Bas ek tu hi tu...

A Keyrun Rao original, inspired from the track of 'Nautanki Saala'

Ek naya rang dekha hai tujh mein
Bas tu hi hai kyon hai mujh mein
Sab nazaare kho gaye hain kahin
Tere bina ab main nahin mujh mein

Nayi raah dekhi hai maine tere sang
Zindagi yeh nahin lagti hai koi jung
Sab meetha-pyaara lagta hai mujhko
Jab bhi paata hoon tujhe mere sang

Bas ek tu hi tu hamesha rehta hai
Jaane mujhse kitni baatein kehta hai
Kuchh pal ko ruk ke jaan lete hain
Teri dhadkan, mera dil jo kehta hai

Khwaab toh duur ki baat hai yaar mere
Mujhko toh ab neend bhi nahin aati hai
Bina tere akele is jahaan mein kaise
Mujhe ek anjaani si pyaas sataati hai

Sharaabi se jaise uska nasha chhin gaya
Tere bina mein waise tadapta reh gaya
Mil ja mujhko badaalon ke paar kahin
Is saal phir mera jahaan sookha reh gaya


Bas ek tu hi tu hamesha rehta hai
Jaane mujhse kitni baatein kehta hai

Ab ke aao toh jaane nahin doonga
Itna bhi pyaar kisiko koi karta hai...?

Badi duur hai tu

A Keyrun Rao original

Kuchh kehna hai tere kaanon mein
Chali gayi tu kahaan jahaanon mein
Badi duur hai tu, dikhti nahin hai ab
Mil bhi ja kahin, meri raahon mein

Sunaayi nahin deti hai, kya karoon
Dikhaayi nahin deti hai, jaane kyon
Yaad karta hoon tujhe main har pal
Bina tere bata main ab kaise rahoon

Kyon hai duur tu itni, kya pata mujhe
Kya gila hai tujhko, na hai pata mujhe
Jhaank le aa kar tu ab dil mein mere
Jaane itna main chaahoon kyon tujhe

Kuchh kehna hai tere kaanon mein
Chali gayi tu kahaan jahaanon mein
Bada tanha sa lag raha hai sab kuchh
Bas tu hi jawaab hai sawaalon mein

Badi duur hai tu, jaane kahaan hai
Mera yeh jahaan tera, aaj soona hai
Mil ja mujhko hans kar phir se waise
Jannat apna toh bas ab yahaan hai 

MATRU KI BIJLEE KA MANDOLA review: पेंचो पेंचो, फिल्में खामखा नहीं!

Fade in.

दो माह पहले
I came to know that short films will be screened at the Kala Ghoda Festival this year. The theme this time is – ‘Cinema For Change’. I thought a lot about it and came up with my satirical take on it titled – Ho Gaya Kalyan. This post isn’t about my first bona fide short; this has been triggered after watching Vishal Bhardwaj’s latest offering, मटरू की बिजली का मंडोला. After watching this insane trip to the back and beyond of civilization, I feel that my short film seems to be hopefully headed in the right direction.

पिछले साल की बात
I watched two films in 2012, Prakash Jha’s Chakravyuh and Bedabrata Pain’s Chittagong. The former was the pits, while the latter had me in tears towards the end. Chakravyuh had the so-called stars, item number, make out scene, big budget, but a shitty script and Chittagong just had Manoj Bajpayee, a passionate indie spirit and an amazing script. Needless to say, neither of these films found many takers when they released. पेंचो पेंचो!

पंकज कपूर wow से!

One might argue that if not for Imran Khan and Anushka ‘Look ma I emerged from water half naked yet again’ Sharma, MKBKM would not get a wide release. But if it wasn’t for Pankaj Kapur, this film wouldn’t be an iota of what it has become. We need more filmmakers to write roles for him. JUST HIM. Imran worked hard to hide his face behind his face fuzz and Anushka worked hard to flaunt her legs, but Pankaj saab & Shabana Azmi stole their thunder from right under their shapely noses.

बाहुबली! बाहुबली!! विशाल भरद्वाज बाहुबली!!!

Here is one director who doesn’t give a damn about the kind of films his peers are making. He is running his own race, setting his own standards and not making a song and dance out of his travails. He silently works on his films, composes music and mentors talents that qualify in his league of cinema. With MKBKM he establishes once again, that nobody knows the North Indian rural milieu better than him. It is a sheer delight to watch the earthy set up and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration if you could smell the dung cakes when they were being hurled around in the film. Extra brownie points to this 'reluctant auteur' for employing the honeydew smooth voice of his better half when needed! AND he has the blessings of Gulzar Saab!!! Baadal utheya...

फिल्में खामखा नहीं
For me, the biggest learning after watching MKBKM is that films don’t have to be very realistic or completely brainless. If you have a point to make, go ahead and make it. Not everybody might get the ‘bourgeois bitch and commie bastard’ reference, but for some it will be the defining moment of the film. Obviously God is in the details, and not everybody has to notice everything. As long as they get the bigger picture and go back home with huge smiles pasted on their faces, the job of a Hindi filmmaker is almost done. The intelligentsia will get the subtle nuances at first and for the rest it might sink in on repeat viewings.

शर्तें लागू
I had read the script of MKBKM long back, and I must say that it was way funnier than the film that I watched this weekend. One of my most favourite lines from the script was:

उठो लाल अब आंखें खोलो, दारू लाया हूँ मूंह धो लो!

Having said all that I had to, let me just say that the year 2013 has begun on a fantastic & laugh out loud note at the cinemas and I would highly recco this film to one and all. As far as I am concerned, the खामखा song captured not just the romance of Matru and Bijlee, it also highlighted the romance that the Maoists feel, when they commit themselves to the cause of their brethren.

लाल सलाम to that!  

To hell with you SAMSUNG aka COWDUNG

From Aanchal Dhara Madan:

Imagine the possibilities "OF HARASSING THE CUSTOMERS"

When Samsung came up with it's tagline, this Self proclaimed-dedicated-to-making-a-better-world-company, didn't realize they had left the tagline incomplete. The complete tagline for them should be Imagine the possibilities "OF HARASSING THE CUSTOMERS".

On November 6th, after two months of running pillar to post, I posted on Facebook about my handset's issues and the ridiculous response of the company to the same.

It's unbelievable how I'm still stuck with the same problem after four months of addressing it to the company. It was super foolish of me to have trusted the company once again. The Area Service Manager Jay Prakash, who blamed the Service Centre for the delay, assured me the replacement of the handset by Dec 2nd. Though he did say that he'd get back, once the things are sorted, but in meanwhile, decided to AVOID my calls or REPLYING to my messages and emails. After BANGING DOWN the phone while I was still on line!!! He also had the audacity to blame the delay in delivery on me as I was out of town, for work about which i had told him beforehand, which is why he promised me December 2nd as the delivery date!!!!

Current status is I'm unaware of the delivery date.

Mr. Jay Prakash told me that it was the Service Centre's fault for not taking up my case seriously and Samsung has nothing to do with it. Now, him being a Samsung employee, I guess the company very much has a meaty role to play in this.

SHAME ON SAMSUNG FOR
POOR COSTUMER SERVICE;

NOT SOLVING SIMPLE HANDSET ISSUES IN SPITE OF THE CONSUMER FRIENDLY CLAIMS;

BEING RUDE AND DISRESPECTFUL TO THE CUSTOMERS AND NOT ACCEPTING THEIR FAULTS;

NO FOLLOW-UPS WITH THE CUSTOMERS.

AND MOST IMPORTANT

FAILING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR MONEY COMES FROM US...THE CONSUMERS...

I request y'all to share this post on your walls so that it opens their eyes and make them understand not to take the Consumers for granted.



Also, attaching the mail of the Area Service Manager, Jay Parakash...

Kuchh karodon saal hue...

A Keyrun Rao original

Kuchh pal nahin hue tumhe gaye
Aisa veerana chhaa gaya hai ab
Samajh nahin aata hai yeh mujhe
Ke tum ab gaye ki shaayad tab

Kuchh karodon saal hue shaayad
Maine tumhe aakhri baar dekha tha
Shaayad itna waqt nahin beeta hai
Par hamesha tujhe maine socha tha

Saaye bhi kahin khoye se lagte hain
Jaane itne tanha hum kyon rehte hain
Tujhe toh maine maanga hi nahin tha
Phir tere liye kyon itna tadapte hain?

Kuchh pal nahin hue humko bichhde
Aisa lagta hai ke bas hum aaj lut gaye
Teri yaadon ke kuchh motiyaan aaj
Mere taqiye par phir se yun mil gaye

Kiski talaash hai...

A Keyrun Rao original dedicated to Manoshi Nath

Sab kuchh paa kar tanha hain,
Tumhe jaane kiski talaash hai
Main khud ko dhoondhta hoon
Tumhe aaj jaane kiski aas hai

Khud ko paaya tha mara hua
Jab tak usne nahin dhoondha
Aaj zinda hone ka ehsaas hai
Bas rooh thoda sa chhila hua

Talaash sab ko hi hai kisi ki
Kya paata hai koi khata hai
Jo bhala hai shayad bura hai
Sabka maalik bas Khuda hai

Maine toh jo bhi paaya hai
Samjha usko meri talaash
Jo na mila itna chaah kar bhi
Kabhi na hua main niraash

Kiski talaash hai socho toh
Tujh mein aur mujh mein
Qaid rehta hai har dum woh
Humein paana hai bas usko

Khayaali pulaao

A Keyrun Rao original

Dost jab khilaunon se khelte they,
Main khayaalon se kushti khelta
Kabhi main jeet.ta kabhi meri soch
Main hamesha yun tanha tehelta

Kabhi bol nahin paaya zyaada,
Kisi ki suni bhi nahin jaati thi
Sar ke andar ke shor se mere
Baatein bas dab ke reh jaati thi

Kuchh bade hue, to likhne lage
Meri soch syaahi mein ghul ke
Meri awaaz ki laathi ban ke
Alfaaz ban kar ab utarne lage

Akela hi rehta hoon, soch mein
Naye kirdaaron ki talaash mein
Kabhi beer mein, ya rum mein
Ek anjaan se kisi ke gham mein

Mere dost ab paise kamaate hain
Main khayaali pulao pakata hoon
Kahaniyaan, geet aur kuchh kisse
Isi mein apna ab waqt bitaata hoon

(Written for Sneha Khanwalkar)