Kachha Dhaaga Options

[unni]

A perpetual favourite from among Geeta-ji's renditions, from "AAR PAAR", picturized on Shakila with Guru Dutt also on-screen.

Video-clip in Real Media:



This post has been edited by unni: May 29 2005, 09:42 AM

[unni]

Post #11 in this thread was a meagre prelude to this: The Real Thing!

The picturization of this song ranks among the great classics of Hindi film sequences. The innovative direction of Guru Dutt, the brilliant visual composition with its play upon light and dark shot in black and white, the superb camera-work, the novel set with it's now-legendary stationary bullock-cart, the beam of light splashed across the screen as the lovers remain still as imagined images of their desires glide across --- and in the background, the voice of Geeta-ji in what I regard and respect as her most 'haunting' song -- even more evocative in my esteem than another of her timeless classics, "Kahin Door Se Aawaz De, Chaley Aao" from "Sahib, Biwi Aur Ghulam".

I could write reams about this song, its picturization --- with a plethora of superlatives. Instead, I'd rather you watch and listen.

To savour the full flavour of this clip, I'd suggest you watch it at night with the lights off, and imagine yourself in a cinema-hall of old. Fortunately I've a black background on my desktop screen which enhances the visuals.

And the video clip includes the atmospheric music missing in the audio track.

"Kachha Dhaaga" is honoured to offer this upload:

Video-clip in Real Media featuring Guru Dutt and Waheed Rehman:

[bchatterjee]

Post #11 in this thread was a meagre prelude to this: The Real Thing!

The picturization of this song ranks among the great classics of Hindi film sequences. The innovative direction of Guru Dutt, the brilliant visual composition with its play upon light and dark shot in black and white, the superb camera-work, the novel set with it's now-legendary stationary bullock-cart, the beam of light splashed across the screen as the lovers remain still as imagined images of their desires glide across --- and in the background, the voice of Geeta-ji in what I regard and respect as her most 'haunting' song -- even more evocative in my esteem than another of her timeless classics, "Kahin Door Se Aawaz De, Chaley Aao" from "Sahib, Biwi Aur Ghulam".

I could write reams about this song, its picturization --- with a plethora of superlatives. Instead, I'd rather you watch and listen.

To savour the full flavour of this clip, I'd suggest you watch it at night with the  lights off, and imagine yourself in a a cinema-hall of old. Fortunately I've a black background on my desktop screen which enhances the visuals.


And the video clip includes the atmospheric music missing in the audio track.

"Kachha Dhaaga" is honoured to offer this upload:

Video-clip in Real Media featuring Guru Dutt and Waheed Rehman:

This ia a timeless movie. I watch it as often as possible!! In fact when one learns that there was no situation in the script for this scene. S.D. Burman composed the tune (as he always did) and Guru Dutt liked it a lot. Then Kaifi Azmi was asked by him to write the lyrics. No matter how many times he wrote, no one (Guru Dutt, S.D Burman or Azmi) was satisfied. At last Guru Dutt wanted to give up and told S.D. that he would use it in a later film. Kaifi Azmi did not want to give up. He asked for a last chance and composed "WAQT NE KIYA KEYA HASSEN SITAM....." Rest is history.

In fact the four movies of guru Dutt : Mr. & Mrs. '55, Pyaasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam are all masterpieces one should watch over and over and try to read between the lines!! I cannot understand why a film like Kaagaz Ke Phool failed in 1959 in India? Were our ancestors STUPID? SHALLOW? WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM? Any comments????????

Bappa