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Mar 11

Wishing you Good Night with the song *"Sayonara Sayonara"* from the film "Love in Tokyo" (1966).
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Narration: Capt Deepak Kanathey and Col Gyan Prakash.

Having lived through the era when this movie was released, I can vouch that this song was the most popular song of this movie, especially among kids.
Even older Indians added a Japanese word to their vocabulary thanks to this song, and that word was ‘Sayonara” (good bye).

In this movie, Asha Parekh (dressed in a Kimono) seeks the leave of Joy Mukherji with the promise to see him again the next day. But Joy Mukherji, lovestruck that he is with her, continues to pursue her throughout Tokyo for the duration of this song.

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@AshTheWiz

Mar 11

There was a Bus Conductor, who was very rude to his passengers.
One day, a beautiful young girl, of around 18 years, tried to board the bus, but he didn't stop the bus.
Unfortunately, the beautiful young girl came under the bus and died on the spot.

Angry passengers took the conductor to the police station, who in turn took him to the court.
The Judge was not at all impressed with him and gave him capital punishment.
He was taken to the electrocution chamber. There was a single chair in the center of the room.

The conductor was strapped to the chair and high voltage current was given to him. But, to everyone's amazement, he survived. The judge decided to set him free, and he returned to his profession.
A couple of months later, an elderly gentleman tried to board the bus.

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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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Commander Ashok Bijalwan 🇮🇳

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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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