Monday, December 24, 2007
Taare Zameen Par
One of the best bollywood movies made ever... A must watch for anybody who is passionate about cinema.
Give Me The Freedom To Choose
It's pretty sad to see nasty feedback and reviews about the movie - No Smoking. It's not surprising though... Indian audience (in general) has never really been willing to understand such movies... and they will never be... I hope there are a few who understand the masterpiece Anurag Kashyap has created... Anurag Kashyap has been one of my favourite actors since I saw him first at Prithvi Theatre performing in a play "Sir Sir Sarla". I started liking him as a director and writer when I watched Black Friday and I like him even more after watching "No Smoking". He continues to make something different and meaningful unlike most others in the industry.
So what is No Smoking about? Is it about quitting smoking?
Read what Anurag Kashyap writes about it (http://passionforcinema.com/i-smoked-classic-milds/) :
"...Yes it is an arrogant film..it is a film about arrogance.. of two kinds..why i made it , the way i made it, the reasons i have never discussed it before.. it is (like thani said) my most personal movie.. i am K.. K’s arrogance is the obvious arrogance, that everyone sees everyday.. he smokes..he breathes nicotine.. he says no one tells me what to do.. i breathe cinema.. and forever everyone has been telling me not to make the kind of cinema i do.. NO SMOKING is a tale of an arrogant man and another who is much more arrogant, who lives in his world, where he controls everything and he thinks he is morally superior to anyexisting Homo sapiens, he is the kind of man who thrives on minorities and underpriveleged, he worships the dictatorian attitude and all he wants from you is to lose your soul and convert….it,s a tale about an arrogant man’s descent into morality.. and the architecture of the moral world is so absurd that it sometimes beats reality.. what happens in the film is a parallel to what happens in the real world..
...baba bengali is like that man, who has already deciced what kind of cinema should be made and should exist.. the film is about my struggle against the system to have the freedom to (smoke)make films..
GIVE ME THE LIBERTY TO KNOW , TO UTTER , TO ARGUE FREELY ACCORDING TO MY CONSCIENCE ABOVE ALL LIBERTIES
since i do not have the liberty, and i get banned everytime i am directly stating my opinions(we started shooting much before Black friday got the clearence), one has to wage a guerilla war.. no smoking is my guerrilla war.. and in the end the man loses to the system and the only way he can survive is after having lost his soul(freedom).. everyone expects a good versus evil film, where good wins over evil, where the end sums it up, and all is well at the end.. well it doesn’t happen here.. here K doesn’t want to, but never comes to know how and when he gave in to the system, but accepts it and starts to do what his own people did to him,,why? in order to survive.. why his treatment becomes an incomprehensible nightmare, because it does in real life, i am the living proof..this film is just the treatment the powerful(baba Bangali) puts K(the man whose allusions are of greatness, seemingly invincible) through to bring him over to his side and manages.. there is nothing more.. i have seen the industry’s waking conscience when FANAA got banned in gujrat, and reading hrithik roshan’s democratic rights speech in midday the next mornig,, never saw none of that solidarity when my two films got banned..
Have had my film scripts stolen from right under me by the most powerful, respected and supposedly just people and did not see anyone even whispering it..and yes i am arrogant, because i work very hard to put my neck and my sense of security and my goodwill on line.. i do not scratch anyones back.. i criticise those who will always get the oppurtunity to trash me like they have this time.. i live on my own terms in this spineless world and that makes me arrogant, and i would rather have a good review when people like my film than by being on good terms with them..
in the end i do not want to explain no smoking anyfurther and would say i prefer it over Black Friday and i love every bit of it and i still hope it finds it’s audience and makes money for my producer who trusted me to make this film."
Siddharth Pillai writes:
"...Superficially the movie may seem to be a shocking depiction of addiction and withdrawal that follows a common template for a horror flick, but deep down it ponders on the very philosophical issue that concerned ‘A Clockwork Orange.’ What is the notion of a ‘human being’? When K places his palm on the touch-screen at the Prayogshala the data arrives as ‘Species: Homo Sapiens’. The soul is disregarded. The nightmare of K is not one of addiction but of social dystopia. The Holocaust is invoked and Baba Bengali is shown in photograph sharing space with Hitler. Bengali’s appellation of ‘Shri Shri’ and the paranoid fervor with his inmates later spread his word are all an indictment of a system that runs on herd mentality. Baba’s methodology for curing addiction is a bloodlust driven by fanaticism. There is little to distinguish between him and a religious fundamentalist. It is like Kurt Vonnegut wrote in Mother Night- ‘True evil is hating someone and believing that God in on your side.’ Director Kashyap cheekily but furiously lashes out these extremist systems which require one and all to conform, submit and reject absolutely anything that is beyond...
...He strives for the right to choose, for human endeavor and he does it in style."
Another review:
"...Wow, finally there is someone out there who tests the audience and at the same time explores the subconscious mind so beautifully that I felt I was dreaming, because that’s how dreams are and that’s what No Smoking is, the nightmare of a chain smoker.
Well, all the people who said it was absurd and hopeless have you ever got a dream in which you thought you were dreaming?
I can’t stop appreciating the guy who made it; for that matter any one can’t stop doing that once they get the point. Because it’s his proper understanding of the subconscious mind and applying that on an impulsive smoker combining this with a cool, slick look and a terrific sound track he delivers No Smoking. Kudos to you Anurag Kashyap.After listening to my fellow audience’s frustrated comments during some parts of the movie I thought of that musician’s character in Atlas Shrugged. What was his name?
And yes this aint an only bouquets to you thing hold this brick too Anurag. Why was the Natural Born Killer’s sitcom parody brought in? That seemed a little out of place. But the Schindler’s List’s gas chamber scene on TV and the mass bathing scene was subtle. Especially the frame when K looks up.
I don’t know what reviewers see in a film when they write a review. Seems like there is a greater urgency in delivering their product. Unfortunately these kinds of things give the audience a wrong idea.
In one line No Smoking is David Fincher and David Lynch having a hell of a party with Anurag Kashyap in desi style."
All I can say as an audience -- I want more of such movies. I'm tired of sentimental crap like -- "It's all about loving your parents..."
So what is No Smoking about? Is it about quitting smoking?
Read what Anurag Kashyap writes about it (http://passionforcinema.com/i-smoked-classic-milds/) :
"...Yes it is an arrogant film..it is a film about arrogance.. of two kinds..why i made it , the way i made it, the reasons i have never discussed it before.. it is (like thani said) my most personal movie.. i am K.. K’s arrogance is the obvious arrogance, that everyone sees everyday.. he smokes..he breathes nicotine.. he says no one tells me what to do.. i breathe cinema.. and forever everyone has been telling me not to make the kind of cinema i do.. NO SMOKING is a tale of an arrogant man and another who is much more arrogant, who lives in his world, where he controls everything and he thinks he is morally superior to anyexisting Homo sapiens, he is the kind of man who thrives on minorities and underpriveleged, he worships the dictatorian attitude and all he wants from you is to lose your soul and convert….it,s a tale about an arrogant man’s descent into morality.. and the architecture of the moral world is so absurd that it sometimes beats reality.. what happens in the film is a parallel to what happens in the real world..
...baba bengali is like that man, who has already deciced what kind of cinema should be made and should exist.. the film is about my struggle against the system to have the freedom to (smoke)make films..
GIVE ME THE LIBERTY TO KNOW , TO UTTER , TO ARGUE FREELY ACCORDING TO MY CONSCIENCE ABOVE ALL LIBERTIES
since i do not have the liberty, and i get banned everytime i am directly stating my opinions(we started shooting much before Black friday got the clearence), one has to wage a guerilla war.. no smoking is my guerrilla war.. and in the end the man loses to the system and the only way he can survive is after having lost his soul(freedom).. everyone expects a good versus evil film, where good wins over evil, where the end sums it up, and all is well at the end.. well it doesn’t happen here.. here K doesn’t want to, but never comes to know how and when he gave in to the system, but accepts it and starts to do what his own people did to him,,why? in order to survive.. why his treatment becomes an incomprehensible nightmare, because it does in real life, i am the living proof..this film is just the treatment the powerful(baba Bangali) puts K(the man whose allusions are of greatness, seemingly invincible) through to bring him over to his side and manages.. there is nothing more.. i have seen the industry’s waking conscience when FANAA got banned in gujrat, and reading hrithik roshan’s democratic rights speech in midday the next mornig,, never saw none of that solidarity when my two films got banned..
Have had my film scripts stolen from right under me by the most powerful, respected and supposedly just people and did not see anyone even whispering it..and yes i am arrogant, because i work very hard to put my neck and my sense of security and my goodwill on line.. i do not scratch anyones back.. i criticise those who will always get the oppurtunity to trash me like they have this time.. i live on my own terms in this spineless world and that makes me arrogant, and i would rather have a good review when people like my film than by being on good terms with them..
in the end i do not want to explain no smoking anyfurther and would say i prefer it over Black Friday and i love every bit of it and i still hope it finds it’s audience and makes money for my producer who trusted me to make this film."
Siddharth Pillai writes:
"...Superficially the movie may seem to be a shocking depiction of addiction and withdrawal that follows a common template for a horror flick, but deep down it ponders on the very philosophical issue that concerned ‘A Clockwork Orange.’ What is the notion of a ‘human being’? When K places his palm on the touch-screen at the Prayogshala the data arrives as ‘Species: Homo Sapiens’. The soul is disregarded. The nightmare of K is not one of addiction but of social dystopia. The Holocaust is invoked and Baba Bengali is shown in photograph sharing space with Hitler. Bengali’s appellation of ‘Shri Shri’ and the paranoid fervor with his inmates later spread his word are all an indictment of a system that runs on herd mentality. Baba’s methodology for curing addiction is a bloodlust driven by fanaticism. There is little to distinguish between him and a religious fundamentalist. It is like Kurt Vonnegut wrote in Mother Night- ‘True evil is hating someone and believing that God in on your side.’ Director Kashyap cheekily but furiously lashes out these extremist systems which require one and all to conform, submit and reject absolutely anything that is beyond...
...He strives for the right to choose, for human endeavor and he does it in style."
Another review:
"...Wow, finally there is someone out there who tests the audience and at the same time explores the subconscious mind so beautifully that I felt I was dreaming, because that’s how dreams are and that’s what No Smoking is, the nightmare of a chain smoker.
Well, all the people who said it was absurd and hopeless have you ever got a dream in which you thought you were dreaming?
I can’t stop appreciating the guy who made it; for that matter any one can’t stop doing that once they get the point. Because it’s his proper understanding of the subconscious mind and applying that on an impulsive smoker combining this with a cool, slick look and a terrific sound track he delivers No Smoking. Kudos to you Anurag Kashyap.After listening to my fellow audience’s frustrated comments during some parts of the movie I thought of that musician’s character in Atlas Shrugged. What was his name?
And yes this aint an only bouquets to you thing hold this brick too Anurag. Why was the Natural Born Killer’s sitcom parody brought in? That seemed a little out of place. But the Schindler’s List’s gas chamber scene on TV and the mass bathing scene was subtle. Especially the frame when K looks up.
I don’t know what reviewers see in a film when they write a review. Seems like there is a greater urgency in delivering their product. Unfortunately these kinds of things give the audience a wrong idea.
In one line No Smoking is David Fincher and David Lynch having a hell of a party with Anurag Kashyap in desi style."
All I can say as an audience -- I want more of such movies. I'm tired of sentimental crap like -- "It's all about loving your parents..."
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Jab Bhi Cigarette
Lyrics: Gulzar
Singer: Adnan Sami
Music: Vishal Bharadwaj
Hey I Waana Tell You About This Thing
This Stick Of Cigarette, Yeah
Phir Talab, Talab, Hai Talab, Talab
Besabab, Besabab Phir Talab, Talab
Shaam Hone Lagi Hai, Shaam Hone Lagi
Laal Hone Lagi Hai, Laal Hone Lagi
Jab Bhi Cigarette Jalati Hain, Main Jalata Hoon
Aag Pe Paanv Padata Hai, Kambakht Dhuyein Mein Jalta Hoon
Jab Bhi Cigarette Jalati Hain, Main Jalata Hoon
Phir Kisine Jalaayi Ek Diyaasalaayi - 2
Aasmaan Jal Utha Hai, Shaam Ne Raakh Udaayi
Ufalein Jaisa Sulgata Hoon, Kambakht Dhuyein Mein Jalta Hoon
Lambe Dhaage Dhuyein Ke- 2, Saans Silne Lage Hai
Pyaas Udhadi Huyi Hain, Honth Chhilane Lage Hai
Shaam Hone Lagi Hai, Shaam Hone Lagi
Laal Hone Lagi Hai, Laal Hone Lagi
Kadwa Jo Dhuaan Woh Nigalata Hoon, Kambakht Dhuyein Mein Jalta Hoon
Jab Bhi Cigarette Jalati Hain, Main Jalata Hoon
Aag Pe Paanv Padata Hai, Kambakht Dhuyein Mein Jalta Hoon
Jab Bhi Cigarette Jalati Hain, Main Jalata Hoon
Singer: Adnan Sami
Music: Vishal Bharadwaj
Hey I Waana Tell You About This Thing
This Stick Of Cigarette, Yeah
Phir Talab, Talab, Hai Talab, Talab
Besabab, Besabab Phir Talab, Talab
Shaam Hone Lagi Hai, Shaam Hone Lagi
Laal Hone Lagi Hai, Laal Hone Lagi
Jab Bhi Cigarette Jalati Hain, Main Jalata Hoon
Aag Pe Paanv Padata Hai, Kambakht Dhuyein Mein Jalta Hoon
Jab Bhi Cigarette Jalati Hain, Main Jalata Hoon
Phir Kisine Jalaayi Ek Diyaasalaayi - 2
Aasmaan Jal Utha Hai, Shaam Ne Raakh Udaayi
Ufalein Jaisa Sulgata Hoon, Kambakht Dhuyein Mein Jalta Hoon
Lambe Dhaage Dhuyein Ke- 2, Saans Silne Lage Hai
Pyaas Udhadi Huyi Hain, Honth Chhilane Lage Hai
Shaam Hone Lagi Hai, Shaam Hone Lagi
Laal Hone Lagi Hai, Laal Hone Lagi
Kadwa Jo Dhuaan Woh Nigalata Hoon, Kambakht Dhuyein Mein Jalta Hoon
Jab Bhi Cigarette Jalati Hain, Main Jalata Hoon
Aag Pe Paanv Padata Hai, Kambakht Dhuyein Mein Jalta Hoon
Jab Bhi Cigarette Jalati Hain, Main Jalata Hoon
Phoonk De
Lyrics: Gulzar
Singer: Sukhwinder Singh
Music: Vishal Bharadwaj
Peele Peele Se Jungle Mein Behta Dhuaan - 2
(Ghoont Ghoont Jal Raha Hoon, Pii Raha Hoon Pattiyaan
Aankhein Hai Dhuaan Dhuaan, Num Hai Saari Battiyaan) - 2
Aaspaas Kuchh Nahi, Ji Udaas Hai Jara
Dard Sabj Hai Abhi, Mujhko Raas Hai Jara
Toh Phoonk De Re, Phoonk De, Phoonk De.... Re
Phoonk, Phoonk, Phoonk De Re, Phoonk De Re Phoonk..........
Hayaat Phoonk De, Hawaas Phoonk De
Ke Saans Se Sila Huva Libaas Phoonk De
Phoonk, Phoonk, Phoonk De Re, Phoonk De Re Phoonk..........
Sar Chadhi Hai Khumaari, Aur Jamin Dolati Hai
Bejubaan Daastaan Yeh, Raatbhar Bolati Hain
Lab Pe Jal Rahi Hain, Woh Baat Phook De
???? Raakh Phoonk De
Phoonk De Yeh Raakh Phoonk, Phoonk De Yeh Raakh Phoonk
Phoonk De Woh Baat Phoonk, Phoonk De
Phoonk, Phoonk, Phoonk De Re, Phoonk De Re Phoonk..........
Jab Nasha Tutataa Hai, Kitne Tukade Gire ????
Hosh Chunane Lage Hum, Hum Bhi Kya Sar Phire Hain
Lab Pe Jal Rahi Hain, Woh Baat Phook De
???? Raakh Phoonk De
Phoonk De Yeh Raakh Phoonk, Phoonk De Yeh Raakh Phoonk
Phoonk De Woh Baat Phoonk, Phoonk De
Phoonk, Phoonk, Phoonk De Re, Phoonk De Re Phoonk..........
Hayaat Phoonk De, Hawaas Phoonk De
Ke Saans Se Sila Huva Libaas Phoonk De
Phoonk, Phoonk, Phoonk De Re, Phoonk De Re Phoonk..........
Hayaat Phoonk De (Phoonk, Phoonk, Phoonk De Re)
Hawaas Phoonk De (Phoonk, Phoonk, Phoonk De Re)
Ke Saans Se Sila Huva Libaas Phoonk De - 3
Phoonk, Phoonk, Phoonk De Re, Phoonk De Re Phoonk..........
Singer: Sukhwinder Singh
Music: Vishal Bharadwaj
Peele Peele Se Jungle Mein Behta Dhuaan - 2
(Ghoont Ghoont Jal Raha Hoon, Pii Raha Hoon Pattiyaan
Aankhein Hai Dhuaan Dhuaan, Num Hai Saari Battiyaan) - 2
Aaspaas Kuchh Nahi, Ji Udaas Hai Jara
Dard Sabj Hai Abhi, Mujhko Raas Hai Jara
Toh Phoonk De Re, Phoonk De, Phoonk De.... Re
Phoonk, Phoonk, Phoonk De Re, Phoonk De Re Phoonk..........
Hayaat Phoonk De, Hawaas Phoonk De
Ke Saans Se Sila Huva Libaas Phoonk De
Phoonk, Phoonk, Phoonk De Re, Phoonk De Re Phoonk..........
Sar Chadhi Hai Khumaari, Aur Jamin Dolati Hai
Bejubaan Daastaan Yeh, Raatbhar Bolati Hain
Lab Pe Jal Rahi Hain, Woh Baat Phook De
???? Raakh Phoonk De
Phoonk De Yeh Raakh Phoonk, Phoonk De Yeh Raakh Phoonk
Phoonk De Woh Baat Phoonk, Phoonk De
Phoonk, Phoonk, Phoonk De Re, Phoonk De Re Phoonk..........
Jab Nasha Tutataa Hai, Kitne Tukade Gire ????
Hosh Chunane Lage Hum, Hum Bhi Kya Sar Phire Hain
Lab Pe Jal Rahi Hain, Woh Baat Phook De
???? Raakh Phoonk De
Phoonk De Yeh Raakh Phoonk, Phoonk De Yeh Raakh Phoonk
Phoonk De Woh Baat Phoonk, Phoonk De
Phoonk, Phoonk, Phoonk De Re, Phoonk De Re Phoonk..........
Hayaat Phoonk De, Hawaas Phoonk De
Ke Saans Se Sila Huva Libaas Phoonk De
Phoonk, Phoonk, Phoonk De Re, Phoonk De Re Phoonk..........
Hayaat Phoonk De (Phoonk, Phoonk, Phoonk De Re)
Hawaas Phoonk De (Phoonk, Phoonk, Phoonk De Re)
Ke Saans Se Sila Huva Libaas Phoonk De - 3
Phoonk, Phoonk, Phoonk De Re, Phoonk De Re Phoonk..........
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Kash Laga
Lyrics: Gulzar
Singer: Sukhwinder Singh, Daler Mehndi, Vishal Bharadwaj
Music: Vishal Bharadwaj
Kash Laga, Kash Laga, Kash Laga, Kash Laga.........
Kash Laga, Kash Laga, Kash Laga - 2
Jindagi Ai Kash Laga - 2
Hasraton Ki Raakh Uda
Yeh Jahaan Paani Hai, Bulbula Hai, Paani Hai
Bulbulon Pe Rukna Kya, Paaniyon Pe Behta Ja, Behta Ja
Kash Laga, Kash Laga, Kash Laga.............
Jalati Hai Tanhaayiyaan, Tapi Hain Raat Raat Jaag Jaag Ke
Udati Hain Chingaariyaan, Guchchhe Hain Laal Laal Geeli Aankh Ke
Khilati Hai Jaise Jalte Jugnoo ??? Mein
Aankhein Lagi Ho Jaise Ufalon Ki Dheriyon Mein
Do Din Ka Aag Hai Yeh, Saare Jahaan Ka Dhunaan
Do Din Ki Jindagi Mein, Dono Jahaaan Ka ???
Yeh Jahaan Paani Hai, Bulbula Hai, Paani Hai
Bulbulon Pe Rukna Kya, Paaniyon Pe Behta Ja, Behta Ja
Kash Laga, Kash Laga, Kash Laga.............
Chhodi Huyi Bastiyaan, Jaata Hoon Baar Baar Ghum Ghumke
Milte Nahi Woh Nishaan, Chhode The Dehleej Chum Chumke
Jo Paaye ??? Jaayenge, Jungle Ki ??? Hain
Hathgadiyon Pe Milna Do Din Ki Yaariyaan Hain
Kya Jaane Kaun Jaaye, ???? Aaye
Hum Bhi Kataar Mein Hain, Jab Bhi Sawaari Aaye
Yeh Jahaan Paani Hai, Bulbula Hai Paani Hai
Bulbulon Pe Rukna Kya, Paaniyon Pe Behta Ja, Behta Ja
Kash Laga, Kash Laga, Kash Laga.............
Jindagi Ai Kash Laga - 2
Hasraton Ki Raakh Uda
Yeh Jahaan Paani Hai, Bulbula Hai, Paani Hai
Bulbulon Pe Rukna Kya, Paaniyon Pe Behta Ja, Behta Ja
Kash Laga, Kash Laga, Kash Laga.............
Singer: Sukhwinder Singh, Daler Mehndi, Vishal Bharadwaj
Music: Vishal Bharadwaj
Kash Laga, Kash Laga, Kash Laga, Kash Laga.........
Kash Laga, Kash Laga, Kash Laga - 2
Jindagi Ai Kash Laga - 2
Hasraton Ki Raakh Uda
Yeh Jahaan Paani Hai, Bulbula Hai, Paani Hai
Bulbulon Pe Rukna Kya, Paaniyon Pe Behta Ja, Behta Ja
Kash Laga, Kash Laga, Kash Laga.............
Jalati Hai Tanhaayiyaan, Tapi Hain Raat Raat Jaag Jaag Ke
Udati Hain Chingaariyaan, Guchchhe Hain Laal Laal Geeli Aankh Ke
Khilati Hai Jaise Jalte Jugnoo ??? Mein
Aankhein Lagi Ho Jaise Ufalon Ki Dheriyon Mein
Do Din Ka Aag Hai Yeh, Saare Jahaan Ka Dhunaan
Do Din Ki Jindagi Mein, Dono Jahaaan Ka ???
Yeh Jahaan Paani Hai, Bulbula Hai, Paani Hai
Bulbulon Pe Rukna Kya, Paaniyon Pe Behta Ja, Behta Ja
Kash Laga, Kash Laga, Kash Laga.............
Chhodi Huyi Bastiyaan, Jaata Hoon Baar Baar Ghum Ghumke
Milte Nahi Woh Nishaan, Chhode The Dehleej Chum Chumke
Jo Paaye ??? Jaayenge, Jungle Ki ??? Hain
Hathgadiyon Pe Milna Do Din Ki Yaariyaan Hain
Kya Jaane Kaun Jaaye, ???? Aaye
Hum Bhi Kataar Mein Hain, Jab Bhi Sawaari Aaye
Yeh Jahaan Paani Hai, Bulbula Hai Paani Hai
Bulbulon Pe Rukna Kya, Paaniyon Pe Behta Ja, Behta Ja
Kash Laga, Kash Laga, Kash Laga.............
Jindagi Ai Kash Laga - 2
Hasraton Ki Raakh Uda
Yeh Jahaan Paani Hai, Bulbula Hai, Paani Hai
Bulbulon Pe Rukna Kya, Paaniyon Pe Behta Ja, Behta Ja
Kash Laga, Kash Laga, Kash Laga.............
Ash Tray
Lyrics: Gulzar
Singer: Deva Sen Gupta
Music: Vishal Bharadwaj
Bahut Se Aadhe Bujhe Huye Din Pade Hain Is Mein
Bahut Si Aadhi Jali Huyi Raatein Gir Padi Hain
Bahut Se Aadhe Bujhe Huye Din Pade Hain Is Mein
Bahut Si Aadhi Jali Huyi Raatein Gir Padi Hain
Yeh Ash Tray Bharati Ja Rahi Hai - 2
Ke Surkh Tukade Hai Kuchh Talab? Ke
Sulag Rahe Hain, Sulag Rahe Hain
Yeh Ash Tray Bharati Ja Rahi Hai
Dhunaan Lipatataa Hai Dhunaan
Dhunaan, Dhunaan, Dhunaan, Dhunaan......
Dhunaan Lipatataa Hai Baajigar Ki Tarah Hawa Se - 2
??? Pe Balkhaake Uth Raha Hai, Uth Raha Hai, Uth Raha Hai
Tamaam Kartab Dikha Raha Hai, Dikha Raha Hai, Dikha Raha Hai
Yeh Ash Tray Bharati Ja Rahi Hai
Bahut Se Aadhe Bujhe Huye Din Pade Hain Is Mein
Bahut Si Aadhi Jali Huyi Raatein Gir Padi Hain
Na Haath Daalo, Na Haath Daalo
Ki (Waqt Se Chhile Huye Lamho Ki Raakh Garm Hain - 2)
Ungaliyaan Jalengi, Yeh Ash Tray Poori Bhar Gayi Hai
Singer: Deva Sen Gupta
Music: Vishal Bharadwaj
Bahut Se Aadhe Bujhe Huye Din Pade Hain Is Mein
Bahut Si Aadhi Jali Huyi Raatein Gir Padi Hain
Bahut Se Aadhe Bujhe Huye Din Pade Hain Is Mein
Bahut Si Aadhi Jali Huyi Raatein Gir Padi Hain
Yeh Ash Tray Bharati Ja Rahi Hai - 2
Ke Surkh Tukade Hai Kuchh Talab? Ke
Sulag Rahe Hain, Sulag Rahe Hain
Yeh Ash Tray Bharati Ja Rahi Hai
Dhunaan Lipatataa Hai Dhunaan
Dhunaan, Dhunaan, Dhunaan, Dhunaan......
Dhunaan Lipatataa Hai Baajigar Ki Tarah Hawa Se - 2
??? Pe Balkhaake Uth Raha Hai, Uth Raha Hai, Uth Raha Hai
Tamaam Kartab Dikha Raha Hai, Dikha Raha Hai, Dikha Raha Hai
Yeh Ash Tray Bharati Ja Rahi Hai
Bahut Se Aadhe Bujhe Huye Din Pade Hain Is Mein
Bahut Si Aadhi Jali Huyi Raatein Gir Padi Hain
Na Haath Daalo, Na Haath Daalo
Ki (Waqt Se Chhile Huye Lamho Ki Raakh Garm Hain - 2)
Ungaliyaan Jalengi, Yeh Ash Tray Poori Bhar Gayi Hai
Friday, January 5, 2007
1 Year In Singapore
Wow, time has flown. Exactly one year ago today, I landed in Singapore. Since then a lot has happened; I've changed / grown personally and professionally. I still remember those few days in december 2005 when I was really confused and wasn't sure whether I was going to end up here or not. As I look back on the year, I feel I made the right choice. Here are a few experiences, events and unique things (in no particular order) that defines my journey in last one year:
Here are a few dates I will remember:
I realize I have come a long way. I am fortunate I got a chance to know so many wonderful people and to make some really good friends. I have a lot to be proud of and to be thankful for.
Theoritically, I am on an assignment in Singapore and travelling but I know I am not.
When I leave home in the morning for work, I reach another home. I am proud to be working with people who are wonderful human beings in addition to being outstanding in what they do.
I feel home rocking out in the evening after work. It's wonderful being able to see a few talented and passionate people living their passion every minute.
Singapore feels like home.
I feel priviledged.
- Working on a project called "Day 2". I am proud to have been a part of the wonderful team. They say - "This was a dream. It took a tremendous amount of teamwork and trust in each other to make this dream a reality". This indeed was a dream for me especially because this was the first project of this kind in my professional career. Long, long hours put in were enjoyed thoroughly. Apart from work, a few other memories associated with this project are -
- Crazy team parties after each milestone
- Taking out an hour or two in the evenings, whenever possible, to visit Beach Hut (for a local band Hearts) and Boat/Clark Quay
- Watching Cricket, 2006 FIFA world cup, EPL & Champions League matches while working in the evenings
- Eating out in a 24 hr open prata place Al-Jilani early in the mornings
- Listening to "Himesh Reshamiya" songs with friends
This pretty much sums up my first 7 months in Singapore. - Rocking out with my friends and "The UnXpected" week after week after week in Wala Wala, Timbre & Muddy Murphy's - like there's no tomorrow. I have lived my passion with them and I feel much closer to the music today.
- Learning Salsa in Two-Left-Feet dance school. This was so much fun. I have stopped it though for unknown reasons.
- Breaking promises for salsa again and again - unknowingly
- Messing up my finances really bad
- Missing a flight and an important meeting. Missing another flight and a critical meeting - a weekafter
- Forgetting a friend's camcorder, that had many memories associated, in a cab and not being able to find it inspite of chasing comfort immediately. Forgetting again - a friend's life in cab this time and being lucky to find it.
- Watching "Under Pressure" and "Bohemian Rhaphsody" video from the Queen - Live at Wembley Stadium DVD innumerous number of times with friends
- Discovering Dream Theater, Rush, Electric Light Orchestra and many others while continuing to be learn more about John Lennon and The Beatles.
- Resuming guitaring after a break of 3 years and stopping again. No excuses.
- Skipping lunches and dinners. My friends say - "I don't eat".
- Drinking Cafe Latte from Food Barn almost every single working day between 8AM & 10 AM
Here are a few dates I will remember:
- 5th Jan 2006 - First day in Singapore
- 21st Apr 2006 - The Beach Hut party with project team
- 22nd Jun 2006 - First visit to Wala Wala 1st floor with a friend - one day before a project party, discovering The UnXpected
- 28th Jul 2006 - Had to return back from the Esplanade without being able to watch the Newfound Jealousy concert, because of bad planning.
- 4th Aug 2006 - "Day2" go-live
- 21st Sep 2006 - First visit to Wala Wala with the newly married friends
- 7th Oct 2006 - Celebration of John Lennon's birthday in Wala Wala with The UnXpected. Video shooting the experience.
- 28th Oct 2006 - In school dress - Salsa graduation party and rocking evening with The UnXpected
- 9th Nov 2006 - Malmsteen concert in Fort Caning Park. Being able to reach next to the guitar god
- 24th Nov 2006 - Party that shook me and my friends
- 28th Nov 2006 - Lunchbox concert in Esplanade concert hall. Watching The UnXpected on big stage - in a concert hall for the first time.
- 14th Dec 2006 - Recording starts for Shirlyn's first album
- 31th Dec 2006 - NYE with friends @Timbre
I realize I have come a long way. I am fortunate I got a chance to know so many wonderful people and to make some really good friends. I have a lot to be proud of and to be thankful for.
Theoritically, I am on an assignment in Singapore and travelling but I know I am not.
When I leave home in the morning for work, I reach another home. I am proud to be working with people who are wonderful human beings in addition to being outstanding in what they do.
I feel home rocking out in the evening after work. It's wonderful being able to see a few talented and passionate people living their passion every minute.
Singapore feels like home.
I feel priviledged.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Jakarta
So... My 2007 started with a travel. Before I could recover from the heavy duty NYE rockgiri @Timbre, I found myself in Jakarta. Somehow managed to take out an hour yesterday to visit Hard Rock Cafe.
HRC Cafe Jakarta's theme is primarily The Beatles :). The main entrance has following lines from the song "Don't Stop Me Now" written by Freddie Mercury - "Tonight Im gonna have myself a real good time I feel alive and the world turning inside out yeah!". There was a local band that responded to my request and played their rendition of Imagine (John Lennon) in indonesian accent. Quite funny but sung from the heart :) I LOVED it. Other 2 songs I could relate to were - No Woman No Cry (Bob Marley) & Sweet Home Alabama (Lynrd Skynyrd). They were a 8-piece band with 4 vocalists (1 male & 3 females). It was basically a good experience.
The client meeting today went quite well - much better than I expected. I better get going now in search of a good live rock music place. Have heard a lot about Jakarta's music scene from a friend of mine who is not reachable currently. I'll try to explore it myself...
HRC Cafe Jakarta's theme is primarily The Beatles :). The main entrance has following lines from the song "Don't Stop Me Now" written by Freddie Mercury - "Tonight Im gonna have myself a real good time I feel alive and the world turning inside out yeah!". There was a local band that responded to my request and played their rendition of Imagine (John Lennon) in indonesian accent. Quite funny but sung from the heart :) I LOVED it. Other 2 songs I could relate to were - No Woman No Cry (Bob Marley) & Sweet Home Alabama (Lynrd Skynyrd). They were a 8-piece band with 4 vocalists (1 male & 3 females). It was basically a good experience.
The client meeting today went quite well - much better than I expected. I better get going now in search of a good live rock music place. Have heard a lot about Jakarta's music scene from a friend of mine who is not reachable currently. I'll try to explore it myself...
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