Hemant Kumar - Yeh Nayan Dare Dare - Kohraa [1964]

"Kohraa" or "Kohra" [1964] is an Indian Hindi film directed by Biren Nag.
Starring Waheeda Rehman, Biswajeet, Lalita Pawar, Tarun Bose, Madan Puri, Abhi Bhattacharya and Asit Sen.
Music is by Hemanta Mukherjee as Hemant Kumar.
Lyrics by Kaifi Azmi..........

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay (Bangla: Hemonto Kumar Mukhopaddhae) also known as Hemanta Mukherjee (June 16, 1920 September 26, 1989) was an Indian singer, composer and producer. He sang in Hindi films under the name Hemant Kumar.

Hemanta was born in the city of Varanasi, India. His family hailed from a village named Baharu in West Bengal. They migrated to Calcutta in the early 20th century. Hemanta grew up there and attended Mitra Institution school of Bhawanipore area. There he met his longtime friend, Subhas Mukhopadhyay who later became a Bengali poet. After passing the intermediate examinations (12th grade), Hemanta was admitted to Jadavpur University to study Engineering. However, he quit academics to pursue a career in music, despite parental objection. He briefly tried his hand at literature and also published a short story in a prestigious Bengali magazine called Desh, but by the late-1930s he was committed entirely to music.

His first Hindi film songs were in Irada in 1944 under Pt. Amarnath's music direction. Lyrics were by Aziz Kashmiri.
His first movie as a music director was the Bengali film Abhiyatri in 1947. Although many of the songs Hemanta recorded in during this time received critical acclaim, major commercial success still eluded him, right until 1947. Some contemporary male singers of Hemanta in Bengali around that period were Jaganmay Mitra, Robin Majumdar, Satya Chowdhury, Dhananjay Bhattacharya, Sudhirlal Chakraborty, Bechu Dutta and Talat Mahmood.

In September 1989, he travelled to Dhaka, Bangladesh to receive the Michael Madhusudan Award. He performed a concert in Dhaka as well. Immediately after returning from this trip, he suffered a major cardiac arrest on September 26 and breathed his last at 11:15 pm in a nursing home in South Calcutta. Interestingly, even 15 years after his death, Gramophone Company of India releases at least one album by him every year, repackaging his older songs, because of the commercial viability of his songs. His legacy still lives on through the numerous songs he has recorded, music he has composed and through many male singers in Bengal and the rest of India who continue to imitate his singing style...........
[Wikipedia and IMDb]

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[BIGDOGKILO1]

what depth , what lyrics , mind blowing . One of the best ever. Thanks.

[Mahagedara2]

@BIGDOGKILO1 - You are most welcome, my dear friend.

[trkmathur]

class of yesteryears versus crass of current movies

[gkduggal]

What an intoxicating song. One of my all time favorite.

[29ria1997]

wat a hilarious & glorious song i simply love it

[drpalani87505]

unforgettable song by hemantkumar . soul stirring.

[abhaydiu]

wat a song,BEAUTIFUL LYRICS , So pious voice ,such beautiful people simple and elegant,thats what i call romance.just love it .

[vinodkbhatia]

This song is class by itself. Magnificent music and excellent lyrics. Picturization of the song is too good. Very appropriate for the scene. Hemant Kumar's voice flows like honey.