Hum Tum Ek Kamre Mein Band Ho Explained

Hum Tum Ek Kamre Mein Band Ho
Artist:	Lata Mangeshkar and Shailendra Singh
Album:	Bobby
Language:	Hindi
Released:	1973
Lyricist:	Anand Bakshi
Composer:	Laxmikant Pyarelal

"Hum Tum Ek Kamre Mein Band Ho" is an Indian Hindi song from 1973 Hindi film Bobby, directed by Raj Kapoor. The song features Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia. The lyrics of the song was written by Anand Bakshi, and the music was composed by Lakshmikant-Pyarelal. Lata Mangeshkar and Shailendra Singh were the playback singers.^{[1] [2]}

Song

It was filmed at Kapoor family's bungalow inside their farm house Rajbaugh, which is now a memorial to Raj Kapoor and lies inside the MIT World Peace University (MIT WPU) on the banks of Mula-Mutha River in Loni Kalbhor village 30 km east of Pune in Maharshtra.

Reception

According to Binaca Geetmala, a weekly countdown show, "Hum Tum Ek Kamre Mein Band Ho" was the second most popular song of the year 1973, after "Yaari Hai Imaan Mera Yaar Meri Zindagi" from the film Zanjeer.^[3]

Trivia

The 2004 Hindi film Hum Tum got its title from this song.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Mein shayar toh nahi': A playlist for Rishi Kapoor, Bollywood's evergreen romantic . The Week . 2020-04-30 . 2021-03-27.
2. Web site: Khurana . Suanshu . Ten quintessential Rishi Kapoor songs . The Indian Express . 2020-05-01 . 2021-03-27.
3. Web site: 2020-10-28 . Fun film facts about the ultimate lockdown song . 2021-03-27 . EasternEye.
4. Book: Vijayakar, Rajiv. Main Shayar Toh Nahin: The Book of Hindi Film Lyricists. 2019. HarperCollins Publishers India. 978-93-5136-495-5. 12.