30 Responses to "Dekh to kyaa hai aaj ki mehfil"
September 25, 2011 at 2:06 pm
Mem Didi,
The manner in which you capture the ambience of a song situation just bowls me over. And your attention to detail is simply tremendous. The accomnpanying male dancers “barely managing to save their eyes” (LOL), the director lurking behind dark glasses etc. I must say that your reviews and your commentary is exactly what the movies are meant to be – enjoy and have fun.
And yes, a wonderful reminder of a song. Thanks a ton. 🙂
Rgds
Sudhir
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September 25, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Atul ji,
Kudos and congratulations, for the 47 century milestone. The 5000 number does not seem intimidating any more. 🙂
Rgds
Sudhir
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September 25, 2011 at 2:19 pm
Thanks ! Yes, the figure of 5000 now looks within striking distance. Of course we cannot afford to be overconfident. 🙂
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September 25, 2011 at 9:23 pm
Thanks Prakash and Sudhir and Atul…it is a wonderful song indeed with many things to love. Just like this blog and its contributors 🙂
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September 25, 2011 at 9:37 pm
Thanks a lot for this writeup. I absolutely loved it, and I in fact have played up this song on the blog many a times after posting it. 🙂 I must say that Faryal has done superbly in this song. It is so unfortunate that she in those days was regarded as synonymous with “waster of opportunities”. Perhaps she was too far ahead of times. The song is indeed quite a gem which I was not aware of till I read your review of this movie.
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September 26, 2011 at 12:57 am
She is such a great dancer, very athletic. I suppose she was a little “too bold” or maybe she wasn’t willing to do what it took to get opportunities at that time 😉
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September 25, 2011 at 10:06 pm
Ha ha..typical Greta post. Just love it!!! 🙂
The way she is able to describe a scene, a song, a situation, a story – it never ceases to amaze me! You can see she throws herself into it and lets it flow – with an absolutely wicked sense of humor to boot! 🙂
This is a fab song and deserves to be much better known than it is. The Asha-RD combo is on full display here. And the dance? Awesome! Faryal and the men around her, all skimpily dressed, look like they’re having a ball!
I always felt Faryal was one of the few in Bollywood who felt very comfortable with her sexuality – no inhibitions, no half-measures, no hypocrisy. But in all the focus on her body, what sometimes gets overlooked is that she has very striking facial features too. The type that make her instantly recognizable in a crowd. Would be nice to know what happened to her after the mid-70s (imdb has her last movie noted as 1977).
Congrats, Atul, on getting to 4700!!! What a journey – and I’m so privileged to have been part of it from the very first day. All I can say is, keep it going, we are all here to help you in any way we can.
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September 25, 2011 at 10:28 pm
Is it not a wonderful write up ? Greta ji manages to observe so many things in the picturisation that most mortals cannot even notice. and then she comes up with her inimitable way of describing them with her own sense of humour. I think we should have a name for this kind of humour-Gretaism, perhaps ? 🙂
Indeed we have reached to 4700 almost without realising it. And your contribution right from the earliest days have been a great source of support and encouragement to me. And I cannot thank you enough for all your contributions, a few of them almost without any prior notice.
With time, several like minded regulars have joined in and now it is a teamwork which is what is making all these centuries getting notched up at regular intervals.
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September 25, 2011 at 11:08 pm
Atul, somebody on Greta’s blog came up with a brilliant term “gretacize”.
As in “Memsaab, when are you going to gretacize this movie?” 🙂
Let’s just say, we eagerly await the next song that memsaab will gretacize for your blog. 😉
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September 26, 2011 at 12:58 am
Thank you guys 🙂 You both make blogging so much fun with your wit and appreciation!
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September 26, 2011 at 3:46 pm
i didn’t particularly like the song when i heard it yesterday. probably bcoz too much time lost in “bufferin”. but Greta Ji what a write up. Amazing!!! and the word that raja Ji has introduced “Gretacize” Wah!!! Kya Baat Hai!!! Subhanallah!!! {if i may use the term}
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September 25, 2011 at 10:44 pm
Memsaab, don’t you also love their silvery scarves, matching Faryal’s outfit, and the fact that they haven’t shaved their chests? 🙂
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September 25, 2011 at 10:44 pm
And Atul, congratulations on your 4700th post. Wow!
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September 26, 2011 at 1:40 am
Skimpily dressed male dancers in cabaret songs are sadly very rare in Bollywood, so thanks Greta for showing us this clip! The only other song clip I remember with half-naked male dancers is ‘Pyar do pyar lo’ from Janbaaz.
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September 26, 2011 at 7:17 am
I think they are there in several cabarat clips, it is just that they go unnoticed.
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September 26, 2011 at 7:02 pm
Oh I could do a whole list of cabaret numbers with scantily clad men. What a good idea, actually!
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September 26, 2011 at 7:29 pm
Indeed, that is a good idea for one of your forthcoming blog posts.
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September 27, 2011 at 5:14 am
I am just waiting to see that post of yours, and here’s my prediction – you will be getting a million, nay, a zillion hits that day!
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September 26, 2011 at 6:53 am
Whoa! That was a positively riotous write up by memsaab, matched by a riot of a song and dance by Faryal – “frantic shimmying”, “more stuff on her head than on her body” – you had me in splits there! I have never heard this song until today, but thoroughly enjoyed myself reading the write up and watching it and I am now wondering why this song didn’t make it to my attention in those days!
Congratulations on reaching your 4700th song, Atul! Song no. 5000 is right around the corner at this rate!
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September 26, 2011 at 7:16 am
Nice to see your comments again. Yes, this writeup shows us the way how to enjoy songs like this which many moviegoers may not have paid much attention to. The reason why this song is not all that well known is because it was from ‘Puraskaar” (1970) which was not a big production house movie. Even I was not aware of this song and this movie till I read the glowing review of this movie in memsaab’s blog.
Thanks a lot for your congratulations. Indeed, with 4700 songs up, 5000 hopefully should not be too far away.
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September 26, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Ha ha, Lalitha, I just write down what I see! 🙂 There’s always a party going on in my head.
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September 26, 2011 at 3:56 pm
who is the lady shown during the song. the one with a disapproving expression
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September 26, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Yes, it is Sapna, the heroine of the film. IS Johar is in there too, disguised as a sheikh as well, I forgot to mention him (!).
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September 25, 2011 at 10:16 am
Atulji,
Congrats for another century.
Greta ji
Thanks
for the post and the song.
This is my favourite song too.
regards
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September 25, 2011 at 10:18 am
Thanks ! I became aware of this song only after I read the review of this movie in Greta ji’s blog.
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