Her Story: Three's Not A Crowd!

The baby is growing. Most of the parents' free time is spent with the little one now. In fact, it is hard for them to imagine what their life was like when the apple of their eyes was not around. Presenting a song from "Ek Hi Rasta" (1956) where the small family is out on a picnic on a cozy tandem bicycle.

Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Hemant Kumar
Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Music: Hemant Kumar

Her Story: The Baby's Here!

Presenting a duet from "Sharmilee" (1971) today that shows the journey of a couple from the wedding to the arrival of their bundle of joy. With this, we come to the point at which we had started our story, that is, the birth of our heroine. The very same little girl is a mother today. And though I do not believe in celebrating any "Day", it is a coincidence that I am posting this song on the eve of the "Mother's Day". This also happens to the 50th post in this series.

This baby--it does not matter whether it is a girl or a boy--will grow with the love and care of its parents. There will be lullabies, birthday parties, going to school and everything that happens during growing up. But we will not chronicle all of that in this space. We will continue with our story. This will remain "Her Story" in which the child may sometimes make an appearance.

Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
Lyrics: Neeraj
Music: S. D. Burman

Her Story: Parents-In-Waiting!

Another beautiful song that shows the joy the soon-to-be parents experience as they think about the arrival of the little one. This one is from "Mera Qasoor Kya Hai" (1964).

Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Mahendra Kapoor
Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan
Music: Chitragupt

Her Story: Celebrations!

Friends and family celebrate as they look forward to the baby's arrival. The expectant mother is all aglow with anticipation of motherhood. Watch her in this song from "Zindagi" (1964). A surprise element: Helen sporting a very different look in a role that must have been a big departure from her image.

Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri
Music: Shankar Jaikishan

Her Story: Stork's Visiting!

The birth of a baby. That is the single most important event that changes everything in the life of a couple. The months leading up to that special moment are spent in pleasant anticipation of the days to come. Presenting a duet from "Tere Mere Sapne" (1971)--the second song from this film to appear in this space--that shows the expectant parents singing and dreaming about their soon-to-arrive baby.

Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
Lyrics: Neeraj
Music: S. D. Burman
 

Her Story: Making Up!

If the tiffs and spats were fun, making up is fun too. A song from "Kora Kagaz" (1974) comes to mind for this situation.

Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Lyrics: M. G. Hashmat
Music: Kalyanji Anandji

Her Story: Tiffs And Spats

Married life is not always about being good and saying sweet things to each other. It has its share of tiffs and spats. This breezy duet from "Salaam Namaste" (2005) is just right for this situation, even though the lead pair was not shown to be married. They were a couple in a live-in relationship.

Singers: Gayatri Iyer, Shaan
Lyrics: Jaideep Sahni
Music: Vishal Shekhar