Mere Sapnon Ki Rani Kab Aayegi Tu

Singers: Kishore Kumar
Music Director: S.D. Burman
Lyricists: Anand Bakshi
Genre: Filmi, Pop

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Album: Aradhana
Year: 1969
Album Category: Hindi, Film

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The tune of the first line of this song may have been inspired by the number one song on the pop charts of 1958 - the instrumental track "Tequila" performed by The Champs. Two other Hindi film songs have been inspired by this tune - "Ae Baba Lu Baba" ("Jhumroo", 1961) and "Aa Pappiyan Jhappiyan Paa Len Hum" ("Haqeeqat", 1995). S.D. Burman accepted that his composition for the song was inspired, but not by "Tequila". According to him, the song's tune was inspired by a Bengali folk song.[1][2][3][MR21]
The opening scene in Shakti Samanta and Rajesh Khanna's next film together, "Kati Patang" (1969), featured a baaraat playing the tune of this superhit song.[4]
Sharmila Tagore was not available when this famous song featuring the Darjeeling Toy Train was shot. The Darjeeling portions of the song were shot with Rajesh Khanna alone. The shots of Sharmila Tagore in the song were filmed in a studio set in Mumbai.[MR37]
S.D. Burman had to call off the recording session of this song when a session musician had difficulty playing the guitar as outlined by Burman's arranger Bhanu Gupta. There was a sense of urgency to complete the song since the film's cast and crew were waiting for it in Darjeeling where it was to be shot. The problem was eventually solved with a harmonica solo in the prelude composed and played by R.D. Burman.[MR21]