When you make a film on such a sensitive target, you cannot make a very simplistic movie, it has to be deep enough to present the different perspectives of the situation. And when you are trying to copy an iconic movie, then all the more so, since it is quite plausible that your audience would have seen the original movie and will end up comparing the original movie with this one, and it better be good, or the comparison will fail.
Now consider a situation where a defense lawyer, in an army setting is apathetic, not really caring about the cases of the client. However, he is asked to defend an army officer who is being prosecuted for killing his own superior officer, that too in the conflict zone of Kashmir, and he is on trial for his life. The evidence is against him, and there is a senior officer who is pushing the prosecution case. Does all this sound familiar ? Well, even though the exact situation may not be similar, no one who has seen the Tom Cruise movie, 'A Few Good Men', can fail to make the association. Even more so, since the movie was not an action thriller or something like that, it had some commanding performances, especially from Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson, and trying to catch upto those performances can be a tough act, even for actors such as Rahul Bose and Kay Kay Menon. I would like to say that I found the movie great, but the English movie was in my mind, and Shaurya cannot catch up to that movie, especially because I found the script and direction to be one of the weaker aspects.
So what is the story ? In Kashmir, the young officer, that too a Muslim officer, Javed Khan had shot his superior officer, Major Rathod during the course of a search operation in a village. Now, he is on trial, and to stand as his lawyer is the cynical Major Siddhant Chaudhary (played by Rahul Bose). He is opposed by his friend, Major Akash Kapoor (played by Javed Jaffery) who is the prosecution lawyer. And a superior officer is in the shadows, Brigadier Rudra Pratap Singh.
Do I need to say more ? Rahul Bose gets more involved in the case, trying to decipher the motives of the young Javed Khan, who does not want to reveal any details of what had happened. And there is the journalist played by Minissha Lamba who reveals more of the truth to Rahul Bose and forces him to start thinking more about what Shaurya means, and how is this related to the actions of the Briagdier, the dead major and the non-speaking Army office on trial for murder. Where is the honor of the army and its officers also figuring in all this.
At the same time, it is still one of the better experiments in Indian cinema, and if you fed of nonsensical movies that become super-hits, then get hold of this movie and watch it. I hardly ever see any re-runs of the movie on TV though.
Madhur Bhandarkar is famous for making films on hard gritty subjects and not shying away from portraying the reality (including the ugly side) of things. Some of these movies include Chandni Bar, Page 3, Traffic Signal, etc. Madhur also won a national award for the direction of Traffic Signal. In addition, while his movies may not be super-hits, they make money, and for movies that are about the ills of society, making money is a big plus. Also, because his movies are seen as good cinema, actors and actresses can develop a great reputation by acting in his movies. Fashion is one such movie, that gave a filip to the careers of actors such as Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and newcomer Mugdha Godse. Priyanka Chopra in fact has got a very good reputation after this movie, something which also got enhanced after her role in another movie, 7 Khoon Maaf. In fact, Priyanka also got a National Award for Best Actress for her role in this movie.
The movie also bears an uncanny resemblance to the story of Geetanjali Nagpal, the former model who was found in a pretty bad condition on the streets of Delhi in the year 2007; however, Madhur has denied that Fashion was based on the story of Geetanjali. The story of the movie was by Ajay Monga, with narration by Priyanka Chopra. Music for the movie, with some acclaimed songs such as 'Fashion ka Jalwa' and 'Mar Jawan' was by Salim-Sulaiman, with lyrics by Sandeep Nath and Irfan Siddique. The movie was fairly successful, and won a host of awards at such events such as Filmfare Awards, Star Screen Awards, IIFA, and Stardust Awards.
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The movie is the story of the ups and downs in the fashion industry, especially when success goes to somebody's head. The story is that of a girl, Meghna Mathur (Priyanka Chopra) who wants to be big in the fashion industry in Mumbai and leaves her house against the wishes of her parents since she wants to follow this career. However, life is not so easy, and success does not come easily. And of course there are other models who are on top, such as the current reigning super-model Shonali Gujral (Kangana Ranaut). However, after some efforts, and being tutored by her friend and another struggling model Janet (Mugdha Godse) as well as a struggling make model Maanav (Arjan Bajwa), she finally gets lucky and is noticed by one of the executives (Anisha Roy (played by Kitu Gidwani)) of a big modeling agency Panache. Anisha in turn introduces her to her boss Abhijit Sarin (Arbaaz Khan). Abhijit is impressed by her, and since Shonali is struggling with her drug problem, he decides to replace Shonali with Megha, part of the downfall process for Shonali.
Megha is now successful, which means that she gives up her relationship with Maanav, and starts having a relationship with Abhijit, even though he is a married man. Their relationship proceeds, till she gets pregnant and is pressured to abort her child; something which causes her to break the news to Abhijit's wife, causing her to get fired from her peak position and further fall in the clutches of drugs and alcohol (a path that Shonali is already following, increased after she had a wardrobe mal-function). When Megha has a one-night stand after a party where she has got drunk, she realizes how much she has fallen, and decides to leave the industry and return to her parents in Chandigarh.
However, this is not the end. Her parents encourage her to get back to her life, also as a way of getting back her self-confidence, and she decides to make up with Janet and gets back to Mumbai, however, no longer the top model. Things shake her when she sees Shonali on TV as a homeless drunk, and she brings Shonali back in order to make her better again, a process which also acts as a healing ritual for her. Even though she is not able to save Shonali, Megha gets back her confidence to again become a top model.
Shahid Kapoor had the super-hit film with a pairing with Kareena Kapoor, and the movie ? Jab We Met. Unfortunately, his luck ran out then, and in fact Jab We Met was released when the pair was already done, with Kareena waltzing off with Saif Ali Khan, and Shahid looking for somebody on the rebound. During and after the course of this movie, there were a lot of stories about a relationship with Vidya Balan, but soon after this movie released, the talk went away. In fact, the movie had a strong opening and a great first weekend, but then went weak and was classified as a weak movie at the box office. The songs were okay, the chemistry was okay (although there were a number of comments about his boyish look while she looked like his aunty), and then of course, there was withering criticism of Vidya Balan's wardrobe, something that must have riled her a lot (she talked about this criticism for some time after the release of the movie).
The movie also had a role by Juhi Chawla, trying to play a non-glamorous role, and if the movie had been successful, maybe that role might have been more appreciated. However, it was not to be. The movie was released under the banner of Tips Industries, being produced by Ramesh Taurani, and was directed by the well admired director Aziz Mirza (who of course has a very strong Shahrukh Khan connection). The music was by Pritam, with lyrics by Sayeed Quadri & Shabbir Ahmed). The movie had story by Rahila Mirza.
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The story of how a particular person could be the key to another person's luck sounds like the story that a fortune teller might try to tell you, and so it was in this case. It is particular painful for a person who was at the top in college, and was predicted to do very well. Raj Malhotra (Shahid Kapoor) is an architect, and is still struggling for good work. In addition, he runs into trouble in the form of Priya (Vidya Balan) and they have a tiff (verbal tiff).
Soon after, Raj goes to a gypsy lady Haseena Bano Jaan (played by Juhi Chawla) for help and advice, and she tells him that there is a person whose very presence will bring him luck, and guess what, it will be Priya. If she were there when he was trying to do his business, it will lead to more clients, more business, and success.
Priya is more interested in doing social work, including standing up for the rights of citizens when businesses are trying to push them aside. She wants to prevent the building of a huge commercial project that will push aside a small community center, while for him, the big move is to propose himself as the architect of this huge commercial project. So he lies to her in terms of trying to help her project while putting forward his proposals for the project. And, her presence does seem to help his fortune. He also falls in love with her, but then, things get upturned when she finds out what he is actually trying to do.
However, by this time, he is for the project that she is trying to do, for her cause, and changes his plans to accommodate the community center, but is knocked out of the bidding process, even though she is attracted finally by what he is trying to do. And then help comes from a very unlikely source, such a help that you would start to believe in a concept of God. A movie that can be watched.
The 2001 attacks in New York on the World Trade Center was a major event in the history of the United States, a huge terror attack in the heart of the US, and together with the attack on the Pentagon, a shock to the whole world. It led to a severe fightback by the United States on terrorism, which included assistance in the removal of the Taliban from Afghanistan and its support to Al-Qaeda, the moving of a number of suspects to the US base of Guantanamo. Even now, 10 years later, the US is continuing to fight against terror suspects, monitoring to break up terror cell. The attacks also led to a number of laws that enabled the US Government to detain suspects, snoop on them, and so on. It is natural that in this fight, there would also be mistakes made, especially when it came to suspicious behavior on the form of Muslims, and in the surcharged atmosphere, this would have lead to innocents being caught and jailed for periods of time. Some of the laws that prevented such miscarriages of justice would also have been in abeyance with the application of the need for national security.
What would happen when a person was caught up in this search, was innocent, but was jailed and tortured ? Would this create a huge feeling of revenge in such a person, the need to strike out and fight back against this injustice committed ? New York is a gripping movie that explores this concept, which takes an innocent Muslim studying in New York at the time of the attack, and who was arrested and tortured, and then looks after some years to see what the impact of all these incidents were.
New York is a movie that was pretty successful, being declared a hit. The movie was a hit with critics as well, being seen as a taut movie that portrayed the emotions of a person caught up in something that he was not involved in, and how that incident changed him such that it drove him to a disastrous future.
New York also got approval to shoot in many situations at site, inspite of the portrayal of the movie about a person falsely implicated by the FBI, and who got traumatized by this experience, ultimately becoming a terrorist who came close to taking revenge, stopped by his own family and friends in the end.
Omar, Maya and Sam are friends in New York University in 1999, enjoying life and having a good time. Omar (Neil Nitin Mukesh) starts falls in love with Maya (Katrina Kaif), but withdraws from both of them when he realizes that Maya is actually in love with Sam. And then the events of 2001 happen, where Sam is detained by the FBI and kept in jail for 9 months, and tortured as well.
All this is revealed in flashback, since the year is 2008, and Omar has been arrested by the FBI for having guns in the trunk of his taxi, and he realizes that he is forced to work with the FBI to keep a check on Sam (who is now married to Maya, and has a son). Sam is now suspected of being a terrorist, planning a strike. Omar does not initially believe this, but the situation turns out that he starts believing this. And then a quest starts to stop Sam before he can carry out the plan.
Veer Zaara is a movie from the Yash Chopra production house, produced by Aditya Chopra, and directed by Yash Chopra. The movie was released in 2004, and was set in a cross border situation between India and Pakistan, where the inherent hostility between the 2 nations provides a great situation to set a story of hostility and romance. The movie showcases the full power of love, where people are willing to take a 22 year delay for their loved ones. The movie was promoted with all the power that Yash Raj Films could use, and turned out to be a huge hit, in India, in Pakistan, and in the overseas market.
The movie also had the distinction where the music was by using tunes from the deceased famous Music Director, Madan Mohan, where unreleased tunes of the famous music director were used, with his son Sanjeev Kohli, leading this effort. The female lead of the songs was Lata Mangeshkar, adding to the poignancy of the overall effort, since she has sung for many movies in the past where Madan Mohan was the Music director. The movie received a large number of awards in the Filmfare awards, IIFA awards, Stardust Awards, Star Screen awards, Zee Cine Awards, and many others. It was almost like a clean sweep of the awards, with these covering Best Film, Actor, Actress, Best Director, etc.
The movie is about the romance between Veer Pratap Singh (Shahrukh Khan) and Zaara Haayat Khan (Preity Zinta), where Veer is a Squadron Leader with the Indian air force, and Zaara is a young Pakistani girl from a prominent family. She is already engaged to Raza (Manoj Bajpai). Zaara comes to Punjab in India for fulfilling the last wishes of her governess, who wanted her ashes to be scattered in the river Sutlej near the holy city of Kiratpur. However, when Zaara comes over, she is left in a precarious position due to a bus accident, and Veer saves her with his helicopter. He takes her one day to his village where she meets his parents, Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini, in a small appearance. They are impressed with Zaara, but the couple separate when it is clear that they need to go on their own ways.
Zaara is now confused, since she has come to love Veer, but must marry Raza for the sake of pride and honour; Veer comes when told to by Zaara's maid, but when he comes to their home, her mother implores him to go away for the sake of their family. However, when he is going, Raza takes revenge by getting him arrested as a spy. And that is where things go totally wrong, since Veer is sent to jail, and Zaara believes that Veer had died in a bus accident.
22 years later, a young firebrand lawyer called Saamiya Siddiqui (Rani Mukerji) is fighting for the rights of women in Pakistan, and also gets allotted the case of prisoner number 786, Veer, who has been convicted of being an Indian spy called Rajesh Rathod. Veer has not spoken to anyone, which makes the case all the more difficult.
What happens next ? How does she find out the truth, and do the lovers meet again after 22 years ?
3 Idiots was an incredibly successful movie, released with some hype, but which also turned out as a movie that was seemingly very different from the normal romance movies. The movie takes the story of an incredible student, who refused to be crushed by the normal pressure of college even when other students are buckling under the tremendous pressure, with even suicide seeming like an option for some of them. Further, handling the expectations of family is also a huge problem, especially when the family does not have resources of its own, and it is expected that the person be able to take a job that pays well (even when this can be a compromise with a career that a person would really like to do).
The movie was directed by Rajkumar Hirani (who had directed the Munnabhai series of movies earlier) and was produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The screenplay was by Abhijat Joshi, and Rajkumar Hirani, with a huge dollop of controversy over the book being based on Chetan Bhagat's "5 Point Someone". The movie starred Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani, Omi Vaidya, Mona Singh, Parikshit Sahni, and Javed Jaffrey. The music for the film was by Shantanu Moitra, and the movie won a series of awards at all the different awards that there were for 2010 (Star Screen Awards, Filmware Awards, Stardust Awards, and the IIFA awards).
The movie gets its strength from the challenge between the engineering college principal and the student who is a rebel, who thinks about things and refuses to accept things just by rote; and the student is so convinced about his beliefs that he can take on the principal and teachers where required.
There are 3 students who enter the famous Imperial College of Engineering in Delhi (run by the principal Professor Viru Sahastrabudhhe (ViruS) (Boman Irani). The 3 students are: Farhan Qureshi (R. Madhavan), Raju Rastogi (Sharman Joshi), and Rancchoddas Shyamaldas Chanchad "Rancho" (Aamir Khan), all from different backgounds, and with different aspirations. These 3 are to share a room. Rancho turns out to be a student very different from what Virus likes, since he keeps on asking questions. When another student, Joy Lobo, commits suicide due to the pressure, Rancho almost accused Virus of being responsible for this suicide.
Virus wants to break the associations of Rancho, and tries to convince Farhan and Raju to break free from Rancho since this would affect their career. On the other hand, the favorite student is Chatur, who does not ask inconvenient questions, and answers all the queries in class. Rancho causes huge problems to Chatur when he changes the words of a speech that Chatur has to make in front of all the students. Rancho also comes into contact with the daughter of Virus, Pia (Kareena Kapoor), when they break into a marriage, and it is that of the elder daughter of Virus.
The movie continues in this run, where Rancho surprised everybody by coming in first, whole Raju and Farhan are at the bottom of the class consistently. Things escalate in a drunken situation, when they urinate at the door of Virus, and Raju is forced to make a choice; and he decides to jump from the 3rd floor. What happens next ? Do they manage to graduate ? What happens between Virus and Rancho ? Watch this incredible movie.
Love Aaj Kal was a love story released in 2009, produced by Saif Ali Khan as his first movie as a producer, and paid him rich dividends, becoming a fairly big hit. The movie starred essentially 4 people in 2 parallel love tracks (separated by a generation), Rishi Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone and a Brazilian newcomer, Giselli Monteiro. The music of the movie was also well appreciated, with songs such as Twist, Chor Bazaari, Dooriyan, and Aaj Din Chadheya becoming big musical hits. The music for the movie was by Pritam (lyrics by Irshad Kamil). The movie was directed by Imtiaz Ali (who also had a previous big hit in the form of Jab We Met).
The movie was a story of breakup and meeting, set in a very modern generation, where people concentrate on their careers, and contrasts this with a storyline that was set a generation back, where the person would do a lot for love, and base their decisions and their actions on love (and in the end, the conclusion of the movie is that the power of love still makes people do things even when they feel that they are driving their own decisions).
The movie is the story of Jai and Meera, who are a modern couple in London, and parallel to this, the movie also tells the story of Veer Singh and Harleen (from the past). Jai and Meera (Saif and Deepika) are in London, where they meet and become a couple. However, they have career needs that they realize will take them in different directions, with Meera interested in conservation, taking her to India, and Jai being an architect, working for the Golden Gate firm in San Francisco. They decide that they cannot be together, and have a separation party, deciding to move on with their own life. They do however, decide to remain very much in contact, and with the power of modern communications, it could be that they remain very close to each other. When Meera is leaving, Jai comes in contact with Veer Singh, who is surprised that Jai is letting Meera go like this, and tells him the story of how he fought for Harleen (in a sepia tinged story), whom he liked but did not get a chance to speak to much.
Now, Jai and Meera are living their own lives, with Jai involved with a blonde in London, while Meera has received an offer from her boss, and finally decides to accept his romance. In between, Jai pays a visit to Meera and they have a lot of fun together, but things get serious when Vikram (Meera's boss) proposes to her; Meera is confused because she still has feelings for Jai, and she and Jai have an argument (with Meera telling Jai that they should stop being in touch with each other).
And then Meera marries Vikram, still confused. Jai comes there, and in a remarkable coincidence, he gets an offer from the Golden Gate. In the meantime, Meera realizes her marriage was a mistake, and tries to get in touch with Jai but realizes that he is incredibly happy over going to San Francisco and does not say anything more to him. He enjoys his stay in San Francisco, but over a period of time, this excitement starts falling and he starts to feel depressed. It takes a mugging for him to realize that he is actually missing Meera, and he rushes back to Delhi even though he knows that Meera is married. When he reaches here, he realizes that Meera and Vikram are no longer married, and he has an emotional reunion with Meera at her site.
When you think of great Hindi movies, one of the names that always comes to the front is the movie called Sholay, released in 1975. The movie seems like it was set in another age, it being now 35 years since it was released and became a huge hit; and is now a cult movie. If it comes on TV even now, you can be sure that there will be some people who will want to watch. And the movie created a set of characters who became incredibly famous, specifically the few characters of Gabbar (Amjad Khan), Thakur (Sanjeev Kumar), Jai (Amitabh Bachchan), Veeru (Dharmendra), and Basanti (Hema Malini), and the under-played role of Radha (played by Jaya Bachchan).
The movie took a chance, starring a newcomer in the pivotal role of the dacoit leader (Danny was the original choice, but he was unavailable, and hence a newcomer such as Amjad Khan was selected). The movie was based on a small idea by the prolific writer duo of Salim-Javed. And the outcome was a movie that broke all records, and became a cult movie known till today.
The movie was produced by G.P. Sippy and directed by his son Ramesh Sippy. Music for the film was given by RD Burman, with the lyrics provided by Anand Bakshi. During direction, the movie went over-budget, since the director wanted to be perfect in the shooting, and many of the shots took many takes and many days. The movie also had real-life relations between the stars, with Amitabh and Jaya getting married 4 months before shooting of the movie started, and Dharmendra romancing Hema Malini at that time. The movie took a period of 2.5 years to make. The movie also had an effect on tourism, with the location of Ramanagaram (a rocky terrain), a village near Bangalore, Karnataka being the shooting site, and being known later as the location where Sholay was shot.
The movie was based on the concept of revenge, where a local dacoit terrorises the village, and also takes revenge on the family of the local thakur. The Thakur in turn hires 2 small-time but brave crooks to come in to fight the dacoit and his gang, and this is what they do, but with some sadness, as one of the 2 loses his life in the end.
The movie takes these 2 small time crooks (Jai and Veeru) in a jail. They are remembered by an ex-policeman, the Thakur, when he is looking for somebody who can help him fight the dacoits (led by Gabbar). He had apprehended them, and then see how brave they were when they fought off dacoits who were trying to rob a train. He meets them, and offers them a large amount of money if they can get rid of Gabbar and his gang. Gabbar is a violent and brutal dacoit leader who is terrorising the villages.
In the first confrontation, three men from Gabbar's gang come to get supplies from the villagers, something that they do without any issue in the past. Now, however, they face a fight from Jai and Veeru and have to go back without any supplies; at which Gabbar cannot stand the sight of his men being humiliated in front of the village and shoots them after some drama (in a scene that was much appreciated). The next major attack is on Holi, during which Jai and Veeru are pinned down and are looking for Thakur to throw a gun towards them, but he does not cooperate. Later his story is revealed, where he had arrested Gabbar some time back, and then Gabbar killed all his family except for one daughter-in-law Radha (Jaya Bhaduri). And in another confrontation, Gabbar cut off both his hands leaving him without any hands.
So, the situation continues, with Jai and Veeru staying in the village, and getting fond of Radha and Basanti respectively. Gabbar has cut off the village from the outside, but they fight back by killing some of his men. And then the final confrontation, where the fight with Gabbar and his men take place, in which Jai finally dies.
Some interesting scenes from the movie:
Where Jai talks to Basanti's mausi and turns her against Veeru, and Veeru on the water tank:
Scene from the jail early in the movie with Asrani:
How many people are there who would not have heard of this movie ? Yaadon Ki Baarat is one incredible movie, full of masala, full of some great music, with a murder, and then the quest for revenge on somebody whom the children of the killed cannot even identify, and then you have the capers of a thief (who works with somebody who is actually the killer), and you have a very enjoyable movie. And when you add a delectable Zeenat Aman, you get a really incredible movie.
The movie was made by Nasir Hussain, who produced and directed the movie. The movie starred some of the bigger stars, and some of the not so large ones, with the cast comprising of Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Vijay Arora, Tariq, and Neetu Singh.
The movie had some great songs, with 'Chura Liya Hain Tumne' being a song that is remembered and played even now, and music was provided by RD Burman. The script for the movie was provided by the famous pair of Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan. One lesser know fact about the movie was that it starred Aamir Khan as a cute young boy (the youngest of the 3 children shown in the movie).
The movie is a classic story about siblings separated early, when they are very young, and who meet later in life (and then realize much later that they are brothers). An artist, who defies a gang, is killed by them with the young children of the couple witnessing the murder. When running away, they get separated. They all have different life styles, with the eldest becoming a skilled burglar, the second one being a normal (not wealthy) person, and the youngest one becoming a singer. All they remember is a childhood song called 'Yaadon Ki Baarat'.
They do meet up several times but cannot associate any relationship between them; and go through various relationships (with the middle one played by Vijay Arora falling in love with Zeenat Aman after pretending to be a rich man, when his secret is out, Zeenat is shocked at the deception). The main story however is that of Shankar, the eldest one, played by Dharmendra, who is trying to find the murdered of his parents, and eventually realizes that the one whom he works for is the murderer.
The art of movie-making is inherently the art of story telling. The success (and therefore also the failure) of a film is primarily determined by the director’s ability to narrate a story well. The rest of the paraphernalia, read, music, dance, camera work, set design, costume design, sound…all of it is secondary. The immensely successful movie, Gadar-Ek Prem Katha, directed by Anil Sharma, is a superlative example of this simple fact. Many a movie has talked about love and many a movie has also talked about the Partition. So in that sense, Mr. Sharma is not telling a new story. However he has taken these two emotionally-charged elements and woven a wonderfully simple tale that leaves the viewer experience a whole gamut of emotions without being too heavy.
Gadar-Ek Prem Katha, starts off in pre-partition India. Sakeena (Amisha Patel’s soft beauty will take your breath away), a girl from a rich Muslim family is a student at a convent school in Shimla. Tara Singh (Sunny Deol, aptly cast) is a truck driver who fetches supplies to the school and nurtures a very innocent crush on her. A silly prank is the starting point of an unlikely friendship that develops between these two apparently diverse individuals. Then comes Partition and Sakeena’s family headed by Ahsraf Ali (Amrish Puri) depart for Lahore amidst growing tension between the two communities. The ensuing mindless violence that followed Partition is very sensibly captured and in one such incidence Sakeena gets left behind while her entire family boards the train to Pakistan.
Tara Singh rescues her from the clutches of sword wielding men and offers her the shelter and security of his home. After some time they marry and their love matures into a strong bond. The couple have a son and are blissfully happy. After a good seven odd years, Sakeena comes upon a picture of her father in the newspaper and she realises that her family is alive and well.
With the help of Tara Singh, Sakeena is able to re-establish contact with her father Ashraf Ali across the border. Ali is happy that his daughter is alive but is none too pleased that she is now married to a Sikh and also has a son. His devious plotting finds the sweet family torn apart-Sakeena under house arrest in Pakistan; Tara and their son waiting in India. As soon as Tara Singh is able to discover his father-in-law’s true intentions, he sets out for Pakistan to rescue his wife and bring her back home. He is supported in this endeavour by his faithful friend Darmiyan Singh and his little son. In Pakistan Tara has to face many trials and tribulations. Whether Tara is able to bring back his “Madam” (as he refers to Sakeena) forms the second half and the climax of the film.
Heartfelt acting, melodious songs and a simple narrative make this film immensely watch-able.
Awards won:
Winner:
Filmfare Best Action Award - Tinnu Verma
Filmfare Special Performance Award - Amisha Patel
Sansui Best Actress Award - Amisha Patel
Annual Filmgoers Awards - Best Actress - Amisha Patel
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was a major hit film, early enough in Shahrukh's career that it gave him a big jump. The movie was an incredible success, remembered even today. It was also an a huge event in the career for director Aditya Chopra. The movie is also much appreciated by critics, marked among movies that are worth seeing in any top movie list. It also won a huge number of awards, almost a clean sweep of the popular awards:
Filmfare Awards:
1996 Filmfare Best Movie Award: Yash Chopra
1996 Filmfare Best Director Award: Aditya Chopra
1996 Filmfare Best Actor Award: Shahrukh Khan
1996 Filmfare Best Actress Award: Kajol
1996 Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award: Farida Jalal
1996 Filmfare Best Comedian Award: Anupam Kher
1996 Filmfare Best Lyricist Award: Anand Bakshi, Tujhe Dekha
1996 Filmfare Best Screenplay Award: Aditya Chopra
1996 Filmfare Best Dialogue Award: Aditya Chopra, Javed Siddiqi
1996 Filmfare Best Male Playback Award: Udit Narayan, (Mehndi Lagake Rakhna)
The movie was also acclaimed for its music, with the music by Jatin Lalit and some great singing by Lata Mangeshkar and Udit Narayan. The shooting of the movie, in the scenic beauty of Switzerland, and then in the fields of Punjab were in the line of the movies by Yash Chopra, and supported by some excellent cinematography by Manmohan Singh.
The movie spans across 3 countries and 2 continents. The movie starts in England where aj Malhotra and Simran Kaur (Shahrukh Khan and Kajol respectively) are living in London, with Raj being like any normal London boy, drinking, out with friends, and so on, and spoiled by his father Anupam Kher. Simran has a domineering father, convenience store owner Chaudhry Baldev Singh (Amrish Puri), who is very conservative and would not really want his daughter to have all the freedom of a girl living in London. He would want his daughter to get married to a traditional Indian man, and finds a suitable arrangement with the son of his friends. Simran finally agrees to this, but wants to first travel with friends and see the world.
In the trip, Simran bumps into Raj, who is also on a trip. She does not like him, seeing him as a uncaring person, but there is a situation in which both of them have to depend on each other. They start loving each other, but have to separate at the end of the trip. When Baldev gets to know about this from Simran, he is very angry since he considers that Simran has broken his trust, and flies off to Punjab with the family for marriage. What does Raj do ? How does he manage to persuade Baldev and marry Simran ?
Songs and lyrics from the movie:
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge – Ghar Aaja Pardesi (link)
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge – Zara Sa Jhoom Loon Main (link)
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge – Mere Khwabon Mein (link)
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge – Ruk Ja O Dil Deewane (link)
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge – Tujhe Dekha To (link)
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge – Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna (link)
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge – Ho Gaya Hain Tujhko (link)
The quest to have a house of one's own is a very strong impulse, capable of stirring up strong emotions in any person. Gharonda is a movie on that concept, on the quest of a young couple to have a house of their own. I was very impressed with the movie, even though the movie can leave you down a path where you feel that life can go very negative, and where events can happen that leave you feel disillusioned with life. The movie was released in 1977, and became popular as a movie with emotions, and some great music. The movie was directed and produced by Bhimsain, with some great lyrics by Gulzar and music by Jaidev. The movie starred Amol Palekar, Zarina Wahab, Shreeram Lagoo, and Jalal Agha.
Sudip (Amol Palekar) and Chaya (Zarina Wahab) are colleagues working in the same office in Mumbai. Like other middle class citizens, they drea, of owning a house in Mumbai. They are not yet married, but plan to get married when they have bought a house; and for which they paid all their lives savings. However, they are in for a shock when in a few months, the builder runs into difficulties, and all their money is lost. At around this time, their boss and the owner of the firm, Shreeram Lagoo starts getting more interested in Chaya; and then the couple make an audacious plan. Lagoo is rich, alone, and a heart patient, and they figure that he will die soon after marriage, and then Chaya will be a rich widow. Chaya is not comfortable with this idea, but accepts it after persuasion. Soon, Chaya settles in the life of a married woman, and wonders of wonders, Lagoo starts getting better. Sudip starts seeing his plan going awry, and then when Chaya scolds Sudip for visiting often, he gets puzzled. The decision point finally occurs in the end when Modi (Shreeram Lagoo) gets a heart attack, and Chaya nurses him back to health; Sudip realizes that she is gone from his life forever, and leaves.
What can one say about this movie ? I really liked this movie, although the huge number of songs got to me sometime in the middle. The movie is a sensitive portrayal of the triangle, with the girl in the middle, and you see how her emotions slowly change as she gets to know the person to whom she is married to. The movie was a big hit for Sanjay Leela Bhansali, since his earlier movie, Khamoshi, was a critical success, but did not do too well at the box office. The success of Hum Dil De Chukhe Hain Sanam propelled Sanjay Leela Bhansali into the big league, and encouraged him to make his mega opus, Devdas. HDDCS also gave a big boost to the career and reputation of its heroine, Aishwarya Rai. Before this, Aishwarya did not have a great reputation an a star who could emote well, and a role where she had an opportunity to show a range of emotions was something that she would have welcomed. The success of the movie gave her reputation a big boost, something that her male stars (Salman Khan and Ajay Devgun) did not get to the same extent.
The movie is about a unique triangle. Aishwarya lives in a joint family in the Rann of Kutch, one which is very musically inclined as her father is a famed classical musical Pandit, and at the same time, protective of their honour. Aishwarya is the favorite daughter of her father, who is strict otherwise. And then comes in Salman Khan to their mansion, to learn music from her father. He has come all the way from Italy for this purpose. Initially, Nandini (Aishwarya) does not like Salman, also because she had to give up her room for him, and they play a lot of pranks on each other. But, as you would expect, soon they start to love each other, fairly deeply. For some time, this love is hidden, but at one point, her father, Pandit Darbar (Vikram Gokhale) finds out about this love affair. He is not the least bit supportive, and asks Salman to leave (his gift to his teacher), and orders Nandini to forget Salman, as she is to marry other. And then Nandini is married off to Vanraj (Ajay Devgun); Vanraj had seen Nandini at a function and fell in love with her. However, immediately after the marriage, Vanraj gets to know about the love that Nandini had for Sameer (Salman Khan) and promises to take her to Italy to be with Sameer (after the initial anger). They arrive in Italy, and as you might expect, searching for a person in a different country is not easy; they run into various issues, getting robbed once, and Nandini gets shot during the attempt. Vanraj takes care of her when she is in hospital, and slowly Nandini starts to start seeing Vanraj for the caring and loving person he is. Eventually they find Sameer through his mother (Helen), and when Salman finds out, he is overjoyed. It is at this time that Nandini has to decide, is she still in love with Sameer, or is she now conscious of her role as Vanraj's wife, and now in love with him ?
Awards won by the movie at the 2000 Filmfare Awards: Best Movie - Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Best Director - Sanjay Leela Bhansali Best Actress - Aishwarya Rai Best Male Playback - Udit Narayan, "Chand Chupa Badal Mein" Best Art Director - Nitin Chandrakant Desai Best Cinematographer - Anil Mehta Best Choreography - Saroj Khan, "Nimbooda" Best Background Score - Anjan Biswas
Videos of songs from the movie:
Tadap Tadap (sung by Kay Kay)
Ankhon ki gustakhiyan maaf ho
Jhonka Hawa Ka
Dholi Taro Dhal
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (title song)
Nimbooda
Albela Sajan aayo Re
Man Mohini Teri Ada
Chaand Chupa Badal Mein
Lyrics:
Tadap Tadap
Bejaan Dil Ko Bejaan Dil Ko Bejaan Dil Ko Tere Ishq Ne Zinda Kiya Phir Tere Ishq Ne Hi Is Dil Ko Tabah Kiya
Tadap Tadapke Is Dil Se Aah Nikalti Rahi Hai Mujhko Saza Di Pyaar Ki Aisa Kya Gunaah Kiya To Lut Gaye Haan Lut Gaye To Lut Gaye Hum Teri Mohabbat Mein
Tadap Tadapke Is Dil Se Aah Nikalti Rahi Hai Mujhko Saza Di Pyaar Ki Aisa Kya Gunaah Kiya To Lut Gaye Haan Lut Gaye To Lut Gaye Hum Teri Mohabbat Mein
Tadap Tadapke Is Dil Se Aah Nikalti Rahi Hai Mujhko Saza Di Pyaar Ki Aisa Kya Gunaah Kiya To Lut Gaye Haan Lut Gaye To Lut Gaye Hum Teri Mohabbat Mein
Tadap Tadapke Is Dil Se Aah Nikalti Rahi Hai Mujhko Saza Di Pyaar Ki Aisa Kya Gunaah Kiya To Lut Gaye Haan Lut Gaye To Lut Gaye Hum Teri Mohabbat Mein
Ajab Hai Ishq Yaara Pal Do Pal Ki Khushiyaan Gam Ke Khazaane Milte Hain Milti Hai Tanhaiyaan Kabhi Aansoon Kabhi Aahein Kabhi Shikve Kabhi Naalein Tera Chehra Nazar Aaye Tera Chehra Nazar Aaye Mujhe Din Ke Ujaalon Mein Teri Yaadein Tadpayein Teri Yaadein Tadpayein Raaton Ke Andheron Mein Tera Chehra Nazar Aaye Machal Machalke Is Dil Se Aah Nikalti Rahi Hai Mujhko Saza Di Pyaar Ki Aisa Kya Gunaah Kiya To Lut Gaye Haan Lut Gaye To Lut Gaye Hum Teri Mohabbat Mein
Agar Mile Khuda To Poochhoonga Khudaya Jism Mujhe Deke Mitti Ka Sheeshay Sa Dil Kyon Banaya Aur Us Pe Diya Fitrat Ke Woh Karta Hai Mohabbat Wah Re Wah Teri Kudrat Wah Re Wah Teri Kudrat Us Pe De Diya Kismat Kabhi Hai Milan Kabhi Furqat Kabhi Hai Milan Kabhi Furqat Hai Yehi Kya Vo Mohabbat Wah Re Wah Teri Kudrat Sisak Sisakke Is Dil Se Aah Nikalti Rahi Hai Mujhko Saza Di Pyaar Ki Aisa Kya Gunaah Kiya To Lut Gaye Haan Lut Gaye To Lut Gaye Hum Teri Mohabbat Mein
Tadap Tadapke Is Dil Se Aah Nikalti Rahi Hai Mujhko Saza Di pyaar Ki Aisa Kya Gunaah Kiya To Lut Gaye Haan Lut Gaye To Lut Gaye Hum Teri Mohabbat Mein
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Ankhon ki gustakhiyan maaf ho
Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyaan Maaf Hon O Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyaan Maaf Hon Ek Tuk Tumhein Dekhti Hain Jo Baat Kehna Chaahe Zubaan Tumse Vo Ye Kehti Hain
Aankhon Ki Sharmohaya Maaf Ho Tumhein Dekhke Jhukti Hain Uthi Aankhein Jo Baat Na Keh Sakin Jhuki Aankhein Vo Kehti Hain
Aankhon Ki Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyaan Maaf Hon
Kaajal Ka Ek Til Tumhare Labhon Pe Laga Loon La la la.. Haan Chanda Aur Suraj Ki Nazron Se Tumko Bacha Loon Hmmm.. Oh Palkhon Ki Chilman Mein Aao Main Tumko Chhupa Loon Aa.. Khayaalon Ki Ye Shokhiyaan Maaf Hon Har Dam Tumhein Sochti Hain Jab Hosh Mein Hota Hai Jahan Madhosh Ye Krti Hain
Aankhon Ki Sharmohaya Maaf Ho
Ye Zindagi Aapki Hi Amaanat Rahegi Ay Hey Dil Mein Sada Aapki Hi Mohabbat Rahegi Ay Hey In Saanson Ko Aapki Hi Zaroorat Rahegi Is Dil Ki Naadaniyaan Maaf Hon Ye Mere Kahan Sunti Hain Ye Pal Pal Jo Hote Hain Bepal Sanam To sapne Naye Bunti Hain
Aankhon Ki Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyaan Maaf Hon Sharmohaya Maaf Ho
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Jhokaa Hawa Ka
Jhonka Hawa Ka Aaj Bhi, Julfein Udaata Hoga Na, Tera Dupatta Aaj Bhi Tere, Sar Se Sarakta Hoga Na, Baalon Mein Tere Aaj Bhi, Phool Koi Sajta Hoga Na, Thandi Hawayein Raaton Mein Tujhko, Thapkiyaan Deti Hongi Na Chaand Ki Thandak Kwabon Mein Tujhko, Le Ke Toh Jaati Hogi Na, Sooraj Ki Kirnen Subah Ko Teri Needien Udaati Hogi Na, Mere Khayalon Mein Sanam, Khud Se hi Baatein Karti Hogi Na, Main Dekhta Hoon Chup Chup Ke Tumko, Mehasoos Karti Hogi Na, Jhonka Hawa Aaj Bhi Julfein Udaata Hoga Na
Tadeva Lagnam Kagaz Pe Meri, Tasveer Jaisi Kuch Toh Banati Hogi Na, Ulat Palat Ke, Dekh Ke Usko Jee Bhar Ke Hansti Hogi Na, Hanste Hanste Aankhen Tumhari, Bhar Bhar Aati Hongien Na, Mujhko Dhaka Tha, Dhoop Mein Jis Se, Woh Aanchal Bhigoti Hogi Na, Saawan Ki Rimjhim Mera Tarana, Yaad Dilati Hogi Na, Ik Ik Meri Baatein Tumko Yaad Toh Aati Hongein Na, Yaad Toh Aati Hogi Na, Yaad Toh Aati Hogi Na, Kya Tum Mere In Sab Sawalon Ka Kuch Toh Jawab Dogi Na
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Dholi Taro Dhol
Hey kha na na na na khankhanat hey ta na na na na tantanat ay ja na na na na na janjanat chha na na na na na na na ji ji ji ji ji hey.. haa
Jhananana Jhanjhanat Jhanjhar Baaje Re Aaj Tanananana Tantanat Manjeera Baaje Ghananana Ghanghanat Gori Ke Kangana Aaj Chhananana Chhanchhanat Paayal Sang Baaje Sar Par Chunar Odhe Niklegi Aaj Raadhe Lehra Lehrake Gopiyon Sang Kaanha Bhi Peechhe Peechhe Taang Koi Kheenche Kheenche Murli Se Barsaaye Nasur Tarang Dharti Aur Vo Gagan Jhoomenge Sang Sang Sabpe Chadhega Aaj Prem Rang Rangeen Gulaal Hoga Socho Kya Haal Hoga Nachenge Prem Rogi Dum Duma Dum Dum Dham Dham Datilal Datilal Dhidkit Dhidkit Dhilaal Baaje Mirdang Dhana Dhan Dhan Dhana Dhan Baaje Chham Chham Chham Chhamat Jhanjhar Jhamjhamat Ghungroo Ghamghamat Chamak Cham Chamake Hey Baaje Re Baaje Re Baaje Re Baaje Re Dhol Baaje
Hey hey.. Hey Baaje Re Baaje Re Baaje Re Dholi Taro Dhol Baaje Dhol Baaje Dhol Baaje Dhol Ki Dham Dham Baaje Dhol Ki Dholi Taro Dhol Baaje Dhol Baaje Dhol Baaje Dhol To Dham Dham Baaje Dhol Hey Hey Chhori Badi Anmol Meethe Meethe Iske Bol Aankhein Iski Gol Gol Gol Gol To Dham Dham Baaje Dhol Haan Haan Chhora Hai Natkhat Bole Hai Patpat Arre Chhede Mujhe Bole Aise Bol To Dham Dham Baaje Dhol
Hey.... Baaje Re Baaje Re Baaje Re Dham Dham Dhol Baaje Dhol Baaje Dhol Baaje Dhol To Dham Dham Baaje Dhol To Dham Dham Dham Baaje Dhol
Rasiyo Ye Roop Taro Chhoo Loon Zara Arre Na Arre Haan Arre Haan Haan Haan Haan Hey... Raat Ki Rani Jaise Roop Mera Mehkasa Mehkasa Mehkasa Mehkasa Udegi Mahak Mujhe Chhoo Na Tu Kyon Behkasa Bahkasa Behkasa sa sa sa sa Paas Aaja Meri Rani Tu Ne Nahin Meri Maani Karoonga Main Manmaani Mat Kar Shaitani Arre rererere.. Sarre rerere.. Pare rerere.. Ki Dholi Taro Dhin Dhinak Dhin Ki Dholi Taro Dhin Dhinak Dhin Ki Dholi Taro Hey.. Dhol Baaje Dhol Baaje Dhol Baaje Dhol Ki Dham Dham Baaje Dhol
Hey Hey Chhori Badi Anmol Meethe Meethe Iske Bol Aankhein Iski Gol Gol Gol Gol To Dham Dham Baaje Dhol Ho Ho Ho Chhora Hai Natkhat Bole Hai Patpat Chhede Mujhe Bole Aise Bol To Dham Dham Baaje Dhol
Dham Dham Dhol Baaje Dhol Baaje Dhol Baaje Dhol Ki Dham Dham Baaje Dhol Ki Dham Dham Dham Baaje Dhol
Hey Dham Dham Dham Dhol Baaje Baaje Re Dhol Baaje Dham Dham Dham Dham Dham Dhol Baaje Baaje Re Dhol Baaje Dham Dham Hungama Hungama Ho Gaya Hai Hungama Hungama Hungama Ma Ma Ma Ma Re.. Hungama Hungama Ho Gaya Hai Hungama Hungama Hungama Ma Ma Ma Ma Re.. Dham Dham Dham Dhol Baaje Hey Baaje Dham Dham Dham Dhol Baaje Hey Baaje Re Baaje Dham Dham Dham Dhol Baaje Baaje Re Dhol Baaje Dham Dham Dham Dham Dham Dham Hey Dham Dham Hey Dham Dham Dham Dhol Baaje Baaje Re Dhol Baaje Dham Dham Dham Dham Dham Dhol Baaje Baaje Re Dhol Baaje Dham Dham
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Title Song of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Tere Ho Gaye Hain Hum Teri Kasam Oh Ho Ho Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Tere Ho Gaye Hain Hum Teri Kasam
Ye Duniya Kare Sitamb Tujhpe Mitnege Hum Teri Kasam
Oh Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Tere Ho Gaye Hain Hum Teri Kasam Teri Kasam
Umeedein Tumhin Se Hain Mere Sanam Thaama Hai Tumhara Hi Ye Daaman Ho Bhoolenge Kabhi Na Ab Tumhein Hum Oh Bhoolenge Kabhi Na Ab Tumhein Hum Oh Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Tere Ho Gaye Hain Hum Teri Kasam Teri Kasam
Teri Yaadon Ke Saaye Mein Guzregi Ye Zindagi Us Khuda Ke Baad To Pooja Hogi Bas Teri Chaahe Jo Maanglo Sab Tumhara Hai Chaahe Jo Maanglo Sab Tumhara Hai Ho Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Tere Ho Gaye Hain Hum Teri Kasam
Ho Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Tere Ho Gaye Hain Hum Teri Kasam Teri Kasam .
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Nimbooda
Ye Nimbooda Ay Nimbooda Ho Ho Oo Ho... Dhinak Dhinak Dhinak Dhinta
Arre Layido Layido Laydo Arre Layido Layido Laydo Nimboo Layido Ja Khet Se Hariyala Nimbooda Layido Nimbooda Layido
Aa Nimboo Layido
Ah Ha
Deewanon Ki Buri Nazar Se Bachna Ho To Sunlo Deewanon Ki Buri Nazar Se Bachna Ho To Sunlo Arre Katto Katto Nimboo Tez Chori Se Sar Pe Kaato Phir Chhota Chhota Nimbooda Kya Jaadu Karega Dekho Ki Buri Nazar Vo Khatti Hoyegi Phir Char Raste Pe Vo Utar Giregi
To Layido Layido Laydo To Layido Layido Laydo Nimboo Layido Ja Ja Ja Khet Se Hariyala Nimbooda Layido Nimbooda Layido
Arre Kaacha Kaacha Chhota Chhota Nimbooda Layi Do Kaacha Kaacha Chhota Chhota Nimbooda Layi Do Kaacha Kaacha Chhota Chhota Nimbooda Layi Do Kaacha Kaacha Chhota Chhota Nimbooda Layi Do Nimbooda Layido Nimbooda Layido Haan Nimboo Layi Layi Layi Layido
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Albela Sajan Aayo Re
albela sajan aayo ri mora hatwar sukar aayo ri albela sajan aayo ri albela albela albela albela alebela albela
jyot purao magal gau sanann saanan jyot purao magal gau man rang ish payo ri
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Man Mohini Teri ada
Hey Mitti Pe Kheenchi Lakeerein Rab Ne To Ye Tasveer Bani Aag Hava Pani Ko Milaya To Phir Ye Tasveer Saji
Hey Hasti Teri Dishaal Kudrat Ka Tu Kamaal Hey Man Mohini Teri Ada Tujhe Jab Dekhle To Phir Ghata Barse Jhar Jhar Jhar Jhar Sarar Sarar Sarar Naache Chamak Chamak Vo Bijli Deewani Hai Bemisaal Tu Kori Kori Anchhui Tujh Mein Hai Kudrat Saari Khoyi Tujh Mein Hai Kudrat Saari Khoyi Khoyi Tujh Mein Hai Kudrat Saari Khoyi Khoyi
Tat ta..
Mitti Ki Hai Moorat Teri Masoomiyat Fitrat Teri Ye Saadapan Ye Bholapan Tu Mehki Mehki Tu Lehki Lehki Tu Chali Chali Har Gali Gali Tu Hava Ke Ghan Sang Sanana San Tera Ang Ang Jaise Jaltarang Koi Leher Leher Chali Teir Teir Paani Ka Mel Tere Tan Badan Jhar Jharar Jharar Angaarey Jaisa Tera Rom Rom Hai Dehka Dehka Agni Ka Khel Tu Agan Agan
Takir takir...
Zara Dhirak Dhirak Zara Lachak Lachak Kabhi Matak Matak Kabhi Thumak Thumak Khali Jhoom Jhoom Kabhi Ghoom Ghoom Dharti Ko Choom Mach Dhoom Dhoom Chanchal Badi Tu Natkhat Badi Dehki Bahaar Ras Ki Fuhaar Tere Teekhe Nain Tere Keshe Rain Ye Balkhana Ye Itrana .
Tat tat ...
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Chand Chupa Badal Mein
Chand Chupa Badal Mein, Sharma Ke Meri Jaana , Seene Se Lag Ja Tu, Bal kha Ke Meri Jaana, Gumsum Sa Hai, Gupchup Sa Hai Madhosh Hai,Khamosh Hai, Haan Ye Sama, Haan Ye Sama Kuch Aur Hai, Han Han Han Chand Chupa(Repeat)
Nazdikiyan Badh Jaane De, Arre Nahin Baba Nahin, Abhi Nahin Nahin Nahin, Door Se Hi Tum Jee Bhar Ke Dekho, Tum Hi Kaho Kaise Door Se Dekhoon, Chaand Ko Jaise Dekhta Chakor Hai, Aye, Gumsum Sa Hai, Ye Sama Kuch Aur Hai Ho Ho Ho, Chand Chupa Badal Mein(Repeat)
Aaja Re Aaja Re Chanda, Ki Jab Tak Tu Na Aayega, Sajana Ke Chere To Dekhne Ye Man Tarsa Jayega, Na Na Chanda Tu Nahin Aana , Tu Jo Aaya To, Sanam Sharma Ke Kahin Chala Jaye Na, Aaja Re Aaja Re Chanda, Tu Laakh Duayen Payega, Na Na Chanda Tu Nahin Aana, Varna Sanam Chala Jayega,
Aanchal Mein Tu Chup Jaane De, Arre Nahin Baba Nahin, Abhi Nahin Nahin Nahin, Julfon Mein Tum Kho Jaane Do, Arre Nahin Baba Nahin, Abhi Nahin Nahin Nahin, Pyaar To Naam Hai, Sabra Ka Humdam, Woh Bhala Bolo Kaise Karen Hum, Sawan Ki Raah Jaise Dekhe Mor Hai, He Rehne Bhi
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