Thank you dear friends, readers, participants and lovers of the quiz and the blog!
Thank you for the overwhelming response! It was also nice to see you, Lomo and Andi, who put their annual appearance at the birthday celebrations. Good to know, that you are there somewhere in the background. Maybe this is also a good opportunity to thank all the dear readers, who read the posts but can’t respond. THANK YOU everybody for all the support, love and affection you shower on me and the blog.
It was great fun for me to put the quiz together, but what was difficult, was to give points. In fact most of the participants gave all the answers right. There were only small technical mistakes, like forgetting to name a singer or the film name explicitly. So the points scored show rather my stringency, or shall we say tight-fistedness in giving points, rather than the participants’ knowledge of the songs.
Nobody got the answer to the 20 points question. What’s more, some also attempted to solve it. In fact, I would have been really surprised if anybody had got it right. Who would keep the statistics of this blog? 🙂
Maybe I should have framed the question properly. My mistake!
Sunehriyaadein had the best go at that question and her answer had me in splits for hours. With her kind permission I’m sharing it here.
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Tags: A big white mausoleum, aaja re aa zaraa aa lehra ke aa zara aa, above the second floor, AK, Anand Bakshi, Andi, Anniversary Quiz Answers, Anu, Aparna, Arunkumar Deshmukh, Asha Bhosle, Asha Parekh, Asha-Rafi, Ava, bachpan ke din bhi kya din the, Badi Behen [1949], Bina Rai, blames it on somebody, broken heart and don’t want to live anymore, chale jaanaa nahin, Chris, come hither a bit = aaja re aa zaraa aa, coy boy toy Roy, Cycle, dance till it dies, Dave, dekhiye sahibon woh koi aur thi, dev anand, Dharmendra, don’t go after meeting the eyes, Elder sister, Elvis and a wish, Flames, Footpath [1953], geeta bali, Geeta Dutt, Gold = Hema Malini, Hemant Kumar, Husnlal Bhagatram, Jaal [1952], jab dil hi toot gaya, jab tak hai jaan jaan-e-jahan, Joy Mukherjee, K. L. Saigal, kaisa jaadoo daalaa re, kaisa jadoo daalaa re, Khayyam, Kishore Kumar, Lalitha, Lata Mangeshkar, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Lomo, Lotus-like, Love in Tokyo [1966], Madan Mohan, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Manna Dey, Meena Kumari, Miss Fish, Mohd. Rafi, Moon-Art, Mukesh, nain milaake, Nalini Jaywant, Naujawan [1951], Naushad, Pacifist, punished for love, Quiz Answers, R. D. Burman, Raja, Rajinder Krishan, Roshan, S. D. Burman, Sahir Ludhianvi, Saigal, Sardar Jafri, Shahjehan [1946], Shailendra, Shammi Kapoor, Shankar-Jaikishan, Shashikala, Sholay [1975], songsofyore.com, Sujata (1959), Sujata (means of a good caste), Sunehriyaadein, Taj Mahal [1963], Teesri Manzil [1966], thandi hawayein lehrake aaye, The childhood days spent like a butterfly, The cool breezes blowing, The Emperor of the world, the magician’s spell, the net, the night and moonlight will not come again, the pedestrian zone, The sacred book, The stringed instrument, where the sun rises, woh koi aur thi, ye raat ye chandani phir kahan, Youthful, zurm e ulfat pe hamen log sazaa dete hain
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]
My ten favourite thandi hawa songs
It is very cold here now. At night it goes down to -20° C. When I ride my bicycle to work and back, the wind freezes me to the core. Yesterday, as I was returning back home the thought about the discrepancy between the European and Indian attitude towards cold and heat arose again in my mind. In Hindi film songs the cold breeze brings in the romantic mood, while in Europe summer sets the mood for romance. While Meena Kumari in Pakeezah wishes her lover that the sun may never touch her beloved (suraj kahin bhi jaaye tum par na dhoop aaye), the gondoliere in sunny Italy calls his lover o sole mio (my sun). Of course the temperature difference plays in this attitude a big role. This brought my thoughts to the various thandi hawa songs in Hindi films and resulted is this list.
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Tags: Anand Bakshi, Asha Bhosle, Asha Parekh, Chacha Chowdhary 1953], dev anand, Do Badan [1966], Ek Tum Duji Main Teeja Chaand, geeta bali, Geeta Dutt, Haathi Mere Saathi [1971], Hasrat Jaipuri, Ilzaam [1954], Jab Chali Thandi Hawa, Jhumroo [1961], Johnny Walker [1957, Kamal Mehra, Kehti Hai Yeh Thandi Hawa, Khurshid Anwar, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Madan Mohan, Madhubala, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Meena Kumari, Mere Piya Chhede Jiya, Mr. and Mrs. 55 [1955], My ten favourite thandi (cold) songs, Nalini Jaywant, Naujawan [1951], Neelam Pari [1952], O. P. Nayyar, Rajendra Krishan, Rajesh Khanna, Rajinder Krishan, Ravi, S. D. Burman, Sahir Ludhianvi, Shashikala, Sheila Vaz, Shyama, Sun Ja Aa Thandi Hawa, Tanuja, Teen Deviyan [1965], Thandi Hawa Kali Ghata, Thandi Hawa Yeh Chandni Suhani, Thandi Hawayein Lehra Ke Aayein, Thandi Thandi Hawa Pooche Unka Pata, Uff Kitni Thandi Hai
In the Quest of a Wife
Anu, Richard and Yves‘ influence and ‘prodings’ made me buy a Raj Kapoor DVD collection the last time I was in India. It contains all films directed by Raj Kapoor (except Prem Rog). I was so happy to have got it, that I am still sitting before it like a mouse in front of a snake and don’t know where to start. I had to take a decision and I did it in a way, which any grown-up and mature person would do. I took the easiest route out and chose a film, which was not in the collection and still qualifies as an RK film.
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Tags: Abrar Alvi, Biwi O Biwi, Biwi O Biwi film review, Deven Verma, Dina Pathak, Dulari, gori ho kali ho, In the Quest of a Wife, Mangal, Mars, meri bulbul yu na ho gul, Om Prakash, Poonam Dhillon, R. D. Burman, Rahul Rawail, Raj Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Shashikala, Simi Garewal, Yogeeta Bali