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Remembrance of Things Past: Aandhi and Mausam
Eight households
Living cheek-by-jowl,
And their common walls,
Eight stories
Running adrift
Shut within the closed doors
And their common walls,
Eight smells, all known but one, which
Wafted in from radios in afternoon
Riding on aromas from kitchens,
Passing by the half-open windows
And their common walls,
An eight-year old
Busy building memories
Amidst the sounds, stories and smells,
Hardly stood a chance
Against the conspiring households
And their common walls.
Looking back, you could say it was inevitable. That I would turn out to be a bad poet with great memories.
One summer afternoon, as I sat down with a copy of Tinkle, the song came in from a radio playing somewhere in the neighborhood along with the aroma of different kitchens in the 8-house block that I stayed in. A few words caught between the cackle remained and, yes, what also remained with the eight-year old was its music. The song was Tere Bina Zindagi Se Koi from Aandhi and for the next four years I heard it in snatches in my neighborhood. Astride on a branch of a guava tree or while keeping wickets to seniors playing cricket (thankless job, so let chhotu do it), I would hear the song with the male voice piping in between stanzas with Suno Aarti…, Yeh jo Chand hai na… and would wonder what divine forces were at play when the song was composed. The reverie would be broken when the eye spotted a ripe guava, or the ball went between my legs or Kasam Paida Karnewale Ki would come on as the next song.
Then one evening when I was twelve, the song played out on television and I knew exactly what I had to do the next morning. It was 12 Kms to the nearest music store and the trudge on my cycle didn’t seem painful a wee bit. Arriving at the music store, I was confronted with a dilemma presented by the store keeper. I could either record Aandhi songs and a few others on a blank cassette for a lower price (using the “double-deck recorder” that the store so proudly owned) or I could buy the HMV original Aandhi – Mausam combination for a higher price. I took a look at the HMV original. It was a black and white cover with sketches of Sanjeev Kumar, Suchitra Sen (didn’t know much about her except my parents going in raptures when she came on TV) and Sharmila Tagore (another rapture inducing diva at home). And in an act of financial indiscipline (to be repeated umpteen times in later life), I made the biggest commercial transaction of my life then and shelled out Rs. 26. It meant foregoing The Sportstar, priced at Rs. 4 then, for the next seven weeks. An act of supreme sacrifice done, I got on to the cycle again. The return trip didn’t seem like the same 12 Kms, it stretched out interminably till I reached home, unsealed the treasure, looked lovingly at the translucent bluish-white cassette and lodged it into the tape recorder (as they were called then).
The tape recorder didn’t see anything else for the next week. How do I explain it? The start of Side A with the thematic strains of Aandhi being broken by a Lata aalap before she suggests to Kishore Kumar, “Is Mod Se Jaate Hain” while lingering that bit longer on the word “Mod” as if to convey here dilemma in choosing the “Mod”. Words didn’t make sense at times, yet I knew something deeper was being communicated here.
“Patthar ki haveli ko, sheeshe ke gharonde mein, tinkon ke nasheman tak, is mod se jaate hain…”
I picked up my pen and started writing down the lyrics, stopping, playing a part back and then going forward. It was a grotesque deconstruction of a song but it had to be done. When I finished with the song, a strange sense of inadequacy took over. Why did Gulzar write, “Ek door se aati hai, paas aa ke palat ti hai, ek raah akeli si, rukti hai na chalti hai.” Why do I not understand this even though I know what each word means on its own? Why are these 2 roads (“ek dur se” and the other “raah akeli si”) playing truant (“paas aa ke palat ti” and “rukti hai na chalti hai”). Why was I stuck on the first song while I had made this grand purchase only for the third song in Side A, “Tere Bina..” Questions, questions, questions.
The next song, “Tum aa gayi ho, noor aa gaya hai” strained me less. The lifting of ennui because “Tum aa gayi ho” was something I could understand. And, yes, no matter where I go, my heedless wanderings eventually brings me back to you – “Kahan se chale, kahan ke liye, yeh khabar nahin thi magar, koi bhi sira, Jahan ja mila, wahin tum miloge”. Yes, I understand, navigating through life is easy when you are in love.
And then the number which had slyly coaxed me into the grip of this fever, “Tere Bina..” This time the words made sense alright but the song had a delightful feature, that of Sanjeev Kumar and Suchitra Sen conversing in between stanzas. Did one need to see the full length feature? Gulzar had summed up his story in 4 stanzas with RDB bringing the subtle notes of longing and separation. Note how both Lata and Kishore yearningly stress the word “bina” or when Kishore croons “Raaz ki baat hai, aur zindagi baaki to nahin” – here, reversing the established adage, actually, the words spoke of a thousand pictures.
At the end, RDB threw in Rafi, Bhupinder and Amit Kumar in a qawwali on democracry “Salaam Kijiye, Aali janaab aaye hain, yeh paanch saalon ka dene hisaab aaye hain”. Aandhi courted undue controversy during the emergency for purportedly representing Indira Gandhi’s story. I think the censors missed it big time. The real subversion in the movie was this song, a tongue-firmly-in-cheek satire on opportunistic politics with lines like, “yeh nange jism chhupa dete hai kafan de kar” or “hisaab dijiye, hum be-hisaab aaye hain”. Strangely, the song cut no ice with the 12-year old then. It seemed like a jarring note in an otherwise melodious Side A. Only years later when I was too lazy to get out of the bed to ‘fast forward’ the song, I realized the song had its place which was reinforced when I watched the movie. The side ended with Aandhi theme playing out the notes of separation and of lonely and empty days.
I waded in to Side B thinking Mausam might bring about a change of season. No such luck. Lata decided to take toll with the first song itself. The initial slightly joyful strains of ‘Ruke Ruke Se Kadam’ don’t betray the burden of guilt that the song will eventually bring on. The interminable night, unforgiving and unrelenting, with scarce a dawn in horizon – “subah na aayi, kai baar need se jaage, thi ek raat ki yeh zindagi guzar chale.” Or that debt of gratitude which seems such a burden on your chest – “Uthaye phirte thae ehsaan dil ka seene par, le tere kadmon mein yeh karz bhi utaar chale.” It was a tough for a 12-year old mind (till yesterday listening to Julie, Julie, Johnny ka dil tum pe aaya Julie…. Cycle waala Michael bola etc etc) to comprehend such complexities in life. But out came the pen and paper and the series of ‘rewinds’ and ‘forwards’ continued till I had the song in bite-sized chunks.
Thus fortified I tackled the next two songs – Dil Dhoondta Hai – in duet and solo versions. You live for the moment and the past is nothing but a series of memories. I hardly had memories to go back to when I heard it then but over the years this song brings back memories in torrents. Nothing special in these remembrances of things past, no life-altering sequences, mere everyday acts, no single day standing out of them all but in all, a collective sense of missing a way of life. “Ya garmiyon ki raat jo purwayian chale, thandi safed chadaron pe jaage der tak, taaron ko dekhte rahen, chhat par pade huye.” Those nights of load-shedding in summer holidays which would lead all of us to go up to the terrace and put our beds out under the sky. When was the last time you lied back on your back and gazed at the stars in the night? And was Gulzar actually lurking there in the corner during those summer nights or was he the wandering minstrel in my small-town hill station to have accurately observed, “Barfili sardiyon mein kisi bhi pahaad par, waadi mein goonjti huyi khamoshiyan soone, aankhon mein bheege bheege se lamhe liye huye.”
The next song in Mausam was possibly the one I still skip. “Mere Ishq Mein Laakhon Latke” taunts Asha and goes on about the impact a young Sharmila has on her admirers. And then the last song of the album, the seemingly light-hearted, “Chhadi re Chhadi” and you think it is the usual banter between the lovers. Somewhere, Gulzar, in a deft sleigh of hand, imbues the song with a strong philosophical touch. Rafi sings, “Seedhen seedhen raston ko thoda sa mod de do, be-jod ruhon ko halka sa jod de do, jod do na toot jaaye saanson ki ladi.” Rafi pauses delicately at the first “mod”, almost urging you to pause and listen to this line again. And then the import of the line – the pleasure of going off the beaten path, of taking an unexpected turn, doing good by bringing together two estranged souls before death does them apart. An ode to the walking stick, straight lines and then the curve and life’s lesson learnt. Or when Lata cautions later, “Dheere dheere chalna sapne, neednon mein dar jate hain, kahte sapne kabhi jaage to mar jaate hain, neend se na jaage koi khwabon ki ladi”, about not changing the path too dramatically for a life lived ordinarily is a life lived as well as any.
Almost, 19 years later, as I wake up this morning and listen to Aandhi and Mausam once again, I realize that it was all pre-destined. That “Chhadi Re Chhadi” should be playing as I finish this post and I find nothing has changed. I still don’t understand these songs since I find newer nuances in them every few years. And I still fail with words when it comes to describing it all. There’s, however, one solace. That most expensive purchase that I did as a 12-year old has given me the best return on any investment that I have done. Amen to that.
Acknowledgment: The title of the post is borrowed from Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past, a book, I live in hope, to complete reading one day.
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I’d strongly recommend a week off work, dedicated to reading ‘Remembrance…’ 3000 odd pages can be daunting, but to me it was unputdownable, once I stopped time. His opinion on writing is contrary to what my other favourite, Maugham believes. “A book is the product of a different self from the one we manifest in our habits, our social life and our vices,” Proust said. You’d find great resonace in his story (loosely autobiographical, I think) since the book is drenched in nostalgia. Lovely post.
prose can be quite poetic subrat.
if u shelve that modesty blaise of urs, i am pretty sure u know u aint half as bad as u say u are…:)
Subrat!
I just relived my Bachpan :)
@Subrat
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Bhavani, yes, Remembrance… is one of my unfulfilled resolutions for the last seven years. I will give it a shot this vacation in December.
You bringing back Maugham in your comment (you had him in your comment on my Groucho Marx post last week as well as a person you’d kill to meet) makes me think I should re-focus my attention to him. It’s been a while since I have picked him and I guess the last Maugham that I read (Cakes and Ale) isn’t the right way to close out on him.
I am glad you liked the post
DPac - Thanks for your words! How do I shed Modesty Blaise is something I will ask you in private? Afterall, once you have shed her, all you are left with is Willie Garvin. Not much can be expected from him
Pavan - thanks for your comments. After all, if there was one person who I didn’t want to let down by this post, it was you. And thanks for the analysis of Patthar ke haveli ko…. Insightful as always.
What a post and what amazing writing!! Almost took me back to my college days.
These 2 albums top the list of songs to listen to on a rainy afternoon drinking coffee or tea(depending on your choice) looking out the window.Another album I’d add to the list would be Ijaazat.Another masterpiece
I forgot to mention 1942:A Love Story :)
@Vikram..take Masoom album along too..’Huzoor iss kadar bhi na itra kay chaliye’ & all time great ‘Tujhse naaraaz nahin zindagi, hairaan hoon main’
Huzoor Is Kadar is one song where the singers actually sounded slightly high.Lovely lyrics.But more than Tujhse Naaraaz,I love the song Do Naina Ek Kahani.For some reason,the song kinda makes me all senti
“Remembrance of things past is just for the rich. For the poor it only marks the faint traces on the path to death”
“And besides, in order to bear up well one must not remember too much, but rather stick close to the passing day, hour by hour . . .”
~ Albert Camus, The First Man
Great post… thank you for bringing me back to my childhood where I too would sit and dissect such songs to try and figure out their (deeper) meanings…
ek purana mausam lauta, yaad bhari purwai bhi…
Also another gulzar song “mera kuch samaan ..tumhare paas “..it has some awesome lyrics …and each time i hear them i try to decipher them …its just amazing …
@Subrat,
Nice post!
It has been a quite unanimous decision among many groups of people gathered in different times that Aandhi+Mausam combination tops the list of HMV’s cassettes where they provide us music of two films in the same cassette. On Second number has always been combination of Arth and Sath Sath.
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One political toned song in Anadhi and one Mujra song in Mausam, always bring unpleasant halt point in the otherwise smoothly going journey. Both odd songs though fit in the films but in the audio cassettes they just produce anger and frustration. Because rest of the songs work on high level with us and these two songs are to carry fiulm ahead and independently they dont have much value. Salam Kijiye, though may fit more in films like Mere Apne, Hu Tu Tu. lyrics of these two songs are good but not composition.
Even Mere Apne’s song, haal chal theek thak hai, brings joy on lisntening but not Salam Kijiye.
If one listens Mere Ishq mein then one can have imagination that its some daku police drama film’s song.
interesting thing abt Mausam was that Gulzar chose Madan Mohan over his long time friend RD Burman for music and in both the movies you can feel that each one has great-great songs. one time while interviewing Gulzar I asked him this question that why he chose Madan Mohan over RD Burman, he replied ” Producers wanted Madan Mohan in Mausam…”
@RK sir,why you are so against to political toned Songs or books???
I think Kabhi kabhi and silsila combination will be come on 3rd place on all time list of HMV
@Shatrughan,
I am not against political toned songs or books or films.
I said in those romantically tuned relationship based songs, Salam Kijiye song is like multiple tracked speed breaker on an otherwise smooth and good road and you get jerks because of those speed breakers. They serve purpose before the schools, hospitals etc but if they are constructed on Highway with no purpose then you feel irritation.
Politics is reality of our present day life, why I or anybody should be against it?
@RK Sir,i asked that question because once you said That you didn’t liked “Kashi ka assi” because Kashinath singh has some fixed political inclination which displayed in same book.
@Shatrughan,
Yes an author should be devoid of any political inclination to write something which may appeal to all. I see this way only.
But If I can recall correctly, I should have written that Whatever Shri Kashinath Singh was trying to pursue in that book his own characters were not following same ideology.
Like that old man complains that culture is finishing so soon and he does not mind saying abuses before her own daughter. so I might have said, what kind of culture? Its comparative. For some use of vulgure language before your own daughter, DIL etc can be going away from culture.
Many writers have been writing just to propagate Communism so in long term such literature has no value. Literature is not to propagate some narrow political ideology. Good literature is free from bondage. Otherwise it remains as referential literature when somebody has to use it they use it in confined boundaries.
@Subrat…what a lovely n sexy post ya!!! recording songs on blank cassette…cycling way to buy music…rewing,forward n writing down d lyrics to understnd…suchirta sen n raptures. uttam kumar-suchitra sen…double raptures. sweet sweet memories!! all nostalgia.
Every time i hear the song from mausam…aur garmiyoon ke din….think d same. those childhood days…load shedding…going to terrace with the bed & torch light and star gazing for long. dont know how he gt it so beautifully. hav always dreamt that wud retire from work and settle in place like rishikesh or something similar n do d same all over again.
btw, we should do something to get u n pavan at same place some day. and we all will shut up n just listen!!
RK sirjee @ 22:
Don;t u think that every writer has to take a stand on the issue? I mean, if every thought that is peened down is taken from the stand point of a moral high ground, moderated and presented in a way that is the middle path, then how is it a thought for action?
My point here being, is not a stance on an issue necessary? I want to write on todays thoughts of Grad students in US who have a great life in front of them to have fun leaving behind inhibitions and rules. Then if I were to present a moderated view to say that yes, Life is great. I am having fun but in my limits, I do still believe in my roots et all etc etc… then is it justified? I have to take a stance. Either I like it or I don’t. I have a POV which I have to convincingly justify, that’s when a reader will respect me or discard me?
I know this is totally moving from the post and topic but forms for a nice discussion.
Vinayak - Pls do a post on Camus on your blog and I will respond. Btw - loved the Iqbal post there. Will comment sometime there
RK, Ravptor - interesting thread building up. Should writer moderate or go for the broke on his POV? I, personally, like the latter.
Phnx - retiring at Rishikesh!! Well, that makes two of us. Uttam-Suchitra was a combination, isn’t it? There’s a less heralded Uttam Kumar movie with Sharmila in Hindi called Dooriyan (Music Jaidev) which has two amazing compositions - Zindagi mein jab tumhare gham nahin thae and Zindagi, mere ghar aana (Bhupinder, Anuradha). Reg, getting me and Pavan together, believe me the pleasure will be all ours
@ravaptor,
Author has to take a stand but as authors are supposed to see before others can see and they are supposed to see more than others can see so if they are associated only with one kind of ideology and are working as a propaganda machine only then in long term their writing has no value. They become then small genere based writers.
Wiring for the sake of writing is fine. But those who are shouting from the roof top they have to be clear in their thoughts, actions and they cant not /should not be allowed to be selective in their approach. When their masters are in power then these writers get all kinds of awards, recognitions, wealth etc and an impression is created that they are great writers but as time passes people dont value their writing.
Ordinary people have been cheated by this so called intelligentia and time and again it has been proved that blind following carries no where and then heart breaks look big when those cheat you who were supposed to bring changes. Those who shout for fundamental changes forget any kind of change once they are accepted as the member of power group, so why ordinary people should value their sayings writings etc?
October revolution may have big mention in history but did that serve any purpose? They did not spoil the world around them? Rather they are proved to be more dangerous.
Changes have to come but then these changes should be seen as small and temporary changes only and should not be seen as something great which may bring fundamental change.
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If we see India’s example: Did/could Janta Party experiment do any good for the country? They shouted heavily but when they got power it was same as with old leaders.
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Not that NDA govt. did not do good while they were in power but whatever they did was nothing in comparison to the heavy criticism they have been showering on Congress for last 50 years. They never left any stone unturned while criticising Congress and its policies but when themselves came in power then forgot any need to bring fundamental change. They then started crushing any kind of criticism and their logic was amusing that when congress was doing same then why we are not allowed. They could noit understand, that if people have to bear same things then why to waste energy and time in propagating your ideology and promting you. You showed dreams of change hence you were supported and now there at chair you know you cant do much so you wish to opt hide and seek game with people.
So Now where can we put those writers who have been writing to establish ideology of these groups working for vested interest?
Even these people who were talking that they are for common people used to use word “Rulers” in their press releases. Now in democracy you are not rulers but representative of people. But it goes on and we dont object.
Communist parties have been cherishing authors, filmmakers and other creative people since long and they often work as their propaganda loudspeakers but their revolutionary tone is selective and it throws fire only on selective people hence world is same rotten.
There can never be any fundamental change because of this selective behaviour only.
Our communists will clamour a lot when matter is related with USA but will keep eyes closed if matters are related with Russia or China.
Arundhati Roy will not go on fast to pressurise China to leave Tibbat. Geroge Bush will not show any mercy on Tibbetian people but he is busy in bringing democracy in Iraq.
One may read history of USA of 20th century with mesmerised eyes and can feel so good inside that white people stood up in favour of black slaves and brought them freedom from bonded labourship but many may go deeper to see the difference between South and North America at that time and who was supporting what and which economy was affecting what?
Arundhati Roy is not a suitable person whose reprimends people should take hence she will not find place in History as we give to Saint Kabir.
Kabir had got a justified eye so he is a person who can scold anyone and everyone and people will listen.
When he says,
“Are in doun rah na payee,
hindu apnee kare badai, gaagar chhuan na deyee
veshya ke payan tar sove, yeh dekho hinduyee
musalman ke peer aulaya, murgee murga khayee
khala keri beti byahe, gharhi mein karahee sagai”
then he is treating everybody with same approach and he is not selective. he is attacking broad social evils and he is not saying hindus are good or musalman are better or hinduism is better of islam is better.
Both have shortcomings.
But did that moderate path stopped Kabir to create? He said more and more words dopped in fire.
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Erite take stand but this stand has value of two paisa if its not justified as far as long term impact is concerned. This also suggest that ideally they are not author because either they could not see things in totallity or if they saw it then they prefered to be slave of some narrow ideology. Humanity as whole cant be confined in some narrow ideology only. Its continuous flowing and continuously expanding process.
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Same is with Films also. Shouting for change just to attain acceptance and success for self should not be seen as revolutionary. People have weaknesses and hence will do compromises again and again so better people should see things in right perspective.
To bring vareity, some changes are must but if people believe that there will be some fundamental change in film industry then its dreaming about Utopia. Those who shout for change will make 100 and 1000 excuses when they will be unable to give more than 90% quality in their films.
So writers supporting narrow goals are writers?:-?
Hi Subrat.. what a post.. !! Made me nostalgic… I could easily relate myself how you would have felt at that age when you listened to such songs written by the great Gulzar saab.. When I was a child I literally worshiped the songs of Mausam , Aandhi, Ijaazat, Ghar, Libaas (there’s a long list) but never realized that all were the creations of one and only Gulzar saab. It was during my late teens I discovered or say realized that :) I have grown up listening to these masterpieces and cherishing them all thru my life.
I suggest that if the songs of Andhi and Mausam made you go crazy when you were 12 then you should also listen to Ijaazat .. and watch the movies too.. If you haven’t seen that movie then im sure you would end up writing a post after watching that movie. Listen to each dialog carefully.. i guess you will need a pen and paper again :)
Reet
Hi Subrat.. what a post.. !! Made me nostalgic… I could easily relate myself how you would have felt at that age when you listened to such songs written by the great Gulzar saab.. When I was a child I literally worshiped the songs of Mausam , Aandhi, Ijaazat, Ghar, Libaas (there’s a long list) but never realized that all were the creations of one and only Gulzar saab. It was during my late teens I discovered or say realized that :) I have grown up listening to these masterpieces and cherishing them all thru my life.
I suggest that if the songs of Andhi and Mausam made you go crazy when you were 12 then you should also listen to Ijaazat .. and watch the movies too.. If you haven’t seen that movie then im sure you would end up writing a post after watching that movie. Listen to each dialog carefully.. i guess you will need a pen and paper again :)
Reet :)
@Subrat…ok, rishikesh is done 4 sure then!! though m not religious at all but d place n d ganga there makes me feel m in heaven. dont want anything more from life. whomever i tell abt my rishikesh plan,they think m gone mad!chalo koi to mila!! uttam-suchita are like family members in every middle class bengali household. there is no way that u can escape them. ya hav heard abt d film n the songs. but havent seen d film.
@Phoenixnu,
have you any prior experience of living in Rishikesh?
@RK…not living as such. But hav been there few times. a close frind of mine is from rishikesh. hav stayed at his place once for few days. but i absolutly luv d place. why ?
@Phoenixnu,
Nothing special. Could recall the city with your reference. Just deeply love the place. Small, not facilitated, but beautiful place.
When I write this, whole city is there before my eyes and can feel the air of that place. Can see dangerous but mesmerising flow of Ganga.
GANGA refreshes the life there each moment.:)
There is an old film of Kishor Kumar (perhaps Ganga ki Lehrein) where he sings “Machalti huyee hawa —-
hamare sang sang chalein Ganga kee lehraein”
Water looks so clear, Ganga looks so beautiful in that song. On screen Sidhartha also could do justice with Rishikesh and rest simply used Laxman Jhula and distant shots of some temples on other side of the bridge.
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City used to have 2.5 Cinema halls only, dont know if multiplex fever has infected this small city also.:)
@RK…the city is very much d same. now u get to c more fair skin(read firangs) n so internet cafes,spa centres n all that. but d old world charm is still there. in rishikesh, no ganga me daag so far!! u hav lived there kya ?
@Phoenixnu,
ya got fortune to live there for sometime.
Internet cafes are fine but Spa centres in Rishikesh!
Actually have not seen the place after Uttranchal/Uttrakhand came in to existence. Big changes are bound to happen with new state.
But once a touch of Haridwar or Rishikesh and this lives all through the life. these twin cities leave deep impression.
:)
Nice post….i remember when i was doing my Hotel management one of my classmate use to ask me the meaning of this line”Is mod se jatey hain kuch sust kadam rastey kuch tez kadam rahein”till date its my Fav. song but still i dont understand the meaning….your post took me back to my college days.
The beauty of Gulzar’s songs is that everyone falls in love with them at some point in their lives. I can say that abt ‘Tujhse naaraz nahi zindagi’, for sure.
Btw, I could really empathise wd everything u’ve said-cycling, recording on a blank cassette n all that- but unfortunately I did all that for Aashiqui n other movies of that time.
Gulzaar saab ke likhe gaane samajhane ke liye kam se kam 15-20 baar sun na jaroori hai…(At least for an average man like me)
Naam ada likhna…(yahaan)
Chupke se ..(Saathiyaa)
Naino ki mat suniyo re … (Omkara )
O saathi re …(Omkara )
Mera kuch samaan… (When gulzaar showed the lyrics to RDB 4 the first time…RDB said … “Achche dialouges likhe hai..” then gulzaar saab said -”Ye gaana hai !!!” )
Chappa chappa… (Maachis)
Filhaal…(filhaal)
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& even
Namak ishq ka…(Omkara)
A very long list to go…
Hats off to this man…
Subrat….a great post. I was around same age (12yrs) when got o hear the songs of Aandhi being played at a music shopin Chandni Chowk Delhi.That song kept haunting me through out the whole trip, what happend next was that I made sure to buy the cassette while coming back same day.Though I waited for another year to own a taperecorder to hear it…..
Another song by Gulzaar Saab, which somehow is not that popular is….`Aaj Bichade hain…’ from the movie Thodi Si Bewafaaii.
The beautiful lines go like….Zakhm dikhate nahin abhi lekin, Thande honge toh dard niklega….taish utrega waqt ka jab bhii, chehra andar se zard nikalega….
nice one..infact..beautiful should be the right word…or may be some word which is more beautiful than the word beautful.
while I was with your post..it was almost as if I was listening to Aandhi…
and even i dont understand the songs ..even after listening to them for zillion number of times…bt every time i listen to them my bond with them strengthns further…thanks for strengthening it even more…
excellent article..what all you can come up with. Narrow goals - good writers8-|
And where is this Saturday’s article????? the saturday that went by!