EK RASTA HAI ZINDAGI
Lot of drama all around today. Watching News is more entertaining than any movie or soap opera today for this is opera of the masses, issues that touch our lives daily, issues that need to be thrashed out and resolved. Coming back to Kishore songs in Yash Chopra movies. It was not always chiffon and pearls. He did touch upon serious issues as in this movie based on the plight of coal miners in a crony capitalist set up. It was inspired by the Chasnala mining disaster. However the main plot was very similar to Joseph Conrad's novel Lord Jim. This song is the ultimate vagabond song, very few of its kind in Hindi movies. Most Indian songs are about holding on and clinging but this is about letting go and being free. You may love a beautiful bird flying in the sky, you may love a shooting star, you may love a gurgling river but to think of holding on to it would be foolishness. There is a greater love to be experienced in communion with the universe, where each speck, each star, each being has a place and purpose. There is a greater love in being brave enough to let go what you want so dearly!:-) Ask a mother who let's go of a son to be a fighter pilot because that is what he wants to do the most. Ask the desert that waits patiently for rain, ask the nightingale how just looking at the moon from far away makes her heart sing. Great music by Rajesh Roshan and great singing by Kishore and Lata. But I am amazed it's written by the oh so poignant Sahir Ludhianvi. The guy knew his stuff!
MUJHE TUM YAAD KARNA AUR MUJHKO YAAD AANA TUM
In this movie Yash Chopra dealt with the morass of corruption that slowly gnaws at the fourth estate in our country. It was a hard hitting story based on how true journalism suffers when greater forces such as the mafia and politics take over.The film story written by Javed Akhtar was based on the well-known Marathi play "Ashroonchi Zhali Phule" written by famous Marathi writer playwright Vasant Kanetkar. As you can the song is shot in the unlikeliest of places you'd expect a Yash Chopra song, a railway track and some abandoned train coaches but the setting is refreshing and realistic. So it was not the Swiss Alps all the way. But what is the reception we give to such movies vis a vis the candyfloss? Perhaps in a country like India where millions eke out a menial living against all odds, going to the movies has always meant seeing things larger than life, beautiful and flawless which is why we are always heavy on the palatial houses, 24 seater dining tables and beds that look like strawberry cake! But the song is delightful in its own way. There was a time when saying goodbyes was painful. One would spend days crying, vacillating in nothingness for hours. With time one has to be mature enough to allow and want the other person to enjoy and even have a good time without you. Of course as long as its done within reasonable limits of acceptability!:-)) A very giving song, a very loving song, a very 'rising above loving' song!!
KIS KA RASTA DEKHEIN
Another unusual setting for a Yash Chopra song but one that has become happening off- late, a JAIL!!! Suddenly Tihar is the address to be seen at, getting arrested the coolest thing to do, Gandhi caps the hottest accessory doing the rounds. All because of the will and resolve of a seemingly diminutive man. But the fact is that the issue he has raised is close to the heart of every Indian and thus the unequivocal support. India is at the crossroads of change and awaits inspired leadership. What's been captive all these years is integrity and honesty in its bureaucratic systems, its polity and public life. As of now your guess is as good as mine as to what is the way out of this imbroglio. What is India looking for? What does India await today? The question is that can these hoarding masses and squabbling leaders come up with one viable solution to the stench of corruption that emanates each office, each department, each shop, each factory, each godown, each shady by-lane of this huge and vast country? Isn't selling detergent milk being corrupt? Aren't misleading ads corrupt? Aren't sensational and cheap programmes meant to raise TRPs corrupt? Aren't eye catching item songs used to sell stupid movies corrupt? Isn't producing substandard goods being corrupt? ( Even a plastic hair clip that used to last months today breaks after 2-3 usages, can you imagine?) Where does one begin and where does it end? Even if we reach a consensus as to which version of the Lokpal bill we want, can we erase corruption from our mindsets? I guess we'll have to wait and watch and chances are it is going to be a long wait....
Lot of drama all around today. Watching News is more entertaining than any movie or soap opera today for this is opera of the masses, issues that touch our lives daily, issues that need to be thrashed out and resolved. Coming back to Kishore songs in Yash Chopra movies. It was not always chiffon and pearls. He did touch upon serious issues as in this movie based on the plight of coal miners in a crony capitalist set up. It was inspired by the Chasnala mining disaster. However the main plot was very similar to Joseph Conrad's novel Lord Jim. This song is the ultimate vagabond song, very few of its kind in Hindi movies. Most Indian songs are about holding on and clinging but this is about letting go and being free. You may love a beautiful bird flying in the sky, you may love a shooting star, you may love a gurgling river but to think of holding on to it would be foolishness. There is a greater love to be experienced in communion with the universe, where each speck, each star, each being has a place and purpose. There is a greater love in being brave enough to let go what you want so dearly!:-) Ask a mother who let's go of a son to be a fighter pilot because that is what he wants to do the most. Ask the desert that waits patiently for rain, ask the nightingale how just looking at the moon from far away makes her heart sing. Great music by Rajesh Roshan and great singing by Kishore and Lata. But I am amazed it's written by the oh so poignant Sahir Ludhianvi. The guy knew his stuff!
MUJHE TUM YAAD KARNA AUR MUJHKO YAAD AANA TUM
In this movie Yash Chopra dealt with the morass of corruption that slowly gnaws at the fourth estate in our country. It was a hard hitting story based on how true journalism suffers when greater forces such as the mafia and politics take over.The film story written by Javed Akhtar was based on the well-known Marathi play "Ashroonchi Zhali Phule" written by famous Marathi writer playwright Vasant Kanetkar. As you can the song is shot in the unlikeliest of places you'd expect a Yash Chopra song, a railway track and some abandoned train coaches but the setting is refreshing and realistic. So it was not the Swiss Alps all the way. But what is the reception we give to such movies vis a vis the candyfloss? Perhaps in a country like India where millions eke out a menial living against all odds, going to the movies has always meant seeing things larger than life, beautiful and flawless which is why we are always heavy on the palatial houses, 24 seater dining tables and beds that look like strawberry cake! But the song is delightful in its own way. There was a time when saying goodbyes was painful. One would spend days crying, vacillating in nothingness for hours. With time one has to be mature enough to allow and want the other person to enjoy and even have a good time without you. Of course as long as its done within reasonable limits of acceptability!:-)) A very giving song, a very loving song, a very 'rising above loving' song!!
KIS KA RASTA DEKHEIN
Another unusual setting for a Yash Chopra song but one that has become happening off- late, a JAIL!!! Suddenly Tihar is the address to be seen at, getting arrested the coolest thing to do, Gandhi caps the hottest accessory doing the rounds. All because of the will and resolve of a seemingly diminutive man. But the fact is that the issue he has raised is close to the heart of every Indian and thus the unequivocal support. India is at the crossroads of change and awaits inspired leadership. What's been captive all these years is integrity and honesty in its bureaucratic systems, its polity and public life. As of now your guess is as good as mine as to what is the way out of this imbroglio. What is India looking for? What does India await today? The question is that can these hoarding masses and squabbling leaders come up with one viable solution to the stench of corruption that emanates each office, each department, each shop, each factory, each godown, each shady by-lane of this huge and vast country? Isn't selling detergent milk being corrupt? Aren't misleading ads corrupt? Aren't sensational and cheap programmes meant to raise TRPs corrupt? Aren't eye catching item songs used to sell stupid movies corrupt? Isn't producing substandard goods being corrupt? ( Even a plastic hair clip that used to last months today breaks after 2-3 usages, can you imagine?) Where does one begin and where does it end? Even if we reach a consensus as to which version of the Lokpal bill we want, can we erase corruption from our mindsets? I guess we'll have to wait and watch and chances are it is going to be a long wait....
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