Aaja meri jaan

It is said that Aaja Meri Jaan was not a movie planned for R.D.Burman. It was Anuradha Paudwal who had offered him to compose an album for her featuring duets and there were 4 singers selected to accompany her- SPB, Amit Kumar, Shailendra Singh and Danny Denzongpa (who had sung for R.D.B previously too). However the company did not release those songs. One of the songs Aaja Meri Jaan was used as title song for the movie Aaja meri Jaan featuring Kishen Kumar but was used only for launching, not included in the movie. Later other songs from the movie were done by Amar Utpal.
SPB recollects some moments that took place during the recording of this song and while rendering a live perfomance of the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiAPT0aUc8g&feature=related

The original song in bengali so beautifully sung by R.D.Burman and Asha Bhosle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUaEsn4NLoc&feature=related

Finally, the recorded song from the movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShW2yFwMcwI

Note: The antara is based on the chorus tune used in saagar jaisi ankhonwali.

Panchams association with Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma the Santoor maestro

It is said that Pancham had known Pandit Shivkumar Sharma since 1961 and they used to hang out frequently due to their common interest in classical music. They used to often have dinner together and go for long drives listening to classical music.
Apparently Pandit Shivkumar Sharma used to play tabla before he started focusing solely on Santoor and it was only on Pancham's insistence that he played the tabla in S.D.Burmans Guide for the song "mose chal kiye jaaye". He never accompanied anyone else on tabla before or after that but he did this one song because Pancham had requested him to.
In fact, such was their friendship that Pandit Shivkumar Sharma named his son Rahul after Rahul Dev Burman.

Enjoy the song and the tabla

Mose Chal kiye jaaye