tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603744229416528139.post8528751672409330845..comments2023-08-28T03:12:23.926-07:00Comments on Mujhe Kuchh Kehna Hai ...: Once Upon A Time In Bollywood ......... Zohra Javedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318932791716178512noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603744229416528139.post-90778688828112127432013-07-30T23:42:55.613-07:002013-07-30T23:42:55.613-07:00well said zohra....am quite impressed by ur way of...well said zohra....am quite impressed by ur way of writing...could feel as if personally experienced all this...smritihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08290965314934239942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603744229416528139.post-66356744113155652152013-07-28T09:20:41.011-07:002013-07-28T09:20:41.011-07:00Mr P P Pandey has so graciously shared his memorie...Mr P P Pandey has so graciously shared his memories and love for Bollywood in a msg on Facebook .... (Wonder why a lot of people are not able to post comments here)<br /><br />You have very beautifully narrated what we have lost and what I think irrecoverable in the area of films/music and social life.<br /><br />Perhaps I also belong to your category. In 1988, I was in Indian Railways and posted near Saugor (Madhya Pradesh). At that time I used to do 12 hours night duty as an Assistant Station Master (from 8 pm to 8 am). Even after keeping awake all through the night, I used to go to Saugor ofter to watch movies, which was 25 kms aways from the place of my posting.<br /><br />I would like to know the names of those three movies which you saw in a single day. I have seen two movies in a day, (and once the consecutive shows too). My maternal aunt (mausi) also used to watch multiple shows in a single day. I learnt this from her only.<br /><br />Today the films fail to make any jubilee because all films are released with multiple prints in a city. Sometimes around 50 prints are released in a city of a single movie. Thousands of prints of a film are released in today's time. So any jubilee has become out of question in today's time.<br /><br />And it is most painful to read and feel about music of today. We are losing on that front because we have lost the simplicity of songs. This I have discussed in other fora too. As the songs have lost simplicity, we have lost the songs and the music in totality. We cannot hum the songs of today, unlike yesteryears. If we cannot hum the songs during our routine life, we cannot own those. If we cannot own the songs, how can those songs have shelf life. The songs are listened and forgotten soon. The most popular songs run for 5-6 weeks. We can sing whole song of upto the period of 70s and 80s. That's why those songs are still liked. We cannot dare hum the songs of today. That started with era of Kumar Shanu who made the songs too technical to sing. The last natural singers in the industry were of the time of Udit Narayan / Alka / Kavita. After that music is almost no more.<br /><br />I failed to post it there.Zohra Javedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318932791716178512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603744229416528139.post-66274995239031461882013-07-20T20:05:53.912-07:002013-07-20T20:05:53.912-07:00I am really moved to read heartrending account on ...I am really moved to read heartrending account on transition of Indian cinema. I was witness to the glorious past; and, am saddened of the present. Thank you for candid account from the core of the heart. Regardsrumahalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088136537491963116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603744229416528139.post-29154919010787422692013-07-20T20:03:08.812-07:002013-07-20T20:03:08.812-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.rumahalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088136537491963116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603744229416528139.post-46881463830717380192013-07-19T11:11:54.175-07:002013-07-19T11:11:54.175-07:00I m just speechless. The initial part of living in...I m just speechless. The initial part of living in a colony provided by power company (NTPC Ltd.) almost resembles of mine. I also started my career in a fully developed town ship called shakti nagar. There was an open air theater in which on week days films were shown.However my passion for films was since my childhood which i inherited from my mother, who happened to be a theater artist. Ur words of silver jubilee, golden jubilee or even a movie completing 100 days reminds me those golden days. It was honorable things for films to achieve this feat. Now i feel very sad when all the earning is done in first 3 days and success measurement is done on the basis of 100 cr club. I have not been able to forget so many films of the past. I must say that few directors today also succeed in creating that magic. I want to write so much on this subject but falling short of words. Thanks for posting such a magical afsana of films.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18357866097163789618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603744229416528139.post-83412254971353575122013-07-18T01:31:59.964-07:002013-07-18T01:31:59.964-07:00Posting Mohan Siroya ji's msg here which he ha...Posting Mohan Siroya ji's msg here which he has shared thru e mail .........<br /><br />"I attempted to get the following comments published on your BLOG but failed. Hence mailing you this .I f U feel U may put on blog in my name<br />Regards<br />------------<br />Zoharji ,<br /> 1.Just saw this piece on your blog( U sent me link, thanks ). It was a wonderful experience and a learning too. I did not know your passion for Bollywood movies and Music.<br /> 2. Myself ,as someone who has been writing for Bollywood for almost 60 yrs., must admit that this was an ecstatic piece of nostalgia which I can not refuse to relish , agree and admire.<br /> AS that immortal line of Kaifi Saab "Waqt ne kiya Kya Hasin Sitam, Hum Rahe na Hum , Tum rahe Na Tum " I say "Waqt Ne kiya Ye bhi ek sitam, Na Raha wo Bollywood N a Rahe Wo Log Jo Behatreen filmen banate Thhe and Mausiki ki bhi dete thhe, Aala Shayari ke saath ?". Really, Kahan gaye wo log, wo din ? Jab ki Bollywood abhi bhi hai , aur 'Commercially, not sensibly, it has grown up more than thousand times perhaps.<br /><br /> Mohan Siroya<br /> Zohra Javedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318932791716178512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603744229416528139.post-16609841154974812742013-07-17T19:05:57.364-07:002013-07-17T19:05:57.364-07:00Fans like me who have not been initiated into Clas...Fans like me who have not been initiated into Classical music , began appreciating musical compositions as the melodious notes mingled with meaningful sophisticated poetry to create tasteful delights that have stood the test of time...Rakesh Anand Bakshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12977042234462471657noreply@blogger.com