Song 75:
Asha essayed some complex moods and themes in her songs pretty early on in her career. This song from the same movie as yesterday's song is so different from that one. Pretty dark and macabre, the song depicts a slow degeneration into a dangerous stupor where you don't know what you're doing. So while most drinking songs are about bonhomie and partying, this one definitely stands out as being evil and intense. The story of course is well known. The movie was based on the true story-The Nanawati case. It created quite a stir and peeped into a risqué terrain back then. People used to make movies with conviction and passion. They were not necessarily made with a check-list of all commercially viable formulas. I am sure it took courage to make such cinema. The movie may not have been a commercial success but it sure left an impact. It left a huge impact on my mom for sure! She created such a hue and cry throughout my angst-ridden teen years about the movie in hush hush tones, but the moment I would ask her to reveal some more about the story, she would say no it's not meant for you! Haha I grew up with some kind of psychosis about this movie!:)
Anyway, I decided to exorcise my demons and caught it on you tube recently. Yes, the dialogues are a bit laborious and preachy for this day and age and the sermonising gets to you but the music and the actors stand out. Sunil Dutt always the perfect gentleman and well suited for all fauji/defense type roles, Rehman who was such a deliciously evil character and the beautiful, fine boned Leela Naidu, half Swiss-French, half Indian, so dainty and fragile. She could not speak Hindi very well but gosh was such a beauty to behold. She was Femina Miss India 1954, was voted one of the 5 most beautiful women in the world by Vogue and featured on the covers of Mags such as Vogue and Tatler. In this song, she has done full justice, managing to look innocent, drunk, graceful, evil, manipulated and macabre at the same time. And that's no mean feat.
Asha essayed some complex moods and themes in her songs pretty early on in her career. This song from the same movie as yesterday's song is so different from that one. Pretty dark and macabre, the song depicts a slow degeneration into a dangerous stupor where you don't know what you're doing. So while most drinking songs are about bonhomie and partying, this one definitely stands out as being evil and intense. The story of course is well known. The movie was based on the true story-The Nanawati case. It created quite a stir and peeped into a risqué terrain back then. People used to make movies with conviction and passion. They were not necessarily made with a check-list of all commercially viable formulas. I am sure it took courage to make such cinema. The movie may not have been a commercial success but it sure left an impact. It left a huge impact on my mom for sure! She created such a hue and cry throughout my angst-ridden teen years about the movie in hush hush tones, but the moment I would ask her to reveal some more about the story, she would say no it's not meant for you! Haha I grew up with some kind of psychosis about this movie!:)
Anyway, I decided to exorcise my demons and caught it on you tube recently. Yes, the dialogues are a bit laborious and preachy for this day and age and the sermonising gets to you but the music and the actors stand out. Sunil Dutt always the perfect gentleman and well suited for all fauji/defense type roles, Rehman who was such a deliciously evil character and the beautiful, fine boned Leela Naidu, half Swiss-French, half Indian, so dainty and fragile. She could not speak Hindi very well but gosh was such a beauty to behold. She was Femina Miss India 1954, was voted one of the 5 most beautiful women in the world by Vogue and featured on the covers of Mags such as Vogue and Tatler. In this song, she has done full justice, managing to look innocent, drunk, graceful, evil, manipulated and macabre at the same time. And that's no mean feat.
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