main Tere Ishq Mein – Lata Mangeshkar. A beautiful song and Lata is in great voice. Mumu looks good too! Open-mouthed smile

Motiyon ki lari who main – Asha Bhonsle. Mumtaz who gyrates in a short red skirt stunning

so a smile for the sake of nostalgia. 

Koi Shehri Babu – Asha Bhonsle. Mumtaz is in her element with songs like this. A good dancer indeed! The song is lovely too and Asha does justice to it. Nowadays marriage songs are almost always group dances with intricate steps. This feels so different ! 

Goosebumps.. seeing them enact that era today.

And the R.D.Burman creations of Jheel Ke Uss Paar.

especially “Kya Nazare” (Kishore Kumar), “Babul Tere Bagan Di Main Bulbul” (Lata Mangeshkar) and “Chal Chalen Ae Dil” (Lata Mangeshkar).

Asha singing Hay Bicchua Dus Gayo Re.

Mumtaz, fabled for her sensuous pout, her unbridled exuberance and her chutzpah gives a surprisingly understated performance, though she does show her sensuous side in the song “Do Ghoont Mujhe Bhi Pila De” .

Loving the Program 💕