Just learned that Basu Chatterjee passed away. My 70s movie memories are not Deewaar and Sholay but Piya ka Ghar, Rajnigandha, Chitchor, Guddi, Bawarchi... sweet films about ordinary people like those I knew.
A #rajnigandha offering: bit.ly/2z5VR9s
"Kayi baar yun bhi dekhaa hai
Ye jo man ki seemaa rekhaa hai,
Man todane lagataa hai
Anjaanee pyaas ke peechhe,
Anjaanee aas ke peechhe,
Man daudane lagataa hai"
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If you haven't watched 'Piya ka Ghar,' you really should, for a loving glimpse of life in small Bombay flats.
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Yeh jeevan hai.
This film with these delightful songs I cannot choose from. I do now cringe at the sexism but that does not diminish the joy of seeing those Bombay buses and bus-stops. And the songs. And performances.
Chhoti si baat.
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Tu jo mere sur mein. Chitchor.
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Since @SrBachchan has mentioned this gorgeous song, I must now share the link, and because I cannot choose between the AB/Kishore Kumar version and the rainy tour of South Bombay, both:
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@SrBachchan Not just shot in places that were home, but I love how fast they walk... like real Bombayites/ Mumbaikars who don't dawdle even when they stroll.... ❤
'Swami' had 'Ka karoon sajni' but I love this song: Pal bhar mein yeh kya ho gaya. bit.ly/3733ZnM
I was in high school when I watched it, I think, and already, the ending left me with questions. But still, a film whose visuals remain in my memory.
Because every thread is improved with the addition of a little Dev Anand (and solely for that reason), this song from 'Man Pasand': bit.ly/2MtlrrT
Imho, nowhere in the same league as the other songs linked here.
"Sapna dekhe mere khoye khoye naina/
Mitwa mere tu bhi seekh le sapne dekhna."
Anand Mahal. bit.ly/3czRL70
And because even a Twitter thread must be systematically researched, I looked up IMDB and remembered this film: bit.ly/3cDdmM8
Baaton Baaton Mein.
And this delightful title song from Khatta Meetha.
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Most of our films today seem so ostentatious by contrast to these films, and crude violence replaces a gentle, humane irony as our nod to realism, and we have lost somethin.... Innocence? Simplicity? Probably, both.
A postscript for this thread, the exquisite 'Tumhe dekhti hoon' bit.ly/2XYUVfw from a Basu Chatterji film I have not seen, Tumhare Liye. But what a song!
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