How CAN you resist clicking that tiny triangular button?This was written by C Ramachandra and Rajinder Krishnan for the soundtrack of "Aasha" in 1957, and features a fairly young an inexperienced Asha Bhosle as "playback" singer over an "In The Mood" pastiche
September 04, 2005 at 07:08 AM:I spend all night considering the plight of those who are, for all intents and purposes, struggling to survive even as they realize the complete failure of that which they were told they could rely upon, that which made them a part of something, the best thing. Afterwards I walk out into the world and see the symptoms of a sun just beginning to rise. It's cloudy, ...
I've recently developed a Bollywood obsession, and begun rediscovering the classic Indian cinema I grew up with. I speak Punjabi, but like most non-Hindi speaking desis, I still watch the films and get the gist of what's happening anyway. For those of you not in the know, a typical Bollywood film is like a Western musical, with spontaneous interjections of song and dance. For whatever reason,...