Decoding Ae Ajnabee Tu Bhi Kahi my way
I discovered Gulzar in my teens. The song was Woh Shaam Kuchh Ajeeb Thi” and the words t hat blew me were – झुकी हुई निगाह में कहीं मेरा ख़याल था दबी दबी हँसी में इक हसीन सा गुलाल था मैं सोचता था मेरा नाम गुनगुना रही है वो न जाने क्यों लगा मुझे के मुस्कुरा रही है वो Then came the combo of RD Burman and Gulzar . This talent of this combo makes an atheist believe in the Almighty’s existence! Each one us interprets songs the way we understand them. Gulzar’s songs are actually poems unless the filmy situation demands. Yeah, he has also written stuff Chal Baithe Church Ke Peeche in Devata !☺ Now read this paragraph very slowly and romantically and start imagining the situation – it’s a cold and wet rainy evening. You are alone at home longing for that one person. You have made yourself a hot cup of tea and are just chilling, curled up in your favourite chair. You are sitting in the dark or in candle light. You put on the radio (or F...