Kajol too in poets club ?
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Aishwarya Rai, Chitrangda Singh and Kajol , three actresses of contemporary hindi cinema enjoy one common thing that their married status has not affected their popularity among audience or their fans.
Now Kajol is going to share screen space again with her husband, where Ajay Devgan is going to make his debut as a director also.
Time will tell what U, Me aur Hum brings before the audience and how it entertains them but marketing of film has seen already one good thing. A poem has been released inside a promotional release of the film. Has Film made Kajol a poet? If yes then its always good to see creative side of a person.
As per the news , Kajol writes following poem.
“Oh, how we danced on the night we were wed
We vowed our true love though a word wasn’t said
The world was in bloom, there were stars in the skies
Except for the few that were there in your eyes.
The night seemed to fade into blossoming dawn
The sun shone anew but the dance lingered on
Could we but relive that sweet moment sublime
We’d find that our love is unaltered by time.”
According to the report, film is said to be revolving around the concept shown in above mentioned poem.
Before also many actors and film makers have shown their writing skills.
Poetess form of Meena Kumari is a well known fact. She not only published her poems under a pseudo name but Khayyaam Saab released an album I write I recite where Meena Kumari herself had recited her poems.
Dev saab has already published his autobiography (Romancing with life) which he prepared in his own hand writing only.
Amitabh Bachchan had written a poem from his sick bed. Poem has been mentioned
in a previous
post
on PFC.
He might have written many other poems but he has not published them.
Great painter MF Hussain also wrote not only his autobiography ” Pandharpur ka ladka ” but he has written poems also.
One such poem can be read in this old article of PFC.
Deepti Naval has also established her as a poet also. She has written a very good poem for her TV serial Thoda Sa Asman. Some of her poems can be read in following links
Sushmita Sen also has published book having her poems and some of her poems can also be read at her website
Tara Deshpande also had published her creative writings and 1-2 Novels.
Its good to see so many authors and poets among film stars and film makers. We may keep hope to see more such creative works from many film stars.
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Verma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
Bhavani Iyer
D. Santosh
Onir
Ashvin Kumar
Ramu Ramanathan
Sudhir Mishra
Pankaj Advani
Revathy
Saurabh Shukla
Shilpa Shukla
Sujoy Ghosh
Suparn Verma
Santosh Sivan
Shashank Ghosh
Shivajee
Pavan Kaul
Partho Sen-Gupta
Prroshant Naryannan
Sam Langoria
Satish Kasetty
just finished
‘passage to buddha’
beautiful… beautiful
beautiful
a tear drop as a homage
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hero of the film remains a kid only for the sake of convenience. instead of two three actors playing different time of the protagonist life. only one actor has been used. a kid.
aaaaah
man … this is the new bench mark of cinema for me.
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^:)^
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apparently, Big B writes a lot of poems, but only shares it with right/correct audiences who will appreciate the poem. that is what i read or someone told me or saw him say that in one of his interview.
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WHats so good about this poem?:-?
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much passes for poetry ….
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this poem is an amateurish attempt at rhyme. Let us not laud everything that is created.
Writing code, or sending a well-crafted email is also a creation then.
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Inspired by kajol’s poem, I have written one
Oh how i stood in the rain
my body aching with pain
and the water ran down the drain
and my face went like John Mccain
My nest sentence should end with train
and I’ll eat at au bon pain
should stop here, no gain
cuz my poem is clearly plain.
now, everyone, write articles and make movies worshipping me .
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Rk Bhai,
You forgot to mention Jaya Bacchan writing a great literary story in ‘Shehanshah’.. and if she can why cant cant Kajol pen a poem in her home production… and believing the film is based on the concept of this poem (nothing more than a marketing news), to film ka to bhagwan hi maalik hai..
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On basis of the few interviews I have seen and read of Kajol, the Koffee with Karan episodes with her and on basis of one brief 3-minute chance meeting I had with her in 2002… I doubt she even wrote that poem (inspite of it being a silly, candyfloss, teenage rhyming endeavour). I doubt she can even write that though.
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how about Meena Kumari
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its a marketting gimmick.RK bhai,aap kaise is dhokhe mein aa gaye.haan,jo log seriously writing kar rahe hain…unhen salam.
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If the film is indeed based on this poem then it is going to be a huge yawn.The poem is anyways just an amateurish attempt at rhyming.The last two lines are completely out of tune with reference to the rest.
The crux of it is the conveyance of an unsaid feeling which the writer wants to capture for eternity—”pyaar karna” and “pyaar nibhana”…
Do we want another one of these?
Not me for sure[-(
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@Vishrant (1,2)
Have not seen
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@H.G (3),
I can understand (by applying assumption ofcourse) reservations of AB about his poetry.
First for you, a wonderful poem of his father Late Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan
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[ " Paap mere waste hai naam lekar aaj bhi tum ko bulana
hai wahi chhati ki jo apnee tahon mein raaj koi chipaye
jo ki apnee tees aap jhele, mat kisi ko bhi sunaye
dard jo mere liye tha, garv us par , aaj mujhko ho raha hai...
paap mere waste hai aaj bhee naam lekar tum ko bulana
wo Agasti raat masti kee, gagan mein chand nikla tha adhura,
kintu meri god, kale badalon mein tha, chand pura
deh vah thee bhee alag kab,
neh donon ek milkar ho gaye the
vednamay hai mujhe to, us ghadi ko yaad rakhna ya bhulana
paap mere waste hai naam lekar aaj bhee tumko bulana" ]
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AB has earned maximum possible level of fame name etc in the field of acting. He does not need to do something for earning name.
But this earned fame may put additional pressure on him also.
Either he sheds all inhibitions and does not care for what others will say and publish his works. which perhaps he will do ultimately.
Whenever he publishes his poems, literary circle has to become active to compare his poems with his fathers poems.
and about his father one thing can be said ” What a poet”.
But like AB does not care about his films and does whatever he likes, same he has to do in writings also.
All these years he has been busy in films, facing ups and downs of acting career. and his father was active in writing till some 12-14 years ago.
Its not easy for the son of Dr HariVansh Rai Bachchan to publish poems. It was easy for AB to enter in to this field when he was young and not so successful in films.
His first poem available for all to read is a good one.
He has to come out in open one day. People have to say anything. Creativity of anybody should come out.
Criminal minds have those people who are sitting on the film directed by Dilip Kumar and audiences are kept away by these sick minds to watch his directorial efforts.
:(
Hope one day AB publishes his poems so that others can read. Daughter of his brother Ajitabh Bachchan is following footsteps of her grandfather. She is young and perhaps on the way of publishing her creative works.
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@French (4),
Depends on what you think about poetry
depends on what you think define a poem
Its very subjective issue and may differ from person to person
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@cdrakenc (5),
Whatever
and Before seeing TZP also I knew something about witnessing first time and so many things dont harm others so why not give them place:-?
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@Dabba(6),
Dabba ji dabba ji, ye kya ho raha hai .
First reminding you a scene of Coolie. Hope you have seen it.
Venue: Rly station (was it New Delhi which was shown?)
Suresh Oberoi is beating a coolie and AB jumps down from a over bridge and reaches there.
Suresh Oberoi asks him who he is. AB before giving his introduction.
” Are hujur tanik jharokha to hataiye” he removes black goggles from Suresh Oberoi’s eyes.
Please go down till end of the post. Its a buzz post.
Yes if email is used for the same purpose for which earlier, people used to write letters to each other, then yes email can be/is a creative thing and if its well crafted then it doubly fits in the category of creation.
Moreover so many times and especially in our era when so much destruction is happening all around, that thing, can also come under construction, what is not destruction. ;)
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@cdrakenc (7),
Very good. You must send your poem inspired by Kajol’s poem to Hilary Clinton, perhaps it may help her gaining some more support and she can match Obama in opposing Maccain;)
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@Pavan(8),
Ya I also get confusion about Shahanshah because noramlly its mentioned that Jaya Bachchan never liked usual commercial films of AB then how she could write that story? Or may be Tinu Anand played pranks with her and gave her name to his usual commercial attempt:)
yesterday saw posters of the film, looked good. we have to wait to see how film fares.
Its Ajay Devgan’s first attempt, audience have to see in that context.
though should mention here that his understanding about the subject of his film (based on what he explains in his recent interview) is good. Perhaps film can be in category of Vivah and may touch the chord with audience.
who knows. lets wait and watch
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@Anand G,
This is again individual. I dont know Kajol.
Why I should doubt without any evidence that she has not written the poem. If she has not written and it goes with her name, then its her problem as its not easy to live with burden of lies exposed to people.
I have to take it as it is told unless somebody exposes this and proves that she did not write it.
Its her problem, once making it public, she has to live up to this impression in her life after publishing this poem.:)
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@kcp (10),
Meena Kumari
http://passionforcinema.com/i-write-i-recite-meena-kumari%E2%80%99s-invaluable-gift-via-khayaam/
You are right she should have been included in main post. Will do so later.
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@Chavanni(11),
Chavani ji, even if its a marketing gimmick then its a sweet marketing strategy, a very positive way of promoting one’s film.
When everybody has become naked in marketing area to promote their films by hook and crook then this way of promotion is really impressive. atleast its creative way.
If Ajay and Kajol have opted this way to market their film, then I appreciate their efforts.
atleast its not promoted on the basis of Item song which has nothing to with film.
When Sanjay Gupta ji can promote his film first by releasing Gulzar Saabs poems and they are not part of films and its accepted then this effort should also be accepted. Its a fair marketing policy.
atleast film is not promoted on the basis of body exposure. Itna hee kya kam hai aaj ke daur mein?
I have not come under and kind of dhokha. Its a buzz post.
I feel that people should be told about Buzz Posts in a clear way.
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@French(12)
Your liberty to do anything is your birth right.
you like something or dislike something, its your right.
You have to see a film or not, its your right.
Buzz posts are not made to push you to like something and subsequently motivate you to go to watch the film.
Buzz post is made to point out some happening.
Personal impression is your birth right and adult freedom.
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Thanks RK for the lovely article. I was not a part of PFC then.
Anyways you also forgot a few cases when Geeta Bali and Nirupa Roy wrote poetry/songs for Hindi Films
kcp
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@kcp (24)
I had no idea about Nirupa Roy writing songs or poetry. Thanks for informations.
So apart from appearing in wonderful film like Do Beegha zaeemn and singing a song on screen for old nagin and playing heroine also in some films, and becoming later mother of heros in 70s and 80s she has other contribution also to hindi cinema.:)
Good to know her writing talent also.
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and Geeta Bali’s biggest contribution is on screen personality development of an actori.e Shammi Kapoor. She not only shaved his odd moustache but gave him adayen to show on screen.
:d
Thats a creation. moulding an actor in right mould. this should have been done by some director but she did it. She did not direct a film otherwise she could have created history.:)
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Also Manoj Kumar has written Urdu poetry ( he speaks and writes Urdu )
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@kcp, Dharam ji also has started writing poetry. He recited his own sh
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totally agree with cdrakenc!!!
these celebrities….if they attempt anything new…even if its only average, gets way too much applause.
Kajol was a breath of fresh air in the 90z.
Her passionate performances were quite like Madhuri’s .
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RK bhai,
Kajol too in the gang of photo copiers? seems the poem she is referring to is not hers but a famous song of 70s… titled The Anniverary Song by Al Jolson and Saul Chaplin
Check out http://www.bittybitznpieces.com/Anniversary%20Waltz.htm
http://www.risa.co.uk/sla/song.php?songid=25618
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Pavan Jha – a nice eye opener that was thanks for it..not that it will matter..Kajol will feign innocence about the original song and will say that both the songs having the same lines is because of a Manmohan Desai co-incidence..
Anand G was spot on when he said that he doubts that she has written the poem..
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lipsyncing is permitted in bollywood.
She WROTE it.
She didn’t AUTHOR it.
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I agree RK and so I was writing only famous names :-) Or else I would have included Vivek Oberoi, who currently writes poetry and shows to his close circle ( aka Filmfare magazine Mar 2008 ) :d/
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I remember Simi Garewal reading one of Amitabh’s poems on ‘Rendezvous with S G Show’. As she was reading, the camera was on amitabh’s face and his face was reflecting everyword as Simi was reciting it…bitterness, frustration, betrayal, and loneliness. It was a long poem, written in English. AB writes in both languages.
BTW, thanks RK for ‘Paap mere waaste’, its my fav poem by Bachchanji. Raat aadhi kheench kar meri hatheli, is another gem from him.
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If the camera pans silently on Amitabh’s face, all those emotions would be seen reflected on it…but franky, I dont understand how Amitabh could be seen as bitter or frustrated. In his life, The only thing he didn’t get to keep forever is Rekha.
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And that was a stolen toy anyway. What is he bitter about? His family that he got to keep, his fame and success, or his lost “other love”?
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RK: Kajol did not write the poem after all. Infact, it is an old song written by a romanian poet called Ivanovici and made popular in 1946 by Al Jolson and Saul Chaplin.
See link:
http://www.actionext.com/names_g/guy_lombardo_lyrics/edit_anniversary_song.html
It has also been published at a zillion different websites as Pavan has mentioned above.
And even Indiafm.com wrongly (but expectedly) credited the poem/lyrics to “The Anniversary Waltz,” composed by Dublin/Frankl. See link:
http://www.indiafm.com/movies/preview/13577/index.html
Phew! I was right when I said I doubt Kajol even wrote that. Trust me, you would have doubted it too if only you had ever met the lady.
Where/which website did you get this information anyway? I guess it’s just a marketing/publicity gimmick by the U, me, whatever team!
Ironically, although we all totally canned the poem thinking it was Kajol’s, it actually is a popular song! Sigh…
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It’s bad karma all around.
terrible poetry,misatributed to kajol as if it were the next omar khayyam, and everyone targets kajol for it.
could almost be a prank.
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@Pavan (30),
Brother very good and timely investigative search.:)
Word “Two Stars” in original poem/song has been replaced by “Few Stars” in Kajol’s press release.
That could be creative editing input;)
your search of original song exposed two good things.
(1) Either marketing team of “U me and Hum” did not bother to give original source of the song or newspaper simply published it as Kajol’s own song without even bothering to ask if it was original or not.
(2) As you write Song is a quite famous song of 70s, then all the critics of song present in comment section of this post, who were criticising it because they thought it was penned by Kajol and few of them thought she could not write it, and few thought if she had written it so it was bound to be a very ordinary poem/song, also come under scanner.
Present situation (revealed by you) provides two edges sword. Its cutting ignorance, or knowingly done mistake of marketing team of the film and on other hand its also cutting negative thinking of critics also. ;)
a nice revelation.
Thank you.:)
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@kcp(33),
It was reported some months ago that Vivek Oberoi was busy in writing scripts also. He has seen phases where obviously he should become a poet:)
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@Satya,
Raat Aadhi kheench kar meri hatheli ek ungli se likha tha pyar tumne,
a wonderful love poem.
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@Anand G (37),
Have responded similar thing in comment (39) above in response to Pavan’s comment.
Kajol did not write the poem originally but she or anybody cant write a poem, is beyond my understanding. Dont know when you had met her.
Unlike us, who have to do 8-6 regular job to earn bread and butter and books etc to read, stars have all the facilities before them because of bigger earning and they have full capacity and time to go through best books, best education at any time of their life and in such facilities one can start creating writing at any age and stage.
People can be there who met Ashutosh Gowarikar after he made Pehla Nasha and Bazi and who declared that this man never could make a good film. But he later made Lagan and Swades.
Everything is fine but claiming about someone that s/he cant do it, does not go well with potential of any living humanbeing.
There I disagree with you.@};-
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sir i have one excellent script in ma mind! i would bet even d dirctors…like steven spilberg! has 2 look upon it! cn u acctually suggest hw should i explore ma thoughts 2 u!
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@Shanky,
Perhaps Steven Speilberg may not be available for the moment. Who knows he was flying somewhere during last friday saturday or sunday and flights got cancelled because of storm and at the moment he is stuck at some airport.
But if PFC and its poor readers qualify to read your script then you may go through the IVIEW. Please read details at
http://passionforcinema.com/about/#iview
and hope you utilize the facility.:)
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@35
Sorry, I forgot to mention that the episode was aired at the time when he was going through the worst phase of his life…come-back movies flopping,ABCL debacle, Miss World Fiasco, creditors outside his house and friends turning back on him. And who said if one rich and popular can’t be sad, unhappy or frustrated in life? Aisa hota to Gurudatt suicide nahi karte aur Manro ki dardnaak maut nahi hoti, remember..it is always lonely at the top!
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@cdrakenc #7
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Inspired by kajol
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@Mainak,
Every other month you declare one comment as best and funniest comment you have seen on PFC.
What about a contest among those bests of your selection to search best of bests?;)
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:x i love kajlo kajlo is my best
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U Me aur Hum
That touch of tenderness….. Khalid Mohamed, Hindustan Times Rating: ***
Whenever Kajol acts, she kills the competition. Of the current lot, no one quite compares. No one can hold a close-up like she does or leap straight out of the screen to involve you in her pleasure and pain.
http://tinyurl.com/6gdgev
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kajols father passes .. RIP
The magnificent Mukherjees..
http://tinyurl.com/57sfct
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