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| Ek Bar Mooskura Do | |
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| Directed by | Ram Mukherjee |
| Starring | Joy Mukherjee Tanuja Deb Mukherjee |
| Music by | O. P. Nayyar |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Ek Bar Mooskura Do (English: Smile once) is a 1972 Bollywood drama film directed by Ram Mukherjee. The film stars Joy Mukherjee, Tanuja and Deb Mukherjee. O. P. Nayyar's hit music was one of the plus point of this film. Almost all the songs of the film were enjoyable. Particularly, "Tu Auron Ki Kyun Ho Gayi" sung by Kishore Kumar is considered one of his best, heart-touching, passionate and fastest songs. This song is solo version. The other version of this song is sung by Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle as duet version. Lyrics were written by S. H. Bihari, Indeevar and Shevan Rizvi.
All songs are composed by O. P. Nayyar.
| Song | Singer |
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| "Roop Tera Aisa" | Kishore Kumar |
| "Savere Ka Suraj" | Kishore Kumar |
| "Tu Auron Ki Kyun Ho Gayi" | Kishore Kumar |
| "Tu Auron Ki Kyun Ho Gayi" (Duet) | Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle |
| "Ek Baar Muskura Do, Ek Baar Muskura Do" | Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle |
| "Chehre Se Zara Aanchal Jab Aapne Sarkaya" | Asha Bhosle , Mukesh |
| "Yeh Dil Lekar Nazrana, Aa Gaya Tera Deewana" | Asha Bhosle , Mukesh, Lyrics S. H. Bihari |
| "Zamane Ki Aankhon Ne" | Mohammed Rafi |
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