This song I remembered as a part of my childhood memories, watching old regional movies from 40s, 50s and 60s with my Paati (Granny) during summer holidays. It's a dance face-off between the late Estimeed Padmini and Vaijayanthimala- both my fav actresses of yesteryear Tamil cinema vying for the affections of the same man portrayed by the late Gemini Ganesan from the movie Raj Tilak -1958.
Thoda old hai, 50s ki but I feel is totally applicable to Jhanak and Arshi. Especially since they are both dancers... I want to see something of this sort between the sisters. We saw a glimpse of that during the festival tie round but nothing after that. Hiba totally can pull off the naive and good attitude of Padmini while Chandini perfectly suits the arrogant and haughty Vaijyanthimala for the intent of this song... Adding a Hindi version video here for ease of understanding... but I always prefer the Tamil version over this since it's in my native tongue.
Aaja Tu Raja Aaja - Raj Tilak COLOR SONG - आजा तू राजा आज - Asha , Sudha - Vyjayanthimala, Padmini
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