While some of his contemporaries and seniors like Sahir, Majrooh and Gulzar are considered more ‘poetic’, Anand Bakshi kept it simple and read the pulse of the masses.
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Based on legendary Bengali author Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel Mejdidi, the movie stars Meena Kumari and Lalita Pawar in a progressive take on adoption.
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Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
One need not go to 70s to discuss Anand Bakshi’s poetic excellence. Kalyanji Anandji combined with him in Himalay Ki God Me to give a master piece ‘ Chand si Mehebooba Ho’ . This amply illustrated how poetic effect can be achieved with simplicity, when he wrote : “ Na shikave ho na zagade ho, ek Surat Bholibhali Ho. Do Naina Sidhe Sadhe Ho.’ But Milan was his greatest success in the 1960s with super hits like ‘ Sawan ka Mahina Pawan Kare Sor ( not Shor) ‘. I think this is one his best songs.
The Everyday Philoshopher, not just for the common man
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One need not go to 70s to discuss Anand Bakshi’s poetic excellence. Kalyanji Anandji combined with him in Himalay Ki God Me to give a master piece ‘ Chand si Mehebooba Ho’ . This amply illustrated how poetic effect can be achieved with simplicity, when he wrote : “ Na shikave ho na zagade ho, ek Surat Bholibhali Ho. Do Naina Sidhe Sadhe Ho.’ But Milan was his greatest success in the 1960s with super hits like ‘ Sawan ka Mahina Pawan Kare Sor ( not Shor) ‘. I think this is one his best songs.
Well said
Thank you