तनख़्वाह हमारी तीस

'Tankha Hamari Tees' is one of the eight documented songs of Bhagta Bhoot (1943). The title — readable as 'our salary is (just) thirty' — points to a topical, satirical comic number on everyday economic life, a register the period's light films enjoyed. Music by Vasant Kumar Naidu, lyrics by Ehsan Rizvi; the playback singer is not recorded.

Topical comic songs of this sort were usually set in a brisk, patter-friendly rhythm so the satirical lyric stayed intelligible. Vasant Kumar Naidu, a prolific composer of the 1939–1947 stretch, worked across such registers; no specific raga, instrumentation or arrangement is documented for this recording.