kyun kehte ho?

naya naya, taaza taaza:

kyun kehte ho,
ke aasmaanon mein udna chod doon?
sab murde pade hain yahaan,
to kya jeena chor doon?

mui jag ja

definitely the wrong time to be back from india - a flood of exciting bollywood movies are awaited. kank, omkara, ahista2, pk sideeffects, corporate.

difficult to rank them acc to order of expectation but omkara for sure is the super hatke one. got the tracks yesterday (the tv promos never went beyond dhum dhum dhadam dhadhaiya re) and as expected, gulzar n vb have worked wonders again. the music is a treat, far too above the conventional standards, taareef se upur. and in particular, there is a song with wadkar-gulzar-vb effect (the astute reader will note that this is indeed as mindblowing as it cud get). its not a lori, yet is essentially one. i fear it might turn out to be a black lori (the movie adapts othello), hoho. so here's the song.


jag ja ri gudiya
misri ki pudiya
meethe lage do naina
nainon mein tere, hum hi base the
hum hi base hain, hain na.

o ri raani, gudiyaaaa,
jag jaa, arii jag ja, mari jag ja.

halka sa kosa,
subho ka bosa,
maan jaa ri, ab jaag ja.
naak pe tere, kaatega bicchoo
jaag ja, tu maan ja
jo chahe le lo, dashrath ka vaada
nainon se kholo ji raina

o ri raani, gudiyaaaa,
jag jaa, arii jag ja, mui jag ja.

kirnon ka sona,
os ke moti,
motiyon sa mogra.
tera bichauna, bhar bhar ke daroon,
gulmohar ka tokra.
aur jo bhi chaho,
maango ji maango,
bolo ji, meri maina.

o ri raani, gudiyaaaa,
jag jaa, arii jag ja, oye jag ja.

jag ja ri gudiya..


a complete masterpiece.