The most ignored of the 3 indians that won the Oscar yesterday has to be Gulzar saab. Amoung all the celebration apparently a lot of people missed noticing that he had won the award for penning the lyrics of “Jai Ho!”, mostly because he did not pick up the award in person.
It turns out that one of my all time favorite songs is his favorite too :)
Zareee zarree mein usi ka noor hai Jhakh khud mein woh na tujhse door hai… Ishq hai usse… TOh… sab se ishq kar, Ishq hai usse… TOh… sab se ishq kar, Iss ibadat ka yahi dastoor hai… Is mein, uss mein aur… uss mein hai wohi, Is mein, uss mein aur… uss mein hai wohi, … Read more
This song has stuck to my head for almost a week now… Haan yeh mein aaya kahan hooon Kauf hai sehma hua hooon Haan yeh kaise fiza hai Dard hai behka hua hoon Na jaane kaise yeh dua Na jaaane kasie yeh pukar Na jaaane kasie yeh fariyad hai Aye Mere khuda Sun le yeh … Read more
Rock On! has clearly had a bigger impact than what I thought it would have when I first heard about it. The story, acting, dialogs, music and scenes all deserve to be written and talked about… But one of the things I wasn’t very impressed with initially were the lyrics of the songs.
Of course there is no compulsion that the songs of a movie must have great lyrics but this movie was one that promised to ride on its music. My initial opinion (about the lyrics) was echoed by a lot of my friends, but then I listened to Phir Dekhiye & Yeh Tumhari Meri Baatein. Those two songs made me rethink my opinion about the rest of the soundtrack.
Yaadon Mein Jis Ke Kisi Ka Naam Hai… Sapno Ke Jaise Us Ki Har Sham Hai… Koi To Aaj Se Apna Dil Dijiye… Phir Dekhiye…. Kept listening to Phir Dekhiye from Rock On! in a loop today. Something soothing and lifting in this slow song. I cant seem to remember where it was in the … Read more