This song is from Dil Ek Mandir (1963). Beautiful music by Shankar-Jaikishan, vocals by Lata Mangeshkar.
The man in the hospital room is Raaj Kumar; he plays a cancer patient. Go to Wikipedia if you want to have the entire plot and ending spoiled. On the other hand, having read what happens, I think this looks like a really good film – one that I’m going to search for – about life and death and tragedy and irony.
The film also starred Rajendra Kumar and Mehmood…
RIP to the director and the actors…
And to this great actress, who died on March 31, 1972.
Absolutely beautiful poetry…Dil Ek Mandir songs are an amazing set of songs, beautifully sung too.
This is a remake of a Tamil film called ‘Nenjil oru aalayam’… A major tear jerkie, but good songs.. Here is the corresponding song in the Tamil movie.
Bawa, I’ve heard this movie contains beautiful poetry. Of course, I personally would have to see a translation – and hope that the translation is a good one. Fortunately, I don’t need the translation to know that the songs are beautifully sung.
Tamilpenn, thanks for that info and the clip. I kind of like the Hindi version of the song more (which isn’t always the case). Still, it is always nice to hear P. Susheela…
If I come across a decent translation, will post it to you :))
Thanks Tamilpenn for the link.