Lurker Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Great person and personality. Rest in Peace Sir. For the past few years, and the coming next, this is going to be fairly routine...to see some of the old stalwarts fall. Just makes you pessimistic and possibly cynical but also the reason to maybe enjoy life, and lives like Dev Anand, as much as we can.
Lurker Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 what is your favorite song of Dev Anand ? Thats a tough one actually. He seems to have been amongst perhaps the most of the beautiful numbers that came out of Hindi movies. A different approach to that would be some of the songs for him that were penned by Gopaldas Neeraj. Neeraj was stellar as a Hindi poet and many of his songs were very much pure Hindi, very different from the usual Hindi-Urdu combo used by most lyricists. And even in pure Hindi he managed to write some abolute gems. Of course he also penned in Hindi-Urdu when needed. A few of Neeraj's gems for Dev Anand. Phoolon ke rang se, dil ki kalam se tujhko likhi roj paati. Rangeela re, mere man mein yun ranga hai tera man Jeevan ki bagiya mehegi. Of course Neeraj is the same guy who also wrote - Karwaan gujar gaya gubaar dekhte rahe. Come to think of it, thats what I would miss about Dev Anand, and stars of his era (Raj kapur for example). They had a keen eye for music and often picked folks who were great at penning down classic songs.
coffee_rules Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 what is your favorite song of Dev Anand ? Abhi na jao ..from Hum Dono. What a masterpiece of a soundtrack from Jaidev (SDB's assistant till then) and Dev Anand never worked with him again.
DomainK Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Dil Aaj Shaya hai was an absolute masterpiece. Great composition, great singing, great lyrics and nicely shot. And my fav film - Jewel Thief. No one will be able to write Hindi film history without dedicating a whole chapter to Dev Anand.
Lurker Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Dil Aaj Shayar hai was an absolute masterpiece. Great composition, great singing, great lyrics and nicely shot. And my fav film - Jewel Thief. No one will be able to write Hindi film history without dedicating a whole chapter to Dev Anand. Thats Gopal das Neeraj. :hatsoff: आ के देख तो ज़रा तेरी खातीर किस तरह से हम जिए आंसूं के धागे से पीते रहे हम जो ज़ख्म तुने दिए चाहत के महफ़िल में ग़म तेरे लेकर किस्मत से खेला जुआ दुनिया से जीते पर तुझसे हारे यूं खेल अपना हुआ DB4yamb2YiQ
Lurker Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Saw this comment on YouTube as a tribute to Dev Anand saab, which I thought summed up great. देव साब...हर मौसम के लिए एक कहानी, हर उदास दिन के लिए एक गीत, और हर अकेले चलने वाले के लिए एक बेपरवाही छोड़ के जाने का शुक्रिया. Couple of points: a) Nobody captures the beparwaahi like Dev saab ever did. It was sad and uplifting, optimistic and with hope even if it captured pain. So many songs of his are where he just seems to melt away with the song carrying his persona as he emerges from a painful affair. b) What a lovely language Urdu is. Beparwaahi...Wah! No other language would have a word that sums it so very well. xxx
flamy Posted December 5, 2011 Posted December 5, 2011 Rest in peace, sir. Lived a long and fruitful life.
veer Posted December 5, 2011 Posted December 5, 2011 sad sad day... truely end of an era is approaching fast... last few people are left... for some reason song 'main fikra ko dhue main udate chala gaya.. ' kept ringing in my head through out the day..
ViruRulez Posted December 5, 2011 Posted December 5, 2011 RIP One of the first superstars or rather megastars of India.
Clarke Posted December 5, 2011 Posted December 5, 2011 Gata Rahe is my favorite. One of them. There's so many excellent ones: - Main zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya. - Khoya khoya chand. - Hai dil apna to awara. - Pal bhar ke liye koi hamein. I guess i like the carefree ones. I love the video for accha ji main haari, Madhubala is a goddess [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2rFmmdUIbQ]Kala Pani - Achcha Jee Main Haari - Mohd Rafi - Asha Bhonsle - YouTube[/ame]
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