Living Diagonally In My Parallel World!

 गधे पर बैठने तक की औकात नही है पर सारे घुड़सवार बन बैठे है बड़े ही शातिर ये लोग है सारे ही चौकीदार बन बैठे है   -- x -- मुझसे उम्र भर साथ रहने की बात ना करो मुझे पल भर मुस्कराने की सज़ा मालूम है  -- x --  देखूँ तो जगमगाहट खूब है बाहर पर क्यों अंदर से बूझे  हुए है लोग रास्ता बनाना तो दूर रहा क्यों अपने ही रास्ते पे रुके हुए है लोग  -- x -- उस रात यूँ नजर आया के सितारें जमीन पे चल रहे थे पास गया तो देखा जुगनू उसके पाँव चूम रहे थे  -- x -- आज तक खड़े है हम वजह पूछने का न कभी मौका मिला लहजा तो वो बदलते गए और अजनबी हमें कहते गए  --x-- दुनिया के शोर का यूँ हुआ असर मुझपे मेरी ख़ामोशी भी गनगुनाने लगी है मुझपे  -- x -- देखा है दुनिया को बहुत नज़दीक से यूँ ही नहीं दूर बैठा हूँ सभी से -- x --  एक हसरत है के अपना घर तेरे घर के करीब होता बात करना नामुमकिन सही पर देखना तो नसीब होता -- x --  कहाँ तक ये रास्ते जाते हैं , कहाँ पर था मोड़ अब याद नहीं बस जो मिल गया वो पास रहा, किसे था चाहा अब याद नहीं   -- x -- क्या से क्या हो गए हम एक छोटा सा ...

 Kya Hua Ek Baat Par I rediscovered this song from Teri Kasam (1982) sung by Amit Kumar, lyrics by Anand Bakshi and music by RD Burman. Before I delve into the song, here’s some trivia as shared by Amit Kumar himself. The situation in the film is that the hero is heatbroken. RD had prepared the tune and Anand Bakshi was about to pen the lyrics. The producer of Teri Kasam told RD that he liked Manna De’s song “Kaun Aaya Mere Man Ke Dwaare” from “Dekh Kabira Roya, and that RD’s song should be based on that song! RD modified his tune such that the words “Kya Hua ...” have the tune similar to “Kaun Aaya …” ! The song is a soft melody. Amit Kumar has been blamed by the “music pandits” as being off tune, but here he does full justice to the song. He is one of those few singers who has a good bass in his voice. His “Aaaa” never sounds as “Aaee”. He is never nasal. Many of his contemporaries in their attempt to ape Kishore Kumar usually tend to sound nasal when they go for high pitch. Rel...

The year 1983, the film Masoom, music by RD Burman, lyrics by Gulzar and sung by Aarti Mukherjee. There would be hardly anyone who does not like this song or does not agree with the feelings and sentiments expressed by Gulzar in this song. What is this song really about?  I believe the song tells the tale of eyes. The stories that the eyes tell and hide, the emotions they express and reveal. In the movie it’s a gloomy monsoon brought on the family by the father. The mother is singing an Angaai Geet (अंगाई गीत) or a Lori (लोरी) to her daughters. She’s hurt and insulted by her husband’s infidelity. The kid born out of wedlock staying the the same house yearns for his mother. He seeks love from his new “mother” but is wary of her reaction as well. Tentative as he is in his expressions all he can do is remember his mother who is no more. The song is devoid of percussion in the Mukhda (मुखडा) . The only rhythm comes from Bass guitar, shakers and riff’s on the guitar. After the initial s...

  The Jalpari theme from Sagar.   This article is about the song the “J alpari T heme ” from “ Sagar ”. Picturised on Dimple Kapadia, the music is the backdrop where the hero sees the heroine for the first time early in the morning as she is enjoying waves on the beach. Watching the scene on screen one wonders what makes this setup so great. Is it the beauty of the heroine or the camera work by SM Anwar or RD Burman’s background score? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VZk_rJ6_zY   Now that you have heard the tune here’s some trivia … lots of it. Read till the end!  Going back in time, RD must have been obsessed with the tune (he used it many times in various songs). It started with the French classic "Concerto Pour Une Voix" by Danielle Licari in 1969.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVghgS8_Yrg This tune inspired many musicians around the world and was used and re-used in many forms then. Just search “Concerto Pour Une Voix” on YouTube and yo...