झूमे अंबवा की डार

'Jhume Ambava Ki Daar' is one of the eight songs of Bahadur (1944), directed by Master Bhagwan for Jagriti Pictures. The title — the mango branch (ambava) swaying — draws on the spring/sawan imagery of North Indian folk song, where the laden mango bough signals the season of love and festivity. The lyric is by Ehsan Rizvi, set to music by Ram Chitalkar (C. Ramchandra).

Composed by Ram Chitalkar (C. Ramchandra) in his early Bhagwan-partnership years. A seasonal folk-flavoured song of this kind would have been built on a swinging dholak rhythm and a lilting melody — the bucolic register of the 1940s film song, anticipating the rhythmic vitality Ramchandra would later be celebrated for.