After Life in a Metro, no Hindi music album appealed to me much. Listening to my old playlist excessively while commuting daily, I was looking for a new addition to bring some variation. One recent numbers I like is Aankhon mein teri Ajab si from Om Shanti Om among the hoards of new songs. Though [...]
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Ajab si & Main agar kahoon – Om Shanti Om
Posted in Indian cinema, Lyrics, Song on September 15, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Laari choote from Ek chalis ki last local
Posted in Indian cinema, Lyrics, Singers, Song, Translations on March 27, 2007 | 145 Comments »
The latest song that caught my attention is Laari Choote, the theme music of the movie Ek chalis ki last local. Picturised on Abhay Deol and Neha Dhupia, this song is sung, composed, and written by Xulfi, the lead guitarist of the Pakistani rock band “Call”. I don’t know why I always get attracted to [...]
Dates with Diva
Posted in Indian actors, Indian cinema on December 20, 2006 | 6 Comments »
It seems both ironic and incongruous that my relationship with the leading lady of Indian cinema in the late 1940s and early 1950s – a relationship that was among the most meaningful in my life, and not only as a film journalist – should have begun on an inauspicious note. For a scene to [...]