The year of independence and partition was also obviously a great year for music and dance in Indian films. So here we go with ten of my favorite music/dance sequences from one of my favorite years for such things, as my way of saying happy anniversary of your independence (but too bad you had to break up, too).
(By the way, with this last one, to get the dance that qualifies, you’ll have to go to 5:35. I tried, but I don’t think there is any way to start a YouTube video at a specific point in a WordPress blog. But I certainly could not leave this song off the list!)
Dances on the Footpath 
I listened to Jawani ki rail first and can’t get it out of my head.
Is that Mumtaz Ali in the song?
What a lovely way of marking the day :-)
Thanks Richard.
The second one has such great synchronization.
The first one is of course very elegant and sort of ethereal.
This song from the 1947 Milan starring a very handsome and young Dilip Kumar with a beautiful Ranjana in Parul Ghosh’s lovely voice.
Ava, I am glad to see that that song also got stuck in your head! I do believe that is Mumtaz Ali, although I would not recognize him so easily. I did instantly recognize Rehana, who looks so marvelous here!
Pacifist, you are welcome, and thank you for sending along yet another lovely song from 1947!