Showing posts with label धर्मेन्द्र. Show all posts
Showing posts with label धर्मेन्द्र. Show all posts

Sunday, December 01, 2013

हम बेवफा हरगिज़ न थे

Recently, I heard this song again, and noted that the first couple of lines were intriguing:
"I was never unfaithful,
Yet, I could not be faithful ...".
And, of course, the fact that this is in Kishore Kumar's voice is a perennial attraction.



Thursday, October 13, 2011

गाडी बुला रही है, सीटी बजा रही है

It is one of the unique characteristics of Bollywood lyricists to derive pragmatic values of life by observing everyday things — in this case a train. For example:

"responsibility of carrying people around, fire in its heart, smoke on its lips ... still keeps on singing, i.e., moving"
"[the train] won't bother about all that [thunder, rain & lightning], moves at the drop of signal, day or night"

Add to it the melodic singing Kishore Kumar can provide. A treat, although a nostalgic one.