Song 69:
Today is noted lyricist and writer Gulzar's Birthday. Right from his first song 'Mora Gora Ang Layile' from Bandini, Gulzar in every movie has set new benchmarks of excellence. His songs straddle the tough tight rope of cultural depth and popularity with consummate ease. He has always renewed typically Indian folk and rural idiom and given it an alchemist's transformation, that entertains and enthrals. To choose Gulzar's top 10 songs would be a tough task. From the languorous peace of 'Mausam' to the jagged recklessness of 'Maachis', from the simmering passions of 'Dil Se' to the pop raunchiness of 'Omkara', from the timelessness of 'Aandhi' to the earthiness of 'Lekin' and 'Rudali', from the permissiveness of 'Ijaazat' to the kitschy madness of 'Bunty Aur Babli', Gulzar has given Hindi cine-goers vivid wings of imagination. The balance and the bravado, the piquant flavours and the pathos, the innuendo and the intimacy, weave tales textured in myth, mystery and mysticism.
My pick for the day is this Asha Bhosle number from Lekin, with a classical setting. Hema in all her folk regalia and effortless dancing (no one could do better justice to these costume dramas than her-she is 42 in this song by the way and so resplendent, handling Kathak in spite of being a Bharatanatyam dancer), a decadent era, exquisite music by Hridayanath Mangeshkar, a mysterious tale that leaves many unanswered questions but awakens the supernatural, sub conscious in you. The gentle complaining, the jealous accusations, a manifestation of the deepest love itself. The prodding and the provoking that establishes some truths you're dying to know. Yet done so artistically, with no rancour or TV serial dramatics. Love the line 'Ab lipti lipti banao na batiyan'! May the magic of such movies live forever. Long live Gulzar Saab!
Today is noted lyricist and writer Gulzar's Birthday. Right from his first song 'Mora Gora Ang Layile' from Bandini, Gulzar in every movie has set new benchmarks of excellence. His songs straddle the tough tight rope of cultural depth and popularity with consummate ease. He has always renewed typically Indian folk and rural idiom and given it an alchemist's transformation, that entertains and enthrals. To choose Gulzar's top 10 songs would be a tough task. From the languorous peace of 'Mausam' to the jagged recklessness of 'Maachis', from the simmering passions of 'Dil Se' to the pop raunchiness of 'Omkara', from the timelessness of 'Aandhi' to the earthiness of 'Lekin' and 'Rudali', from the permissiveness of 'Ijaazat' to the kitschy madness of 'Bunty Aur Babli', Gulzar has given Hindi cine-goers vivid wings of imagination. The balance and the bravado, the piquant flavours and the pathos, the innuendo and the intimacy, weave tales textured in myth, mystery and mysticism.
My pick for the day is this Asha Bhosle number from Lekin, with a classical setting. Hema in all her folk regalia and effortless dancing (no one could do better justice to these costume dramas than her-she is 42 in this song by the way and so resplendent, handling Kathak in spite of being a Bharatanatyam dancer), a decadent era, exquisite music by Hridayanath Mangeshkar, a mysterious tale that leaves many unanswered questions but awakens the supernatural, sub conscious in you. The gentle complaining, the jealous accusations, a manifestation of the deepest love itself. The prodding and the provoking that establishes some truths you're dying to know. Yet done so artistically, with no rancour or TV serial dramatics. Love the line 'Ab lipti lipti banao na batiyan'! May the magic of such movies live forever. Long live Gulzar Saab!
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