When Shammi Kapoor romances the gorgeous Sharmila Tagore in ‘Isharon Isharon mein’ in the classic Kashmir ki kali, nature’s romanticism is at its best that will even set anyone to tap the feet. And now, SRK in the much hyped, Dard –e-disco’, the septuagenarian Indian Cinema has come a long way.
Technology has been a king-pin as every aspect of cinematography, sound, music has seen a land slide transformation. Music is especially note worthy as we have seen Naushad in Pakeezah and Khayyam in Kabhi-Kabhi humming some great voices of human emotions to the contemporary A R rehman [do I need to mention one] and Jatin-Lalit in the iconic ‘ Pehla Nasha’.
Lyrics have very well adjusted itself with the sand clock of time , ‘Main Pal do pal ka shayar hoon’ has very well graduated to the lingo of present day when Akshay Kumar sings ‘ Tu Paisa Paisa karti hai’ , it is very well reverberant with the fluid time. Emotions are taking a back seat as songs have become more of a promotional strategy.
The aesthetically pleasing Dal Lake in the movies of 1960s, valley of flowers in ‘Himalaya ki god mein’ and the lush green tea gardens with the Sherpa guard has become extinct from the cinematoscope. 70 mm screen has become more of the busy city life, chaotic human emotions and happening traffic dotted with shots from Venice, Australia – a clear reflection of the viewer’s choices.
Surely, the changes have been a corner stone in changing the dynamics of the game. For the Mall-plex generation, movies are a break from the cob-webs of life unlike the family holidays till late 90’s.Last six decades has witnessed a host of directors like Hrishikesh Da [ Anand, Chupke-chupke] , Satyajit Ray to the big guns of parallel cinema like Shyam Bengal and Vimal Roy.
Directors like Vishal Bhardwaj have brought out a transmutation in the way we perceive movies through pieces like Omkara and Kaminey while some yeomen have struck to their cause like Prakash Jha and Madhur Bhandarkar.The inevitable contrast has not been like the dubbing of Md. Asif’s legendary Mughal-e-Azam but we do miss a lot. The iconic Pran and Prem Chopra could not be substituted as goes the case with Big B’s baritone that has become a legacy.
Some beautiful moments have been picturized on the 70 mm screen. Coffers have been coughed up with money but the modern ‘BAWARCHI’ is missing. As we relish through the times, a revolution is taking place underneath and I look at my playlist, next song is an all time classic ‘Ude jab jab zulfein teri ‘Naya Daur \m/. Omen!!
8 comments:
70 mm...very nice post. Just shows how our music industry has grown over in the past few years.
Good observation and nice article..
good one!! great attention to detail and I enjoyed understanding the way two distinct time periods in Indian entertainment industry are observed in this post;-)
correctly said!!..music today is more promotional than meaningful..
there are more beats than good lyrics!!...but what's the point of it?? which songs do we remember more? the old ones or the new ones??
The new ones are just hummed for a few days and then forgotten!! which was the recent song of which u remember the entire lyrics? u'll take time to recall it,won't u? :P
Nice effort..
Though u need to consider, how the population of the country esp, the ones going to multiplexes has becum more of a practical situations luvin audience.. They there might be some instances like the music of AJAB PREM KI GHAZAB KAHANI, where few songs were soulful, the people now dont pay much attention to this sort of music.. And movies as well..
Nice observation Mishraji :) old is gold :) today's music is no more meaningful :-/
nice article.... it made me go back and listen to the old clssics once again...
bhai, compre ke tem pe ye sab kya likha hai? :P
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