Song 28:
And who could compete with the poignantly
drunk behaviour of the Chhoti Bahu who had everything, all comforts, all the
riches in the world, people at her beck and call yet had nothing. Meena Kumari is simply reveting in this
one. She glows, she mocks, she laments, she begs, she seduces all at once in
the span of one song while her stoic better-half looks on stone-faced and yawns
very well. Geeta Dutt too pumps life into this song. Perhaps she knew a thing or two about the emotions expressed in this song. The
lyrics are by Shakeel Badayuni and music by Hemant Kumar.
Times have changed and while I do have objections to words such as 'Dasi' and' Charonon ki dhool' etc but I guess they depict a certain era and can be accepted as a form of abstract art. But come on wake up. This regressive thinking only makes some men think that their women are sole-mates and not soul mates. If faced today with such callous behaviour, women too are likely to put on their Jimmy Choos and Manolo Blahniks and go look around the world a bit!
Still it is a classic and especially when I compare it to some regressive lyrics(Tandoori murgi anyone?) being churned out today, it is pretty palatable. More about those horror stories later.....
Times have changed and while I do have objections to words such as 'Dasi' and' Charonon ki dhool' etc but I guess they depict a certain era and can be accepted as a form of abstract art. But come on wake up. This regressive thinking only makes some men think that their women are sole-mates and not soul mates. If faced today with such callous behaviour, women too are likely to put on their Jimmy Choos and Manolo Blahniks and go look around the world a bit!
Still it is a classic and especially when I compare it to some regressive lyrics(Tandoori murgi anyone?) being churned out today, it is pretty palatable. More about those horror stories later.....
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