Monday, March 29, 2010

Dil to bachha hai ji

If you like good quality movies - don't miss "Ishqiya" of Naseeruddin Shah, Vidiya Balan and Arshad Warsi (all my 3 favorites are together). Lyrics are from Gulzar. I loved 2 songs from that movie - one "Ibne Batuta - bagal main juta". Listen this other song "Dil to bachha hai" (sung by a Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan)

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Chloe

Once I was addicted to movies but than - karobare-zindagi ne fursat kum ker di. But still if I get chance I go and see movies. This weekend I had a cousin visiting and we went to see sexually charged canadian thriller "Chloe" (Warning: It has lesbian content too). But once you get over with sexual parts - underlying few themes of movie are very strong and very life related.

Mid life crisis is a very real thing and it may strike you very hard - doesn't matter how successful you are in worldly matters. Secondly, spousal relationship is based more on communication than anything. Once communication starts evaporating, trust and love goes out fast AND when both of these strike together - human mind end up doing bizarre thing like a very normal human being end up sleeping with her/his own gender!

Another theme touched very subtly in this movie reminded me of a sufism - ishq ki inteha chahta hun. Chloe end up sleeping with her lover's son because his eyes and lips reminded her of lover.....

chloe trailer

P.S: If you like psychological thrillers - than don't miss Shutter Island - Its a must see

Monday, March 22, 2010

Laaii Hayat Aaye Qaza le chali chale

One of my all time breathtaking ghazal of Ustad Ibrahim Zauq sung so well by Bhupinder Singh. It has real human psychological reaction towards death. One shair of this ghazal is my favorite which is not in video

Kum honge is bisat pe hum jese bud-qimar
jo chaal hum chale so nihayat buri chale

Saturday, March 13, 2010

What not to do

Zindagi main aksar "Kiya kerna chahiye" se ziyada ye janna zaroori hai ke "kiya nahi kerna chahiye"

(Sometime in life its more important to know "What not to do" than to know "What to do").

Friday, March 05, 2010

Troubles of Muslims

On troubles of muslims I think this is the best quote I ever heard:

"Hamara har safar madine ki taraf shuru hota hai aur hum har dafa kufe ki taraf ja nikalte hain" - Urdu short story writer Intizar Hussain