Talash

Awards

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Trivia

Album

• This was promoted as the first Hindi film to be made with a budget of Rs. 1 crore.
• The film's plot was very similar to that of a Hrishikesh Mukherjee film titled "Anokha Pyar". While S.D. Burman was scoring the music for this film, his son R.D. Burman was the music director of "Anokha Pyar". The junior Burman was very disturbed to find out about the similarities between the two films. S.D. Burman pacified him and the two agreed to separate themselves from each other's projects. It's another matter that "Anokha Pyar" was delayed by several years and went through a few title changes before being released as "Phir Kab Milogi" (1974).[1][MR21]
• This is said to be one of the first Hindi films to be pirated. The lab where the film was processed colluded with pirates to make copies of the master print and sell them off.[MR21]

Song

• Aaj Ko Junli Raat Ma - R.D. Burman's tune for the mukhda of the song "Kaahe Apnon Ke Kaam Nahin Aaye" ("Raampur Ka Lakshman", 1972) was adapted from an interlude his father S.D. Burman used, with the younger Burman as an assistant, in this song. The senior Burman's interlude itself used the tune of the musical piece "Romance" composed by Sergei Prokofiev. Prokofiev had originally composed this piece for the Russian film "Lieutenant Kije" (1933) and later included it in an orchestral suite of the same title. The British artist Sting also used this piece in an interlude of his song "Russians" (1985).[2][3][4]
• Aaj Ko Junli Raat Ma - The Nepali language line "Aunus aunus aaj ko juneli raat maa", meaning "Please come in the moonlit night", was suggested by arranger Manohari Singh. The film version of the song had a Bengali line sung by R.D. Burman, "Ke jaash re bhaati gaan baiya", which was not included in the version of the song issued on records. This line came from a non-film song S.D. Burman had previously recorded.[5]
• Kar Le Pyar Kar Le - Anand - Milind adapted the tune of this song's mukhda for the mukhda of their song "Mera Dil Kho Gaya" ("Aazmayish", 1995).[6]
• Khaai Hai Re Humne Kasam - S.D. Burman had used the tune of this song earlier for the Bengali non-film song "Shono Go Dakhin Hawa" (1969). Burman himself sang the Bengali song.[7]
• Tere Naina Talaash Karen - S.D. Burman had a bitter argument with filmmaker O.P. Ralhan over his choice of singer for this song. While Burman had Manna Dey in mind, Ralhan wanted him to use Mukesh for the song. Ralhan gave in eventually but the episode damaged his relationship with Burman permanently. The senior music director did not attend the film's premiere and never worked with O.P. Ralhan again.[MR21]

1. ^ Phir Kab Milogi (1974)
2. ^ Kaahe Apnon Ke Kaam Nahin Aaye (Raampur Ka Lakshman, 1972)
3. ^ Romance - Sergei Prokofiev
4. ^ Russians - Sting
5. ^ Ke Jaash Re Bhaati Gaan Baiya
6. ^ Mera Dil Kho Gaya (Aazmayish, 1995)
7. ^ Shono Go Dakhino Hawa