Here is a little background about the song, translated from Anil Biswas'
biography, written by Sharad Dutt. Incidentally, Sunil Dutt recites the
first two verses from "naach re mayuuraa" in Sujata (1959).

<begin excerpt>
While Dr. Keskar was the minister of Information and Broadcasting, a new
policy was adopted regarding the air-play of film songs. Keskar did not
want Aakashvani to broadcast film songs. What was one to do ? It was
decided that "saahityik" songs written by Bhagwaticharan Verma (in Delhi)
and Narendra Sharma (in Mumbai) be set to music, to take the place of film
songs. At that time Narendra Sharma had Anil Biswas compose the music for
a few of his songs. These were:

chaumukh divaraa baar dharuu.Ngii chaubaare par aaj
jaane kaun dishaa se aa_e mere raajakumaar (Meena Kapoor)

rakh diya nabh shuunya me.n kisane tumhe.n mere hR^iday (Meena Kapoor)

naach re mayuuraa (Manna De)

yug kii sa.ndhyaa kriShhak-vadhu sii kisakaa pa.nth nihaar rahii hai (Anil
Biswas)

These songs were relayed in the course of the one and a half hour program
"Prasaargeet"  from Aakashvani.

It is a matter of regret that the disk of Lata Mangeshkar's last recorded 
song (for Anil Biswas) "yug kii sa.ndhyaa ..." was ruined after the very 
first play of the song; hence, a recording is not available today.

At the inauguration of Vividh Bharati service the very first song to be
played was none other than "naach re mayuuraa".

<end excerpt>

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\startsong
\stitle{naach re mayuuraa, naach re mayuuraa}%
\film{Non Film}%
\year{}%
\starring{}%
\singer{Manna De}%
\music{Anil Biswas}%
\lyrics{Narendra Sharma}%
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% Audio on:
% Contributor: Arunabha S Roy
% Transliterator: Arunabha S Roy
% Date: 2 Jun 2003
% Series: Anilda series
% Comments:
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#indian
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naach re mayuuraa, naach re mayuuraa
kholakar sahasra nayan, dekh saghana gagan magan
dekh saras swapan jo ke aaj hu_aa puuraa
naach re mayuuraa, naach re mayuuraa

guu.Nje dishii\-dishii mR^ida.ng prati pal nava raag ra.ng
rimajhim ke saragam par, rimajhim ke saragam par
chhi.De taan puuraa
naach re mayuuraa, naach re mayuuraa

sam par sam saa par saa
## aalaap ##
sam par sam saa par saa
re pa ga ma re pa ma pa ni dha dha ni pa pa ni dha dha ni saa
ma ma re saa ni saa re sa ni ni pa ma
ga ma re saa ga ma re saa ga ma re saa
sam par sam saa par saa
uma.D ghuma.D ghana barasaa, ghana barasaa
saagar kaa sajal gaan kyo.n rahe adhuuraa
naach re mayuuraa, naach re mayuuraa


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#endindian
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