My Rain Medley

the monsoon has arrived and Kolkata is drenched with rain finally...

presenting here some of my most fav rain songs as a Medley



Tip Tip Barsa Paani

Everytime It Rains - Ace of Base

Pyar Hua Iqrar Hua - Shree 420

Rain - Madonna

Rimjhim Gire Sawan - Rahul Dev Burman

Blame It On The Weatherman - B*Witched

Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhagi Si - Kishore Kumar

Bhaage Re Mann - Sunidhi Chauhan

Sawaar Loon

One of my fav songs of recent times...

'Sawaar Loon' from the movie 'Lootera'

Top 10 Indian Filmi Dialogues

10. Kuttay, Kameenay mai tumhe jaan se maar doonga

9. Mai tumhara ehasaan zindagi bhar nahin bhuloonga

8. Itnay paisay tum kahan se laaye?

7. Main tumharay bina mar jaa-oongi.

6. Bacchhhaaaaaooooo. ….

5. Yeh anyay hai bhagwan

4. Bataoo, heeray kahan hai.

3. Tum mere liye mar chuke ho.

2. Police meeray peechay lagi hui hai.

—-> And the number one statement is ….
1. Mai tumharay bachhe ki maa ban-nay waali hoon.

-from http://hindisms.org/sms/bollywood

Rajesh Khanna passes away

Rajesh Khanna: The legend

Rajesh Khanna, the original superstar of the Hindi film industry, died at his home, Aashirvad, in Mumbai on Wednesday at the age of 69.

The yesteryear actor was ailing since quite a while and had just been discharged from Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital on Tuesday. He had been diagnosed with a kidney problem.

Reports said that Rajesh Khanna was not responding to medicines and had been put on IV and had been grasping for breath since morning.  He had been put on life support.

His family was present with him and his doctor and physician were also next to him. 

 Television reports said that his son-in-law Akshay Kumar had returned from his shoots abroad to be by his side. All his family members had already gathered at his Bandra house which has been cordoned off by police officials.

Born Jatin Khanna on December 29, 1942, he took up the screen name of Rajesh Khanna when he entered filmdom. He acted in 163 films, including 106 as the hero.

Khanna won 3 Filmfare Best Actor Awards, four BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi), and also the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.

He debuted in films in 1966 with the film Aakhri Khat. He attained unprecedented heights of stardom with films like Aradhana, Amar Prem, Kati Patang, Khamioshi, Raaz, Baharon Ke Sapne, Ittefaq, etc.

He married Dimple Kapadia in March 1973, but the couple separated in 1984. He has two daughters – Twinkle (Akshay Kumar’s wife) and Rinkie – from that marriage.

-(Yahoo! India Movies)

the platform singer of Bally station

This was in the month of December 2011, when as a part of my rural training programme I had to go to Rural Health Center at Singur. I was enrolled as an MD student in Community Medicine with AIIHPH (All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health).
As I stayed in Dumdum, I had to change station from Bally station to catch the Tarakeshwar local from there to reach Singur. On one such day as I sat on the platform waiting for the train to come, this Man (Md. Munna) came and sat opposite to me and started singing Bollywood songs on his own and also playing the Dhol at the same time.
At times when there came any announcement from the platform loud-speakers he would pause for the people to listen to the announcement and thereafter recommence again from there onwards.
The guy seemed to have his own swagger. He was doing what pleased him to do the most. As the singing continued, many people gathered to listen to him. Some also gave him little money as a token for his talent which he gladly accepted, and I think that is what he does for a living....
Soon my train arrived, I left the platform to reach my destination but his songs, and voice still rings in my heart....