Arunji has been a loyal follower of this blog and has always been very much encouraging with his comments and suggestions. This is his second post here on this blog in the role of an author. It is an honour for me that he agreed to do this post. His personal reminiscences as usual makes this post more dear to me. Thank you Arunji!
Arunkumar Deshmukh’s ten favourite songs with “interesting” lyrics
Words like ‘Dumbak dumba’ or ‘chidi chapata ‘ or Ding dong etc always attracted me in Hindi songs. In the early 50s I was an avid listener of Radio Ceylon. They used to have a weekly programme of ‘ Anokhe Bol ‘ for 15 minutes. I waited thru the week for this programme. it was my favourite programme. Songs played in this programme had odd words in it and those songs haunted me for the entire week till the next programme, when next set of songs took over.
From my early childhood i was very fond of seeing films and enjoying its music. We were in Hyderabad State. This being a Muslim ruled state; there were many peculiar things in those days. For example, in most Theatres, there used to be a class called “ZANANA “(Ladies Only). This was like a balcony. It was meant for those Burkha-clad Muslim women who wanted to see the films, without being seen by the men folk. A huge cloth curtain was dividing the Zanana Class and the rest of the Theatre. A She-male or a He-female (I don’t know which! ) was appointed with the exclusive duty of removing the huge curtain once the film started and closing it before or as soon as the Interval or the end of the film, so that the women could see the film and still not get exposed to the prying eyes of the men folk in the theatre.
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My 10 favourite Madan Mohan-Asha Bhosle songs
When one thinks of Madan Mohan, one invariably thinks of Lata Mangeshkar. Their cooperation has brought out many a gem, but his partnership with the younger Mangeshkar sister still remains in the shadow of the bigger tree. Here I have listed some of my favourite songs resulting from this collaboration.
I have included only her solo numbers in this list. Enjoy!
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Tags: Aakhri Dao [1958], Akeli Mat Jaiyo [1963], Anita Guha, ashkon se tere hamne tasveer banayi hai, Bank Manager [1959], Chacha Chaudhary [1953], Dekh Kabira Roya [1957], hai unki woh nigaahen, ishq ek zeher sahi phir bhi, jaane kya haal ho, Jalal Malihabadi, Kaifi Azmi, koi shikwa bhi nahin koi shikayat bhi nahin, Maa Ka Aanchal [1970], Maharaja [1970], maine pee li mera dil kiya, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Meena Kumari, Mem Sahib [1956], Mere Piya Chhede Jiya, Mohan ki Asha, My 10 favourite Madan Mohan-Asha Bhosle songs, Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare [1966]Nanda, Nutan, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Rajendra Kishan, Rajendra Kumar, saba se yeh keh do, Shammi, Shashi Kapoor, Shashikala, Shekhar, shokh nazar ki bijliyan, thodi der ke liye mere ho jao, Woh Kaun Thi [1964]
From my early childhood i was very fond of seeing films and enjoying its music. We were in Hyderabad State. This being a Muslim ruled state; there were many peculiar things in those days. For example, in most Theatres, there used to be a class called “ZANANA “(Ladies Only). This was like a balcony. It was meant for those Burkha-clad Muslim women who wanted to see the films, without being seen by the men folk. A huge cloth curtain was dividing the Zanana Class and the rest of the Theatre. A She-male or a He-female (I don’t know which! ) was appointed with the exclusive duty of removing the huge curtain once the film started and closing it before or as soon as the Interval or the end of the film, so that the women could see the film and still not get exposed to the prying eyes of the men folk in the theatre.
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