tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post7317598611441535284..comments2024-03-24T08:18:33.058-04:00Comments on Conversations Over Chai: Holiday (1938)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-55287356576390747992015-05-20T08:50:16.223-04:002015-05-20T08:50:16.223-04:00I was laughing midway through your comment, Lalith...I was laughing midway through your comment, Lalitha. :) I can just see S come up with much the same comments. <br /><br />I agree with you that the black and white version is any day superior to the colourised version. And I was so happy to see the black and white version of it available on DVD when I went to India this time that I bought that as well. So now I have two copies of the film. I haven't watched it again yet, but I also hope that this version has the full movie instead of cutting songs and scenes as and when they feel like it!Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-14435324700998195772015-05-19T18:53:40.346-04:002015-05-19T18:53:40.346-04:00We were watching Mughal-e-azam a couple of days ba...We were watching Mughal-e-azam a couple of days back, and I wondered if "Jab raat hai aisi matwali ..." was in your blog post for Raat, so I came here and found that you wanted the song to start with the word Raat, so of course, the song wasn't there. Then I came here and re-read the post. We haven't finished watching the whole movie, stopped just before the song, Ae mohabbat zindabad ..., and argued about why Akbar should be considered a great king, when he was ready to kill his own son, and a young girl, just because they happened to be in love! Well, J did the arguing, I hemmed and hawed and finally told him he should go and talk to Akbar and the rest of the Mughal kings about it, and leave me to watch the movie in peace! Imagine ruining a great movie like this with such a discussion! <br /><br />I have the black and white DVD, but J wanted to watch it in color, even though I told him it was better in B & W. Loved the trivia about the songs, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, loved the songs and Madhubala, loved everything! And all this while J was wondering if I remembered seeing the place where Tansen did his singing when we visited the Agra Fort, and did it look like it did in the movie!Lalithanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-19396130372925610402014-06-02T00:49:38.788-04:002014-06-02T00:49:38.788-04:00Well , I understand. Hope your ailment is minor, n...Well , I understand. Hope your ailment is minor, nothing serious. Wishing you a speedy recovery and everything best to you and your family.N Venkataramannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-50887517143330652772014-06-01T11:45:56.865-04:002014-06-01T11:45:56.865-04:00How about "Sensuous Songs - Revisited?" ...How about "Sensuous Songs - Revisited?" ;)Filmi~Contrasthttp://filmi-contrast.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-41156454769402052812014-06-01T10:41:45.566-04:002014-06-01T10:41:45.566-04:00Thank you for asking, Mr Venkatraman. It's bee...Thank you for asking, Mr Venkatraman. It's been a very busy two months with work, plus I've not been keeping too well. It's been hard to whip up the enthusiasm to write, actually. Hopefully, I'll get back to blogging soon.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-81199269192693068022014-06-01T10:39:17.091-04:002014-06-01T10:39:17.091-04:00Thank you, Filmi-Contrast.
and I kind of think d...Thank you, Filmi-Contrast. <br /><br /><i>and I kind of think deserves a sequel</i><br />Hmm... interesting, but I'm sort of caught in a quandry - how do I expand on this list without making it 'Sensuous Songs - Part II'? Have to think about it. <br /><br />I'm glad that my post got you to watch a couple of really good films. :) Especially <i>Dastak</i>, which is not quite as well-known. <br /><br />Yes, a good sensuous song has to linger in your consciousness - definitely 'in the mood' as you so eloquently put it. <br />Thanks for the comment. It encapsulated what I was trying to say in this post.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-18599075612404932522014-06-01T10:35:15.918-04:002014-06-01T10:35:15.918-04:00Subodh, I have seen this comment of yours so many ...Subodh, I have seen this comment of yours so many times, but was under the impression that I had replied to it. :( <br /><br /><i>both featuring Madhubala and a haystack (!)</i><br />Perhaps I should do a list of haystack songs. :) Both your songs would fit. I can't believe that I missed <i>Beimaan tore nainwa</i> - it is wonderful and yes, very, very sensuous. Their chemistry was unbelievable. <br /><br />Thank you for the appreciation. And I apologise for the delay in replying.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-18195717481741086492014-06-01T03:42:43.425-04:002014-06-01T03:42:43.425-04:00Anuji,
I find that you have nor posted any new wri...Anuji,<br />I find that you have nor posted any new write-ups or reviews since April end. Or am I missing out something.<br />Hope everything is OkN venkataramannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-15795790528478414832014-05-30T23:35:20.791-04:002014-05-30T23:35:20.791-04:00This is a great post, and I kind of think deserves...This is a great post, and I kind of think deserves a sequel. When I first started browsing older Hindi film blogs, I ran across this post, and it definitely led me to a few films that I might not have gotten around to (Dastak and Awaara) since I loved the songs you selected. Dastak, especially I watched about six months ago purely based on the song and your commentary. <br /><br />A good sensuous song can even make an actor you don't especially care for attractive. Even tho I'm not on the Dev Anand train, I loved Yeh raat yeh chandni, it's just so haunting. In fact, I wonder if "haunting" is something that a good sensuous song has to be? It has to stick under your pores and linger, if not in actual tune, then at least in mood. Like you said, it is a representation of what is to come . . . it's about longing, not satisfaction.Filmi~Contrasthttp://filmi-contrast.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-69565307595723600072014-05-28T20:00:44.834-04:002014-05-28T20:00:44.834-04:00My place of choice was BR - I have watched so many...My place of choice was BR - I have watched so many old films there. :) Poornima was quite far away from where we lived, so I think one or two films were the maximum that I watched there.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-76869117811364986992014-05-15T21:35:12.575-04:002014-05-15T21:35:12.575-04:00I don't know if it was Poornima, but I watched...I don't know if it was Poornima, but I watched Azaad one week and Pyaasa the next week in that place! Yes, I used to watch lots of old (and new) movies in those days.Lalithanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-26784744943164028372014-05-15T08:27:22.445-04:002014-05-15T08:27:22.445-04:00Wasn't that Poornima? I could be wrong, but I&...Wasn't that Poornima? I could be wrong, but I've a vague recollection of having watched <i>Sangdil</i> there. I think it is still around, but it's reinvented itself as a multiplex. (Not very sure, though, that I'm talking about the same theatre.)Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-51352353721156822232014-05-15T07:33:17.251-04:002014-05-15T07:33:17.251-04:00I have also watched old movies at BRV! There was ...I have also watched old movies at BRV! There was another place also which showed old movies regularly, but I have forgotten its name. It was on my way to work, so it was somewhere between Museum Road and Vani Vilas Hospital. I think it was on J C Road. Any idea if it is still there, and what is its name?Lalithanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-87625320804784145992014-05-03T23:33:57.821-04:002014-05-03T23:33:57.821-04:00You know that I think about it, you're right. ...You know that I think about it, you're right. I remember in university meeting a fellow Urdu speaker and I remember thinking the same thing. I wonder why that is.<br /><br />I would have gladly helped you learn Urdu think we live too far apart and I'm far too busy with work and MBA stuff for me to do that we'll. Lol. I'm sure you'll find something though, especially with the seemingly endless resources of the Internet.ThundercatKHOhttp://yehhaibollywood.wordpress.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-77152333967032982312014-05-03T23:20:42.327-04:002014-05-03T23:20:42.327-04:00Y'know, when I first moved to the US, there us...Y'know, when I first moved to the US, there used to be an online 'Learn Urdu' site. Then, I didn't have the time. Now I do, and I want to learn, and when I search for online sources, all I get is the very Arabic Urdu - I hate it! I want the original version, <i>our</i> Urdu, not this bowdlerised version which says <i>Allah Hafiz</i> instead of <i>Khuda Hafiz</i> (for example). :( I've to look around for someone in this part of the world to teach me.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-70345104605743764362014-05-03T15:07:45.973-04:002014-05-03T15:07:45.973-04:00You should definitely give learning Urdu a try! Bu...You should definitely give learning Urdu a try! But I don't think it's the most accessible language to learn in written format. I was very confused with the Urdu written script and I would constantly mix up my, alef, alef-e-maddi, dal, al etc. But I was also 10 years old so that may have had something to do with it. Also my grandma may have been a bad teacher lolThundercatKHOhttp://yehhaibollywood.wordpress.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-2455463891998720922014-05-03T11:41:34.106-04:002014-05-03T11:41:34.106-04:00Grinning at this anecdote, Thundercat! If I had to...Grinning at this anecdote, Thundercat! If I had to watch <i>any</i> film every weekend, I think I would be bored with it. :) But what a nice way to remember your <i>dadiji</i>. And oh, to learn Urdu! I was just emailing a friend about having wanted to learn Urdu for the longest of time.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-54353219213330687592014-05-03T11:34:24.372-04:002014-05-03T11:34:24.372-04:00Oooooh Cary Grant is right! :) You should watch it...<i>Oooooh Cary Grant</i> is right! :) You should watch it, Shilpi. It is such fun!Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-66557090202139985162014-05-03T11:33:05.728-04:002014-05-03T11:33:05.728-04:00Yes, this was Katherine Hepburn's film through...Yes, this <i>was</i> Katherine Hepburn's film through and through. I'm glad my review prompted you to watch this film. :)Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-78947826174186624752014-05-03T06:01:50.374-04:002014-05-03T06:01:50.374-04:00Anuji,
I have watched only three movies of Cary G...Anuji,<br /><br />I have watched only three movies of Cary Grant earlier, all Hitchcock movies. Once again your good review made me watch the movie. I enjoyed Cary Grant’s role in this film. But I liked Katherine Hepburn more than anyone else. She was the live wire of this film.<br /><br /> ‘Life just walked into this house this morning’<br /><br />But it was already there, but never kindled before, it required the right chemistry to ignite the bubbling, but somewhat subdued energy. The role of the Potters and Ned too was good. I have not watched The Philadelphia Story. I intend to watch it later.<br /><br />Thanks for the wonderful review.N Venkataramannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-64771396814205491552014-05-02T03:00:59.819-04:002014-05-02T03:00:59.819-04:00Oooh Cary Grant!, I would see any film featuring h...Oooh Cary Grant!, I would see any film featuring him, I just love the way he acts, he has this boyish charm, he was quite old when he did 'Charade' with Audrey hepburn, but even then he had not lost his charm. Would have loved to see this film.Shilpi Bosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-66760556503213757672014-05-01T23:09:25.798-04:002014-05-01T23:09:25.798-04:00This is probably my grandmother's favourite fi...This is probably my grandmother's favourite film, I don't know how many times I have watched this film with her :) she actually taught me Urdu by writing out various film dialogues and have me translate it into multiple languages from the Urdu lol Ahhh memories. <br /><br />However, I'm not a huge if the film itself (blasphemous I know!) even though I've got the entire thing committed to memory by now. To be honest, I find it to be too long and slow paced aka BOOORING, but I watched it every Saturday afternoon with my dadiji. I think I like the memories attached to the film more than the film itself. I ran there must be a reason why I own 3 copies of it. It's my way keeping dadiji with me always. <br /><br />Anyways thanks for the trip down memory lane!ThundercatKHOhttp://yehhaibollywood.wordpress.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-23120117217240280692014-04-30T22:38:06.727-04:002014-04-30T22:38:06.727-04:00Frankly, if you ask me, I think Holiday is far sup...Frankly, if you ask me, I think <i>Holiday</i> is far superior to <i>The Philadelphia Story</i>. Though I liked both. This was far less black and white, actually. <br /><br />This, I think, is one of Hepburn's best films, and certainly, the best of the pick of her films with Grant. I don't know why this isn't better known. Do watch if you can get your hands on it.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-56104544851323868302014-04-30T21:09:28.565-04:002014-04-30T21:09:28.565-04:00I've been meaning to see this for ages. I DO l...I've been meaning to see this for ages. I DO love Philadelphia Story so much that my DVD is starting to look like it's been through a war. But for whatever reason, I've never gotten around to this film. Also, I didn't know that Hepburn recommended him! I know she was supposed to have had a kind of a comeback with Philadelphia Story . . . maybe because good films like this just weren't sensitive enough to the times.Filmi~Contrasthttp://filmi-contrast.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-61526240865039749932014-04-30T08:13:46.208-04:002014-04-30T08:13:46.208-04:00Oh, Grant's fabulous in this, Dustedoff. I'...Oh, Grant's fabulous in this, Dustedoff. I'm discovering just how much I adore that man - and here he's so, so, well, he reminded me of a puppy, so full of life, and so eager to please... I must admit to never having liked Katherine Hepburn in her Spencer Tracy films (and the recent viewing of <i>Adam's Rib</i> and <i>Woman of the Year</i> did nothing to change my mind (but then I can't <i>stand</i> Tracy!), but oh, just watch her in this one! She's wonderful!<br /><br />Grinning at getting back to you - must confess that I assumed you had already watched this and <i>The Philadelphia Story</i>. Watch out. That's the next review. And that has the added attration of James Stewart as well - in a role that is so <i>unlike</i> Jimmy. I would suggest you put both on your to-watch pile - <i>on top!</i>Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com