I have an old diary where I noted down lyrics of songs that I liked those days ( in 1976). I find that many of the songs that I have written down in that diary are popular even today. On the other hand, some very popular songs of those days have been forgotten.

Here is one such forgotten song. Now a days, when we are rediscover old gems, here is my contribution towards that exercise. This song is certainly an old gem of R D Burman, which deserves to be cleaned and dusted, and put on display as one of the masterpieces of R D Burman.

This is a total timepass tapori cheapstakes song, filmed on Rekha and Randhir Kapoor. The lyrics and picturisation are supposed to be totally chawanni chaap.

This song was not meant to be an evergreen one, as it was written for a tapori situation, but one must say that Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhonse has taken this song to a much higher plane with their singing. Too bad that this song was forgotten. Such fate awaits songs when movies flop.ndhir Kapoor became a sureshot bet for flop movies on those days and no wonder this song, though very popular those days, was soon forgotten.

Rekha managed to reinvent herself and turned over a new leaf, but Randhir Kapoor’s chalu roles like this finally proved to be his undoing, and offers of acting as hero dried up for him. Now he is better known as the father of Karishma and Kareena Kapoor.

Song- Dil machal raha hai (Khalifa 1976) Singers-Kishore, Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Gulshan Baawra, MD-R D Burman

dil machal rahaa hai rang badal rahaa hai
dil machal rahaa hai rang badal rahaa hai
dil machal rahaa hai rang badal rahaa hai
aag dil mein lagi tu bujhaa de naa

abhi samaa nahin hai rang jamaa nahin hai
abhi samaa nahin hai rang jamaa nahin hai
chaar din aur yoonhi bita denaa
dil machal rahaa hai rang badal rahaa hai
dil machal rahaa hai rang badal rahaa hai

ye berukhi kaisi
hai chaar din is zindagi ke
ke do din jawaani ke hai
wo to aa ja na mil ke bitaalen sanam
ye dillagii chhodo
koi hamen gar dekh legaa
to dar hai ki duniyaa ki nazron mein aise hi rusvaa na ho jaayen ham
kyaa karegi duniyaa jal maregi duniyaa
kyaa karegi duniyaa jal maregi duniyaa
tu jalan mere dil ki mita denaa

abhi samaa nahin hai rang jamaa nahin hai
abhi samaa nahin hai rang jamaa nahin hai
chaar din aur yoonhi bita denaa
dil machal rahaa hai rang badal rahaa hai
dil machal rahaa hai rang badal rahaa hai

aaungi main doli mein sajdhaj ke jab ghar piyaa ke
to kar lenaa jee bhar ke poore tu aramaan jaan-e-jaan dil ke sabhi
dekho ye tanhaayi jane hamen phir kab milegi tu lag jaa gale se
uthaa hai muhabbat ka toofaan dil mein abhi
tu maan jaa sainyaa ab chhod de bainyaa
tu maan jaa sainyaa ab chhod de bainyaa

jaage aramaan abhi to sulaa de naa
dil machal rahaa hai rang badal rahaa hai
dil machal rahaa hai rang badal rahaa hai
aag dil me lagi tu bujha dena
dil machal rahaa hai
abhi sama nahi hai
rang badal raha hai
rang jamaa nahin hai