Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke - A great movie

Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke was a delightful movie, no doubts whatsoever. A story that combined a love story with the sensitive elements of trying to bring up kids who have lost their parents was superb. The movie had some excellent performances by the lead pair of Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla; with other noteworthy performances by Dalip Tahil, and the 3 kids (Master Sharokh, Kunal Khemu and Baby Ashrafa) turned in some great performances. The movie was released in 1993, directed by Mahesh Bhat and produced by Tahir Hussain.
The movie was written by Robin Bhatt, Aamir Khan and Sujit Sen, and had music by Nadeem-Shravan; lyrics were by Sameer. It was a fairly successful hit (although the Best Actor award for the year went to Shahrukh Khan for Baazigar). What lent the story great appeal was the sensitive treatment of the behaviour of the kids, how the eldest moves towards maturity and wants to start getting treatment like an adult; how the kids understand through an example that they should treat others the same way they want to get treated, and how through love and understanding, it is possible to bond with children (even those who have had the emotional scarring of losing their parents).



The movie stars on a sombre note with Aamir Khan suddenly being responsible for the upbringing of the children of his sister (both their parents having died in an accident). They also have a small clothes factory which is currently in trouble, having run out of working capital and seemingly not in a position to meet their order committments. At such a time, in a fit of defiance, the kids go to a circus (which was promised to them, and later denied) and from there, bring home Vaijyanti (Juhi Chawla). Juhi is the daughter of a rich South Indian person, but has run away from home to avoid getting married to a musician.
And so starts the fun. She hides in their home, and is soon discovered by Aamir who hires her to be the governess of the kids. She starts bringing the kids and Aamir closer to each other, and they slowly start understanding each other. In the meantime, Aamir also meets up with Maya (Navneet Nishan) who loves Aamir and is coincidentally the daughter of Seth Bignani (who essentially holds Aamir's factory in debt). In order to secure the future, Aamir agrees to marry Maya. But he has not reckoned with the fact that both Vaijyanti and he love each other, and so he breaks his engagement with Maya. Now he has very little time to meet the order, and he does so through an emotional appeal at the factory, and through some martial arts in the end (with a comical touch). A must see movie.

Videos of songs from the movie 'Hum hain Rahi Pyaar Ke'

Kash Koi



Woh Meri Neend Mera Chain



Mujse Mohabaat Ka Izhaar



Ghungat Ki Aaad Se



Yunhi Kat Jayega Safar



Mumbai se gayi Poona



One of the kissing scenes from the movie





Lyrics for the movie:

Mujhse Mohabbat Ka Izhar

mujhase mohabbat ka izhaar karata - 3
kaash koi ladka mujhe pyar karata - 2
mujhase mohabbat ka izhaar karati - 2
kaash koi ladki mujhe pyar karati - 2

(meri maang mein chaand taare sajaata
jo main rooth jaati mujhe wo manaata) - 2
haalat meri wo jaanata dhadkan meri pehchaanta
apani bhi chaahat ka ikraar karata - 2
kaash koi ladka mujhe pyar karata - 2
mujhase mohabbat ka izhaar karati - 2
kaash koi ladki mujhe pyar karati - 2

(Wo bechain hoti main betaab hota
nigaaho mein usaki mera khwab hota) - 2
sharmaake wo lagati gale rakhata use palko tale
chori chori wo mera didaar karati - 2
kaash koi ladki mujhe pyar karati - 2
mujhase mohabbat ka izhaar karata - 2
kaash koi ladka mujhe pyar karata - 2
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Ghunghat Ki Aad Se

Ghoonghat Ki Aadh Se Dilbar Ka
Deedaar Adhura Rehta Hai
Jab Tak Na Pade Aashiq Ki Nazar
Singaar Adhura Rehta Hai
Ghoonghat Ki Aadh Se Dilbar Ka

Ghoonghat Ki Aadh Se Dilbar Ka
Deedaar Adhura Rehta Hai
Jab Tak Na Mile Nazron Se Nazar
Iqraar Adhura Rehta Hai
Ghoonghat Ki Aadh Se Dilbar Ka

Dilbar Ka Dilbar Ka Dilbar Ka

Gore Mukhde Se Ghunghta Hataane De
Ghadi Apne Milan Ki To Aane De
Mere Dil Pe Nahin Mera Kaabu Hai
Kuchh Nahin Ye To Chaahat Ka Jaadu Hai
Badhti Hi Jaati Hai Sanam Pyaar Ki Ye Bekhudi Ho
Do Premiyon Ke Na Milne Se
Sansaar Adhura Rehta Hai
Jab Tak Na Mile Nazron Se Nazar
Iqraar Adhura Rehta Hai
Ghoonghat Ki Aadh Se Dilbar Ka

Dilbar Ka Dilbar Ka Dilbar Ka

Baag Mein Gul Ka Khilna Zaruri Hai
Haan Mohabbat Mein Milna Zaruri Hai
Paas Aane Ka Achha Bahaana Hai
Kya Karun Maein Ki Mausam Deewana Hai
Dil Mera Dhadkaane Lagi Ab To Ye Deewaangi Ho
Bina Kisi Yaar Ke Jaan-E-Jaan
Ye Pyaar Adhura Rehta Hai

Jab Tak Na Mile Nazron Se Nazar
Iqraar Adhura Rehta Hai
Ghoonghat Ki Aadh Se Dilbar Ka

Dilbar Ka Dilbar Ka Dilbar Ka

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Bombay Se Gayi Poona

bombai se gayi poona poona se gayi dilli dilli se gayi patna
phir bhi na mila sajana - 2
mehakaaya maine gajara chamakaayi maine bindiya khanakaaya maine kangana
phir bhi na mila sajana - 2
hum hain raahi pyar ke - 4

aankhon mein chupa lungi saanson mein basa lungi
main usaki mohabbat mein duniya ko bhula dungi
khwaabon mein rahi khoyi raaton ko nahi soyi main usake liye royi
phir bhi na mila sajana - 2
bambai se gayi poona poona se gayi dilli dilli se gayi patna
phir bhi na mila sajana
hum hain raahi pyar ke - 4

jab yaad usaki aaye dil mera dhadak jaaye
wo hain bada bedardi kitana mujhe tadapaaye
baagon mein use dhunda raahon mein use dhunda galiyon mein use dhunda
phir bhi na mila sajana - 2
bambai se gayi poona poona se gayi dilli dilli se gayi patna
phir bhi na mila sajana
hum hain raahi pyar ke - 4
mehakaaya maine gajara chamakaayi maine bindiya khanakaaya maine kangana
phir bhi na mila sajana
hum hain raahi pyar ke - 8

o nahi soyi main usake liye royi
phir bhi na mila sajana - 2
bombai se gayi poona poona se gayi dilli dilli se gayi patna
phir bhi na mila sajana
hum hain raahi pyar ke - 4

jab yaad usaki aaye dil mera dhadak jaaye
wo hain bada bedardi kitana mujhe tadapaaye
baagon mein use dhunda raahon mein use dhunda galiyon mein use dhunda
phir bhi na mila sajana - 2
bombai se gayi poona poona se gayi dilli dilli se gayi patna
phir bhi na mila sajana
hum hain raahi pyar ke - 4
mehakaaya maine gajara chamakaayi maine bindiya khanakaaya maine kangana
phir bhi na mila sajana
hum hain raahi pyar ke - 8

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Woh Meri Neend Mera Chain

vo meri nind mera chain mujhe lauta do

vo meri nind mera chain mujhe lauta do
vo mera pyaar mera dard mujhe lauta do
nind jitani bhi maine khoyi hai
chain jitana bhi maine khoya hai
vo meri nind mera chain mujhe lauta do
vo mera pyaar mera dard mujhe lauta do

ek maasum dil hai aur sitam hain kitane - 2
is muhabbat ke siva aur bhi gam hain kitane - 2
mere ishq ka imtahaan yun na lo
tumhen hai qasam meri jaan yun na lo
khvaab jitane bhi mainne dekhe hain
yaad jitana kiya hai mainne tujhe
vo mere khvaab meri yaad mujhe lauta do
vo meri nind mera chain mujhe lauta do
vo mera pyaar mera dard mujhe lauta do

ye meri bhool thi jo maine tujhe pyaar kiya - 2
na milane vaale muhabbat ka intazaar hai - 2
ye kya rang laai hai meri vafa
mili hai mujhe kis liye ye saza
teri chaahat ki pyaas thi mujhako
tujhako paane ki thi ummid mujhe
vo meri pyaas vo ummid mujhe lauta do

vo meri nind mera chain mujhe lauta do
nind jitani bhi maine khoyi hai
chain jitana bhi maine khoya hai
vo meri nind mera chain mujhe lauta do
vo mera pyaar mera dard mujhe lauta do
vo mere khvaab meri yaad mujhe lauta do
vo meri pyaas vo ummid mujhe lauta do!

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Yuhi Kat Jayega Safar

(yuhi kat jaayega safar saath chalane se
ki manjil aayegi nazar saath chalane se) - 3

hum hain raahi pyar ke chalana apana kaam - 2
palbhar mein ho jaayegi har mushkil aasan - 2
housala na haarenge hum to baazi maarenge - 2
yuhi kat jaayega safar saath chalane se
ki manjil aayegi nazar saath chalane se

kehati hain ye waadiya badalega mausam - 2
na koi parvaah hain khushiya ho ya gum - 2
aandhiyon se khelenge dard saare jhelenge - 2
(yuhi kat jaayega safar saath chalane se
ki manjil aayegi nazar saath chalane se) - 4

Bhootnath - Watchable

I watched Bhootnath just the day after having watched Jannat just the previous day, and given that my impression of Jannat was not good, any movie would have been good. But Bhootnath was a movie that impressed in parts. The Director, Vivek Sharma, tried to take many human emotions into the movie; thus taking the movie into 3 separate parts - the first part where the ghost appears to be evil and a danger to whoever tries to enter the property; the second part where the child makes friend with the ghost and turns him into a proper civilized person-like character with human emotions; and the third part where there is an attempt to throw in a lot of tear-jerkering emotional scene so that the ghost can disappear and everything can turn out normal. In the end, these attempts to make the movie cater to many interests put a lot of strain on the overall movie, and my feeling is that it did not turn out as well as could be. The movie takes on a heavy social issue of how children go abroad, and become of that land.
The movie is geared towards kids, and that was clear when I saw the songs. They were all songs designed to appeal to children, and it did seem a bit different to see songs that had a lot of kids in them; but most of the audience was adults, so was wondering whether there was a mismatch in terms of the advertising of the movie versus the intended effect of the advertising. The movie has a cast that is capable of some great things - Amitabh Bachchan, Aman Siddiqui, Juhi Chawla, Rajpal Yadav, Satish Shah, Priyanshu Chatterjee and Shahrukh Khan. Amitabh Bachchan gives a good role, but one feels that in the middle of the movie, he gets overshadowed by the kid, and then in the latter half of the movie, Shahrukh Khan seems to get most of the attention (Shahrukh Khan had a role that was more than a guest appearance, but less than a full role). Rajpal Yadav was very thoroughly under-used in the movie, getting 2 very brief scenes (almost like a cameo).
The movie is about the intersection of the characters of the young boy, Banku, and the ghost of Kailash Nath. The family of Shahrukh Khan, an engineer with a cruise company, comprises of his wife Juhi Chawla, and son Banku (Banku is a very naughty guy, and it soon shows up in school where he gets into numerous fracas (showed in a humorous way)). Shahrukh has to move his family to Goa, and his company arranges for a rental in Nath Villa (one wonders how his company did a rental in a villa that everyone knows is haunted). Juhi does not believe in ghosts, and their son has no idea about what a ghost is.
And then Banu meets the Ghost, and soon manages to control the ghost through his antics, his innocence and his questions (it helps that the ghost is of a man who was devoted to his son, and who died pining for him). And then there is a lot of camadrie between Amitabh and Amar, while Juhi is not able to believe that there is a such a thing as a ghost. This means that the ghost learns to dress normally, and even to shed tears when Banku suffers a serious injury. There is an excellent scene when Juhi realizes that her son was telling the truth, during a stage performance, and is able to actually imagine as to where the ghost must be standing.
From this point onwards, the movie becomes very serious, with the aim being to help the ghost forgive his son (who had gone abroad and not returned until his mother died pining for him), and eventually help him attain salvation. At this point, the movie moves into heavy emotional scenes, and I could see the atmosphere suddenly becoming silent in the movie hall. Music is by Vishaal Shekhar, but one felt that it was unnecessary other than the heavy Samay Ka Pahiya.

Videos of songs from the movie Bhootnath

Mere Buddy



Hum to hain Aandhi



Chalo Jaane Do



Samay Ka Pahiya

Jannat (2008) - Disappointing story

Mahesh Bhatt has been making movies for a long time, and they have been very good movies. So, for example, I really liked some of his older movies such as Arth, Saransh, Janam, Naam, Murder, Woh Lamhe, Daddy, Ashiqui, Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke, Dil Hain Ke Manta Nahin, Sadak, Sir, Tamana, etc. He has also turned out turkeys such as Duplicate. In recent time, Bhatt has moved out of the director post and is partner in the banner Vishesh films (along with his brother) that produces movies. It is expected that movies made in the banner retain the touch of Mahesh Bhatt to some degree, with a strong focus on human relations, relationships whether they be a marriage, or outside marriage. However, Jannat disappointed. The story of a person who wants to attain success, and a great deal of it (portrayed by Emran Hashemi); he does not seem to know the difference between right and wrong.



I was sitting with a group of around 7-8 colleagues (mostly eager movie goers), and after around 45 minutes (having given the movie enough time, we started laughing and wondering whether we should actually leave during half-time) and it was hard to sit there and watch the movie. The movie seemed corny, there were so many missing gaps in the storyline (such as how he managed to get this 'magical' sixth sense, and why did he have to fix matches if he could anyhow figure out the results; why did the heroine fall in love with him; how did he get the phone number of the heroine (exact call center location), or figured out her address (just from knowing her name). You cannot make a credible story and then assume that all such things happen magically.
Later when somebody asked me why the name was called 'Jannat', the only reason that I could think of was that this was a name given to represent what the hero wanted, and instead what his life turned out to be on earth was actually the reverse. So Arjun (Emran Hashmi playing a typical role with heavy shades of grey) wants to be rich, extremely rich, and this is his single minded agenda. He does not care about what his friends say, about what his parents say, not about the warnings of the initially friendly policeman, and later his girlfriend; he is right in what he does and nothing can shake him from that. It is very difficult to identify with such a person, and the way he breaks the glass in the supermarket initially (when he sees a ring that the heroine wants but cannot buy) seems very strange.
The heroine (Sonal Chauhan), in a debut role as the person who tries to reform Arjun shows some signs of maturity, but her performance when she confronts him seems to be lacking the passion of a person who is trying to do what she strongly believes in. She does look attractive, and shows resemblance to both Sonali Bendre and Deepti Bhatnagar. However, it is the script that seems to let down the overall movie. The dialogues, as well as the inter-meshing of the romance with the story of betting seems mixed up, and the sudden movements of the hero away from a life of betting, and back to it again, seems very sudden and without too much of basis (given that the hero ultimately believes that only he knows best). The ending seems so much unlike the normal character of the hero, especially when such a smart guy seems so stupid that he would do a suspicious gesture in front of the police.
The music was good, but kept on resonating throughout the movie, and by the end, even my colleagues who had liked the music had got somewhat tired of the songs. The attempt to bring in the recent death of the Pakistani coach, Bob Woolmer does not seem realistic at all. The movie is directed by Kunal Deshmukh, starring Emraan Hashmi,Rizwan Ahmed, Sonal Chauhan and Sameer Kochhar. The film is produced by Vishesh Films. Pritam scores the music for this movie.

Video of song 'Zara Se'