I am down today : Ruk jaana nahin tu kahin haar ke..
I need motivation: Aye saallaa...abhi abhi..hua yankee..
I want to be romantic: Chehera hai ya chaand khila hai..
I want to fill myself with patriotism: Yeh desh hai veer jawano kaa..
I wished to express my friendship: Yeh dosti..hum nahi..
And the list is ENDLESS (literally). There is a song for each and every occassion (literally).
It is a sheer coincidence that it is BOSS' birthday today as I decided to write this blog. It is 27 June - But BOSS ? Who is the BOSS ? Hey!!!! We have a song to solve that mystery too...BOSS kaun tha malum hai kya ? BOSS kaun hai malum hai kya ? (Jhankar beats starring Sanjay Suri, Juhi Chawla and cool dude Rahul Bose. Music directors: Vishal-Shekhar). And the BOSS is R.D. Burman a.k.a. Panchamda. Man.. it drives me crazy when I hear his evergreen and immortal creations. Remember - Chura liya hai dil ne jo....OR Yeh Jawanee....Yeh Deewani....OR Chingari koi bhadke....He was a true legend. Hindi films and songs have made our lives so colourful.
But read this dialogue I hear many times when I have discussions about hindi films. "HUH!! I hate Bollywood movies. It is the same theme again and again and so much running round the trees. I do not watch them. I 'to baba' like only Hollywood movies. They are so hepp"- Many people say this. I just smile on such comments. Of course its a matter of personal opinions but they are comparing apples with oranges. So it is irrational - if not stupid - to compare Hollywood with our film industry. We have a unique style of making films - Films with songs. Culturally we are so different. And by this I do not mean to demean Hollywood. They indeed make great movies undoubtedly but our movies have totally different flavour - the local flavour - the indian flavour. I mean McDonalds burger is OK sometimes but legendary Wada Paav and cutting chai or Uttappa and cutting chai are for all seasons.
Some of my favourite movies which I can watch anytime are :
Chupke Chupke - A typical Hrishikesh Mukherjee movie. I mean the theme cannot be simpler than the one in this movie. I have seen it so many times but still it is like evergreen. Dr. Parimal Tripathi, Sulekha Chaturvedi, Professor Sukumar Sinha, Vasudha Kumar, Raghav bhaiyaa, Haripath bhaiyaa, James D'costa, Prashant are the characters I can relate to in so many situations.
I shall not speak in such details as Chupke Chupke as it is my favourite movie. But the other which fall is the same league for me are Khubsoorat, Chashm-e-baddoor, Choti si baat, Angoor, Golmaal, Abhimaan, Guddi, Rang Birangi, Jaane bhi do yaaron, CID, Kala Paani, Chalti ka naam gaadi and many more.
And though most- if not all - films have the same theme of a boy and a girl falling in love, I have continued to enjoy them for years and years. I have grown with hindi films. And my personal opinion is - "I LOVE MOVIES OF BOMBAY FILM INDUSTRY."
I need motivation: Aye saallaa...abhi abhi..hua yankee..
I want to be romantic: Chehera hai ya chaand khila hai..
I want to fill myself with patriotism: Yeh desh hai veer jawano kaa..
I wished to express my friendship: Yeh dosti..hum nahi..
And the list is ENDLESS (literally). There is a song for each and every occassion (literally).
It is a sheer coincidence that it is BOSS' birthday today as I decided to write this blog. It is 27 June - But BOSS ? Who is the BOSS ? Hey!!!! We have a song to solve that mystery too...BOSS kaun tha malum hai kya ? BOSS kaun hai malum hai kya ? (Jhankar beats starring Sanjay Suri, Juhi Chawla and cool dude Rahul Bose. Music directors: Vishal-Shekhar). And the BOSS is R.D. Burman a.k.a. Panchamda. Man.. it drives me crazy when I hear his evergreen and immortal creations. Remember - Chura liya hai dil ne jo....OR Yeh Jawanee....Yeh Deewani....OR Chingari koi bhadke....He was a true legend. Hindi films and songs have made our lives so colourful.
But read this dialogue I hear many times when I have discussions about hindi films. "HUH!! I hate Bollywood movies. It is the same theme again and again and so much running round the trees. I do not watch them. I 'to baba' like only Hollywood movies. They are so hepp"- Many people say this. I just smile on such comments. Of course its a matter of personal opinions but they are comparing apples with oranges. So it is irrational - if not stupid - to compare Hollywood with our film industry. We have a unique style of making films - Films with songs. Culturally we are so different. And by this I do not mean to demean Hollywood. They indeed make great movies undoubtedly but our movies have totally different flavour - the local flavour - the indian flavour. I mean McDonalds burger is OK sometimes but legendary Wada Paav and cutting chai or Uttappa and cutting chai are for all seasons.
Some of my favourite movies which I can watch anytime are :
Chupke Chupke - A typical Hrishikesh Mukherjee movie. I mean the theme cannot be simpler than the one in this movie. I have seen it so many times but still it is like evergreen. Dr. Parimal Tripathi, Sulekha Chaturvedi, Professor Sukumar Sinha, Vasudha Kumar, Raghav bhaiyaa, Haripath bhaiyaa, James D'costa, Prashant are the characters I can relate to in so many situations.
I shall not speak in such details as Chupke Chupke as it is my favourite movie. But the other which fall is the same league for me are Khubsoorat, Chashm-e-baddoor, Choti si baat, Angoor, Golmaal, Abhimaan, Guddi, Rang Birangi, Jaane bhi do yaaron, CID, Kala Paani, Chalti ka naam gaadi and many more.
And though most- if not all - films have the same theme of a boy and a girl falling in love, I have continued to enjoy them for years and years. I have grown with hindi films. And my personal opinion is - "I LOVE MOVIES OF BOMBAY FILM INDUSTRY."
