अर्ज़ है....

क्यों झुकी हैं ये पलकें तेरी,
क्यों नहीं कुछ कहते ये लब तेरे,
क्यों करती है हम पर ज़ुल्म इतना,
क्यों नहीं होने देती हमें,
तेरी इस जां पे फना।

Revisiting Indian Cinema

"Kaanton se kheech ke ye aanchal ...tod ke bandhan bandhi paayal..." ...wow...its Wahida Rehman and our one and only Dev Anand saheb on the TV screen in the classic movie "Guide". And I must tell you...I am loving it. I had some faint remembrance of the climax of this movie as I watched it when I was a kid, but had no clue about the rest of the movie. And the same goes for most of the vintage movies. So I resolved to make a good use of the ample time I have this summer to take a dip in the old Indian cinema and this is the 2nd stop in the journey. The 1st being "Jaane bhee do yaaro"..which again was a pretty good movie..not to mention the hilarious mahabharata scene at the end of the movie. Thanks to Shapiro (UMICH Undergraduate library) for buying a huge collection of hindi classics.
The good thing about these old classics is that one really doesn't get bored of watching them. They have a story, the acting is unmatchable, and the songs are meaningful and melodious. So the next few stops in the journey are going to be Om Puri and Naseer bhai's "Aakrosh", Dev saheb's "C.I.D." and "Gambler", mystery and thriller flick "Khamosh", and Guru Dutt saheb's "Pyasa". Let me know if you want to join the trip. This summer is going to be painted with old but evergreen colors.