मेरे सपनों पे छाई अनोखी तरंग

'Mere Sapno Pe Chhayi Anokhi Tarang' is a song from the 1943 film Sawaal, with lyrics by Wali Sahab and music by Pannalal Ghosh. It is sung by Parul Ghosh, the composer's wife and sister of music director Anil Biswas, whose small recorded output makes each of her surviving songs valuable. The title image — a strange, wonderful wave sweeping over one's dreams — places it among the soundtrack's tender, interior numbers.

Pannalal Ghosh shapes a flowing, dream-like melodic line, giving Parul Ghosh's clear, unforced voice room to float over a restrained accompaniment. The composer's classical sensibility shows in the unhurried melodic development rather than in any showy ornamentation.