MERA KUCHH SAMAAN

The incident attached to this song has become more famous than the song itself by now. When I read this song to Pancham, he thought it was a scene, and appreciated the poetic dialogue. Itr's not a scene, I said, it's a song.

Hah! he reacted, 'you will bring a column from the Times of India tomorrow, and ask me to tune it. You are the "limit" yaar And he pushed the piece of paper away. 

Ashaji smiled. She was present in the music room. A few minutes later, she hummed something under her breath. They were lovely notes and Pancham asked, What is that?' She hummed the last phrase of the line.. mujhe lauta do'. Pancham picked up the piece of paper again, added a few notes and completed the line: 'mera who saaman mujhe lauta do'.

Soon he got engrossed in the song and, believe me, he went on to complete the song in that very sitting. The song is a part of history now. Ashaji says she can never finish a concert now without singing this song. The listeners insist.