tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post3988113679477595030..comments2024-03-19T01:01:34.335-04:00Comments on Conversations Over Chai: Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai (1961)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-68012589903402224172013-05-06T13:54:07.352-04:002013-05-06T13:54:07.352-04:00Yes, of course there is a YouTube version, only th...Yes, of course there is a YouTube version, only they hid it so deep inside their search results that it was only by chance that I found it at all. <br /><br /><i>so much in common that we might be long lost twins.</i> <br /><br />Oh, my! One of you wasn't enough? {Grin} All the best for your finals.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-48587663435369175952013-05-05T22:51:50.678-04:002013-05-05T22:51:50.678-04:00Wait. There's a YOUTUBE VERSION? O.O I must wa...Wait. There's a YOUTUBE VERSION? O.O I must watch it right after finals!!!!<br /><br />This is what I get for using the youtube app on my ipad instead of a real computer, haha.<br /><br />Yes! Bombaynoir and I have a lot in common...so much in common that we might be long lost twins. :DDAvGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-7481325531690797382013-04-28T12:31:47.503-04:002013-04-28T12:31:47.503-04:00Bombay Noir's friend? Why am I not surprised? ...Bombay Noir's friend? Why am I not surprised? [grin]. Which version did you see? I caught this one and it wasn't too bad. <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2MtuFtkLjM<br />Yes, 'Popatlal' is usually found dressed in the most atrocious of costumes in quite a few films, and he was made to act obnoxiously in them.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-36257794126101639282013-04-28T03:04:08.081-04:002013-04-28T03:04:08.081-04:00WAIT WAIT WAIT
Sorry for my extreme reaction, but...WAIT WAIT WAIT<br /><br />Sorry for my extreme reaction, but I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR THIS MOVIE (to join in the excitement of my awesome friend bombaynoir, haha). And I found an online version which was terrible because it kept skipping around to random parts! Aaah! I absolutely LOVED about the first 30 minutes, but I didn't want to do this movie (and the extremely handsome Dev) an injustice by watching the terrible version...Dude, and what is the real Popat Lal even wearing? And he's dressed up like this in MORE than one movie?!AvGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-90812820037364884062013-04-26T19:22:40.763-04:002013-04-26T19:22:40.763-04:00Actually, I have no idea why the real Popatlal was...Actually, I have no idea why the real Popatlal was there in the film either. :( There are very few films where the comedy comes through organically - usually, they introduce a side plot which is more annoying than comic, and I always sympathised with the actors forced into these roles - I wonder how Rajendranath felt always being the buffoon, and more often than not, put into the most outrageous costumes. He must have been very thankful for <i>Tere Ghar Ke Saamne</i>!Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-744001474842478892013-04-26T15:54:07.474-04:002013-04-26T15:54:07.474-04:00One thing I never understood was the need to intro...One thing I never understood was the need to introduce Rajendranath as a 'fake Popatlal' and if my memory serves me right, it was never explained (or maybe the DVD makers didn't understand it, either, so they chopped it off!). As Shilpi so rightly puts it, why are the comedians portrayed as buffoons? Why couldn't we have had some honest fun? Tere Ghar ke Samne was so much better in that respect.Lalithanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-44498725738817267062013-04-26T12:09:04.926-04:002013-04-26T12:09:04.926-04:00[grin] So he turned around to hunt her instead?[grin] So he turned around to hunt her instead?Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-63964490499078582192013-04-26T10:21:12.926-04:002013-04-26T10:21:12.926-04:00"sixth sense" is something that all hunt..."sixth sense" is something that all hunted animals have. They know when the danger is past.SSWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-69029336690265657092013-04-26T08:14:45.449-04:002013-04-26T08:14:45.449-04:00If he were wearing earplugs, he couldn't have ...If he were wearing earplugs, he couldn't have known she had stopped singing!Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-75945335537215072682013-04-26T07:18:41.097-04:002013-04-26T07:18:41.097-04:00Dat eej becauj she stopped singing no...Gaana khat...Dat eej becauj she stopped singing no...Gaana khatam , safe to take earplugs out and approach wounded animalSSWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-41454008449123787682013-04-25T23:49:50.799-04:002013-04-25T23:49:50.799-04:00Hey, lay off on Jai dying okay? I don't care i...Hey, lay off on Jai dying okay? I don't care if Veeru was going to sneeze or not (though I do agree with you about the dirge!) but Jai dying was about the worst part of <i>Sholay</i>. <br /><br />No, in this song, in this context, Latadi's version was just awful! I mean, here is Asha crying big tears, and the song goes rollicking along with no change in emotion at all. <br /><br />But in any case, gentleman that he is, Dev comes ambling right back to Asha. :)Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-66471488475816179872013-04-25T11:49:42.660-04:002013-04-25T11:49:42.660-04:00On the train to catch thingie... When I first saw ...On the train to catch thingie... When I first saw the song in another century in a land far far away I thought 's funny that's supposed to be sad and she is singing quickly. Then as I grew older and vicer I thought that took some guts, to change a happy song into a sad one still keeping the same time signature. Usually music directors do this by changing the sad version into a dirge-like slowness (watch Sholay when Jai is dying and Veeru his eyes brimming with tears is about to sneeze when "yeh dosti" plays in the background). But not SJ, they just put their foot on the pedal and accelerated away making Lota-di shriek sadly but swiftly. Takes guts to put a sad song to a rhythm when the metronome is ticking at a healthy 135 beats a minute. And yet Asha could not catch up with ambling Dev till the song was over. I don't think they were meant for each other "unke beech mein bahut badi faasle thi..."SSWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-71012910913578994172013-04-25T11:41:36.004-04:002013-04-25T11:41:36.004-04:00Thank you, Shilpi. Your compliment made my day! :)...Thank you, Shilpi. Your compliment made my day! :) <br /><br />Looking forward eagerly to your next post.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-60073506544780309652013-04-25T11:40:15.654-04:002013-04-25T11:40:15.654-04:00I know! You could never take the city out of the m...I <i>know!</i> You could never take the city out of the man.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-90314833856279716582013-04-25T11:39:25.826-04:002013-04-25T11:39:25.826-04:00Correction, Shilpi, he was very charming and hands...Correction, Shilpi, he was <i>very</i> charming and handsome. :)Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-44815605404977643702013-04-24T22:18:48.286-04:002013-04-24T22:18:48.286-04:00[grin]. I like hearing our friend S say it - he sa...[grin]. I like hearing our friend S say it - he says it with that typical Dilli twang, I keep thinking of things to say so he will say that in response. :)Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-6125808249834140042013-04-24T22:15:06.520-04:002013-04-24T22:15:06.520-04:00My Dad used to say that! He picked it up after wa...My Dad used to say that! He picked it up after watching Victoria no. 203 - I think it was Pran who kept saying that.Lalithanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-14393546184163256062013-04-24T21:50:36.208-04:002013-04-24T21:50:36.208-04:00As a friend of ours says, Haan, ye bhi theek hai. ...As a friend of ours says, <i>Haan, ye bhi theek hai</i>. S grinned when he heard your reasoning. :)Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-50687567590972874692013-04-24T21:38:14.934-04:002013-04-24T21:38:14.934-04:00By the way, Anu, the reason Lata sounded like she ...By the way, Anu, the reason Lata sounded like she had a train to catch - her character is chasing Dev and trying to remember his lyrics for that song at the same time - not an easy feat!!Lalithanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-87190921769141689102013-04-24T14:29:00.135-04:002013-04-24T14:29:00.135-04:00S always wondered how I could be 'friends'...S always wondered how I could be 'friends' with someone on the Internet until he became 'friends' with someone on the Internet. :) Our older son has a good time laughing at us - especially when we were telling him <i>not</i> to be friends with someone on the Internet. [grin]Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-84276213939822842632013-04-24T08:57:43.219-04:002013-04-24T08:57:43.219-04:00Madhu, we had a similar discussion about you when ...Madhu, we had a similar discussion about you when we were planning a trip to Delhi and I was trying to plan our trip so that I would get a whole evening free to meet you. Unfortunately, that trip didn't work out and we went to Kerala instead. And I am still wondering why I never ask these questions when we go to meet his friends, but it is probably because he already has all the answers and has told me, at least five times, what his friend is doing, what his wife does, how many children they have, how old they are, what the children are doing, etc., The man is a stickler for getting all the info in advance, and I am happy to get it (or not) as I go along. No wonder they say that opposites attract!Lalithanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-89180650901882669712013-04-24T00:28:22.697-04:002013-04-24T00:28:22.697-04:00Yes, Dev was never ganwaar. Don't know where m...Yes, Dev was <i>never</i> <i>ganwaar</i>. Don't know where my friends and I caught hold of that parody from; it wasn't our invention. <i>And</i> we were all die-hard Dev Anand fans.;-)dustedoffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-70109936675825072992013-04-23T18:23:34.876-04:002013-04-23T18:23:34.876-04:00It is interesting you should say that, Lalitha. It...It is interesting you should say that, Lalitha. It used to be m rgo-to answer when people used to say dismissively - 'Oh, all people from the south of the Vindhyas are Madrasis.' My response used to be, "Then all people north of the Vindhyas are Punjabis.' It was illuminating how they didn't like that one bit. :) The funny thing is when friends did that, I didn't mind, because I knew where they were coming from, and what they intended.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-79997271483940675442013-04-23T18:20:12.179-04:002013-04-23T18:20:12.179-04:00:) Nice supposition.:) Nice supposition.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-69379062201904261322013-04-23T10:35:33.507-04:002013-04-23T10:35:33.507-04:00You are forgiven, Pacifist, for lumping us all int...You are forgiven, Pacifist, for lumping us all into that heading, considering we tend to lump most North Indians into the Punjabi category, before someone corrects us and says, Oh no, I am not a Punjabi, I am from UP, or HP, or ..., and the food varies from region to region.<br />By the way, did you experiment with any more dosas?Lalithanoreply@blogger.com