As Team "Nostalgia" marched forward this month at Dignity Foundation to its 62nd episode musing back to Melodies of the Past, Rekha’s melodious singing as well as her duet along with Sheshadri Sir truly touched the audience doing full justice to Shesh Sir’s compact cherrypicked playlist. Picked from this playlist for my song review is this popular philosophical number “Sansaar se bhaage phirte ho” from the film Chitralekha starring Meena Kumari, Ashok Kumar and Pradeep Kumar.
Sheshadri Sir, the sole Master of the whole Ceremonies, stole the show with a sort of shorter playlist this time, for he touched the souls of the audience with his short n sweet narration of Sweet n Sour short tales of The Titans of Bollywood way back then. Audience had a whale of a time listening to them.
Yesss name anyone… Madan Mohan or Meera Kumari, Salil Chowdhary or Sahir Ludhyanvi, Raj Kapoor or a Rajinder, be it a Burman, a Basant or a Bimal he has files of stories piled up to share with all of us about any of them. Oh did I hear you ask for Hrishikesh Mukherjee? Ahem…Hold. How much time can you spare…micro minutes or mega hours…pick your time. He’s perfectly fine going On n On n Onnnnnn any time infinite times! Voice goes minimal. Ever smiling Shesh Sir gets emotional. While his heart in general houses the golden era of Hindi Cinema, his soul in particular shelters “Hrishidaa - The Director of the Common Man”
Just watch his eyes while you listen. I did. And I looked around…. anyone chopping onions…nah. Eyes are wet. Yet they glisten!
Just . That. Name… Hrishidaa. And his heart goes agog gaga. Browse through his emotional dictionary. Sad n Sweet Surprise awaits you when a series of synonyms stare at you. Just a few, I shall put it across just for you…. “Tales that I know about you HMjee how I wish the world listens to me tailless Ji” “Aha Hrishidaa, my Rishi my Dada, my heart bleeds to bid you Alvida !!“
Sing we all shall for you Sir “Take a bow for all that you share of so much that you know” as much as we cheer the Creators of Memorable Melodies “Take a bow for the world sings what you did sow”
Also read Song Review of "Sansar se bhaage phirte ho"
Nostalgia PlayList – May 19 2017
Solos by Rekha
Aa jao tadapte hain arman – Awara (1951)
Yeh zindagi usi ki hai Anarkali (1953)
Tere jaana dil ki arman ko lut jana – Anari (1959)
Jaane kaise sapnon mein – Anuradha (1960)
Sansar se bhage phirte ho – Chitralekha (1964)
Mai ri main kase kahoon – Dastak (1970)
Simti hui yeh ghadiyan – Chambal ki kasam (1980)
Duets by Sheshadri Sir and Rekha
Itna na mujhse tu pyar badha – Chaya (1961)
Rim Jhim ke pyare pyare geet liye – Usne Kaha Tha (1960)
Solos by Rekha (Kannada Songs)
Moodala Maneya Muthina Neerina – Belli Moda (1967)
Panchama Veda Premada Naada – Gejje Pooje (1969)
Panchama Veda Premada Naada – Gejje Pooje (1969)
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