Think of Dev Anand's movies, especially the earlier Navketan ones from the black and white era and you immediately think of the songs. Both Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand, his brothers, who directed quite a few movies for Navketan had the 'eye' for song picturisations. So did Guru Dutt, his friend, who made some of his best movies for the Navketan banner. A well-recorded anecdote from those days notes that Guru Dutt and Dev Anand were both strugglers who had a pact that the one who made it would give the other a break. And when Dev Anand started Navketan, he asked Guru Dutt to make a movie for his banner. Thus was Baazi (1951) born.
Devsaab had a ear for music, and SD Burman was almost an in-house music director; most Navketan's movies' music was scored by Burman da. And while Dev Anand transitioned to Kishore Kumar as his 'voice', I personally think that both Mohammed Rafi and Talat Mehmood were better suited. It is interesting to note that Mukesh never sang for him; the one song that Mukesh did sing was picturised in the background.
As with all lists, it is difficult to pin a selection down to just ten favourites out of the many. My only reference point was that I do not duplicate movies; so here, in no particular order, are my favourite Dev Anand numbers.
2. Yeh raat, yeh chaandni, phir kahaan ( Jaal)
3. Tu kahan, yeh bataa ( Tere Ghar Ke Samne)
4. Hum bekhudi mein tumko ( Kala Pani)5. Hum hain rahi pyar ke ( Nau Do Gyarah)
6. Yeh aankhein, uff yumma( Jab Pyaar Kisi Se Hota Hai)
7. Tujhe jeevan ki dor se baandh liya hai ( Asli Naqli)
8. Na tum hamen jaano( Baat Ek raat KI)
9. O nigahen mastana( Paying Guest)
10. Saanjh dhali dil ki lagi( Kala Bazaar)
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