This song is a fine example of one of those songs that you remember from the movies you don’t. Mere Mehboob Qayamat Hogi, Mr X in Bombay The tonga or horse cart ride pictured here along Marine Drive is still one of the things quintessentially Mumbai. Rafi and Geeta Dutt, the song shows us how the iconic Marine Drive and Nariman Point looked back then. The song takes us through the Mumbai (Bombay or Bambai then) of 1956, when the city was less crammed than today. Picturised on legendary comedian Johny Walker, the yesteryear song sums up the spirit of Mumbai quite poignantly. There can’t be a better way to start our list than talking about this evergreen classic from Raj Khosla’s CID. Through them, you get to see the old Bombay-Mumbai spaces. I have chosen some of the best ones here. What draws me to them is the music and the way the films take me through the many moods and landscapes of Bombay-Mumbai on celluloid.
The films brilliantly captured the everyday lives of the people of maximum city and were a departure from the usual blockbusters and underworld-inspired gangster movies. I have always been an admirer of those beautiful slice-of-life movies from the seventies, made primarily by Basu Chaterjee and Rishikesh Mukherjee which were all about these small and precious moments. Or Vidya Sinha missing Amol Palekar on a kaali peeli taxi ride. Or an artistic Amol Palekar sketching a young Tina Munim in a 9.40 ki local. Picture a nervous Amol Palekar approaching a graceful Vidya Sinha on a BEST bus ride to work. Mumbai is one of the most fascinating cities in the world and filmmakers have time and again captured the city's essence in their works.
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