Path: Lehigh.EDU!netnews.upenn.edu!dsinc!newsfeed.pitt.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: buxi@ix.netcom.com (Guri) Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.misc,soc.culture.indian Subject: **RJGK 22 [Sahir] Results** Date: 18 May 1995 16:30:10 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 747 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3pfsmi$gsf@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-den2-04.ix.netcom.com Xref: Lehigh.EDU rec.music.indian.misc:27245 soc.culture.indian:191112 Saamayeen ko khaaqsaar ka aadaab! The typos in this post will be corrected by next week! :))) RJGK 22 has been a tremendously exciting experience for me, and hopefully for some of you also :) It's that feeling of having been *in contact* with so many new folks....that's what I enjoyed. I recommend this experience very highly to potential future quiz masters (I don't know if there is a politically correct replacement of the word 'master' in there, but I obviously mean all of you :) *in contact* is in itself a very satisfying feeling, whether or not it is a 'touching' experience ....that also happens every now'n then , but just the 'contact' itself is great. Anyvez...let me stop rambling...the following entries were received (listed in chronological order, and in the case of more than one 'try' by a person, only the final attempts are listed). The initial RJGK 22 posting was done on 4/30/95: 1. Shashi Kant Joshi 4/30/95...now you know why he was fidgety! :)) 2. Pavan Kumar Desikan & Ravindra 5/5/95 3. Indra Mohan 5/8/95 4. Satish Subramanian 5/6/95 5. Mohan Rathore 5/9/95 6. Surjit Singh 5/9/95 7. Vish Krishnan 5/12/95 8. Manish S. Prabhu 5/13/95 9. Neeraj Malhotra & Prince Kohli 5/13/95 10. Ashok Dhreshwar & Preeti Ranjan Panda 5/14/95 11. Malini 5/15/95 12. Abhay Avachat 5/15/95 13. Kishore Kamath 5/15/95 14. Samiuddin Mohammed & Preetham 5/16/95 15. Himanshu Gupta & Vandana Sharma 5/16/95 16. Kalyan Kolachale & Atul Gupta 5/16/95 17. Ashish Bokil 5/16/95 18. Sridhar Natarajan 5/16/95 19. Nitin Joshi & Vidya 5/16/95 The participation, therefore, was modest but not overwhelming...and I take all the blame for that...the songs were selected according to the following criteria (each selection had to meet at least 2 out of 3) 1. Must be a song that has been heard more than occasionally, preferably often. 2. Must represent some of Sahir's best filmi-shaayari/kaavya. 3. Clues must be couplets/lines that make good sheyrs/kavitaa in themselves. At the same time it is preferable to have clues that do not easily rhyme with the mukhDaa. It's obvious now that #3 was the culprit in making this a relatively less 'popular' RJGK, despite my attempts to rectify that situation with the EASY 22 clues later :)) That reminds me: huge thanks to Ashish & Neeraj for spending time on the beta-test! Ahwell! Let's get to the heart of the matter. I'll follow tradition and present the meal (answers) first and the desert (results) later :) Some enlightening comments about the whole process of RJGK 22 are posted seperately [RJGK 22 comments] to keep this file manageable by my server:)) ====================================================================== **RJGK 22 on Sahir Ludhianvi** ANSWERS ====================================================================== This is mainly one entry reproduced verbatim, with some interesting remarks by various participants in individual songs (marked by ==>) ..the concept of 'mukhDaa' didn't work sometimes, especially in the qawwalis, so a certain amount of flexibility was used in scoring :) ====================================================================== 1. *jo taar se niklee hai vo dhun, sab ne suni hai jo saaz pe guzree hai vo ik, dil ko pataa hai ^^ (There was some uncertainty about this word: whether it is 'kis' or 'ik' Sahir's 'Gaataa Jaaye Banjaaraa' has 'ik', although it is hard to decipher that in the recording.) Sahir talking to the world at large about what he got and what he is giving back to us. The singer has always been loved for a soulful, soft voice in songs like 'haiN sabse madhur vo geet jinheN ham dard ke sur meiN gaate haiN' Song:ASHQON NE JO PAAYA HAI, WO GEETON MEIN DIYAA HAI Singer: Talat Mehmood Movie: CHAANDI KI DEEWAR Starring: ?, Nutan Music: N. Dutta ___________________________________________________________ 2. *taAruf rog ho jaaye, to usko bhoolnaa behtar taAlluk bojh ban jaaye, to usko toDnaa achhaa One of those Sahir-Signature-Songs about relationships. Song: CHALO EK BAAR PHIR SE AJNABI BAN JAAYEN Singer: Mahendra Kapoor Movie: GUMRAAH Starring: Ashok Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Mala Sinha, Shashikala Music: Ravi ___________________________________________________________ 3. *gham aur khushi meiN farq na mehsoos ho jahaaN... Sahir still goes on, broken-heart-n-all. Song: MAIN ZINDAGI KA SAATH NIBHAATA CHALA GAYAA Singer: Rafi Movie: HUM DONO Starring: Dev Anand, Nanda, Sadhana Music: Jaidev (for a change, his contribution was directly credited) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>Sahir and Jaidev showed very high quality in the handful of movies and songs they produced. Again I am not sure, but JORU KA BHAI may have been their first (followed by HUM DONO and MUJHE JEENE DO). ___________________________________________________________ 4. *sehar tak sabkaa hai anjaam jalkar khaq ho jaanaa bhale mehfil meiN koyi shama ya, parwaanaa ho jaaye A soofiyaana kalaam,IMO...talks about love=khudayi itself. ..another one from the same track *main jo chali jal jamunaa bharaN nand kau chhoro mohe rok-ke chhaaRo to kyaa bhar laaooN maiN jamunaa se maTkee Song: YE ISHQ ISHQ HAI (starts with Na To Kaaravaan Ki Talaash) Singers: Rafi, Manna Dey, S.D. Batish, Asha, Sudha & Chorus Movie: BARSAAT KI RAAT Starring: Bharat Bhooshan, Madhubala, Shyama, K.N. Singh Music: Roshan ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>soofiyaanaa kalaam was almost a give away. Really? :) ==>what do soofiyaanaa kalaam and hamradeef mean? _________________________________________________ 5. *jhoolaa dhanak ka, dhire dhire ham jhooleN ambar to kya hai, taaroN ke bhi lab chhooleN masti meiN jhoomeN, aur sabhi gham bhooleN dekheN na peechhay muD ke nigaaheN The Dreamy-Sahir! This is a complete stanza. [dhanak=rainbow] Song: PHAILI HUI HAIN SAPNON KI BAAHEIN Singer: Lata Movie: HOUSE # 44 Starring: Dev Anand, Mona Singh Music: SD (although I sense a strong Jaidev strain) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- didn't know even this was Sahir's! WOW!! He wrote both Urdu and Hindi wonderfully! ___________________________________________________________ 6. *rishtoN kaa roop badaltaa hai, buniyaadeN khatm nahiN hoteeN khwaaboN ki aur umaNgoN ki, meeyaadeN khatm nahiN hoteeN The poet's biography. This is one of those ham-radeef ghazals. There's a great recitation of the title-nazm in this movie. Song: MAIN HAR IK PAL KA SHAAYAR HOON Singer: Mukesh Movie: KABHI KABHIE Starring: Amitabh, Rakhi, Shashi Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman Music: Khaiyyaam ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>interstingly, one of the HMV cassettes writes the other song as 'main pal do pal kaa Sahir hoon' :) ___________________________________________________________ 7. *maine jazbaat nibhaye haiN, usooloN ki jageh... apne armaan piro laayaa hooN, phooloN ki jageh The Martyr-Sahir. This is a form of shayari known as Seharaa...sung at weddings in honor of the people getting married. This is the climactic ghazal in a trilogy of ham-radeef tracks in the movie. Song: RANG AUR NOOR KI BAARAAT KISE PESH KAROON Singer: Rafi Movie: GAZAL Starring: Sunil Dutt, Meena Kumari Music: Madan Mohan ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>The Sahir-Madan Mohan partnership is a rare one). As far as I can tell, they only did 3 movies together (RAILWAY PLATFORM, GAZAL, and LAILA MAJNU, one of Madan Mohan's last 2 movies, which really does not figure in the overall scheme of the man's music). ___________________________________________________________ 8. *tum jahaanN meri taraf dekh ke ruk jaaoge vahee manzil, meree taqdeer ki manzil hogee *An Affair of Consensus*! This movie had another Sahir-Signature-Song about the dream of a better future. Song: PHIR NA KIJE MERI GUSTAAKH-NIGHAAHI KA GHILA Singers: Mukesh - Asha Movie: Phir Subah Hogi Starring: Raj Kapoor, Mala Sinha, Rehman Music: Khaiyyaam ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>Although Khaiyyaam was never directly part of the left-wing IPTA psyche, he worked closely with some of its protagonists like Zia Sarhadi (FOOTPATH), K.A. Abbas (PHIR SUBAH HOGI), Raj Kapoor, and, in a way, Sahir as well. The movie PHIR SUBAH HOGI was certainly representative, but really so was AAKHIRI KHAT. While K.A. Abbas's name was never associated with AAKHIRI KHAT, the movie was acknowledged as a remake of MUNNA, a songless Abbas-Anil Biswas classic from the '50s. ___________________________________________________________ 9. *ro ro ke inheeN raahoN meiN, khonaa paDaa ik apne ko haNs haNs ke inheeN raahoN meiN, apnaayaa thaa begaane ko Sahir indulging in memories in his loneliness...the couplet makes a complete stanza. KK did the other version. Sahir paired up with Shailendra in this Dev movie. Song: JEEVAN KE SAFAR MEIN RAAHI Singer: Lata Movie: MUNIMJI Starring: Dev Anand, Nalini Jaywant, Amita Music: SD ___________________________________________________________ 10. *aaj koyi bandhan na bhaye aaj hai, khul khelan ki Thaanee The song starts after these lines are beutifully *alaap-ed*. But, bakaul Rajinder Krishan - sab chale jaate haiN, kab dard-e-jigar jaataa hai!... another couplet from the same song: *madhur milan ki durlabh belaa, yuN hi beet naa jaaye aisee raiyn jo vyarth gavaaNye, jeewan bhar pachhtaaye Song: AE RI JAANE NA DOONGI Singer: Lata Movie: Chitralekha Starring: Pradeep Kumar, Meena Kumari, Ashok Kumar Music: Roshan ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>This trio of actors has done a few movies together, and Roshan's music in those movies is almost a given (AARTI, BHEEGI RAAT, BAHU BEGUM etc) ___________________________________________________________ 11. *seerat ka hai sawaal na soorat ki baat hai ham tum pe mar miTe ye tabeeyat ki baat hai The Wish...inkee ek taraf, unkee ek taraf. Some other great lines from this track go like this: *gau zulm be-hisaab kiyaa is nigaah ne~ ruswaa kiyaa kharaab kiyaa is nigaah ne ik kaam laajawaab kiyaa, is nigaah ne jo tujhko, intekhaab kiyaa is nigaah ne one of those 'reference-sheyrs'. Song: PEHCHAANTA HOON KHOOB TUMHARI NAZAR KO MAIN Singers: Asha, Sudha, Balbir, Bande Hasan & Chorus Movie: Barsaat Ki Raat Starring: Bharat Bhushan, Madhubala, Shyama, K.N. Singh Music: Roshan ___________________________________________________________ 12. *dil ke fasaane, dil hi na jaane tum ko sajan, dil ki lagan, kaise bataayeN Kash ke tum hote! (she used to sing this in all her live concerts.) A popular song in an otherwise 'ok' set from an early SD movie where it seems he used a lot of the available singers: Rafi, Lata, KK, Manna, Geeta, Shamshad. Song: THANDI HAWAAYEN, LEHERAA KE AAYEN Singer: Lata Movie: Naujawaan Starring: ?, Nalini Jaywant Music: SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>(Sahir's first, but a real close cotemporary was BAAZI) ___________________________________________________________ 13. *tumne jis dil ko baDe pyaar se apnaayaa tha usko shikvoN ka gunehgaar karooN, ya na karooN Tum kaho jo tum chaahtay ho. maiN kar sakooN ye pakkaa nahiN! The other version (a 'duet' with this singer basically humming along) is probably more popular...the same mukhDaa. This movie had one Majrooh song in an otherwise Sahir-set. Song: PYAAR PAR BAS TO NAHIN HAI Singer: Asha Movie: SONE KI CHIDIYA Starring: Balraj Sahni, Nutan Music: OP Nayyar ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>Remotely resembling the theme of the Gloria Swanson classic SUNSET BOULEVARD, this movie was a gift from the intellectual couple Shahid Lateef and Ismat Chugtai. Incidentally, Ismat Chugtai also wrote the GARAM HAWAA story. _______________________________________________________________________ 14. *har gunaah aaj mukaddas hai, farishtoN ki tareh kaaMpte haathoN ko, mil jaane do rishtoN ki tareh Don't you wish! (here this singer sounds a lot better than in some of his *non-Sahir* songs) This is a B. R. Films' production with a young Shashi Kapoor. Song: AAJ KI RAAT NAHIN, SHIKWE SHIKAAYAT KE LIYE Singer: Mahendra Kapoor Movie: DHARMAPUTRA Starring: Shashi Kapoor, Mala Sinha Music: N. Dutta ___________________________________________________________ 15. *ishq par naaz kare koyi, to kuchh baat bhi hai husn kaa naaz hi kyaa, husn to Dhal jaataa hai Picture mein characters ke naam(Naaz, Bahaar, Chaand) kis khoobee se shayari meiN laaye haiN saab, marhabaa! From one of the *well-featured* movies. Song: NIGHAAH-E NAAZ KE MAARON KA HAAL KYAA HOGA Singers: Asha, Sudha, Shankar Shambhu & Chorus Movie: Barsaat Ki Raat Starring: Bharat Bhushan, Madhubala, Shyama, K.N. Singh Music: Roshan ___________________________________________________________ 16. *madad chaahtee hai ye Hawwa ki beTee Yashoda ki hamjins Radha ki beTee Iske baare meiN kuuuuchh nahiN keh saktaa...bahut sachche sawaal haiN! [Hawwa=Eve hamjins=of the same species, here: sister] Song: JINHE NAAZ HAI HIND PAR WOH KAHAAN HAIN Singer: Rafi Movie: PYAASA Starring: Guru Dutt, Mala Sinha, Waheeda Rehman Music: SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sahir decided to be kind to his audience, and changed the original line 'Sanaakhan-E-Taqdees-E-Mashriq Kahaan Hai' to the better known 'Jinhe Naaz Hai...'. _______________________________________________________________________ 17. *jag ki na sun, pyaar ki dhun jhoom ke gaa le Basically saying, kuchh bhi ho, tu fiqr mat kar, khush reh aur gaa! Song: DIL JALAY TO JALAY Singer: Lata Movie: TAXI DRIVER Starring: Dev Anand, Sheila Ramani, Mona Singh Music: SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>By now, Kalpana Kartik must have grown used to being upstaged by lesser known people. Well, Geeta Bali was not exactly lesser known when BAAZI came along, but it won't be totally incorrect to suggest that BAAZI did propel her into the inner circle more than her Kidar Sharma movies did. People have almost forgotten that BAAZI's leading lady was Kalpana Kartik. Almost the same happened in TAXI DRIVER. The better songs of the movie went to Sheila Ramani ('Dil Jalay To Jalay', 'Jeene Do Aur Jiyo', 'Dil Se Mila Ke Dil Pyaar Kijiye' and 'Ai Meri Zindagi, Aaj Raat Jhoom Le'). ___________________________________________________________ 18. *ham saleeqe se, nibhaa deNge jo din baaqi haiN chaah ruswaa naa huyi, dard bhi ruswaa kyooN ho Ye bhi baat vahi hai, *kuchh bhi ho*. This is one of those Suman things where it's hard to tell her voice/style apart from Lata's. Song: ZINDAGI ZULM SAHI, JABR SAHI, GHAM HI SAHI Singer: Suman Kalyanpur Movie: SHAGOON Starring: Waheeda Rehman and husband Kamaljeet Music: Khaiyyaam ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The famous Pankha Road song! ==>The two Suman songs in this movie were good, but they were surrounded by other greats, especially the immortal Jagjit Kaur solo 'Tum Apna Ranj-O-Gham'. A lesser known song from SHAGOON is Rafi's: Ye Raat Bahut Rangeen Sahi, Is Raat Mein Gham Ka Zeher Bhi Hai Naghmon Ki Khanak Mein Doobi Hui, Fariyaad-O-Fugaan Ki Leher Bhi Hai That is more the socially conscious Sahir. _______________________________________________________________________ 19. *gar jazbaa-e-mohabbat saadiq ho har dar se muraadeN miltee hain The Secular-Sahir! (they should have played this to the rioters in Bombay, Dec. 6, 1993). Here the singer in #2 is joined by Balbir and chorus. Song: CHAAHE YE MAANO CHAAHE WOH MAANO Singers: Mahendra Kapoor, Balbir & Chorus Movie: DHARMAPUTRA Starring: Shashi Kapoor, Mala Sinha Music: N. Dutta ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>DHARMAPUTRA is a great example of a movie whose music was acknowledged as terrific even in those days, but somehow, the songs did not hit the charts. Asha's 'Beete Din Yaad Dilaate Ho' was by far the most popular, but there is another gem of an Asha solo that has been forgotten ('Kyaa Dekha, Nainon Waali, Naina Kyon Bhar Aaye'). _______________________________________________________________________ 20. *meree bebasi hai zaahir, meree aah-e-be-asar se kabhi maut bhi jo maaNgi, to na paayi uske dar se Keh rahi hai, tujhe khush karna bahut mushqil hai! From one of the *well-featured* movies. Song:JISE TU QUBOOL KAR LE, WOH ADAA KAHAAN SE LAAON Singer: Lata Movie: DEVDAAS Starring: Dilip Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Vyjayanthimala Music: SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>Along with the 3 well-known Lata solos, DEVDAAS has a brief song in the background. I don't know if SD ever completed his Madhuvanti masterpiece 'Dhana Dhana Bhaag Laagey More, Piyaa Ghar Aaye'. DEVDAAS also stands for one of the few times when a star refused a Filmfare award. Vyjayanthimala did not think of herself as a 'supporting actress' in the movie. ==>Haai Guri, aise hi outright clues jo aapne aur gaano ke liye diye haiN wo mujhe kyoN nahin soojh rahe :-) is gaane ke liye to clue bhi nahin chaahiye :-) ___________________________________________________________ 21. *ravaaN hai chhoTee si kashtee, hawaaoN ke rukh par nadee ke saaz pe, mallaah, geet gaataa hai This couplet is recited in *tarannum* by the male-singer -same guy who sounds better when he sings Sahir. A duet from a Mala Sinha starrer of B. R. Films Song: JHUKTI HAWAA, GAATI GHATAA Singers: Asha, Mahendra Kapoor Movie: DHOOL KA PHOOL Starring: Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha Music: N. Dutta ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sahir and N. Dutta have done a few movies together. Starting with MILAAP (Dev Anand, Geeta Bali), they worked on NAACHGHAR (Ashok Kumar, ?), SAADHANA, DHOOL KA PHOOL, DHARMAPUTRA, CHAANDI KI DEEWAR and NAYA RAASTA. ___________________________________________________________ 22. *ajahooN jo naa bhejyee mohan, taine koyi khabariyaa hojayi hai ik brij ki baalaa, ro ro kar baawariyaa One of those aajaa-ab-to-aajaa type themes, but this one is not just pleading, dhamkee bhi hai! A duet from one of the *well-featured* movies. Song: AAN MILO AAN MILO SHYAAM SAANWARE Singers: Manna Dey, Geeta Dutt Movie: DEVDAAS Starring: Dilip Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Vyjayanthimala Music: SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>Adapted from SD's own Bhatiyaali original 'Rongila Rongila Rongila Re' ___________________________________________________________ 23. *jis ghaDi meree, nigaahoN ko teree deed huyi vo ghaDi mere, liye aish ki tamheed huyi Another Wish...is baar sirf inkee. A Nutan starrer. [tamheed=preamble] Song: NIGHAAHEN MILAANO KO JEE CHAAHATA HAI Singers: Asha & Chorus Movie: DIL HI TO HAI Starring: Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Pran Music: Roshan ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>Sahir and Roshan worked on very few movies together. It was their quality that showed. I believe it started with BAABAR, and continued with BARSAAT KI RAAT, TAJ MAHAL, DOOJ KA CHAAND, DIL HI TO HAI and then BAHU BEGUM. ==>something something .. aane ko ji chaahtaa hai ? (this was accepted as correct:) ___________________________________________________________ 24. *sansaar ki har ik besharmee, gurbat ki god(=lap) meiN paltee hai chakloN hi meiN aakar ruktee hai, faaqoN se jo raah nikaltee hai Kuchh aur bahut sachchee baateN. Song: AURAT NE JANAM DIYA MARDON KO Singer: Lata Movie: SAADHANA Starring: Sunil Dutt, Vyjayanthimala Music: N. Dutta ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>This song and #16 : 'JinheN Naaz Hai' were confused with each other a lot! ___________________________________________________________ 25. *teree berukhi ke sadqe, meree zindagi ki khushiyaN tu agar isee meiN khush hai, to khushi se kar jafaayeN Selflessness ki intehaa hai ye: kuchh nahiN hone walaa, tab bhi! Mubarak Begum. Song: WOH NA AAYENGE PALAT KE, UNHE LAAKH HUM BULAAYEN Singer: see above Movie: DEVDAAS Starring: Dilip Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Vyjayanthimala Music: SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>One of 3 background songs in the movie. ___________________________________________________________ 26. *jab tak do dil ek na ho leiN dil ki lagee kaa rona kyaa This guy, on the other hand, has a lot more non-Sahir gems as well! Here, he is doing a duet with Asha. 'Kuchh ho jaaye to baDiyaa, nahiN ho to why whine?' Not a popular song. There was another movie with a similar title as this one, except that one had a mister in front. Song: WOH DEKHEN TO UNKI INAAYAT, NA DEKHEN TO RONAA KYA Singer: KK, Asha Movie: FUNTOOSH Starring: Dev Anand, Sheila Ramani Music: SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>Someone should do a Sheila Ramani analysis. What other movies did she star in? I know she was alongside Kishore Kumar in Bimal Roy's NAUKRI. And other than TAXI DRIVER, what else did she do? RAILWAY PLATFORM perhaps? One of my truly favourite Asha-Kishore duets. Terrific song. Thanks for including it in the selection. ___________________________________________________________ 27. *jinkee khatir gham saheN, aur ro ro jaan gawaayeN hai ri kismat unheeN ke mooNh se, deewaane kehlaayeN masti-bhari chheD-chhaaD...the guys lose! Sahir ne ek ghazal likhi tHi jo 'gazal' meiN istemaal huyi, us ghazal ka title is film ka title hai. Song: CHAANDI KA BADAN, SONE KI NAZAR Singers: Rafi, Manna Dey, Asha, Meena Kapoor & Chorus Movie: TAJMAHAL Starring: Pradeep Kumar, Bina Rai Music: Roshan ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>is it by any chance.. 'reshmi salwaar kurtaa jaali kaa..' ==>chaa.ndi ka badan sone ki nazar (or vice-versa ??) ___________________________________________________________ 28. *sapt suran teen graam bansee baaje remember those inter-college festivals? ye gaanaa, if done well, was always a sure winner. Song: LAAGAA CHUNARI MEIN DAAG Singer: Manna Dey Movie: DIL HI TO HAI Starring: Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Pran Music: Roshan ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>let me make a guess now. 'jhanak jhanak mori baaje payaliya' ? ___________________________________________________________ 29. *bheegi hawaaon meiN, ThanDi-ThanDi aag hai is haseen aag meiN, tu bhi jal ke dekh le ye zindagi ke geet ki, dhun badal ke dekh le phir nahiN aane kaa ye moment! Song: YEH RAAT YEH CHAANDNI PHIR KAHAAN Singer: Hemant Kumar Movie: JAAL Starring: Dev Anand, Geeta Bali (one of their 7) Music: SD ___________________________________________________________ 30. *hoNT haiN yaa kisi, shaayar ki duaaoN ka jawaab zulf hai yaa kisi saawan ke, talabgaar ka khaab Too-hot-to-handle! (yuk!...I must be getting tired, the phattas are getting worse...just one more...) Song: AAP KE PAAS JO AAYEGA PIGHAL JAAYEGA Singer: Mahendra Kapoor Movie: KAAJAL Starring: Raj Kumar, Meena Kumari, Dharmendra, Padmini Music: Ravi ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>aapke paas jo aayegaa vo jal jaayegaa (isiliye door hi se e.mail bhej diyaa :) ==>mannnn I hate MK but for a few songs...too screechy for me. ==>is it 'chaudhveeN kaa chaaNd ho...' ? but that goes like hoThonN pe khelti haiN tabassum ki bijaliyaaN, what am I missing or confusing ? :-( Or is it the draft version that never came out? If the line went like honTh...gulaab then too it would be okay, but duaaoN ka jawaab is TOO general! ___________________________________________________________ 31. *ye nayaa daur hai is daur meiN jeene ke liye husn ko husn kaa andaaz badalnaa hogaa A Rafi gem. The name of the movie is as pathetic as the phrase with clue #30. Song: ITNI NAAZUK NA BANO Singer: see above Movie: VAASANA Starring: Raj Kumar, Padmini, (Biswajeet??) Music: Chitragupta ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The only time Sahir and Chitragupta came together (??). ======================================================================= And now, the much awaited: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ **RJGK 22 Sahir Ludhianvi** RESULTS +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We'll talk about the 'sweet 16' first, followed by the '3-toppers': SWEET 16 -------- 16. Sridhar Natarajan 7/31 (you predicted your score right Sridhar! :) 15. Kishore Kamath 8/31 14. Indra Mohan 9/31 13. Satish Subramanian 10/31 12. Nitin Joshi & Vidya 11/31 these guys were tied with 11. Abhay Avachat 11/31 who sent his entry a few hrs earlier! 10. Himanshu Gupta & Vandana Sharma 12/31 9. Mohan Rathore 13/31 8. Kalyan Kolachale & Atul Gupta 14/31 7. Manish S. Prabhu 15/31 6. Ashish Bokil 16/31 tied with 5. Pavan Kumar Desikan & Ravindra 16/31 4. Shashi Kant Joshi (PRsPD) 17/31 3. Malini 22/31 (so two of your 'guesses' worked!) 2. Surjit Singh 23/31 and 1. Samiuddin Mohammed & Preetham 28/31 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aur ab aatee hai baaree un 'lukkhay' logoN ki, jinko RJGK se maathaa-pachchee karnay ke alaawaa koyi kaam nahiN:)) Sahir ne in logoN ke liye khaas likkhaa hai: kaafilay aatey-jaatey rehtey haiN kab huaa hai yahaaN kisi ka qayaam kal jahaaN maiN thaa, aaj too hai vahaaN ae nayee nasl, tujhko meraa salaam! [qayaam=paDaav] I am glad that we thought of a different system to break ties this time, becoz this may be the first time that so many people have produced a 31/31 score. There were a total of THREE perfect entries: two of these came in a row on two consecutive days during the weekend...these mahaanubhaav were: Ashok Dhareshwar & Preeti Ranjan Panda on 5/14/95 and Neeraj Malhotra & Prince Kohli on 5/13/95 AND, of course, the guy who, single-handedly, whizzed through the quiz by 5/4/95, short of one song that he finished on 5/12/95 (only becoz of my error in the mathematics of the MD's sequence)...the King of RJGK 22...a janam-siddh Sahir freak is......... VISH KRISHNAN !!!!!!! _______________________________________________________________________ Congratulations to all the participants...you're all winners imho...and thanks again for giving me a chance to make your life miserable! :)) Hopefully you heard some good stuff during all this. guri