Song 29:
It's not that these oldies did not venture into risque terrains. They did express the gamut of emotions that all human beings possibly go through in a lifetime. This sizzling Asha Bhosle-SD song with lyrics by Majrooh is a case in point. While these songs did excite the senses and energised the imagination, they never left you reeling with shock and frowning in disgust. The sanctity of some experiences have to be left a mystery. There is a very thin line between 'sultry and sensuous' vis a vis 'crass and vulgar'. I am sure many people contend that each person has his own threshold of accepting or rejecting bold themes and ventures, so where does one draw the line? We slam lyricists but lyricists claim that they are literally forced to write to absurd situations by the makers of the movies. What these makers don't realise is that these songs stream into our day to day lives, blaring in cars, in houses, clubs, parties, weddings. Inadvertently we end up internalising the crap (yeah literally) these people are meting out. Not every one is discerning enough to differentiate between sass and trash. In the end we end up pretty much junking up our whole society by radiating these ludicrous lyrics. I mean we have enjoyed a Munni and a Sheila at a Birthday party. But then I am sure many of us have been to strange weddings where the song 'Tainu ghodi kinne chadaya Bhootni ke' blares down the groom's throat with pappus, their papas and patiala pegs having highjacked the DJ Console without even noticing what the song's all about!!! I recently went to a puja where a kid started crying. Pat her mom got her mobile out and started playing the 'Fevicol' song (much to the Panditji's dismay), saying " Yeh na buss issi se chupp hoti hai'! 2 year old baby hooked on to Fevicol song. Give me a break!!
It's not that these oldies did not venture into risque terrains. They did express the gamut of emotions that all human beings possibly go through in a lifetime. This sizzling Asha Bhosle-SD song with lyrics by Majrooh is a case in point. While these songs did excite the senses and energised the imagination, they never left you reeling with shock and frowning in disgust. The sanctity of some experiences have to be left a mystery. There is a very thin line between 'sultry and sensuous' vis a vis 'crass and vulgar'. I am sure many people contend that each person has his own threshold of accepting or rejecting bold themes and ventures, so where does one draw the line? We slam lyricists but lyricists claim that they are literally forced to write to absurd situations by the makers of the movies. What these makers don't realise is that these songs stream into our day to day lives, blaring in cars, in houses, clubs, parties, weddings. Inadvertently we end up internalising the crap (yeah literally) these people are meting out. Not every one is discerning enough to differentiate between sass and trash. In the end we end up pretty much junking up our whole society by radiating these ludicrous lyrics. I mean we have enjoyed a Munni and a Sheila at a Birthday party. But then I am sure many of us have been to strange weddings where the song 'Tainu ghodi kinne chadaya Bhootni ke' blares down the groom's throat with pappus, their papas and patiala pegs having highjacked the DJ Console without even noticing what the song's all about!!! I recently went to a puja where a kid started crying. Pat her mom got her mobile out and started playing the 'Fevicol' song (much to the Panditji's dismay), saying " Yeh na buss issi se chupp hoti hai'! 2 year old baby hooked on to Fevicol song. Give me a break!!
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