First of all A BIG THANK YOU to all of you who went thru my Photolog - The 1st Day Of New Year (Show Off as one of my friend called it) and commented there...
I am feeling more energectic and looking forward to jamao my DVD Collection soon (hopefully before the 1st Day of 2010) and if my sis is kind enough to click some pics will post them here for sure (Sadistic Pleasure of showing off)...
But before doing all that there are too many other things I wanted to write about here...sadly time schedule isn't allowing me to do so and following my own self-discipline resolution I am keeping away from internet. There was this post which I wanted to post right after the Books Arrangement Post (It was a brief account of what year 2008 was to me) has become total obsolete...It is still incomplete...
One more quick update - I have turned my Bollywoodland Blog into a 100% Hindi Blog- यायावर की फिल्मी बातें , this new year and though I was away from the internet I managed to update it twice this week (older posts are still in English but all the latest posts will be in Hindi now on) I am enjoying writing in Hindi after a longtime...एंड आई लव राइटिंग ऑन...I mean...and I love writing on (and about) Bollywood, so when you wanna read my bollywood bakwaas you know where to find it...The blog will have regular entries on regional films and music too...
Links I am loving and visiting these days are :
Creative Screenwriting Magazine and it's Podcasts which can be downloaded for free and you can listen to some in depth conversation with script writers like Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo/Wall-E), Jonathan Nolan (Dark Knight, Batman Begins etc) there. (Vidooshak was complaining about The Dark Knight DVD, which doesn't have Director's Commentary, dude go through the J.Nolan Podcast, its really awesome (approx.40 mins long) though it wont make up for the director's commentary we all were looking forward to but still...its not bad at all...
Baba Jain's Blog which has some brilliant advices for everybody who wants to start Financial Planning (like me).
Indian Temples and Iconography a wonderful blog with some brilliant info on Indian Temples and Iconography (one of my most fav. subjects).
And then there are too many wonderful blogs...literally too many to list here...
Keep visiting...keep commenting...I'll catch up with you all soon...
-Alok
Showing posts with label Parallel Blog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parallel Blog. Show all posts
Friday, January 9, 2009
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Chitrakathaa: A New Begining
Hey guys, after dilly-dallying for almost six months, we started our work on Chitrakathaa - Understanding Comics: The Indian Way.
The Begining
Kick started Chitrakathaa with Mr.Aabid Surti.
Meeting with Aabid Surti ji (creator of Bahadur, Indrajaal Comics and many other syndicated comic strips and highly popular Dhabbu ji series from Dharmyug) was an experience. Though I had an opportunity to meet him in my student days but this time it was more personal, he invited us to his residence in Meera Road and we had a long chat on Stories, Comics, Superheroes, his way of setting up a story (or Setting the chessboard as he calls it), creating a new comic book universe, creating new characters, his novels, collaboration with legendary comic book artists like Govind Brahmanya and Pratap Mulick, his fixation with the stories of Daakus of Chambal, his bollywood days, his association and experience with Raj Kapoor and Raj Khosla, his comics that were almost turned into films, his love for art and painting, his stories which were far matured and ahead of their time and current bollywood films.
Saw his Short Films and a film made on him.
Can't explain the experience, the fun and the excitement. But this was THE WAY to kick start Chitrakathaa!
Have started a blog which will be updated on regular intervals, sometimes with the updates on Chitrakathaa: The Project and sometimes with some write ups on Indian Comics.
-Alok
The Begining
Kick started Chitrakathaa with Mr.Aabid Surti.
Meeting with Aabid Surti ji (creator of Bahadur, Indrajaal Comics and many other syndicated comic strips and highly popular Dhabbu ji series from Dharmyug) was an experience. Though I had an opportunity to meet him in my student days but this time it was more personal, he invited us to his residence in Meera Road and we had a long chat on Stories, Comics, Superheroes, his way of setting up a story (or Setting the chessboard as he calls it), creating a new comic book universe, creating new characters, his novels, collaboration with legendary comic book artists like Govind Brahmanya and Pratap Mulick, his fixation with the stories of Daakus of Chambal, his bollywood days, his association and experience with Raj Kapoor and Raj Khosla, his comics that were almost turned into films, his love for art and painting, his stories which were far matured and ahead of their time and current bollywood films.
Saw his Short Films and a film made on him.Can't explain the experience, the fun and the excitement. But this was THE WAY to kick start Chitrakathaa!
Have started a blog which will be updated on regular intervals, sometimes with the updates on Chitrakathaa: The Project and sometimes with some write ups on Indian Comics.
-Alok
Friday, November 14, 2008
Taraano Ke Afsaaney : Bollywood Ka Sugam Sangeet
Actually I’d been thinking of writing this post for a while but before I go ahead…
DISCLAIMER: This post belongs to my Bollywood Blog, but I wanted to share this one with all of you, so I decided to publish it here.
Prologue: Year was 1998 when I got my 1st Radio and started listening to Vividh Bharti. This was my first interaction with Hindi Film Music (more or less). I was so addicted to Vividh Bharti that I used to switch my radio on with their Morning Broadcast and turn it off only after they went off air around 11:05 pm everyday. No matter if I am solving an accountancy sum, drawing cartoons for local news papers or reading a comic book, Vividh Bharti was always there with me. While listening to these melodies I discovered many beautiful songs which were not only composed on same tunes but were very similar in the way they sounded yet they always sounded different and unique. This was way before I got introduced to FM Radio and much later worked with couple of FM Radio Channels myself.
Here I am going to talk about 5 different songs based on the same tune which was composed by Maestro S.D.Burman first time in the movie Naujawan in 1951. Have a look:
1. Thandi Hawaein Lehra Ke Aayein (Naujawan, 1951)-
Music :S.D.Burman, Lyrics: Sahir Ludhiyanvi, Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
One of the musical gems created by SDB & Sahir - One of the best Musical Teams in 50s Bollywood, sadly they parted ways after Pyaasa (1957) and never worked together.
2. Tera Dil Kahaan Hai (Chandni Chowk, 1954)-
Music: Roshan, Singer : Asha Bhosle, Lyrics: (Edit)
Roshan Sahab loved Thandi Hawayein song so much that he went to SDB and asked him if he can use the same tune with minor changes here and there in one of the films he was composing songs for, Sachin Da was so impressed with Roshan Sahab’s honesty and his love for music that he couldn’t say no to him (an anecdote I heard long back on Vividh Bharti) and Roshan Sahab created Tera Dil Kahaan Hai. The song wasn’t as successful as Thandi Hawayein.
3. Rahein Na Rahein Hum (Mamta, 1966)-
Music : Roshan Sahab, Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri, Singer: Lata Ji
Roshan Sahab created magic using the same tune for Mukhda (opening lines) for Rahein Na Rahein Hum in Mamta.
4. Humein Raaston Ki Zaroorat Nahin Hai (Naram Garam, 1981)-
Music : Rahul Dev Burman, Lyrics: Gulzar Sahab, Singer: Asha Bhosle
Year was 1981 and Pancham Da tried his hands on the same tune for the first time in Naram Garam, which was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. It was actually a sequel to Golmaal (1979), the film’s opening credits have a Golmaal Song too but the film failed to recreate the Golmaal magic on Box Office. Amol Palekar& Utpal Dutt play Ram Prasad and Bhawani Shankar respectively ALA Golmaal, Ram’s love interest Kusum was played by Miss India (1979) Swaroop Sampat who later on became Mrs. Paresh Rawal. Naram Garam was her second film I have always found her lips-syncs quite funny. Just like the film the song went almost unnoticed. But it has a striking resemblance to the Title track of Saagar.
PS. If you haven't seen Naram Garam...It's a must watch. Original DVDs available on T Series at Rs.45 only.
5.Saagar Kinare Dil Ye Pukare (Saagar, 1985)-
Music : R.D.Burman, Lyrics: Javed Akhtar, Singers: Kishore Kumar & Lata ji
Pancham Da recreated magic this time with the same tune (but for the first time as a Duet) in Saagar with some wonderful lyrics by Javed Sahab and soulful singing by Kishore Da & Lata ji. Kishore went on to win Best Playback Singer - Male for the song.
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Hope this time I am not gonna get the Hate Messages I got after posting Pixar Posts. Keep Listening, keep humming, keep commenting...
DISCLAIMER: This post belongs to my Bollywood Blog, but I wanted to share this one with all of you, so I decided to publish it here.
Prologue: Year was 1998 when I got my 1st Radio and started listening to Vividh Bharti. This was my first interaction with Hindi Film Music (more or less). I was so addicted to Vividh Bharti that I used to switch my radio on with their Morning Broadcast and turn it off only after they went off air around 11:05 pm everyday. No matter if I am solving an accountancy sum, drawing cartoons for local news papers or reading a comic book, Vividh Bharti was always there with me. While listening to these melodies I discovered many beautiful songs which were not only composed on same tunes but were very similar in the way they sounded yet they always sounded different and unique. This was way before I got introduced to FM Radio and much later worked with couple of FM Radio Channels myself.
Here I am going to talk about 5 different songs based on the same tune which was composed by Maestro S.D.Burman first time in the movie Naujawan in 1951. Have a look:
1. Thandi Hawaein Lehra Ke Aayein (Naujawan, 1951)-
Music :S.D.Burman, Lyrics: Sahir Ludhiyanvi, Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
One of the musical gems created by SDB & Sahir - One of the best Musical Teams in 50s Bollywood, sadly they parted ways after Pyaasa (1957) and never worked together.
2. Tera Dil Kahaan Hai (Chandni Chowk, 1954)-
Music: Roshan, Singer : Asha Bhosle, Lyrics: (Edit)
There were 3 lyricists for the film : Majrooh Sultanpuri, Shailendra and Raja Mehdi Ali (who penned this song is unknown to me)
Roshan Sahab loved Thandi Hawayein song so much that he went to SDB and asked him if he can use the same tune with minor changes here and there in one of the films he was composing songs for, Sachin Da was so impressed with Roshan Sahab’s honesty and his love for music that he couldn’t say no to him (an anecdote I heard long back on Vividh Bharti) and Roshan Sahab created Tera Dil Kahaan Hai. The song wasn’t as successful as Thandi Hawayein.
3. Rahein Na Rahein Hum (Mamta, 1966)-
Music : Roshan Sahab, Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri, Singer: Lata Ji
Roshan Sahab created magic using the same tune for Mukhda (opening lines) for Rahein Na Rahein Hum in Mamta.
4. Humein Raaston Ki Zaroorat Nahin Hai (Naram Garam, 1981)-
Music : Rahul Dev Burman, Lyrics: Gulzar Sahab, Singer: Asha Bhosle
Year was 1981 and Pancham Da tried his hands on the same tune for the first time in Naram Garam, which was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. It was actually a sequel to Golmaal (1979), the film’s opening credits have a Golmaal Song too but the film failed to recreate the Golmaal magic on Box Office. Amol Palekar& Utpal Dutt play Ram Prasad and Bhawani Shankar respectively ALA Golmaal, Ram’s love interest Kusum was played by Miss India (1979) Swaroop Sampat who later on became Mrs. Paresh Rawal. Naram Garam was her second film I have always found her lips-syncs quite funny. Just like the film the song went almost unnoticed. But it has a striking resemblance to the Title track of Saagar.
PS. If you haven't seen Naram Garam...It's a must watch. Original DVDs available on T Series at Rs.45 only.
5.Saagar Kinare Dil Ye Pukare (Saagar, 1985)-
Music : R.D.Burman, Lyrics: Javed Akhtar, Singers: Kishore Kumar & Lata ji
Pancham Da recreated magic this time with the same tune (but for the first time as a Duet) in Saagar with some wonderful lyrics by Javed Sahab and soulful singing by Kishore Da & Lata ji. Kishore went on to win Best Playback Singer - Male for the song.
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Hope this time I am not gonna get the Hate Messages I got after posting Pixar Posts. Keep Listening, keep humming, keep commenting...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Filmy Very Filmy
A quick update, for a while I was thinking of sharing some Bollywood Trivia and thoughts, but felt it will be better if I'll do it in a separate Blog Dedicated to Bollywood.
To Tamam Gavaahon Ke Bayanaat Aur Sabooton Ko Maddenazar Rakhte Huye Adaalat Is Faisle Par Pahuchi Hai Ki Mulzim Yayawar Ko Ek Dedicated Bollywood Blog Banane Ki Saza Di Jaaye.
I have started a parallel blog on bollywood called Filmy Very Filmy.
Will request you guys to visit it and let me know if you liked it.
PS: Having a new Bollywood Centric Blog doesn't mean this blog will be deprived of Bollywood Masala, so keep visiting both the blogs, I'll be waiting for your feedbacks.
To Tamam Gavaahon Ke Bayanaat Aur Sabooton Ko Maddenazar Rakhte Huye Adaalat Is Faisle Par Pahuchi Hai Ki Mulzim Yayawar Ko Ek Dedicated Bollywood Blog Banane Ki Saza Di Jaaye.
I have started a parallel blog on bollywood called Filmy Very Filmy.
Will request you guys to visit it and let me know if you liked it.
PS: Having a new Bollywood Centric Blog doesn't mean this blog will be deprived of Bollywood Masala, so keep visiting both the blogs, I'll be waiting for your feedbacks.
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