Behind the Scene Story of Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi

Remember the beautiful song ‘Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi’ from the movie Masoom (1983)? It has got a fascinating story to be unfolded. Originally, only Anup Ghoshal’s version was finalised for the film. The film, at that stage just had two songs one being ‘Tujhse Naraz’ and another one  ‘Do Naina’ sung by Arti Mukherjee, as the film was made on a shoestring budget and there was no scope for any mainstream singers in the film.

But, just before the music release of the film, HMV warned the production that music of the movie won’t sell in the market. as it did not have a popular voice. It is because of this threat that Lata Mangeshkar was approached in the last hour to record the same track. Not only this, the picturatisation of the song in the film was taken from an unused footage of the shooting as the production ran out of money to shoot a new song.

In spite of such hurdles, what an outcome and it went on to become a superhit album with some soulful and melodious songs. Here are both the versions for you.

Which version do you like?