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Top 10 numbers which pay honest tribute to our mothers

After Hrs selects top ten numbers which pay honest tribute to our life source: Our mothers

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O Ma Teri Soorat Se Alag Bhagwan Ki Soorat Kya Hogi (Dadi Maa 1966)
This amazing ode to mom holds after so many years, thanks to Mahendra Kapoor and Manna Dey’s spirited singing  and composer Roshan’s joyous tune that envelopes the maternal emotions like  a warm blanket. But it’s Majrooh Sultanpuri’s lyrics that finally do the trick.
 

Tu Kitni Achchi Hai (Raja Aur Runk 1968)
At the age of 39,  Lata Mangeshkar sang for the 11-year-old child actor Master Mahesh (now well-known actor Mahesh Kothare). Lata’s voice conveys the all-embracing love of a child reaching out to his mother, Nirupa Roy in the film. Laxmikant-Pyarelal insisted Lata sing for the child. The transformation was magical.



 

Meri Duniya Hai Maa Tere Aanchal Mein (Talaash 1969)
Composer Sachin Dev Burman’s voice had the power to rip a hole in your soul. In this song that Rajendra Kumar sang for his screen-mother Sulochana (who was barely 15 years older) Burman brings such strong feelings of filial bonding you feel that he is not singing but offering prayer to the Mother.

Maine Maa Ko Dekha Hai Maa Ka Pyar Nahin dekha (Mastana1970)
An exceptional song. Whereas most motherly melodies in our movies sing in praise of the mother, this song composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal actually has the child speaking about the absence of maternal love in his life! Lata Mangeshkar sang for Master Bobby(9)



Mummy Oh Mummy Tu Kab Saas Banegi (Khatta Meetha 1978) 
Again a departure from the syrupy norm. This mom song has ‘son’ Deven Verma grumbling to his screen mom about his delayed marriage. Kishore Kumar sounded so much like Verma that listeners mistook the actor to be the actual singer of this song.



Maa Hai Mohabbat Ka Naam (Maa Ka Aanchal 1970)
Remarkable mainly for Kaifi Azmi’s emotional homage to the mother figure, the song is composed by Madan Mohan is almost patriotic. Interestingly this same long-forgotten film had Asha Bhosle singing another aching ode to the mom: Maa aa aanchal laadle daaman hai bhagwan ka.



Maa Mujhe Apne Aachal Mein Chupa Le (Chota Bhai1966)
Master Mahesh pining for his mother in Lata Mangeshkar’s voice. Try listening to this LP  number without getting a lump in your throat.


Lukka Chuppi  (Rang De Basanti 2006)
The most unusually structured motherly song ever. While the first half of the number has mom Lata Mangeshkar searching for her mischievous child as he plays a hide ‘n’ seek with her, the second-half of the song has son Rahman reaching out to his mother from a place where she can’t hear him. Prasoon Joshi masterfully weaves both the mother and child’s sentimental in the same line of aural vision. A  marvel of melodic creation.



Mumma (Dasvidaniya 2008)
The film may be forgotten. Kailash Kher’s heartwarming ode to Mom is imperishable.



Maa (Taare Zameen Par 2007)
Poet Prasoon Joshi and composer-singer Shankar Mahadevan put together a song that seems threaded with the teardrops of a child missing his mother. The sobs you hear while the song plays are yours.

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