King of Ghazals:Part1

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I am a great fan of Talat Sahab. His voice sounds like wine pouring into a goblet. His voice encompassed the pain of unrequited love - a love that does not hold any bitterness for the unresponding other, but just wishes to be like the moth drawn inexorably to the flame. Listen to: Jalte hain jiske liye teri aankhon ke liye dhoondh laaya hoon wohi geet main tere liye dil mein rakh lena kiske haathon se yeh toote na kahin geet nazuk hai mera sheeshe se bhi toote na kahin The delicateness in that voice is not something that a "macho" hero would like to have, but it fit admirably into the kind of role that dilip kumar used to play. The lover with the deep-seated pain, the anguish, but yet completely besotted as in: Yeh hawa yeh raatt yeh chaandni teri har ada bemisaal hai mujhe kyon na ho teri aarzo teri justjoo mein bahaar hai TO BE CONTINUED