Oomph! What a Sweet Sixtieth it was at Dignity Foundation this month. Celebrating this was Our Hero of Team Nostalgia Sri Sheshadri Mokshagundam speaking about the unspoken legends of Bollywood, “Celebrating the Uncelebrated” as he rightly themed it. Strongly supporting the theme was a playlist of 20+ songs handpicked by him. Picked from this playlist for my song review was “Tum ko piya dil diya…..” from the movie Shikari (1963)….which you read above.
Reminiscence began with a soulful song of prayer “Hum ko man ki shakthi dena” from the film Guddi remembering Vasant Desai, the music composer and Vani Jayaram, the singer. While this sixtieth episode sailed with the singing of many an unsung hero’s ode, Sheshadri Sir stirred the session once in a while throwing questions at the discerning audience. Pat comes back the answers well before he completes the question! Courtesy Smt. Rekha Kini , Encyclopedia of Evergreen Old Bollywood and many other senior citizens like her adding to its pages.
La, la, la what an icing it was on the cake, with the storming of stage by Li’l Darling Aarohi, all of 5th grade (not even a 2004!!) springing one and all a surprise, singing this mesmerising number of Rafi and Asha “Ek Chameli ke mandve tale….” from the film Cha, Cha, Cha (1964)
What a way to the end, celebrating in advance, our Hero’s B’day...tap, tap, tap n a clap, clap, clap, lilt n tilt to the song n need I say…Senior Citizens all set to Dance! Hey, why you looking askance saying Nnno Chhance? Sure, please do come n take a glance. Not sure if we can stop you dance!!! J
While the team walked out of the programme with tons of takeaways equaling their giveaways, there we met an old man near the gate. “While walking past here, few minutes ago I heard someone sing a Rafi number Jaag dil-e-deewana rut jaage… and I stood still till I heard to its end.” What a Pat that was to singer Manjunath Prasad!
Here’s to you Sheshadri Sir… a tribute via salute, Chorus from us… “Haa Tujhe Salaam”
Nostalgia Songs List – March 17 2017
Duets by Manjunath Prasad and Rekha
Agar main puchoon jawab doge – Shikari (1963) Ajit, Ragini
Beqarar dil tu gaaye ja – Door ka Rahi Ashok Kumar, Tanuja
Dil e nadan tujhe hua kya hai – Mirza Galib
Tum to pyar ho o sajni - Sehra
Tumko dekha toh ye khayal – Saath Saath – Farooq Sheikh, Deepti Naval
Kitni haseen ho tum – Yeh dil kisko doon – Shashi Kapoor, Ragini..?
Female Duets
Gore gore o banke chore – Samadhi
"Tum ko piya dil diya" – Shikari
Chup chup khade ho zaroor – Badi Bahen
Solos by Manjunath Prasad
Yeh teri saadgi yeh tera baankpan – Shabnam
Tum ko dekha toh ye khayal aaya – Saath Saath
Jaag dil e deewana rut – Oonche Log (1965)
Dil jalta hai to jalne de – Pehli Nazar (1946)
Solos by Rekha
Dard e dil dard e vafaa – Sushila
Pankh Hoti Re Ud Aati Re – Sehra
Dil ne phir yaad kiya - Dil ne phir yaad kiya
Tasveer banata hoon tasveer nahin banti – Bara Dari
Solos by Shubha
Hum ko mann ki shakthi dena - Guddi
Aaja re pyar pukaare – Dil ne phir yaad kiya
Tere khayalon mein hum – Geet gaya patharon ne
Zindagi pyar ka geet hai – Souten
Solos by Sudha
Aye chandchup na jaana – Jawaab
Nazar se door jaanewale – Lahore
Ae ri main to prem diwani – NauBahar (1952)
Yeh kaisi ajab dastan ho gayi hai – Rustom Sohrab
Dil e nadan tujhe hua kya hai -
Solos by Kumuda
Panchi Bawara Chand se Preet Lagaye – Bhaktha Sur Das
Prabhu ji tum raakho laaj hamari – Hospital (1943)
Solo by Li’l Aarohi
Ek Chameli ke mandve tale – Cha Cha Cha
No comments:
Post a Comment