Bollywood

6 months back if someone would have mentioned that a film named ‘Cheeni Kum’ is arriving at the An actor’s popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.
theaters, most would have borne a quizzical expression on their faces. Even if the film’s cast Where there is no strife there is decay: The mixture which is not shaken decomposes.
boasts of names like Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu and Paresh Rawal, not many would have got an idea of The crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future career.
what the film was all about.LIt was the screening of ‘Salaam E Ishq’ which changed it all. Since It is a safe rule to apply that, when a mathematical or philosophical author writes with a misty profundity, he is talking nonsense.
Sunil Manchanda is the producer of both ‘Salaam E Ishq’ and ‘Cheeni Kum’, promo of the latter was MONKEY, n. An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees.
showcased and ever since then ‘Cheeni Kum’ is touted to be one of the coolest films arriving this You cannot control without being controlled.
summer. Promising ‘a sugar free romance’ of a 60 something Amitabh Bachchan and a 30 something Tabu April, April, Laugh thy girlish laughter; Then, the moment after, Weep thy girlish tears.
who has a 50 something father [Paresh Rawal], ‘Cheeni Kum’ is a light hearted entertainer by R Balki Aristocracy and exclusiveness tend to final overthrow, in language as in politics.
who has entrusted Ilaiyaraaja and Sameer with the responsibility of creating the film’s soundtrack. To find out a girl’s faults, praise her to her girlfriends.
Write your own music review of Cheeni KumNow that’s the way to surprise a music lover. There is If everybody’s thinking alike, somebody isn’t thinking.
absolutely no prelude with an instrument of any kind as Shreya Ghoshal kick starts the proceedings Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed.
with the very first second of the title song ‘Cheeni Kum’. It is interesting to see two distinct I have discovered that this world is harsh, cruel and nasty enough without writing off entire classes of individuals on the basis of their colour or national origin. There are enough people in the world who can be judged on the basis of their actions that we don’t need to judge others merely on the basis of their colour or nationality.
individuals belonging to different sensibilities [Sameer and Ilaiyaraaja] coming together to create The police are not here to create disorder, they’re here to preserve disorder.
a song and the result is impressive to say the least. While Ilaiyaraaja brings his own distinct Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
flavor, Sameer too works on his writing to shape up in a format that suits the subtlety of the If we weren’t all crazy, we would go insane!
situation. Arrangements in the track are crisp that make Shreya Ghoshal’s voice sound so crystal Those who hear not the music . . . think the dancers mad.
clear that makes one stand up and appreciate her immense talent once again. Another version of the No two men are alike, and both of them are happy for it.
song is heard later in the album when ‘Sooni Sooni’ comes. Rendered by Vijay Prakash, it is a If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?
slightly sad version of the song as it involves the character played by Amitabh Bachchan to be For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
looking forward to his beloved coming and meeting him. A track that should run in the background, No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recess of another mind.
‘vSooni Sooni’ with Manoj Tapadia as a co-writer reminds one of similar songs that were composed The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape its influence.
during late 70s/early 80s. When one almost thought that melody couldn’t become better after the To me He is all fault who hath no fault at all: For who loves me must have a touch of earth.
‘title song’, there is a surprise in store with the arrival of ‘Baaten Hawa’. Shreya Ghoshal once This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom’s school.
again demonstrates that she is the best in the business when it comes to crooning a plain melodious Look not thou down but up!
track with a sweet-n-innocent charm. A poetic love song that has a childish feel to it, it is one of We often find comfort in telling what is painful in actual experience.
the best works of Sameer who gets out of his commercial trappings and proves that he can deliver as Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe. No path is wholly rough.
per the vision of a director and composer. An extremely likeable track that brings a smile on your Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.
lips, ‘Baaten Hawa’ comes in two versions ‘With’ and ‘Without’. While the former version has Manoj I smoke 10 to 15 cigars a day, at my age I have to hold on to something.
Tapadia writing some funny dialogues for Amitabh Bachchan who talks [and not sings] about the ways A genius of comedy His talent brought joy and Laughter to all the world.
men go about impressing a woman, the latter doesn’t carry this part. A love ballad that comes with I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more.
fusion of Western orchestra and Indian melody with rendition based on classical mood, ‘Jaane Do Na’ Form is never more than an extension of content.
is yet another solo track for Shreya Ghoshal. The song belongs to the mood of the 60s and the 70s There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.
where a girl playfully fought with her lover to let her go back home. Sheer fun when seen on screen With faith . . . we must walk to the edge of the light and into the darkness. As we so walk I testify and promise that the light will move. When I was your age and wondering some of the exact same things that you are now wondering, I never would have imagined that someday [we] would be at Ricks College serving as we are. . . . I know the light moves as we walk in faith to the edge of the light.
with Amitabh trying to persuade Tabu to stay on with him as she resists his calls, ‘Jaane Do Na’ is The light that lies In woman’s eyes.
not the kind that would be remembered for months but would suit the film’s narrative. Sound of piano If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher’s stone.
is heard in ‘Theme Melody’ as Ilaiyaraaja shows his mastery as a master musician with a strong hold My work is that of keeping every operation down (in size) so that the farmer and the man farthest down can get hold of it.
on various sounds of the world. A musical piece boasting of numerous instruments coming together is Human nature is rarely so amusing as when trying to get a house off its hands. Women at this task can be untruthful enough, but their untruth lacks the infusion of candor which a skillful male liar can introduce.
created that is an extremely pleasant hear and turns out to be quite comfortable on ears. If one We are ne’er like angels till our passion dies.
wishes to relax after a heavy day in isolation, ‘Theme Melody’ is the piece to be played as it GOOD, adj. Sensible, madam, to the worth of this present writer. Alive, sir, to the advantages of letting him alone.
succeeds in creating a peaceful environment. On the other hand ‘Melody [Saxophone]’, which turns out It is less important to redistribute wealth than it is to redistribute opportunity.
to be the last piece of the album, has a naughty appeal to it and is more playful and lively since Pride, envy, avarice — these are the sparks have set on fire the souls of man.
it moves at a decent pace and ensures some racy happenings on the screen when it is played. ‘Cheeni Life is so short we must move very slowly.
Kum’ turns out to be an enjoyable album which has its moments throughout its 7 track duration. While Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.
one never expected a musical from a film which told a love story that had never been seen before, On Sir Joshua Reynolds’s observing that the real character of a man was found out by his amusements. Yes, Sir, no man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.
‘Cheeni Kum’ manages to throw in a nice-n-little pleasant surprise.

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