my simba!

Ishq pyar mohabbat etc etc

I wasn't sure why I wanted Aashiqui 2 to work, apart from the lovely songs that is. There was something in it which appealed to me. I think i now know what and why.

http://moifightclub.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/whats-happened-to-love-in-movies-today-or-%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%8F-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81-%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9D%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%86/


p.s: Its a Must-read for all the movie-buffs out there. Brilliant piece of writing.
p.s2: no, haven't watched the Aashiqui 2, found out how the movie ends and do not want to see it, not yet.

Tinge of purple and a tinge of pink

It's that time of the year again! The Queen's flower tree, in front of my house, is in full bloom. This time though, I am reminding Sid to see the 'puppe-powow' (purple flower) everyday!

 The tabebuia rosea tree nearby is also in bloom.

its been a long time!!

My world is still actively revolving around the kiddo, who, I must add, is talking like there is no tomorrow! He has become a parrot, repeating everything we say. Its super fun!! :-)  He still can't say a couple of letters, but who is in a hurry anyway?! He also has his own words for some things, like, 'Neeru' is 'amiyun', and cat was also 'amiyun' sometime back. Bat is 'tukku', probably because of the sound the bat makes when it comes in contact with a ball. The bird bat is also 'tukku'! 

He loves drawing with diff color pencils/crayons. I think I have, as of now, scribbled a 100 suns and snails in all the colors, doddaDDhu and chikkdu!

Here is a small video of Sid identifying all the colors in a book! 

p.s: de-de is Red, adhun is orange, ba-backy is black!

Yeh Lamhe..

Yash Chopra is no more! :( He just completed 80 years and his last movie 'Jab tak hain jaan' is releasing on Nov 13th. Oh, the irony of it all! Sigh! 

Being a Veer-Zaara fanatic that I am, I thought I will write a post. 

Who can forget his romantic masterpieces - Silsila, Kabhi Kabhi, Lamhe (yes, i loved that movie), DTPH and more recently Veer-Zaara! I won't talk about Deewar, Daag etc. as they don't fit into the romance genre. His approach to romance, sometimes ahead of his times (Lamhe), sometimes portraying the complexities in relationships (kabhi kabhi, silsila) in such a dignified way is truly marvelous. The women, esp, are strongly etched characters, confident and free-willed too. (rekha, jaya, waheeda, sridevi).   

One thing that comes to my mind now is this song - Ek dooje ke vaaste, from DTPH. Check out this lovely song. The theme is so sweet; the diff couples and diff portrayal of love make it a very feel-good kind of a song. :) Posting this song for 1 more reason, for Yash Chopra's cameo! Can you spot him? 

Krishna nee begane baaro

Krishna Ganmaasthami is around the corner and I remembered this song from a Kannada movie. I liked it, well, because, you know, it is about krishna and radha, but more importantly, because of the super haTke choreography! Great job really. You can ignore the last few seconds. :-D
Sharing it here. Enjoy!

Song: Krishna nee begane baro
Movie:Paris Pranaya
Music Dir: Prayog
Lyricist: Don't know   (couldn't get proper info, comment if anyone gets it)
Singer: Shreya Ghoshal

Birthdays are fun!

Skanda's (my nephew) 6th birthday was approaching, and there was a function organized for that. So I took that as an opportunity to bake a cake for him. Since he loves chocolate, I decided on a marble cake (vanilla and chocolate) with chocolate butter cream frosting. Sounds fancy right? :D

This time ditched my oven and used one of Amma's good old reliable griller/cake maker. (forgot the name). The cake came out pretty good and I spent almost an entire evening preparing the icing on the cake! Creaming butter and sugar with a spoon was tiresome! Anyways, the effort was worth it as the kiddo loved it! Even mom, who does not appreciate baked stuff, liked it! Don't have a pic of the cake when it came out of the oven. But there is one with the icing on. It does look amateurish, but hey that's my first attempt ok! Be nice! :-D

And oh! Don't remind me that an 'A' is missing!!

Its raining its pouring.. open the umbrella!

Sid has a slate, the magnetic type, which we get in kid stores now. Its easy to draw and write on it and erase it without the problem of messy powder and stuff. Aah, but nothing beats writing on the black portable blackboard with chalk! Everyone's hidden drawing talent is now in the open. From the typical mountain-sun-waterfall-hut scene to elephants to flowers. The slate has seen it all!

Sid identifies umbrellas and is quite fascinated with it. So I drew an umbrella, the other day, and showed it to him. He identified it instantly, saying 'umm', 'umm' (which in his language means an umbrella!). He then took up the slate and started 'drawing'. He was very focused and after a couple of minutes, he showed his artwork to me and started saying 'umm', 'umm'. Lo, and behold! There was Sid's version of an umbrella. :-D It is really amazing to see him explore the concept of visualizing things and drawing. He'll do great in his art classes (Proud mother wipes off a tear, sniff sniff!)


Of course, I took pics and of course, here they are!

That's him drawing..

..and that's his completed drawing, an umbrella!!!

Music and Romance

R.D. Burman's birthday was yesterday (July 27th). Although there are like a million compositions that I love, i'll post this song today. It is one of my fav romantic number. It is from the movie 'Raampur ka Lakshman'. Lata and Kishore again show why they were the industry's best singers in that era (apart from Rafi, am a big fan!). The soft composition adds to the feel. Well, I love this song! Only bad thing is probably Rekha's hideous makeup, totally spoils the second antara visually!!! Listen to it with your eyes closed. :-D


Song: Gum hain kisi ke pyar mein
Movie: Raampur ka Lakshman
Music Director: R.D.Burman
Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar

Lyrics
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 (I have listened to it so many times, that I can actually write the entire thing on my own. Also while my scripts run, I do have some time at my disposal, so here  you go!)

(humming)
haan, kya kaha?
gum hain kisi ke pyaar mein dil subah shaam
par tumhe likh nahi paaon mein uska naam
haaye raam haaye raam

kuch likha?
haan
kya likha?
oh, gum hain kisi ke pyaar mein dil subah shaam
par tumhe likh nahi paaon mein uska naam
haaye raam haaye raam

accha, aage kya likhoon?
aage...
socha hain ek din mein usse mil ke
keh Daalon apne sab haal dil ke
aur kardoon jeevan uske havaale
phir choDdhe chaahe apna banaale
main toh uska re hua diwaana
ab toh jaisa bhi mera ho anjaam
oh, gum hain kisi ke pyaar mein

likhliya?
haan
zara paDke toh sunaao na
chaaha hain tumne jis bhaawari ko
woh bhi sajanva chaahe tumhi ko
naina uTaaye toh pyar samjho
palkein jhuka de toh ikrar samjho
rakhtein hain kab se chupa chupa ke
kya?
apne hoTon main piya tera naam
oh, gum hain kisi ke pyaar mein....

Ya rabba

Am down with a cold and feeling totally blue. So a sad song today!

Lovely one though. If you thought only Sonu Nigam can squeeze out the emotions in a sad song, think again. Kailash Kher excels in this one. Lovely timing in the movie also. As usual lyrics is brilliant. All in all, a beautiful one. Listen to it even if you are not feeling blue. At the end of it, you will. (evil laughter in the background)

Movie: Salaam-e-Ishq

Music Director: Shankar Ehsaan Loy

Lyricist: Sameer

Singer: Kailash Kher

Lyrics - Well, googled for it and found this --> http://ezeehindilyrics.blogspot.in/2010/06/salaam-e-ishq-lyrics-ya-rabba-lyrics.html - it has the translations too. Enjoy!