Today on the occasion of Basant Panchmi, I write this blog to worship the Goddess Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech, wisdom, and learning. One of the most famous festivals associated with Goddess Saraswati is the Hindu festival of Vasant Panchami. On this day, Goddess Saraswati is worshipped in schools, colleges, educational institutes as well as in institutes associated with music and dance.
The first film on this season was released in 1942 'Basant' starring Mumtaz Shanti and Ulhas. Madhubala also acted in this film as a child artist( Baby Mumtaz). It was major box office success and the highest-grossing film of 1942. Fourteen years later another film 'Basant Bahar' was released, starring Bharat Bhushan and Nimmi. The highlight of this film was its music, scored by Shankar Jaikishan.
Basant is also called Rituraj, the king of all seasons and in Urdu is called Jashn-E-Baharaan or in short Bahaar. Many lyricists have used 'Bahaar' for this season. Let's look into a few of these songs. The first song I have selected from the 1942 film Basant
