Paise Ki Kahani - Girl Friend by Lata Mangeshkar, Hemant Kumar, Ranu Mukherjee

Few songs from 1960 have held their ground as well as Paise Ki Kahani - Girl Friend, a track that keeps finding new audiences. Hemant Kumar has a history of strong work, and the music on Paise Ki Kahani - Girl Friend is among the most memorable of it.

The voice of Lata Mangeshkar, Hemant Kumar, Ranu Mukherjee carries Paise Ki Kahani - Girl Friend effortlessly, which is the highest compliment a song can give its singer. On screen, a talented ensemble cast bring the emotional world of the song to life in a way that enhances rather than competes with the music.

1960 marked the release of Girl Friend, and Paise Ki Kahani - Girl Friend was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. The emotional register of Paise Ki Kahani - Girl Friend is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

The concision of Paise Ki Kahani - Girl Friend — just 4:29 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.