Music and Life

Music has been an integral part of our life. Music of every kind, popular, instrumental, classical always hits a chord in our daily life. sometimes when u hear a particular song, we immediately identify our selves with the character whose mimicing it on scene.

Among the many songs, Hemant Kumar's music in Khamoshi was amazing, which has haunting numbers, "Woh shaam kuch ajeeb thi...", is an unmatched composition. All Raj kappor movies had great numbers, the rain song, "Pyar hua ikrar hua" can put to shame all the rain songs of the modern days, where the emphasis is more on the wardrobe. the ever green Kishore, Rafi, Mukesh, Lata, Asha numbers take us into a world of its own. Dont we smile when songs of the yesteryear are played? An era where we didn't exist.

Moving to movies of our times, "Phela Nasha.." from Joi jeeta wahi sikandar", was an amazing song. The Sharukh Khan starrer "Chand tare tood laoo...sari duniya par mein chaoon...Bass itna sa khab hao" from Yes Boss. In short it summed up that whatever high our dreams our, that's all we yearn for. There are many such songs etched in memory, but this one kinda stands out for its simple meaning.

Off late, the quality of lyrics has graduated from the khatia, choli days to some good numbers. "Dil Deewana..." from Pardes, "Kaisi hai yeh rut..." from Dil Chata hai, bring out the pain, agony, excitement very well...and we smile to ourselves, saying How true. Amongst the latest is this number from Woh..."Upar wale yeh toh bata..." I find this song very simple but very strong in its meaning. Dont we all think that the creator has a small grudge against us?

I can go on and on with my Ode to the Bollywood music industry...I think I should do that once...a list of my fav songs...