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The Research Continues..... 3 “Yeh lo main haari piya…” – A very soulful Geeta Dutt number from the film “ Aar Paar ” is another great composition by O P Nayyar. The best thing about this song is how well the simple words are conveyed through a music that has minimal orchestration and a blissful interlude tune. The flow of the tune has a charismatic naughty and fresh feel; if you have a bad mood, just listen to this song and you will feel better. A guarantee for sure! 4 "Pritam aan milo..."  -  There is a long story associated with this song which is interesting too! Originally composed for C H Atma, this is a fantastic song with a haunting tune in a very natural O P style. For someone who wants to sing this on harmonium finds it as a simply-designed tune with notes structured in almost a mathematical pattern. Coming to the famous story associated with this song - when Nayyar-sahab came to Bombay for the first time he had to struggle a lot. He met C H Atma and compos...

“You bring autumns and puffs. It brings songs and laughs - In all petals, in all buds - To be seen in yellow and in muds. I open my heart and feel for that air, I am hollow, but I am not a solitaire. I want to inhale All that is not stale. I want to see For I am free! The music in the air is pious, Your touch in it is gracious. It fills up my inner soul, It fills up my outer soul.” This is a spontaneously written poem after I take a long walk through a beautiful park by the name Beijer’s Park, close to where I live. It is an autumn day. Yellow is “the” color that rules nowadays. The park is the green heart of Kirseberg, a small suburb of Malmö, the city in Sweden where I live. Malmö, also known as the City of Parks, needed one for its eastern part. In the year 1885, the family of the Beijers set up an extensive plantation ground under their own supervision. By the turn of the 1900, the private park changed hand. The Malmö City Council became...