मेरा जीजा असल जानवर

'Mera Jija Asal Janwar' is one of four documented songs from Dillagi (1942), sung by the actress-singer Anuradha. Its title — a mock-complaint that 'my brother-in-law is a real animal' — points to a light, teasing comic number, the kind of jija-saali (brother-in-law / sister-in-law) banter song common to the social comedies of the period. It belongs to Pratap Mukherjee's score for Balwant Bhatt's film.

Pratap Mukherjee gives the comic number a brisk, dance-like lilt — tabla and harmonium driving a clipped rhythm under Anuradha's playful female line. Songs of this jija-saali type were written for the lighter middle of a social film and depend on rhythmic bounce and vocal cheek rather than melodic weight, and Mukherjee's arrangement keeps it nimble and percussive.