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Woke up this morning with a sudden yearning for old Bollywood songs. So got onto YouTube with a bowl of suji halwa that I managed to burn in my hurry to get into the retro mode. The burnt breakfast was soon forgotten amongst Shammi Kapoor’s body breaking dance moves and Rajesh Khanna’s head bobs.
At some point I came across the song Roop Tera Mastana…and realised that I had only ever watched the remixed version and never the original. Picturized on a very young looking Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore wrestling with the age old question…‘to do or not to do’…this is probably one of the most sensual songs from the 70s that I have seen. Forced to take shelter in some kind of a shed due to a very Bollywood istyle sudden thunderstorm, the hero with a lost puppy expression follows the doe eyed heroine around a fire trying to coax her into his arms. The clip goes on for about three and half minutes with nothing but the young couple gazing into each others’ eyes, holding hands, and the occasional half embrace which makes them both go pink in the face. Made me smile when I realised that my eyes had been glued onto the screen for the full length of the clip Without steamy scenes or raunchy moves…the song manages to tell the story without making parents jump for the remote. Kudos to whoever directed the intimate sequence with such innocent simplicity. Not quite sure if the same would work for 21st century Bollywood though… :)
At some point I came across the song Roop Tera Mastana…and realised that I had only ever watched the remixed version and never the original. Picturized on a very young looking Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore wrestling with the age old question…‘to do or not to do’…this is probably one of the most sensual songs from the 70s that I have seen. Forced to take shelter in some kind of a shed due to a very Bollywood istyle sudden thunderstorm, the hero with a lost puppy expression follows the doe eyed heroine around a fire trying to coax her into his arms. The clip goes on for about three and half minutes with nothing but the young couple gazing into each others’ eyes, holding hands, and the occasional half embrace which makes them both go pink in the face. Made me smile when I realised that my eyes had been glued onto the screen for the full length of the clip Without steamy scenes or raunchy moves…the song manages to tell the story without making parents jump for the remote. Kudos to whoever directed the intimate sequence with such innocent simplicity. Not quite sure if the same would work for 21st century Bollywood though… :)
