Song 16: 02 April 2013
Its not that Lata did not attempt fun songs. Although her forte were songs that were pure, virginal, pristine in nature, she did let her hair down once in a while. During my research of her songs two years ago, I did come across some startlingly peppy and risque songs, that if you heard not paying much attention, could almost pass off as Asha Bhosle songs. Yet her pitch and voice quality stand apart even in those songs and kind of overpower the sensuality per se.
Its not that Lata did not attempt fun songs. Although her forte were songs that were pure, virginal, pristine in nature, she did let her hair down once in a while. During my research of her songs two years ago, I did come across some startlingly peppy and risque songs, that if you heard not paying much attention, could almost pass off as Asha Bhosle songs. Yet her pitch and voice quality stand apart even in those songs and kind of overpower the sensuality per se.
Here's one such adorable number featuring the
Shankar Jaikishan-Hasrat Jaipuri hit combo of ace composer-lyricist. Saira Banu was a beauty, with a perfect 10 figure back when
Hindi movie heroines were not really required to have one. Though never in the
league of great actresses, she knew how to strut her stuff as is evident
in this song, coming as she did from a long line of professional courtesans. Though she had a privileged and protected childhood with schooling in London and a stint at a Swiss finishing school, she like her mother Naseem and that other beauty Nargis capitalised on an era when girls from so called 'good families' were still not allowed or encouraged to join movies.
They made the right move shifting to movies, in the bargain courting name, fame and adulation. Both Saira and Nargis went on to marry two of the most respectable men in the industry, Dilip Kumar and Sunil Dutt respectively. So theirs was a real life happy story emphasising the fact that everybody deserves a second chance. So when you get one, grab it!
That's why found it a bit ironic last month when in an interview aired on International Women's Day, Sanjay Dutt went on and on about how he would never let his daughters join the industry. That how it was against family honour and blah blah blah, when one would have liked to remind him that any dis-repute to his family in recent times has been mostly because of him!
They made the right move shifting to movies, in the bargain courting name, fame and adulation. Both Saira and Nargis went on to marry two of the most respectable men in the industry, Dilip Kumar and Sunil Dutt respectively. So theirs was a real life happy story emphasising the fact that everybody deserves a second chance. So when you get one, grab it!
That's why found it a bit ironic last month when in an interview aired on International Women's Day, Sanjay Dutt went on and on about how he would never let his daughters join the industry. That how it was against family honour and blah blah blah, when one would have liked to remind him that any dis-repute to his family in recent times has been mostly because of him!
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