शरद ऋतु आई

An autumn (sharad) song from Kadambari (1944) that, together with the film's spring and summer numbers, completes a deliberate cycle of seasonal songs — a structure with deep roots in classical Indian poetry, where the ritus mark the passage of time and the moods of love. No singer is documented for this number; the verse is by Kavi Pradeep, writing as 'Miss Kamal B.A.'

Hari Prasanna Das colours the autumn song with a clear, settled medium tempo and a melody that suggests the cool calm of sharad — less ardent than the summer number, more serene, in keeping with the season's classical associations of clarity and ripeness.