Mukesh was the male Madonna

One of the songs on American pop icon Madonna’s 1984 album Like A Virgin was Material Girl.

A decade-and-a-half earlier (i.e., in 1969), a desi material girl was the subject of a song.

The track in question was Chandi Ki Deewaar (which could be translated to, “A silver wall”).

The Mukesh solo – which was composed by Kalyanji-Anandji, and written by Gulshan Bawra – was the only song from Vishwas in my collection.

Interestingly, the 1960s segment of this blog also began with a song that was sung by the former and composed by the Shah brothers.