Prologue : December has more than its fair share of festivities. Close on the heels of Arun Sampath, Sudarshna Bhat visits Bangalore. The hosting duties pass from Gajendra to Kalyan. The SDB book changes hands from Arunabha to Ashok to Moloy and 2016 gives way to 2017. Amidst all this, songs are heard, sparks are ignited , and releases are planned. Here's an attempt to capture those memorable moments.
Kalyan sends a message that we can feel free to come early. I decide to go on time and realise I came early ☺ While i came empty handed, this gives me an opportunity to give him a hand. We replace the older TV with a flat monitor. As soon as Kalyan connects his laptop to the computer, i quipped" is the controversial quiz coming" To think of it controversy and Kalyan are oxymoron's. So quiz or not, the expectation is that we will have our hands and stomachs full.
The latter first since its festive season. Sweets and snacks are neatly spread out by Kalyan. I could spot Fruit Burfi, Kaju Katli and Jahangri ? Chivda and Bhujia complement the sugar blast. A few doorbells ring and we have everyone except Anup.
Ashok and lesser know lyricists have been linked for ever. He picks Veer Mohammadpuri and I say Zindagi Aur Hum. Tuu hamko dekh is the only song written by him. Ashok then mentions Satyendra Athyaiya. Kalyan adds thst he was married to the oscar winning choreographer Bhanu. Ashok and Chetan find a balcony strategically positioned for smoke breaks. It's conducted in secrecy with doors and windows closed.
Kalyan talks about Geeta Dutt calendar and Bharati and Archana's contribution. He shows the soft copy of images and writeup. He adds that it got delayed but will be released in a week. Chetan responds " Your deadline is tomorrow".
Kalyan starts, although Ganti is SDB fan he has publicised chaitanya mahaprabhu and hyderabad kind Nazneen more. I pitch in that if you ask Delhi folks, they would identify me with Roshan than other composers.
Kalyan plays "nazron men samaane se qaraar" and claims it to be my farmaish. Kalyan adds that we are marveling at Khans as heroes in 50s but actor Jairaj was leading man in 5 decades and even did his own stunts. He quotes an incident in which he is riding a horse and comes to the edge of the fort. The horse comes to a screeching halt. "How can a horse come to screeching halt ? " is the audience response. Then Kalyan picks "sapne hue saanche" from chaitanya mahaprabhu and attributes it to me. What a hidden agenda of playing songs and claiming it to be others request. Meanwhile others get their chance. Moloy apparently requested another song from singaar but it appeared to me that Kalyaan is playing entire singaar track. Ashok requests for an Asha song that was introduced to him by Vish at Portland meet. I make my first farmaish with "shaam ki tanhayian" from Zarak Khan and add that it's written by Anand Bakshi. Ashok notes that this is Anand Bakshi before he was corrupted by LP.
Kalyan requests for restrictive farmaish and asks Ashok to pick a song of Lacchiram. Ashok does one better by picking a Lacchiram - Anand Bakshi combo, " dhalti jaaye raat". Kalyan adds that he likes Asha - Rafi duets although he is not a big fan of either. He adds that he likes one particular song in which Ravi is crisp and Asha is sweet. I add that "ai sabaa key zaraa " is among my favorites and Kalyan adds that he had the same song in mind. He plays the song and once again says that it's Ganti's farmaish. On looking at visuals of Manipal and Shakeela, Moloy exclaims " beauty and beast". Chiranjeev ji adds that Manipal and Sahu Modak were among his favourite childhood actors as kids and were allowed to watch only mythologicals and religious movies.
Gajendra requests Rekha bharadwaaj song and Chiranjeev Singh chimes that her voice is similar to Sharda. So we hear a song from around the world. Meanwhile a controversy from Ruksana is beaten to death. RD Burman and Ravi's classical output is debated and Moloy jumps in " what's wrong with Ravi". I point to an old article by Ashok where he said that Ravi has only 6 songs ! Ashok himself is scratching his head to remember this article. Chetan bats for Arunabha and yours truly for digging old posts of Ashok.
Gajendra requests another song by popon and warns that the video should not be seen. Chetan exclaims that we are not jumping decades and centuries but millenia.
We break for lunch as Pizza is delivered. Anup comes right behind the delivery guy. It's left to the readers imagination if Anup came just for the food as he was soon ready to leave☺ We enjoy pizza while catching up on interesting anecdotes like how Anup and Sudarshana found that their fathers were consecutive principals of the same school. Rasgullas and sweet curd round up the delicacies.
Sudarshna sheepishly remarks that he isnt requesting as its relatively new. He asks for a song from 80's movie pooja. We all rack our brains for the composer and find its Anu Malik. Ashok adds " oh he has composed the best song of 2015". So we listen to " ye mooh mooh ke dhaage". Sudarshna's son requests the title song of Uljhan. While this points to generation gap we wonder who's the father and who's the son ☺
Anup lobbies for the Kishore version and a seemingly innocent query on the Lata version opens a can of worms. Kalyan adds fuel to fire by declarering that the only song where Lata version is better than Talat is from Kunwari. He goes on play the song and thankfully doesn't attribute it to my list of imaginary farmaishes.
New Year plans mean that we leave a little early than planned giving Kalyan the perfect excuse for not doing his controversial quiz. Hopefully we will have it for the next meet. Here's wishing everyone a happy and musical new year.
Kalyan sends a message that we can feel free to come early. I decide to go on time and realise I came early ☺ While i came empty handed, this gives me an opportunity to give him a hand. We replace the older TV with a flat monitor. As soon as Kalyan connects his laptop to the computer, i quipped" is the controversial quiz coming" To think of it controversy and Kalyan are oxymoron's. So quiz or not, the expectation is that we will have our hands and stomachs full.
The latter first since its festive season. Sweets and snacks are neatly spread out by Kalyan. I could spot Fruit Burfi, Kaju Katli and Jahangri ? Chivda and Bhujia complement the sugar blast. A few doorbells ring and we have everyone except Anup.
Ashok and lesser know lyricists have been linked for ever. He picks Veer Mohammadpuri and I say Zindagi Aur Hum. Tuu hamko dekh is the only song written by him. Ashok then mentions Satyendra Athyaiya. Kalyan adds thst he was married to the oscar winning choreographer Bhanu. Ashok and Chetan find a balcony strategically positioned for smoke breaks. It's conducted in secrecy with doors and windows closed.
Kalyan talks about Geeta Dutt calendar and Bharati and Archana's contribution. He shows the soft copy of images and writeup. He adds that it got delayed but will be released in a week. Chetan responds " Your deadline is tomorrow".
Kalyan starts, although Ganti is SDB fan he has publicised chaitanya mahaprabhu and hyderabad kind Nazneen more. I pitch in that if you ask Delhi folks, they would identify me with Roshan than other composers.
Kalyan plays "nazron men samaane se qaraar" and claims it to be my farmaish. Kalyan adds that we are marveling at Khans as heroes in 50s but actor Jairaj was leading man in 5 decades and even did his own stunts. He quotes an incident in which he is riding a horse and comes to the edge of the fort. The horse comes to a screeching halt. "How can a horse come to screeching halt ? " is the audience response. Then Kalyan picks "sapne hue saanche" from chaitanya mahaprabhu and attributes it to me. What a hidden agenda of playing songs and claiming it to be others request. Meanwhile others get their chance. Moloy apparently requested another song from singaar but it appeared to me that Kalyaan is playing entire singaar track. Ashok requests for an Asha song that was introduced to him by Vish at Portland meet. I make my first farmaish with "shaam ki tanhayian" from Zarak Khan and add that it's written by Anand Bakshi. Ashok notes that this is Anand Bakshi before he was corrupted by LP.
Kalyan requests for restrictive farmaish and asks Ashok to pick a song of Lacchiram. Ashok does one better by picking a Lacchiram - Anand Bakshi combo, " dhalti jaaye raat". Kalyan adds that he likes Asha - Rafi duets although he is not a big fan of either. He adds that he likes one particular song in which Ravi is crisp and Asha is sweet. I add that "ai sabaa key zaraa " is among my favorites and Kalyan adds that he had the same song in mind. He plays the song and once again says that it's Ganti's farmaish. On looking at visuals of Manipal and Shakeela, Moloy exclaims " beauty and beast". Chiranjeev ji adds that Manipal and Sahu Modak were among his favourite childhood actors as kids and were allowed to watch only mythologicals and religious movies.
Gajendra requests Rekha bharadwaaj song and Chiranjeev Singh chimes that her voice is similar to Sharda. So we hear a song from around the world. Meanwhile a controversy from Ruksana is beaten to death. RD Burman and Ravi's classical output is debated and Moloy jumps in " what's wrong with Ravi". I point to an old article by Ashok where he said that Ravi has only 6 songs ! Ashok himself is scratching his head to remember this article. Chetan bats for Arunabha and yours truly for digging old posts of Ashok.
Gajendra requests another song by popon and warns that the video should not be seen. Chetan exclaims that we are not jumping decades and centuries but millenia.
We break for lunch as Pizza is delivered. Anup comes right behind the delivery guy. It's left to the readers imagination if Anup came just for the food as he was soon ready to leave☺ We enjoy pizza while catching up on interesting anecdotes like how Anup and Sudarshana found that their fathers were consecutive principals of the same school. Rasgullas and sweet curd round up the delicacies.
Sudarshna sheepishly remarks that he isnt requesting as its relatively new. He asks for a song from 80's movie pooja. We all rack our brains for the composer and find its Anu Malik. Ashok adds " oh he has composed the best song of 2015". So we listen to " ye mooh mooh ke dhaage". Sudarshna's son requests the title song of Uljhan. While this points to generation gap we wonder who's the father and who's the son ☺
Anup lobbies for the Kishore version and a seemingly innocent query on the Lata version opens a can of worms. Kalyan adds fuel to fire by declarering that the only song where Lata version is better than Talat is from Kunwari. He goes on play the song and thankfully doesn't attribute it to my list of imaginary farmaishes.
New Year plans mean that we leave a little early than planned giving Kalyan the perfect excuse for not doing his controversial quiz. Hopefully we will have it for the next meet. Here's wishing everyone a happy and musical new year.
