Showing posts with label प्रीतम. Show all posts
Showing posts with label प्रीतम. Show all posts

Monday, December 07, 2015

गेरुआ

This song portrays love with several metaphors, some of which are highlighted below:
  1. "... wherever we met, time stood still." Time stood still is a sensation many poets have written about; the particular manner Deepak Chopra describes this feeling regarding love comes to mind.
  2. "Forgetting the [rest of the] world, I have met you. This wish has come forth of my heart ... that you give me — i.e., my life — the gerua color ...". Color is how many people describe liveliness, equating colorlessness with lack of life.
  3. "... I am the caravan, you are the destination to which every path leads." Bollywood lyricists equate the state of love to a desirable destination including, of course, the ultimate destination of reaching God.
Nice music, invites repeated listening.


Monday, April 02, 2012

तू ही हकीकत, ख्वाब तू

The poet compiles nice dualities to describe that sublime feeling, love. The male lover sings [in background]:
You are reality, [as well as] you are dream
You are the river, [as well as] you are the thirst
You are the [reason of] restlessness of my heart, [as well as] you are peace



Saturday, February 18, 2012

ये इश्क, हाये, ...

A female expresses her love to her lover. She starts:

"There must be a reason why, just like that, living has become fun [& pleasant]" and goes on:
"This love ... has shown me heaven."



Monday, October 03, 2011

ज़रा सी दिल में दे जगा तू

When you understand the variety of pleadings of the male with the female for her love, you wonder how spontaneous this feelings can be in real people. But, you have to appreciate the poet's attempt to capture these thoughts.

The manner in which the singing is punctuated by the screeching halt of the automobile, and the dialogue about betting in a game of cricket,
"When you are so good at betting, why don't you become a bookie yourself?",
you have to credit the Bollywood creativity!