Old, acclaimed Hindi films both. I do not mean to write about them but about their songs and accompanying dances.
Zuthe naina bole is a very fetching song from Lekin. Hridaynath Mangeshkar has set it in raga Bilaskhani Todi, one of the most melodious ragas, and has got Pandit Satyshil Deshpande to sing it with Asha Bhonsale. The song and its video are available on You Tube. The accompanying dance sequence by Hema Malini is however, very disappointing. Her actions are wooden and stilted. She must be a dancer with little imagination for she confines herself to a few repetitive, set actions and facial expressions.
Go back to these 3 famous song and dance sequences in Teesri Kasam:
Pan khayo sainya hamaro,
Hai gajab kahin tara tuta and
Raat dhalne lagi.
Shankar Jaikishan and Asha Bhonsale have excelled themselves here. And Waheeda Rehman! So natural, so graceful, with a spontaneous smile on her face and the rhythm playing through her whole body! Typical actions and gestures but she gives them a magical touch. Simply mesmerizing.
Surely old is gold.
