The other song that features Arora even more prominently in the film is the wonderful ballad, ‘ Chura liya hai tumne jo dil ko’. Vijay’s character was enacted by Vijay Arora, a graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), who hardly made an impact in Hindi cinema outside Yaadon Ki Baaraat.
Interestingly, it is the evergreen nature of the film’s songs that has kept Vijay and Monto alive, to whatever extent, in public memory. The song, ‘ Yaadon ki baaraat nikli hai aaj dil ke dwaare’, has since become an unofficial anthem of sorts for happy Bollywood reunions. So, while Shankar, played by actor Dharmendra, weeps copiously behind a pillar, Monto and Vijay reunite in full view and applause of the attending patrons. And unknown to both Monto and Vijay, their eldest brother, Shankar, also present in the hotel, sheds tears over this serendipitous discovery of his bichdey huey bhai since circumstances don’t permit him to publicly acknowledge his ties with them. To Monto’s utter delight, he is joined midway through the song by his second brother, Vijay. Monto begins singing the title track of Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973). Just before he begins with his performance for the evening, Monto renders a 15-year-old song (‘ pandrah saal puraana gaana’), with the intention that it will reach his long-lost brothers, who once used to sing it along with him. The ‘rock-n-roll’ styled musician character Monto takes centre stage in the space where patrons come to dine. Teesri Manzil (1966) had chartbusters like ‘Oh haseena zulfon waali’.
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