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Where is the Poetry in Bollywood Songs?

Gone are the days when you heard songs like ‘Phoolon ke rang se, dil ki kalam se’ (penned by Neeraj for the 1970 classic Prem Pujari), or ‘Kaaton se kheench ke ye aanchal’ (Guide, 1965; written by the legendary Shailendra) or ‘Aji rooth kar ab’(Arzoo, 1965; written by the inimitable Hasrat Jaipuri). Its almost likeContinue reading “Where is the Poetry in Bollywood Songs?”

The Genius That Was Hrishikesh Mukherjee

I watched Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Chupke Chupke (1975) for the 33rd time today. For the uninitiated, the movie is about a professor of Botany (Parimal Tripathi, played flawlessly by Dharmendra) who falls in love with Sulekha (brought to life on screen by the epic Sharmila Tagore). After certain plot twists, Parimal, now married to Sulekha, decidesContinue reading “The Genius That Was Hrishikesh Mukherjee”