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This is a song from Footpath (1953) that I’ve watched a few times tonight. I knew of a few other songs from this film (it’s one of the reasons for the name of this blog), though I still haven’t had a chance to watch the whole movie, assuming I ever will… But for some reason, I didn’t know about, or didn’t remember, this song. And it is a good one! I did a little reading up on it, and I’ve learned that this was Asha Bhosle’s very first cabaret number. I am also learning a little more about the music director, Khayyam, who is a very interesting person. But I could not find anyone positively identifying the dancer… (Yes, I know that is somebody I should recognize but for some reason just am not here…) Anyway, this one gets a place in my list of favorite black-and-white cabaret numbers, which I’m going to have to post sometime soon.
Dances on the Footpath 
Asha’s first cabaret number? That sure is a find! Thank you, I enjoyed it! BTW Khayyam may be a better spelling for the composer’s name though there never seems to be a set standard for transliterated names.
You’re welcome, Suja. I am glad you like the find, which was quite accidental. :)
And thanks regarding the “h” – you’re right; I’ll do that now.
This *is* a great find Richard.
Footpath is a film I’ve been trying to get for some time now. It has Dilip Kumar and I believeit’s worth watching. That’s all I know about it. So this song is also the first one I’ve heard from the film. :)
Khayyam needs to be examined by you pronto if you are not familiar with his work.
Ava, thanks for the recommendation… I know of a few soundtracks by him (I guess Umrao Jaan is the most famous?), but now I am going to have to pay closer attention :) …
Pacifist, thanks for the good words re. Footpath. The first song I’d seen from this film was an Asha-Meena song, which I saw a couple of years ago. I thought of including it in my current Meena birthday post, but I decided not to because I had posted it on this blog a couple of times before. But now I see that the clip disappeared in one post and I don’t know exactly where the other post is… So I’ll post it again here… Once I saw this scene, I could not forget it. :)