After almost 18 months I got my PC working and being into this long weekend I decided to renew my playlist on my system. So I delved into my hard disk, into folders that had been long forgotten, lying untouched since ages like your good old books which lies dumped in the shelve once you grow up.
Folders that had been lying embedded deep in the disk like abandoned Umrao Jaan (my fav Rekha ji). Some of the hidden folders which only bachelor guy can find out (well don't tell to my mom it's in E drive-program files-file submit-folder lock- software-new folder, even james bond might have found difficult to find out those movies . . .heheheh) but well this post is about my playlist so doston kaunsi kaunsi movie phir kabhi bataunga.
Now I was looking into my songs and a found a folder that contained songs which once made my heart dance like a drunken monkey who just left alone in the house. So I rediscovered some old classic songs which were once played at every tea shop in this country.
Songs which define the times I grew up in a mid 90's. songs which contained the gut wrenching grief of a lost love, the cute joy of a blossoming love, the mischievous naughtiness of a lover's wink. Songs which embodied the emotions, which fill the developing heart of every Indian boy when he is growing up. Songs which have made many hero and heroine a star. So ladies, gentlemen and Bobby Darlings, not wishing that these gems ,which have played such an important role in the making of this sophisticated, refined and tasteful young generation go unrecorded on this blog , I give to you, a few of these life changing creations.
English translation, for the benefit of my overseas readers (Yes, I have many visitors from US. A girl from Oman visits sometimes, too.)
(Where has it fallen, please search Darling, The button of my shirt)
This extremely naughty and imaginative song sensitively captured the anxiety and terror of a young girl who, due to a unskilled tailor who used a cheap thread, has lost a very crucially located button on her shirt. To make matter more intense, she is dancing dangerously close to the young hero of the film, the purpose of whose existence is to tease the young girl and belt out bone bending pelvic movements at the same time. It doesn't take much to notice the anguish on Mamta'a face. You gotta be anguished when you got Mithun with you and your shirt button is missing.
Hey Saala ! Teri Jaat ka paida maaru ! Mamta meri hai , kya !
The song was picturised on a well fed Mamta Kulkarni along with a clearly uncontrolled Mithun Chakraborty ,who looked as dapper as ever in his wet swept back hair. Now you know why Mamta was so terrified. On a personal note, the song left a huge dent on the contents of my skull , and taught me a lot about what to do when life presents you with a lady who has lost a button on her shirt.
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Hero-
Angana mein Baba , dware pe Ma Kaise aau gori , main tohre ghar maa
Heroine-
Khet gaye baba , bazaar gayi ma Akeli hu ghar maa , tu aaja saajna
(Hero-
Your dad is in the court yard; your mom is at the door
How do I enter your house, oh fair one?
Heroine-
Dad is (defecating?) in the fields, mom is in the market
I am Home alone, come in Darling)
If the previous song carefully brought out the issue of cheap buttons and improper tailoring, this song points its finger at the age old problem faced by every young couple – Parents. The song starts off on a touching note where a troubled Govinda is itching to enter the residence of a rather conservative Shilpa Shirodkar.
But at the same time, Govinda is concerned about his physical safety as he believes Shilpa's parents are at home too. As the song progresses and tightly captures the longing of Govinda, the mood is relieved when Shilpa coyly informs him that her father is in the fields and her mother has gone to the market.
In a shocking display of modernity, she not only informs but invites Govinda inside her home. What followed after his entrance his beyond the scope of this post, though of deep interest to the author of this blog. On a parallel note, I strongly believe that we should not draw our head into their personal matters . . lolzz
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"Tera kale kale lambe lambe naagin se baal ,
Dekho Ankhiyon se goli mare ladki kamaal"
(Your hair is dark dark , long long and like a cobra
Look, The fantastic girl shoot bullets from her eyes)
A trend setting number of its times, this track was the first of its kind which made a girl sound like a weapon of mass destruction. Govinda, who sported a dress which was strikingly similar to an art gallery, first compares Raveena Tandon's hair to a serpent of deadly virtues – The Cobra.
As the audience lies stunned and little babies in the hall start wailing, he proceeds to bravely declare that Raveena has the ability to fire bullets using her eyes. A totally novel and unique concept, this became a talking point across the nation and the Indian Military ranks and if this concept is implemented and we can cut down our defense budget.
So, my fellow music connoisseurs', these were just three of the gems which have offered so much to our lives, to my life. I have laughed, cried, chuckled, sobbed and done a lot of strange things listening to these songs. I hope to showcase more songs soon. But for now, just download this song from Google and enjoy "Jab tak samose mein rahega aaloo.."
