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Feb 25

Wishing you Good Night with the song "Wo paas rahen ya door rahen" from the film "Badi Bahan" (1949).
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Narration: Capt Deepak Kanathey and Col Gyan Prakash.
This song “Wo paas rahen ya door rahen” is a song that touches the heart strings of the audience.

The lyrics capture the sentiments of a young lady in love in 1940s so well. Imagine the social situation in the country where women were supposed to keep their feelings bottled up, and even men were no better, a song like this gives vent to the feelings of millions of hearts.

Considering that this song is sung and acted on screen by Suraiyya (a big heart throb of those days), the effect is truly magical.
A truly beautiful song and haunting melody. The scene it's featured in is just as cute. How the hero (Rahman) walks her (Suraiyya) home,

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Feb 25

A PANAMA CASE
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Brig K Nandakumaran (Retd)
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Panama, ha, the name takes us back to NDA nostalgically where it was the choice of brand of cigarettes the cadets smoked.
Cadets and smoking?
You are right about what you are thinking.
Cadets were not supposed to smoke.

But for any self-respecting macho guy, who believed in breaking rules, this was the first of the ones he broke. They smoked, which was a profoundly serious offence; many a time got caught and underwent punishments, but it didn't really stop this menace.

Smoking types were a Band of Brothers; they were the ultimate ‘pals’. There was no distinction of course, squadron, the region they belonged to etc when it came to chimney (smoker-type) pals. That was the ultimate of all the bondings.

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Feb 24

Wishing you Good Night with the song "Koi lauta de mere beete huye din" from the film "Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein" (1964).
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Narration: Capt Deepak Kanathey and Col Gyan Prakash.
Kishore Kumar is known for singing happy songs bubbling with joie de vivre.

But he could sing sad songs just as well. In fact, he has sung some wonderful sad songs reflecting different shades of sadness.
When it comes to nostalgic songs, there's absolutely no doubt that his song “Koi lauta de mere” would rank amongst the top nostalgic songs of all times.

This song was from Kishore Kumar’s home production movie “Door Gagan Ki Chhaaon Mein” in which he wore multiple hats. He was not just the writer, producer, director and the lead actor, he was the singer and the music director of this movie as well.

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Feb 23

Wishing you Good Night with the song "Kahin pe nigahen kahin pe nishana" from the film "CID"(1956).
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Narration: Capt Deepak Kanathey and Col Gyan Prakash.
Incidentally this was the debut film of Waheeda Rehman. This song, sung by Shamshad Begum, is picturised on

Waheeda Rehman, Dev Anand and the film's villain Bir Sakuja. To help Dev Anand hide and distract her boss Bir, Kamini (Waheeda Rehman) sings this song. She sings, “Your eyes look elsewhere and you are perceiving something else. Let me live. Don’t make me crazy about you.”

The song opens with Waheeda Rehman strumming a Gambusi ndogo (सारंगी). Bir Sakuja is trying to find out if there is a secret she is keeping. She quickly goes in front of him and blocks his path. The dance choreography is typical of olden days. Nothing much to write home about.

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Feb 23

🔸️Men's Underwear Index (MUI)🔸️
Men's Underwear Index (MUI) is an economic index used to measure the strength of the economy based on the demand of underwear. This index was championed by former Federal Reserve head, Alan Greenspan, as a means of detecting a looming recession

or the beginning of a recovery. It is based on the theory that men will cut back on buying new underwear when they are worried about their finances and stretch the use of the old ones instead. US sales of men’s underwear fell significantly from 2007 to 2009, during

the Great Recession, but gained steam again in 2010 as the economy recovered. Research says that underwear is the last to be replaced by men during a recession as it does not catch the eye of other fellow human beings.

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Feb 22

Wishing you Good Night with the song "Raat ne kyaa kyaa khwaab dikhaaye" from the film "Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani" (1957).
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Narration: Capt Deepak Kanathey and Col Gyan Prakash.
This song, sung by Talat Mahmood, has been picturised on the maestro himself.

Shailendra has written this superbly imaginative song. Salil Chaudhary has composed the music.
In the movie Talat plays a doctor who is posted to a little village, where he meets Jaya (Mala Sinha); the two are attracted to each other. But, they have to separate from each other.

Well, the fact is that the song does tug at your emotions and leaves you with an emptiness that Talat must have felt when parting from Jaya in the film.
Have you ever loved some one so deeply and having done so; you suddenly lose that someone ?

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