Tujhse Naraz Nahi zindagi Lyrics are beautiful and breathtaking. Shekhar Kapur is one of the film makers I have deep respect for. In Masoom, a indian adaption of the novel Man, Woman and Child, he created what was undoubtedly one of the best movies on relationships. This Gulzar song that beautifully captured the complications of … Read more
Kal ho naa ho is one of those songs that had a deep influence on me. I was in college at the time this song was popular and listening to it multiple times over a period of time influenced the way I thought and made choices. The song talks about the mortality of life and … Read more
Teri Deewani is truly an uniquely beautiful song. Sung by Kailash Kher, it is a song by a woman for her lover. The annotations of the song being sung by a man actually give it so much character that it might possibly have not been as melodious if it was sung by a woman. Kailash … Read more
Written by Irshad Kamil for the movie Love Aaj Kal, Yeh Dooriyan talks about distances between people and the desire to overcome them. The song beautifully articulates the ambiguity that distances adds to relationships and how it sometimes adds to the attraction. The Lines: “Aa Raha Paas Ya Door Mein Jaa Raha… Janun Na Mein … Read more
Bas Ek Pal is another movie whose soundtrack I absolutely love. Almost all the songs in this movie deserve to be on this list but I chose to only keep one so that I could include more songs. Written by Amitabh Verma, with music from Mithoon; Bas Ek Pal’s music easily made it to the … Read more