TORA MANN DARPAN KEHLAYE

Song 101:


Asha Geeta could get spiritual and how! When they applied their mind and voice to it, they could transform into treasure troves of calmness, peace and wisdom. The words were gems of learning, the mood was ethereal(in a different way this time), the tunes soared and took home right in your heart. 

For there is no love greater than the love of that supreme being who is the ultimate, omnipresent, omnipotent power. Call him God or a manifestation of our own mind. It is true that we can escape any jury in the world, we can escape God too but we can not escape the verdict of our own heart. 

This song for instance places abundant power in the human mind. More than any God or scriptures or rituals, it is our own mind that governs us. The mind is the mirror that shows us the path to right or wrong.Whenever one is in a dilemma about right or wrong, it is best to look into your heart and listen to what it says. It will not lie to you.

It is a bhajan but it rises above mere idol worship. It delves deeper into the psyche and the God within all of us. Written beautifully by none other than Sahir Ludhianvi, put to music by Ravi and sung oh so beautifully by Asha Bhosle. Have a nice day!

AYE KASH KISSI DEEWANE KO

Song 100:

Reached a giddy 100 in this incredible journey, unfathoming so many emotions, moods and situations. From pure romance to fun, frolicky numbers, from sad tomes of dejection and pessimism to bouyant songs of hope, we travelled many ups and downs.   

Asha and Geeta never failed us. Each song opened a new chapter of anticipation and yearning. We communicated unwittingly. We reached each other's deepest core of feelings and fears. At the end of the day love remained a mystery. As long as you don't have love you wait for it anxiously. You dream of rosy pictures. You feel yes, this time I will do it right, I will make it work.

Once you do find love, there start a new set of problems, issues, desperations and frustrations. In this journey of finding different facets of love, one wisened to the fact that it is best to savour and value what you have. Feel fortunate that you met love, lived love and felt love so deeply, it touched everything you did. You embraced the agony with the ecstacy. You wallowed in misery when he was gone but just the thought of him was enough to make you happy. You looked on at novices in a mature, know it all manner, finding amusement in their foolhardy quests for love. You had been there and done that. You were wiser, saner now. You could take love with a pinch of salt or maybe with a shot of vodka.

Would you have it any other way? No. Would you feel the same for anyone else? No. Would you do it all over again? Perhaps yes! I am celebrating this century with this beautiful duet by Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar where they thoroughly thrash out all about longing for love and longing for your loved one!

ZARA HAULE HAULE CHALO

Song 99:

He was a wild one. He liked to explore unchartered territories, throwing caution to the winds. He loved his work and often got so engrossed in it that nothing could stop him when he wanted to go on his adventurous recce.

He could compartmentalise love, career, duties, responsibilities. Work was work and nothing could really distract him away from his goals.

While the singing dancing diva liked this quality about him, she often took it upon herself to remind him of some good things in life. She was following him for one. She was waiting for him. She wanted him to be successful in his endeavours but she also wanted him to know that there was no getting away from her.

The rhythmic trot of his horse became the beat of her wistful song. The beautiful environs gave just the right ambience for a tete a tete. He was silent, yes. Not betraying any emotion, resolute and focussed.

But in her heart she knew he loved her song. For in the endless twilight of mysteries lurking behind every rock and cranny, the only thing steady and constant was her love for him. On cold, bitter nights, her song lit up his body with a glowing warmth. It reminded him that there was a golden morning, not too far away from wherever he was, a light at the end of the tunnel of night's own sordid longing for peril.

O P Nayyar's music, Asha Bhosle's voice and Sharmila's dimples are enough to enjoy this song on this rainy night.