The sheer laziness of it all

Well,i had started this blog nearly two years ago to share my views on music,movies and the madness which the almighty one has bestowed upon me in abundance.The idea to start such a blog came to me four years ago but it took me more than two years to actually start it.Now two years down the line ,i only have two posts to my credit.why so?

This is a question that is haunting me for a long time although the answer is a simple one.THE SHEER LAZINESS OF IT ALL.BUT THIS DIWALI,I HAVE VOWED TO CHANGE IT ALL.I have promised to do justice to my blog which was craving for love and attention like an orphaned child.So, from now on , i would be regular in my updates and be an active blogger unlike in the past when i was like a dormant volcano who would erupt once in a while but was like an extinct one for most of the time.Not anymore.I wiil not tolerate so anymore.I AM COMING,YES,I AM COMING.

THE TIMES ARE CHANGING AND SO WILL I.GOODBYE LAZINESS,WELCOME HAPPINESS.

hindi films and their bengali originals.

well, bengali cinema as we know nowadays ,has plummeted to new lows.but once, bengali cinema was the pride of india.after all, the most famous indian film in the whole world is pather panchali, a bengali film directed by the maestro 'SATYAJIT RAY'. THE bengalis not only made great films in their own language,but also made great contributions to bollywood as well.Many bangla films were remade in hindi and tasted huge success,although not many people,including the bangalis know about that.So,here i am giving a list of bollywood films that were remade from bangla films along with their bangla originals.check out-

1] Khamoshi-the waheeda rehman one,not the manisha koirala starrer.-Deep Jele Jai.

2] Safar-Chalachal

3] Mamta-Uttar Falguni

all three were made by Asit sen,who directed the original ones also.

4] Jeevan mrityu-Jiban Mrityu

5] Geet Gaata Chal-Atithi

6] Bawarchi-Galpo Holeo Satyi

7] Chupke Chupke-Chhadmabeshi

8] Bemisal-Ami Seo O sakha

9] Kora Kagaz-Saat Pakhe Badha

10] Tapasya-Baluchari

11] Manzil-BIG B starrer-Akash kusum

12] Saheb-Saheb.

13] Lal Patthar-Lal Pathore

14] Mere Apne-Apanjon

15] Lekin- Khudito Pashan

16] Ijaazat-Jatugriha

17] Arjun Pandit-sanjeev kumar one-Arohi

18] Padosan-Pascher bari

19] Jagriti-Paribartan.Both directed by Satyen bose.

20] Dosti-Lalu Bhulu

21] Mouchak- Damaad

22] Amar Prem-Nishipadma

23] Kabuliwallah-Kabuliwallah

24] Prem Patra-Sagarika

25] Kala Pani-dev anand one-Sabar Upaarey

26] Saheb biwi aur ghulam-saheb bibi o golam

27] Sagina mahato-Sagina.both by Tapan Sinha

28] Zindagi Zindagi-Khanikher atithi-both by Tapan Sinha

29] Bandish-Chheley Kaar

30] Isi Ka Naam Zindagi-a stupid of the brilliant Bancharamer Bagan.

I might be missing a few more. will add as soon a i can recollect or know about them.Also,i did not add the ones like devdas,which have been made or remade countless times. will continue my song post soon.sorry to be back after so long,was very busy.kya karen.

500 Best bollywood songs ever-part1

Somewhere read about rolling stone magazine's 500 best english songs of all time.Thought why not do something similar with our good ol' bollywood songs-that we all love.As i am Mad ,what i decide to do once ,i do it.So,here are the best 500 bollywood songs of all time-from 40's to 2010.Just another small thing-i have not ranked the songs as i truly believe that ranking among equals only leads to injustice.So,I have only added the songs which truly deserve to be in top 500,irrespective of their popularity,only on basis of their quality and endurance.In case ,you feel that i have omitted songs which should be in the list,you can easily post your comments and mail me also.REMEMBER ,IT'S COMPLETELY MY OPINION.also,BEWARE OF THE MAD.jUST KIDDING.

PART-1
Starting from the 40's-JAB DIL HI TOOT GAYA[SHAHJAHAN]-1945-THAT THIS SONG IS POPULAR NEEDS NO PROOF.EVEN NOW WHEN ONE DECIDES TO MAKE FUN OF OLD SONGS FROM 30'S AND 40'S ,MOST OF THE PEOOPLE CHOOSE THIS SONG.BUT THERE IS MORE TO THIS SONG THAN JUST THE NASAL TWANG OF K.L.SAIGAL.THE SONG BEST DESCRIBES THE PAIN OF A BROKEN HEART,WRITTEN BEAUTIFULLY BY MAJROOH SULTANPURI,COMPOSED EQUALLY WELL BY NAUSHAD AND RENDERED SUPERBLY BY K.L.SAIGAL.

DHEERE DHEERE AA RE[KISMAT]-1943-THIS BRILLIANT DUET[THERE IS A SOLO FEMALE VERSION ALSO] FEATURED IN THE BLOCKBUSTER KISMAT.CONTRARY TO POPULAR PERCEPTION,THE BUSINESS OF THIS MOVIE WAS OVERTAKEN BY SHOLAY AFTER 32 YEARS.THE MOVIE IS BRILLIANT AND IS THE BAAP OF ALL COMMERCIAL BOLLYWOOD FILMS .MANY THINGS LIKE KHOYA HUA BHAI/BETA ORIGINATED FROM THIS MOVIE.COMING BACK TO THE SONG,THE BEAUTY OF THE SONG IS ITS STRUCTURE AND THE FACT THAT IT DOES NOT FEEL OUTDATED.GOOD SINGING BY ASHOK KUMAR[NOT EXCEPTIONAL THOUGH],UNFORTUNATELY SAME CANNOT BE SAID ABOUT THE FEMALE SINGER.ALSO HAS A BEAUTIFUL WHISTLING PIECE,ONE OF THE EARLIEST IN HINDI CINEMA.GREAT PICTURISATION TOO.MUSIC-ANIL BISWAS,LYRICS-PRADEEP,VOCALS-ASHOK KUMAR AND AMIRBAI.

DO NAINA MATWARE[MERI BEHEN]-1944-THE SONG IS A BEAUTY IN ONE WORD.ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SONGS OF THE 40'S.HAS TWO VERSIONS,ONE BY K.L.SAIGAL AND OTHER BY PANKAJ MULLICK[ALSO THE COMPOSER].

PIYA MILAN KO JAANA[KAPAN KUNDALA]-1939-THIS ONE FROM THE 30'S. A TRUE GEM THIS IS THE SONG THAT INTRODUCED THE TANGA SOUND ,THE SOUND WHICH WERE TAKEN TO AN ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT LEVEL BY O.P.NAYYAR. VOCALS AND MUSIC-PANKAJ MULLICK.

AFSAANA LIKH RAHI HOON[DARD]-1947- A BEAUTIFUL SONG WITH A VERY SIMPLE MELODY.SUNG BY UMA DEVI[YES,OUR VERY OWN TUNTUN WHO ALWAYS ACTED AS THE GOOD-HEARTED MOTI IN THE OLD BOLLYWOOD FILMS].MUSIC BY NAUSHAD,LYRICS-SHAKEEL BADAYUNI.

SUHAANI RAAT DHAL CHUKI[DULARI]-1949-THIS SONG DESCRIBES THE PAIN OF A LONELY LOVER AT NIGHT WONDERFULLY.MOREVER THE SONG DOES'NT EVEN SOUND LIKE IT IS FROM THE 40'S.A CLEAR INDICATION THAT RECORDING TECHNIQUES HAVE IMPROVED BY THEN.BUT THE MAIN REASON WHY IT SOUNDS SO CONTEMPORARY,BECAUSE IT IS SUNG BY NONE OTHER THAN MOHD.RAFI.ACCORDING TO ME ,IT IS HIS FIRST TRUE GEM.MUSIC -NAUSHAD,LYRICS-SHAKEEL BADAYUNI.

MERA SUNDAR SAPNA BEET GAYA[DO BHAI]-1947-AT A TIME WHEN MOST FEMALE SINGERS USED TO SING LIKE ANPADH-GAWAD,GEETA ROY[DUTT] VOICE CAME AS A FRESH BREATH OF SPRING,CAPTURING THE TRAGIC REALISATION OF THE BROKEN DREAMS OF THE HEROINE WONDERFULLY IN THIS SONG. WONDERFUL MUSIC BY S.D.BURMAN[HIS BIG BREAKTHROUGH]

AAYEGA AANEWALA[MAHAL]-1949-THIS SONG IS BETTER KNOWN AS THE SONG THAT MADE LATA MANGESHKAR A SUPERSTAR SINGER.BUT THERE IS MORE TO IT OTHER THAN LATAJI.THE SONG DESCRIBES THE LONG WAIT OF A SOUL[TARAPTI ATMA] LONGING FOR ITS PARTNER TO COME ONE DAY AND GIVE HER SALVATION.IT'S BOTH CAPTIVATING AND MYSTERIOUS AT THE SAME TIME.MOVIE WAS THE PIONEER IN THE HORROR GENRE OF BOLLYWOOD-A GREAT FEAT,THOUGH ITS HORROR IS NOT THE RAMGOPAL VERMA KIND HORROR.ALSO THE MOVIE GAVE US ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ACTRESS EVER-MADHUBALA.ASHOK KUMAR TOO IS GREAT IN THE MOVIE[AS ALWAYS].OTHER SONGS ARE BRILLIANT TOO.VOCALS-LATA MANGESHKAR,MUSIC-KHEMCHAND PRAKASH[HATS OFF!]

AWAARA HOON[AWAARA]-1951-FINALLY,WE HAVE ARRIVED IN THE GOLDEN ERA OF HINDI CINEMA AS FAR AS MUSIC IS CONSIDERED.COMING BACK TO THIS SONG,ITS POPULARITY IS PROBABLY UNMATCHED.IT WAS EVEN POPULAR IN RUSSIA,CHINA ETC AND MADE RAJ KAPOOR A SUPERSTAR.A GOOD HUMMABLE TUNE WITH AN FANTASTIC INTRO PART WHICH IS PLAYED THROUGHOUT THE SONG.TO-O-O-O PORTION THAT COMES AFTER THE WORDS AWAARA HOON IS BRILLIANT TOO.VOCALS-MUKESH,MUSIC-SHANKAR-JAIKISHAN[DESERVES A PAT],LYRICS-SHAILENDRA.

TADBEER SE BIGDI HUI[BAAZI]-1951-NOW ,THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A TRUE GEM.THIS SONG SUNG BRILLIANTLY BY GEETA DUTT[ROY],SHOWCASED HER TRUE VERSATILITY.ADD TO IT,AMAZING &INSPIRING LYRICS BY SAHIR AND SUPERB MUSIC BY S.D.BURMAN,AND WE GET A TRUE CLASSIC.INTERSTINGLY,THIS SONG WAS INITIALLY COMPOSED BY S.D.BURMAN IN GAZAL MODE,BUT HE LATER CHANGED IT INTO A WESTERN CABARET WITH BRILLIANT ARRANGEMENTS.CHECK OUT THE AMAZING INTRO AND THE MUSICAL PIECE THAT PLAYS IN BETWEEN MUKHDA AND ANTARAS.VOCALS-GEETA ROY,MUSIC-S.D.BURMAN,LYRICS-SAHIR LUDHIANVI

SUN JAA DIL KI DASTAAN[JAAL]-1952-THIS SONG GAVE US THE GOLDEN VOICE-HEMANT KUMAR.IN THIS SONG,THE GUITAR STRUMMING HERO[DEV ANAND] CALLS UPON THE HEROINE [GEETA BALI] TO COME OUT AND FEEL THE TRUE PASSION OF LOVE ON A STORMY NIGHT AS SUCH A NIGHT WILL NEVER EVER COME AGAIN IN THEIR LIFES,AND HER APPHREHENSIONS IN DOING SO ,TORN BETWEEN LOVE AND BONDS OF SOCIETY.EMOTIONS IN HEMANTDA'S VOICE ARE SUPERB,WITH DAMN GOOD ARRANGEMENTS,INSTRUMENTATION AND ORCHESTRARTION BY DADA BURMAN.A BRILLIANT TUNE TOO,THE SONG KEEPS YOU CAPTIVATED TELL THE END AND LEAVES YOU ASKING FOR MORE.VOCALS-HEMANT KUMAR,MUSIC-S.D.BURMAN[HATS OFF],LYRICS-SAHIR LUDHIANVI.

TU GANGA KI MAUJ[BAIJU BAWRA]-1952-ONE OF NAUSHAD'S BEST SONGS,THIS SONG TALKS ABOUT THE FEELINGS OF A LOVER TELLING HIS BELOVED THAT THEY ARE LIKE TWO INSEPARABLE SOULS AND ONE DAY WILL COME WHEN THEY WOULD MEET LIKE TWO RIVERS AND MERGE INTO THE TRUE FEELINGS OF IMMORTAL LOVE. GREAT LYRICS-SHAKEEL BADAYUNI,MUSIC-NAUSHAD,VOCALS-MOHD,RAFI[SUPERB].WELL PICTURISED ALSO.

NEXT PART-NEXT POST.

RIGHT NOW FEELING MAD,HAVE'NT WATCHED A MOVIE IN TWO DAYS,HAVE TO GO WATCH SOMETHING.SEEING YOU SOON.