"Raat kali ek khwab mein aayee" - Kishore Kumar

It was monsoon...monsoon of '72.

Location...1c/18, Nissen Hut, Faridabad.

This small house where we lived was called Nissen Hut. The whole locality had Nissen Huts. In fact Faridabad had quite a few such huts which were actually part of the military barracks created during the second world war, I suppose. The huts had six ft wall covered with a round tin roofs. From a distance they looked like semi-cylindrical structures placed in a row. The monsoons used to be fun because when it rained, the drops danced on these tin roofs and created a rythmic noisy concert. You could hardly hear each others conversation inside the room, when it showered heavily.

And on one such rainy afternoon I had heard this song by Kishore Kumar from the movie Buddha Mil Gaya..."Raat Kali Ek Khwaab Mein Aayee..." on a huge valve set which was proudly possessed by my father. It was called 'Cosmic'. A brand which was popular, a little before the Bush & Murphy age.

There is no reason for this song to have an association with the daypart when I had heard. It had neither anything to do with the season, nor the day it, but even this day whenever I hear this song it reminds me of that lazy monsoon afternoon in this town in Haryana.

We all know that the lead male role was played by Navin Nishchal. Can anybody say who played the lead female role ? Her name was Archana. Did anyone see her again on silver screen?

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