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Lights...Camera...Delhi

Delhi, where a empire rose and fall before the dawn of history; where citadels of emperors appeared and disappeared. City of mysterious eternity where old ruins proclaim a majestic part and where present breathe with the ever flowing life of India.
A Delhi which begins with INDRAPRASTHA and bear complexities, the contradictions the dynamism of city where past coexist with present.
Delhi is not just a city but it is a book- book which narrates India. The city was built and destroyed seven times and has been witness to the various events which has brought nation what it is now.
Delhi has been the center of any activity at all times. as the Britishers shifted their capital to Delhi, the activities also directed to city.
Slogan “dilli chalo” is still popular among leaders and political parties.ramleela maidan is live witness to dusssehra and party rallies.
Shortly after1857 parts o0f old Delhi were pulled down to create new Delhi.1947 the city was officially declared the seat of govt.today as the capital of India, Delhi is the seat of administration and monuments which tell the saga of bygone era stand there; these icons are testimony to the great grandeur of past.
The charm of Delhi attracted emperors, conquerors, administrators and poor in equally. it is correctly said that “ Delhi is land of dilwalas”


Hindi cinema is focused to Delhi.rakyesh ompraksh mehra’s DELHI 6 marked the bollywood’s bonding with the heritage city.yash chopra,mani ratnam,subhash ghai,aamir khan,shahrukh khan, anurag kshyap,dibakar banerjee,anil kapoor,farhan akhtar,hritik roshan,abhay deol are big strategic players.

Bollywood is keen to present the capital on silver screen and not for the first time either. if Bombay ,why not Delhi? Provoked filmwalas to cover somehow cinematically abandoned city to cinema. big difference is canvas.
Mehra’s film is much an attempt to incredible India! The chandini chowk way. A traveler’s guide to city, abhishek starrer is tourism special to the old city.parrell to Amritsar in RAB NE BANA DI JODI, DELHI 6 showcased delhi.dilwalon ka saher remained a foreign interest for filmwalas.perceptions have transformed, Delhi is in focus. The India capital has got due space.

History, weather conditions, lush green parks, fashion, lifestyle, cultural heritage invited filmwalas to city. Filmmakers such as satish kaushik, madhur bhandardarkar, subhash ghai, yash chopra have a fondness for delhi.bhandarkar is very particular to Bengali market “chat papdi”.sonam kapoor; the Delhi 6 schedules a also developed familiarity with city’s street food.

Bollywood is innovative, for a period now industry is attempting to correlate reel and real life.mumbai, the maximum city remained Bollywood ice candy. Present suggest shift to Delhi.

Delhi shift, what is now is gradual phenomena. Canvas is ever captivating, fresh, larger and greater than ever. A long list of delhites making foray to tinsel town have collaborated it.

Aamir khan- Among the stars Aamir khan appeared more than any other stars...DIL HAI KE MANTA NAHIN, HUM HAIN RAHI PYAR KE, SARFAROSH, MANGAL PANDEY, RANG DE BASANTI, and FANA set the action.aamir’s 3IDIOTS is scheduled for Delhi. Home production DELHI BELLY starring imran is also in the pipeline. Wife kiran has also a project titled DHOBI GHAT.john matthan Matthew’s SARFAROSH has a Delhi prologue. Song “hoshwalon ko khabar kya bekhudi kya cheez hai” is no less important.
a ghazal nida fazli lyric is aesthetically rich. a turning point in aamir’s carrier, film which transformed his fortunes is deepa Mehta’s 1947 EARTH .a popular adaptation to bapsi sidhwa’s ICE CANDY MAN,aamit starrer was extensively shot in Delhi. Film is an important reference point for complexities of ‘dilnawaz’ a protagonist essayed by Aamir .thinking khan has carried the passion with incredible India! He is brand ambassador to tourism cause. Consistent performer, aamir khan is known for “idea hunt”. The stars Delhi idea juxtaposed fortunes forever.aamir is brand ambassador to LEAD INDIA campaign

Yashraj banner- the oldest existing film –making banner, it is known for restlessness to shoot in delhi.SISILA,CHANDINI,FANA,CHAK DE,HUM TUM, THODA PYAR THODA MAGIC,MUJHSE DOSTI KAROGE re Delhi based film from house.

Rakeysh omprakash mehra – Rakeysh ompraksh mehra’s RANG DE BASANTI, and DELHI 6, changed fortunes for director. RANG DE BASANTI film about “ soul transform” in Delhi’s youth.aamir khan Sharman joshi,madhvan,,soha ali khan,kunal kapoor..the protagonists of film have left a lasting impression on the target .post rang de basanti the youth perception changed.

Satish kaushik- A NSD product, kaushik endorse the city at all levels. Primarily actor satish kaushik time to time switches to direction.kaushi’s idea to carry Delhi to bollywood’s centre of interest clicked with HUMARA DIL AAP KE PAS HAI and TERE NAAM.

Khans- Khans of Bollywood incidentally have appeared more than any cinestar.
Sahrukukh khan,saif ali khan,salman khan in addition to Aamir .hunky salman hit the jackpot with TERE NAAM while saif did with HUM TUM and THODA PYAR THODA MAGIC.badshah is popular with CHAK DE and DIL SE.

Amitabh bachchan- amitabh starrer CHINI KUM end at Delhi kutub minar.in the movie plot moves from London to Delhi.

Subhash ghai- ghai’s BLACK&WHITE is lights…camera…Delhi.



anurag kashyap-DEV D and GULAL are ace director's films with delhi konnection


SUNDAY, DELHI HEIGHTS,STRANGERS,BLACK&WHITE,,AHISTA AHISTA,KHOSLA KA GHOSLA,OYE LUCKY LUCKY OYE,EK CHANDINI CHOWK TO CHINA ,JUGAD ,DELHI 6 are reference points Delhi.

yehi zindagi hai

Wondered how some people battle and emerge victorious and some crumble at the tiniest hint of trouble? Call it KARMA, LUCK, FATE, DESTINY. It is all in ones KISMAT.what is store one will definitely receive. Like in MAHABHARATA when dhritrashtra gave pandavas the most barren and desolate of areas as their future kingdom yudhistra accepted it. Fate turned KHANDAVPRASTHA to INDRAPRASTHA. Also in GHAJINI, the phoren returned, rich and ambitious sanjay singhania lands up with a blow on his head ruining his life and love.

Life is full-circle, the good one does unto others will be return, as will the bad nothing is forgotten or overlooked. Even when the people involved move on from incidents and sentiments, the account is still pending until the time justice is done and fairness is achieved. And it may not return in the same way, in the same form. Does that mean one control nothing in life? No, one does. How one behaves at particular situation or circumstance is one’s baby. Besides one only knows what she/he is destined to do after one has actually done it. One must not give up. Probably the best way to discover the goodness and joy in life is to count own blessings as compared to those who suffer in diverse ways.
“Samay k pehle aur waqt se zyada Kisi ko kuch nahi milta”. It reads no one gets anything before time and more than he/she is destined to get.

CHOTI SI BAAT-1970S saw the emergence of small budget family entertainers. Amol palekar and vidya sinha are two stars of such movies. Two of their most memorable movies together are RAJNIGANDHA and CHOTI SI BAAT. Both the films had much in common and are seen as extensions of each other.

“Na jane kyun hota hai y zindagi k saath” from film captures the feeling of a women living in metro. A man comes into her life. She has to make a choice. She has having a real chance that she might miss out on the man because of indecision on her part as well as on the part of man.
Amol palekar is shy clumsy man. IN “Na jane” he takes lesson from ashok kumar on the art of impressing the fair sex.it is hilarious but at the same time it is real cause of worry for many men. The dilemmas that shy lady undergoes vis-à-vis amol palekar is beautifully expressed in song. a jane is class song.

SAFAR- SAFAR is a Rajesh khanna film. Film has quite a few life –reflecting songs. Songs of movie are highlight of altogether class film. Sung by different singers the songs of film have rajesh khanna in common. Kishore da has given playback for rajesh khanna in “zindagi ka safar hai y kaisa safar koi samjha nahi koi jana nahi” song is still looked upon as great reflection of a journey called life.
“Nadiya chale re dhara” it is manna dey singing for kaka.” Nadia” became just as popular. The rajesh khanna movie is full of touching and life-reflecting songs.nadiya is action, movement.

REENA ROY-late 1970s and early 1980 are the years that saw reena ray playing some nice roles. It began from APNAPAN and led to movies like AASHA and DHANWAN.apart from the storyline musical score of film is one of the stronger scores of film.reena Roy phase has some of memorable life –reflecting songs. They are often revisited. “Aadmi musafir hai aata hai jata hai” from APNAPAN is a philosophical song. it touches the heart strings of listeners. Lyrics are beautifully plotted with lot of meaning and reflection.topld in simple words APNAPAN song turns out to be a sweet metaphor of life as journey. A bus song picturized on Marathi actors sudhir dalvi and nivedita saraf.the bus also carries jeetendra - sulakshna pandit.the song is played at quite few other time in movie as well, reena roy figures in all. It is the lyrics of song that made the song immortal . Voices of mohd rafi and lata mangeshkar added popularity to song. Music by laxmikant pyarelal is an added advantage.


ANAND-Hrishikesh mukherjee saw a Japanese movie. He was so impressed with the film that he not only made into ANAND, but also later remade his own remake with female protagonist MILI this time.annad rajesh khanna is a class hrisikesh mukherjee film. A memorable film about a soon-to-die person. Its songs are no less memorable. Just about every song of film went on to become a hit.
“ Zindagi kaisi y paheli hai kabhi to y hasaye kabhi y rulaye” is one such.paheli is class exhibition of manna dey’s voice.salil choudhry, yogesh and manna dey collaborated t o give a top number.
Annad is sitting on the beach close to his ret cent doctor friend Amitabh bachchan. Friend is close to his newly found lady love.amitabh is reticent and clumsy. He is not able to profess love for the lady. Rajesh khanna blasts doctor on his ‘buddhu ‘approach. Living the couple to their privacy starts walking away. As the song establishes, Rajesh khanna buys himself and kids bunch of ballons.he releases his balloon in air, watching them and wonders-“ek din sapno ka rahi chala jaye sapno se aage kahan…zindagi kisi y paheli hai” it is manna dey singing for rajesh khanna. Manna dey booming and bulund voice reflects strength of soon-to-die ANAND. Paheli is yogesh, salil choudhry and manna dey at their simple, symbolic and philosophical best.

GULZAR-GOLMAL is an hrisikesh mukherjee’s lighthearted movie. It is doubted its songs were planned to be anything more than time –pass. Gulzar RD combination turned the fate of the song and film on whole.
They combined and came up with phenomenal “aanewala pal jannewala Hai ho sake to isme zindagi bita de” a time-pass situation song. An evergreen take on life…saying each moment life worthy. It went on to become a top number.

One wonders why people take aanewala so seriously? Tuning in to gulzar lyrics easily reconciles it classic. A Super halka –fulka song deserving to take seriously. Situation of film is Amol playing double role Ram to impress bhavani Shankar and laxman to impress bindya gosawmi.song further reads “ ek baar waqt se lamha gira kahin wahan dastaan mili lamha kahin bhi nahi”. Aanewala is picturized on not so gambhir laxman ‘aanewala’ is surprise on his part. A class exhibition of poetry, even a layman who donot understand half of words realize that they are listening to some class poetry. There is little doubt it is the lyric of song that has made ‘aanewala pal’ a frequently revisited song .RD Kishore kumar and gulzar have collaborated to come up with timeless poetry, and not for the first time either.

piya ka ghar- Bombay aka Mumbai is not all showbiz. A large no people from chote-chote Sharon se come to mahanagar to realize their dreams. There is tussle-puzzle for space. Those who do not find live SLUMS.mumbai’s DHARAVI is one of the largest slum. Azharuddin ismail and rabbinate SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE fame are slumdwellers. SALAM BOMBAY and SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE are two films in category.
The slum people do not have many things that others living OUTSIDE often take for granted. Those who live in slums donot have attached a bathroom that is for sure.
For instances Husband and wife donot find any kind of privacy. If they feel the intimacy they realize that there are many other pairs of eyes in the same room, pretending to be asleep. The couples too, after a stage stop giving a damn about what the others sleeping in the same room would see.
Most bollywood films steer clear of showing such realities and concentrate on ‘churning out’ movies with make believe storylines. SLUMDOG, SALAM BOMBAY and TRAFFIC SIGNAL are few exceptions.

Movie PIYA KA GHAR is also one such rare instance. Film showed how many people are actually living in same room. The room includes Anil dhawan and Jaya bhaduri, a newly married couple. Room has other eyes prying on them, playing kabab me haddi.

“Ye jivan hai is jivan ka yehi to rang –roop”

A Kishore kumar song running in background along with situations beautifully symbolizes life is like that.

geet sangeet jai ho!

SINCE the first Indian talkie songs are part of Hindi films.lyricists, music directors and singers from very past are successfully carrying forward the geet –sangeet tradition

LYRICISTS
With likes of shakil badayuni, hasrat jaypuri, shailendra, sahir, majrooh sultanpuri the lyrics section established. lyricists such as gulzar,indeewar,yogedh,anand bakshi,javed akhtar in their versatile content with richness and glamour forwarded it to a new breed of capable &delivering lyric writers.mehboob ,sameer,syed quadri,prasoon joshi,munna dhiman and many other signature identities are live exhibitors. Rich tradition of classic, beautiful, chalu, simple and situation oriented lyrics generated a demand of singers in the industry.

SINGERS
Hemant kumar, noorjahan, lata mangeshkar, mohd rafi, mukesh, kishore kumar, asha bhonsle and other significant singers of early phase found a space of recognition and respect for singing in Hindi cinema.

Kishore Kumar, manna dey, Suresh wadekar, yesudas and some well known veterans carried it forward. The veterans continued their their memorable contribution of variety and exhibition. spontaneous and breathing in voices of udit narayan,kumar sanu,sonu nigam, alka yagnik,sukhwidar, sunidhi chauhan,rahta fateh ali khan,shaan,himesh rehamiya ,shreya ghosal and many others.

MUSIC DIRECTORS
With Music composition befitted lyric and singing.Naushad, madan mohan, shankar-jaikishan, roshan, op naiyyar, s.d Burman and many others furnished classic compositions. evergreen compositions.Laxmikant pyarelal.R.d burman,bappi lahiri,rajesh roshan,ram –laxman forwarded the tradition to A.R.rehman, pritam,himesh reshammiya,monty sharma,salim-suleiman,vishal-shekhar and others.

REALITY SHOWS
Indian idol, fame gurukul, star voice of India, zee saregamapa made singing a mass phenomena and Music an ever popular industry. Films with no songs are not seen commonly seen in bollywood.

MTV, v channel, b4u music, zee music and others are popular in TV world. It is seen film songs receive popularity first, film releases later. Recent trend suggest chart busters invite audiences to Cineplex. Network of F.M radio stations in no of cities expanded music world.

MUSIC IS IN THE AIR

Gunguna, gana why anyone would do that? But not anyone most of us somehow repeat the popular numbers. The music is in the air in fact. The numbers are running in channels, TV channels, home video, mp3/mp4, car stereo, mobile…Music is there. New releases, hit and popular regular and old numbers. Music binds, heals, cures, conditions, it up brings. Music not only entertains also has message, aesthetics. Magical way of telling, saying human relations. It delivers where normal common sense fails.

For me there is story, script running in music. The songs somehow are generating story….
Ek kahani si hai gungunati fiza mein.

In JANNAT zra SA dil me de jagah, a love story knocks the door.picturized on imran - sonal
The youth revising the hit number seems to be knocking the door of emotional world.zra SA dil me de jagah Tu… Zra SA apna bana, main chahun tujhko meri jaan bepanah….in the lines seems prepared to expect return.pyar k badle pyar…the initial return. The one sided is to be each sided soon.

RAB NE BANA DI JODI haule haule ho jayega pyar … is a welcome advice, counseling for who loved and lost. The advice of patience.’shabr aur intezar’ sukhvinder Singh’s hit number from rab NE has ruled the charts and still a choice. The chart buster hitting my running car stereo has some how advised. Those aspiring pyar k badle pyar have also been counseled kindly. The song develops…Patience pays. The script has rested itself to patience. Accept the changes regularize duties. Time sweeps your way. Time is great motivation. Have faith in time. It delivers.haule haule conveyed what it was objected for.

Picturized on reel and real life duo, salman-katrina’s tu hi meri dost hai…has shifted a perception change in the developing script. Mixing dosti-pyar, the song managed to say ‘you care” in a special way, little light and crispy.gulzar’s lyric in Beni dayal’s soft voice kindles the ‘dost and dosti addressing the emotional bond. The YUVVRAJ song is good approach to say a communicative concern in casual-light way.

BACHNA AE HASEENO hit number- ke ban Gaye ho tum mere khuda delivers the patronage of love, narrates the highs of mutual relationships. The song runs…Humko kya Lena hai sabse tumse hi sab baten ab se…Ke ban Gaye ho tum mere khuda.each one of buddies believe on each other. Their strenghts…Candidly declaring ki Jo ho tum hi ho.A beautiful duet sung by shreya and kk the song conveys a belief on each listener’s side suggesting this is what love probably is. The sad part of story is that buddies have not space to meet regularly…Judai bhi to coin ka ek side hai.

picturized on imran hashmi and sonal each JANNATtop number lambi Judai speaks up for in love-separated .a telling narration of impossibility of frequent meetings the lines of song-tere bin dil mera lage kahin na…passion pure passion. Agar kabhi passion ka koi color hota, probably it is what. But the problem is burst of emotions is not always logical as one cannot escape action. It is not good also but dil kab mana hai…distanced yet not separated hearts pray for togetherness.

Jogi aaya Jogi aaya re hire moti prem k sang anokhe laya re film BLACK&WHITE beautiful song aesthetically portrays the returning moments. The patience the wait is approaching the fruitful meet…picturized on female lead of the film is quite popular. Listening Jogi post Judai is experiencing Milan

Tuning in to OM SHANTI OM tumko paya hai to jaise khoya hun proves a delightful response to black&white’s chartbuster.

Allah hafiz Allah hafiz …BHOOL BHULAIYA hit number picturized with akshay Kumar suggests resuming work post fulfilled anticipation. Story cycle has assumed work.

Filmed on gulzar’s lyric and sung by alka yagnik YUVVRAJ tu muskura has turned out to be female protagonists’ voice. The voice of caring and still little regrets, she is not upset about buddy’s Allah Allah hafiz sense.
Song further reads…tu jahan bhi hai muskura tu dhoop ki trah badan KO Chu zra…it is self actualization now.

GHAJINI kaise mujhe tum mil gayee is happiness…thanking fate for a passionate loveable yet caring and understanding pyar…Partners in rhyme.

AN OSCAR the Indian music industry deserves…AR Rehman has made India proud. Year 2009 will surely be revisited often

Three cheers for geet sangeet tradition.