Hemant Kumar .....

My father had a wonderful collection of music- one of the greatest gifts my father gave me was an introduction to singers like Hemant Kumar. We had songs like "Halke Halke Chala savre" and "laut Gaya Gham ka jamana" and 'yaad kiya dil ne kahan ho tum.' This particular song is simply remarkable for its extraordinary melody, composition and lyrics, and is sung superbly. My love for Hemant-Lata duets developed from my father and his Hemant selections. My dad also had a wonderful song titled "manzil wohi hai pyar ki" by Subir Sen, whose voice bears quite a resemblance to that of Hemant. I always wonder how that song would have been rendered by Hemant- it is a Shankar Jaikishen tune.