Category Archives for Music
Its is like.. pure joy.. like the sun rising or the spring coming… like the celebration of existence – Jim Morrison
Baanwra Man
Have been busy for a while, and will be so for a while. But while work is on, songs still keep haunting me. So here’s another one from an amazing movie called “Hazaaron Khwaishen Aisi”. I’ve talked about the movie … Continue reading
Jal bhar de …
आसमान का रंग बदल रहा था। रात कच्ची पड़ रही थी। कोई पंच्छी पास के पेड़ से उड़ा, और सुबह को लाने आसमान की तरफ़ निकल गया। वह पुल के उस किनारे पर आकर खड़ी हो गयी, जहाँ से अगला … Continue reading
Trishagni
There are many songs that I heard as a kid, could never forget, got haunted by them, and couldn’t find them till the GOD made The Web. The charitraheen title track was one of them. Its time for another one … Continue reading
Charitraheen
In early 90s there used to be a serial on Doordarshan called Charitraheen, based on Sharatchandra’s Bengali novel by the same name. Though I was quite young to get the import of the serial, I quite fondly remembered it title … Continue reading
Aag lage kanaar mein
A reflection of what is within., and what cannot be said, because there are societies outside, and there are boundaries, and there are incapabilities within and incapabilities without, and there is the responsibility to be pure, and there are promises … Continue reading
Fana
Was listening to Rare Gems of Jagjit Singh. And came across a gazal, which sounded exceptionally brilliant this time. Or may be I never heard the lyrics so attentively earlier. Anyways, this is the brilliant gazal: इश्क़ फ़ना का नाम … Continue reading
Bhanwar
Okay, I’m gonna do a funny thing today. I just heard the legendary 50s song called “uda jaa bhanwar” from the movie Rani Roopmati. A gem of a song with lyrics supposedly loaded with too much philosophical metaphors. I heard … Continue reading