Pakeezah (film songs and score)

Pakeezah (1972), Kamal Amrohi's musical film starring Meena Kumari as Sahibjaan, a tawaif (a courtesan who dances and sings at gatherings), has songs by Ghulam Mohammed, who composed them in the late 1950s to lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri, Kaifi Azmi, Kaif Bhopali and others; after his death, Naushad completed the background music when filming resumed in 1969. All the female solos are sung by Lata Mangeshkar, among them Inhi Logon Ne, Chalte Chalte Yun Hi Koi and Mausam Hai Aashiqana, and the sound of this dancer's anklets runs through the songs. Ghulam Mohammed wrote 15 songs, of which six were used; nine unused ones were released by HMV in 1977 as Pakeezah Rang Barang. The film premiered at Maratha Mandir, Bombay, on 4 February 1972.