the love song..

Right now, as i am staying tuned to Radio Mirchi, it's playing some lovely songs from 60s and 70s and my mind is trailing back to that bygone era of hindi cinema. If there was any time machine invented, i would have loved to visit Bombay during late 60s -upto mid 70s. Such an interesting time that was with all it's musical brilliance, cinematic grandeur, and polka dots and bell-botoms. There are some movies during this time,, which i love to watch again n again in like "Yadoon ki barat", "Zamane ko dikhana hain", "Anand", "Kati Patang" etc. I love the simplicity of these stories dealing with simple ups n downs in human lives, their hopes and sorrows n joy - broadley divided in eith black or white. Telling about movies of that time, i also have some favourite heroes during that period. I have a huge dislike for Rajesh Khanna for his mannerisms and that smug look on his face all the time..but this man simply won my heart in Anand and Kati Patang. And who will forget Sashi Kapur in Sharmili- i have never thought before seeing him that dimples can look that good on a man. Sashi Kapur had the perfect combination of royalty and earthiness in him. Apart from them, i also had a liking for that bespectacled hero of Yadoon ki Barat and Hum Kisi se Kam Nahi- whose name i don't know but who lipped that unforgettable song " Chand mera dil" in the latter film. But above all my chart is topped my Rishi Kapur in 70s with his child-of-the-sun like smile, impeccable style sense and boyish charm- which can make any lady go weak on her knees ( that's my belief! ). There are two Rishi Kapur songs which i can listen to again and again- One is "Kahi na Ja" from the movie "Bade dilwale". The sequence was set in a party and when Rishi Kapur placed his hand on Tina munim's shoulder and crooned "Baho mein aa ja" , it was the loveliest line a man can sing to a woman. Another song, which i am simply crazy about is "Hoga tumse pyara kaun" from "Zamane ko dikhana hain". The entire song was shot on the roof-top of a train with Rishi trying to break the ice between a lamenting Padmini Kolhapure and him. and when he finished the line with " Aakhir hain humara kaun..humko to tumse hain.e kanchan...pyar", it was an earnest wish of a gawky girl, in her early teens, watching the song in small screen- that if she were in the place of the heroin and her hero would love her enough to jump and sing on the top of a running train to please her- what more can anyone ask for in life? For me, he is the most romantic hero till date in hindi cinema. Now, when i see an pot-bellied, puffy eyed ( the obvious consequence of the famous liquor addiction of Kapur Scions ) Rishi Kapur on -screen , playing baap kinda roles - there is only one line comes to my mind- how time flies? But there is only one part of him which had not been changed with the ages- and that is his smile. with all it's freshness and charm And he smiles again..and again,i become that teenage girl- sitting on the top of the-train, sun set behind and he is whistling again"humko to tumse hain..pyar"..