Mora Gora Ang Laile

Singers: Lata Mangeshkar
Music Director: S.D. Burman
Lyricists: Gulzar
Genre: Filmi, Sugam

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Album: Bandini
Year: 1963
Album Category: Hindi, Film

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This was Gulzar's first Hindi film song as lyricist. He landed this opportunity rather fortuitously when S.D. Burman and Shailendra developed differences during the music's making. Knowing there was a vacancy for a lyricist, Shailendra advised Gulzar, a friend and at that time, a struggling writer, to approach the film's director Bimal Roy for the job. Not only did Bimal Roy hire Gulzar, he also went on to become his mentor.[MR3]
According to Lata Mangeshkar, this was the first song she sang for S.D. Burman after a long hiatus. They had apparently stopped working together after a misunderstanding had developed between them while recording the songs for the film "Miss India" (1957). However, it appears that there were three interim releases in the period between these films that included songs for the film "Sitaron Se Aage" (1958), the song "Sheeshe Ka Ho Ya Patthar Ka Dil" ("Baat Ek Raat Ki", 1962) and songs for the film "Dr. Viyda" (1962).[1][2][3][4][MR7]