girte hain shaah-sawaar maidaan-e-jung mein,
wo tifl kya giregaa, jo ghuton ke bal chale.

here's the most terrific real-life affair-management story i've ever read. i managed to read till the end even tho it was soo long. must be sth abt it. hoho. formalising the business of extra-marital affairs is the last thing i had ever thot of reading. hoho. its superbly written. one cud bring out a dozen of movie scripts from this article. much like how few publications drive so many startups. hoho.

my bondhu on mention of the dance party few days back says - cool..tum saale..naach naach kar ghiste ho..ghiss ghiss kar naachte ho.. hoho.

this is crazy. damn crazy crazy.
how cud one be awake at 7 in morn on saturday? aur saala fir neend bhi nahi aaye.
it was ok during the week. i guessed it was some kind of hyperactivity.
but on a saturday?! unbelievable..abhorrable..hoho.

lekin meri ye jo neend hai,
wo udi kyu hai?
kehte hain log aksar aisa hota hai
ishq aur mohabbat mein.

haan, ho ho ho.
ab samajh aayi na baat
is band khopdi kothri ko.
sahaab, ye ishq ka junoon hai,
subah subah ho gaya noon hai.

fir mati thanki, aur dil besabr hua.
aakhir kaun hai wo?
hohoho kaun hai wo.
wo pari hai ya apsaraa,
wo jaanasheen ya fir koi dilrubaa.

gum tha isi soch mein,
ki achaanak door se ik aawaz aayi.
lagaatar, barkaraar.
pi pi, pi pi, pi pi.

main baukhalaaya, thora tharfadaaya.
wo bechain sur dil ko
kinchit nahi bhaaya.
hairaan usne ek operation search daudaaya.

ki tab achaanak, padosi ka kamraa saamne aaya.
muskuraaya dil, aakhir shrot kabze mein aaya.
shor-gul machaaya, bistar se uthaaya.
kambakht raaz sunkar bada krodh aaya.

week bhar ki aadat ne saahab ko majboor banaya,
har aadhe ghante pe alarm ko snooze kar,
saala saturday ko bhi meri neend udaaya.

hoho.
so again these are the nice times. lots of good music in the air.
lakeer - nachle, paighaam,..
tale of 3 cities, meenaxi - ye rishtaaaa (man this is so cool) kya kehlaata hai. i've to put this up someday too.
maqbool - jhin min jhini (the way it picks up)
laagi man ki lagan, baawra man dekhne.

reena bhardawaj is a suprising discovery. wonder why vishal didnt use her in maachis itself. hoho.

hoho. and i have to share this one. the lakeer song goes like -
shaan n kavita:
paighaam laaya saawan,
........
jee karta hai pankh lagaakar ud jaaoon,
..
RJ: seems like the only guys in the world who want to get bird flu here.
hohoho.

a complete deja vu song. possibly due to the rupak taal. possibly the raag, possibly the singer. dont know. completely taken in.
and a complete baawra one. very impressive.

movie: hazaron khwaishen aisi
music: shantanu moitra
singer: swanand kirkire

baawra man dekhne chala ik sapna
baawre se man ki dekho, baavri hai baatein
baawri si dhadhkanen hain, baavri hain saansen.
baawri si karvaton se, nindiya kyun bhaage
baawre se nain chaahe baawre jharokhon se
baawre se nazaaron ko taknaa

bawre se is jahaan mein, baawra sa ik saath ho
is sayaani bheed mein, bas haahton mein tera hath ho
baawri si dhun ho koi, baawra ik raag ho
baawre se pair, chaahen bhaawre khayaalon ke
baawre se bol pe hi rakhna

baawra sa ho andhera, baawri khaamoshiyaan,
thartharaati lauh madham, bawri madhoshiyan
bawra ik ghunghta chahe, hole hole bina bataaye
baawere se mukhde se hatna

baawra man dekhne chalaa ik sapnaa.

terribly captivating. another one from the same album - ae sajni. full blown rock bhojpuri number. hoho. they continue to surprise. my affinity seldom declines.

a dark fellow said:
he: yaar, main covertible khareedne se bahut darta hoon.
me: kyun?
he: aree, darta hoon aur kaala na ho jaaoon.

presenting the next chartbuster: quite an unusual place to come from.
movie: paapsinger: rahat fateh ali khan
music: shahi
lyrics: amjad islam amjad

a lovely catchy folksy melody, rendered in a superb baritone voice. the singer doode is marvellous. indeed a kawwal, this song makes him explore his ghazal, bhajan n of course kawwal techniques all at same time.btw, last time i heard lagan, was aisi laagi lagan meera ho gayi magan - anup jalota. hoho. this one has strong bhajan overtones too. its a simply awesome well-crafted mix of diff genres.

laagi tumse man ki lagan
lagan laagi tumse man ki lagan

(almost flows the ghulam ali way, so smooth, so harmonic)
gali gali ghoome
dil tujhe dhundhe
tere bin tarse nayan.

lagan laagi tumse man ki lagan.

(faintly like silk route here)
aa jaao meri jaan,
mere dil ka jahaan.
maange teri khabar
dhoondhe teraa nishaaan.

laagi tumse man ki lagan
lagan laagi tumse dil ki lagan

(the full blown qawwal here, bhakti ras me dooba hua)
teraaa tujhko saunp de,
kya laagat hai mor,
mera mujhme kuch naaaahi,
jo howat so tor.

tere bin meraa man,
jaise ban mein hirani
(i wonder i'll live thru this particular line's rendition more than a couple of times hoho)
jaise pagli pawan.
laagi tumse man ki lagan..

(and here come the harmonies, arousing melody)
pa dha sa re ga re re sa
pa dha sa re ga re re sa
maa$ ga re
pa dha sa re ga re re sa
paa$, ma ga re sa.

sa re ga ma
ma dha dha pa
sa ni dha, ni dha pa, dha pa ma, pa ma ga
gamagaregamapa

gali gali ghooome, dil tujhe dhoondhe. haay haay. awfully melodious. hoho.

also reminds of the recent toota toota ek parinda (or allah ke bande) by kailash kher from waisa bhi hota hai.. a bare melody rendered with no more than a guitar n a captivating voice.

india ke sharmnaak pradarshan ko dekh, humaare fellow-bondhu kuch is prakaar vilaap kar baithe:

yeh vb series, woh world cup, kya hai yeh sab, kuch
bhi toh nahin, aakhir sab maaya hai ...

tum kya leke aaye the, tum kya leke jaaoge ...

jeevan ke dukhon ka ek hi solution hai - iccha ko
tyaago balaak, iccha ko tyaago ...

peeda evident thi, par anaavashyak roop se hridaya-bhedi thi. isliye humne uttar diyaa:

eeshwarayee gyaan,
the aapke vichaaar mahaan.
vb series hi, ya kuch aur tha?
jo bramha ka akasmaat hua dhyaan.

hoho.

a superb exposition of the history of sexual/erotic movies. interesting to see how stds have risen, bandhans broken and reality relived on screen.

I rem a geeky joke the prof shared in one of those deep-down-dead classes. Developing the same proof technique around same time in history and having received similar awards for their breakthroughs was not happening for the first time in the history of mathematicians. wot was special in this case was that they shared the same woman. of course, the geniuses were simultaneous while the lady went thru them sequentially.

aaj morn soorya-devta ki kirnen dharti ko jalaane lagin.
band kamre ki ghutan se mishrit kaanton ki chubhan sataane lagi.
antarvedna ke klisht bandhanon ko kahin jodti, kahin todti.
unmukt nabh-vicharan ki pyaasi aag.
wo chitt ek se do hua, ya ek se aadha?
thora bhramit, thora saada.

fantastic one from RDB, Lata : Bemisaal: last nite they played it on radio.
aye ri pawan,
dhoodhe kise tera man,
chalte chalte.
baawri si tu fire,
kaun hai, tera sajan.

i fucking rem how many times i've stopped short after gungunaaing the first 2 lines. really bad if u dont know the lyrics of sucha beautiful song.
its kind of rdb meet salil chaudhary/madan mohan stuff.
isn't that hi pitched baawri si tu phiire between paras, breathtakingly amazing?
as usual, an ingenious percussion, replacing plain tabla with triple-tabla mix.
drills deep into ur rom-rom.

hoho. i can't help singing that baawri si over n over again. actually if u sing the graver n full-blown versions alternately, its even more fascinating. and finally the hooo... utaar. still not perfected. pretty obliged i am to those who made the world so wonderful.

a superb link to a '91 newsgroup post. I dont think I've ever come across a classication of ghazals acc to raags. yo this one!

things I humbly noted:

Chupke chupke raat din aanso bahana yaad hai- this all-well-known by Ghulam Ali is bhairavi. hoho, this one almost goes everywhere on notes.
Ranjish hi sahi, dil hi dukhaney ke liye aa- one of the few ghazals i've heard of Mehdi Hassan. This is Yaman doode. the primary basic raag. wow!
Ranj ki jab guftagoo honey lagi - Ghulam Ali in Bhoop Kalyan. nope, dont know this one.
Hangama hai kyon barpa"- Ghulam Ali - Darbari. typical halla in darbaar. hoho.
Kal chaudvin ki raat thee, shab bhar raha ... Ghulam Ali - Khamaj. sophisticated shringaar.
Yeh dil yeh paagal dil mera, kyon ... aawargee Ghulam Ali - Bhairavi is back! same halchal, aawaragi as chupke chupke
Mehfil mein baar baar kisi par nazar gayi - Ghulam Ali - Megh . I've heard only the Soldier version of this one. hoho.

we need a bigger annotated collection for ghazals. sb do it pls!!
Here's a huge list for movie songs.

tum chale jaaoge to sochenge,
humne kya khoyaa, humne kya paaya.

muddatein huin dil ko apnaaye hue,
sadiyon guzre use dikhaaye hue.
more than ik arsa hua, dukhaaye hue.

badi taiyaariyaan, dhol-manjire,
yaar aaya, saj-dhaj ke mera yaar aaya.
yaar, ya puraana rishtedaar aaya? hoho.

naari-svabhaav, anoothaa prem-bhaav.
hath andekhaa, aawargi apaar.
khoja tha aksar, sparsh ka komal vyavhaar.

bechain karti teri aas,
kuch khwaab, koi meethi pyaas.
madhosh khushbuon ne anaayaas hi,
baandhi koi alaukik paash.
suljhaata kaise unhe,
har pal rang badalta ehsaas.

khojta kaise main khudko,
khona chodti nahi tu khudko.
us dhuen ke tan se lipti,
deekhti kyun chhal ki parchhayin?

divya naynon mein chalakta prem,
jyada nahi, kam dena tha prem.
is udhedhbun mein bhool gayi tum,
kuch tha yaad dilaana mujhko.

aur ek choti si love story. thori adhoori, thori poori.
hath/krodh ki devi, cynicism/khamoshi ka devta.