Sangam (1964): Raj Kapoor and Musical Instruments

[alvi...@gmail.com]

Folks:

I have been listening to the CD of Sangam (1964) almost every day for several weeks. The song 'o mehbooba o mehbooba' remains one of my all-time top 10 favorite songs - it is pure magic, its scintillating beats drive me almost crazy. Then the other day I watched all those songs on YouTube and noticed that Raj Kapoor plays accordion in 'har dil jo pyaar karega', piano in 'dost dost na raha', and bagpiper in 'mere man ki ganga'. Three songs and three different musical instruments.

Did any other actor or actress play 3 or more different musical instruments in as many separate songs in the same film? Piano seems to be the most favored musical instrument onscreen in Hindi cinema, followed by guitar, then baansuri, then dafli, then sitaar. I doubt if any other actor besides Raj Kapoor was so fond of playing musical instruments onscreen.

Asif

[vijay...@my-deja.com]

Mouth organ/harmonica should also feature high on that list,
as should the ektara.

Vijay