Kishore Kumar and RD Burman together gave many superhit songs. Kishore Kumar's voice and RD Burman's music touched everyone's heart. Be it romantic, sad or pompous songs, their pairing would fit into every type of song. One of his superhit songs 'Raat Kali Ek Khwaab Mein Aayi' is still in the list of top romantic songs of Hindi cinema. But do you know the story behind making this song?
Kishore Kumar's son Amit Kumar had once revealed this in Kapil Sharma's show. Amit Kumar had narrated an interesting story behind the making of this song, after hearing which almost everyone sitting there was surprised.
Kapil Sharma had asked Amit Kumar, Dada, this song 'Raat Kali Ek Khwaab Mein Aayi', is there any story related to it? So Amit Kumar said, “In those days there were night clubs in Bombay. So there used to be cabaret dancers also among them. And Pancham Dada (RD Burman) was very fond of cabaret dance and belly dance.”
Amit Kumar had further said, “My father said, Dada, let's go to Sun and Sand, there a girl dances well. Grandfather said, let's go, both of them went and sat down. Dada said, where is she, where is she, she said, she must be coming. Then someone came from there and whispered something in my ear. When grandfather asked what happened, father said that she is not coming today. Then grandfather said, damn you. From there a mask was made…Kali came in a dream in the night and got a necklace.”
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The song 'Raat Kali' was in the film 'Buddha Mil Gaya' directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Naveen Nischal and Dulari were seen in lead roles in the film. Artists like Om Puri, Aruna Irani, Paul Mahendra, Lalita Pawar, Deven Verma and MB Shetty were seen there. Even today this film can be watched for free on YouTube. This film was included in the list of hit films of that year and almost all its songs were hits.
