Monday, June 19, 2006
Photoblog : Baseraa
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Baseraa
Somewhere around home
Boston, Massachusetts
Don’t you love it when you accidentally take a nice looking picture? Yep, this was one of those. Point, click and whee! And then, a not-so-sudden moment of realization happened that I haven’t posted a photoblog in some time, so here I am, making amends.
The title of this post is also a Gulzar-written movie from 1981 starring Rakhee, Rekha and Shashi Kapoor, with lovely music by Pancham. Do you remember a Chitrahaar/Chhayageet moment where a zombie-like Rakhee is walking around in a garden with Shashi and a little kiddo? The kid tugs at her pallu and nervously asks her — jahaan pe saveraa ho? and Rakhee replies nuh-uh and continues to sing in a very high-pitched Lata voice — jahaan pe baseraa ho, saveraa vahiin hai. Did that moment scare you enough to never watch a Rakhee movie again? Did it, did it? Yesh? Well, this is that movie.
Hope you like. The photo, I mean.
meeeee first…
lauuuuly photo… just love the shades of blue and red in them :)
and a staunch pancham fan that you are, i never thought you’d do this jahaan pe baseraa ho, saveraa vahiin hai
wasnt it the otherway round… jahaan pe saveraa ho, baseraa vahiin hai… and before you even decide to thank, i say this… MENTION NOT
*psst… monday morning sickness hai :) *
Monday, June 19, 2006 @ 12:17 AM
Well, I dont know which is better..the title or the picture itself..good job..
Monday, June 19, 2006 @ 12:18 AM
[Rumpy] No no no and an emphatic no. I am not wrong in this matter, milord. But you are not wrong either. The song is indeed ‘jahaan pe saveraa ho, baseraa vahiin hai’. But but but - when the kid asks the innocent ‘jahaan pe saveraa ho?’ (and in his defense, he only repeats what Rakhee has been singing until that point), she confuses the kid with the retort ‘jahaan pe baseraa ho, saveraa vahiin hai’. Now go listen to the song and thank me. And quit questioning my Pancham-bhakt-ness, you .. oh thankoo! Glad you liked photo :)
[Shiva] Aren’t we clever? We couldn’t think of a decent title, so we translated sunset into Hindi. (Well, basera isn’t only sunset, it is also abode, but still.) *pats herself on the back for a stunt well-pulled* Thank you though!
Monday, June 19, 2006 @ 12:28 AM
Hmmmmm… nice pic.. :)
Monday, June 19, 2006 @ 12:35 AM
Awesome picture.
Monday, June 19, 2006 @ 12:43 AM
Is there a theme to your photoblogs (something like each photo is supposed to capture your moods or something) or is it me? Anyways keep those shutters clicking, its good. (atleast the ones you show us)
-P
ps: As far as Saveraa and Baseraa, I think you said it correct :)
Monday, June 19, 2006 @ 1:45 AM
for an answer with THAT confidence, i dont have to even listen to that song to derive that you are right milord… and no i will not… i will never ever doubt your pancham bhakti… jai ho “yum n yum” maata ki :P… and plijj to pardon me for my unadulterated and half-baked knowledge :)
Monday, June 19, 2006 @ 1:57 AM
Good picture.
Universal had recently released 5 CD pack of 10 Pancham movies (Aamne Saamne/Shaukeen, Arjun/Joshilaay, Joshila/Dil Deewana, Ghungroo Ki Awaaz/Apne Apne and Jawani/Basera) and the price is unbelievable Rs. 199/-.
Monday, June 19, 2006 @ 2:12 AM
I remember being enthralled by Raakhee’s sickening sweetness, in a sickly sort of way. And the latter half of the film had me in shivers. I can feel my heart screw up in dread even as I read your post.
Monday, June 19, 2006 @ 3:27 AM
Looking towards the right side of the pic, it seems as though the trees are on fire! very nice effect! Why don’t you emboss the copyright mark next time :) is it still winter out there? or was this taken in late fall?
Monday, June 19, 2006 @ 3:58 AM
Me, I meant :).
Also you, touched in head for bringing up said song …
‘Jo beet gayi woh baat gayi
Bahut andhiyaari thi par
subah huyi toh raat gayi
Thoda bahut dimaag tha
Hai! Rakhee ki yaad chaat gayi”
:)
Monday, June 19, 2006 @ 4:36 AM
lovely photo.one of those I wish I had taken it type.
never saw the movie.how about a complete review a la Fanaa?
As for Rakee, to me she always looked like she was high on something.
you could take the song in a spiritual way like the start and end of life are like a circle, there being no start and no end.
Whew! My first highly intelectual thought.Is this what they call brain drain?
Monday, June 19, 2006 @ 10:37 AM
verrry nice picktchaar.. but why can’t i take nice picktchaars????? Grrrr!
Monday, June 19, 2006 @ 3:46 PM
This post just made me laugh!
Been here many times but had to comment today.
Got back memories of Chitrahaar+ the song +movie.
I remember feeling v.angry when Rakhee decides leave the family (after she returns home, recovered from her mental illness) at the end because Shashi K and Rekha are happy…pissed me off completely. Sigh! Seems like such a long time ago.
Monday, June 19, 2006 @ 4:09 PM
tchah. no new comments.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 @ 12:39 AM
That is a pretty picture. But i find this pinkish - orange sky rather depressing.
And yes, I remember that movie, that song and watching that song in Chitrahaar. What a crappy tale of sacrifice that movie was. I mean, only an insane person wud choose to remain in a paagalkhaana for the rest of their lives so i guess she deserved to be there.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 @ 2:28 AM
Lovely pic Megha! I’m an avid photographer too, chec out my blog - The Chronicles.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 @ 9:29 AM
Nice photo. On another note, have you tried shooting in the RAW? Just curious.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 @ 11:54 AM
[Anantha] Thankoo :)
[Zz] And thankoo again!
[Paddy] Well, there was no mood association, but if you’d like, I can make up some, ex-post. Like this picture, for instance. The sky/clouds seem like they’re on fire. Ergo, I am angry. Howzat?
[Rumpy] Aww, we know you meant well, and were not questioning our bhakti, so yumnyum maata has maafofied you. It is just that one might forget one’s friends but one never forgets one’s deep-rooted fears. Rakhee. Brrrr!
[Raju] 5 CDs for that price? Wow! It is a different matter than I already have all of those soundtracks (Heh sorry, I couldn’t help but gloat) but at that peanut price, I wouldn’t mind buying myself a second copy, just for kicks :) Are they available online anywhere?
[Batul] She leaves you in a daze, doesn’t she? You are left staring at her with deathly curiosity, while her zombie-like gaze pulls you into a trance. You know it is bad for you, you really should be looking away, but you just cannot help yourself. Shudder! (Rakhee fans, if any, are going to kill me, just about now.)
[angelo] Thankoo! Glad you like. This was taken about a month ago, or a bit more. Was early spring, with a lingering chill in the air, which explains the lack of leaves on the trees. But winter is long gone now. We’re smack-dab in the middle of a heat wave. Blah. And just curious - why the preference for embossing?
[ReTouched] Bringing up this scary song should be pretty low on the list of reasons why I am touched in the head, no?
[amol] Thankoo! I am more than happy to talk about the movie at length, but am not sure if the review can be made very entertaining. Or maybe I should start one of those ‘movie review in less than 100 words’ type series. Hmm, now that’s an idea. I think that ‘circle of life’ meaning you attributed is exactly what Gulzar’s intent was behind the lyrics too. And by the way, welcome to the blog!
[Sriram] Um, maybe ‘cos you are usually too busy thinking of ways to torment humanity?
[Sunrayz] Glad you decided to delurk and comment :) And heck yes, I was mighty annoyed with her supposed ’solution’ to the problem too. But then again, the way I see it, if Shashi was going to be saddled with one of the two, I would much rather it be Rekha with her 50-paisa bindi rather than spaced-out Rakhee. Talk about difficult choices in life!
[mad in america] Here’s one :)
[Raj] Thank you. Yeah, it was a completely random choice to water flower pots for the rest of her life. But what was the alternative?
[Meena] Thanks! Will check them out.
[(s] I have a pretty basic digital camera (a relatively older Canon PowerShot A80) so it doesn’t allow me to store in formats other than JPG. So nopes, not played with RAW, although I would like to eventually.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 @ 1:07 PM
Torment humanity? Poor ‘Ol me? I am the nicest person on earth, no? then how can I torment humanity? We torment only morons though :P
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 @ 2:24 PM
For what it’s worth, I never forgot how to spell business because of this movie! ;-)
Great great picture - amazing - the wonderful Boston - I say this as I hear the thunder outside! :)
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 @ 8:51 PM
@Megha: Are they available online anywhere? … I had purhcased it from Planet M, near CST station, Mumbai. I looked at the online webpage of Planet M, but their website is just hopeless. I will let you if they are available online at some other online store.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 1:20 AM
Ur blog didnt allow me to add a comment 2 hrs ago :(
Second try:
Well, she could have acted like a normal human, told everyone that she knows everything and then lived a secluded life on a hill station watering the pots. That wud have been better, dont u think?
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 4:21 AM
[megha] if i fairly remember the only three people who were afraid of rakhee were Amrish Puri, Paresh Rawal & Amrish Puri again in Raam Lakhan & Karan Arjun respectively… and they had done lot of bad things to her for her to take bath in blood and wait with photo of her sons to take badlaaaaaaa….
now what have you done to fear her? made her read this post? she must have got all tensified and taken bath with khus khus and then taken a “Print Screen” of this post and wait outside the gate of her village waiting for her sons to come and take her badla…
you have lots to fear my friend… and i mean LOTS
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 6:53 AM
My first time on your site…and was a hit by a wonderful range of colours! Loved the pic!
Will drop in more often now. :)
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 8:31 AM
[Sriram] Yes yes, of course. The trouble is that you tend to think of humanity and morons as one and the same thing :)
[qs.gemini] Ooh yes! I never imagined anyone would remember that scene! Papa, main ‘My father is a man’ nahin likh sakta kya? Heh heh.
[Raju] Thank you! Yeah, Planet M’s website is consistently hopeless, I agree. In fact, I’ve pretty much given up on most online stores for Hindi Film Music, that are based out of India. If you know of a reliable one (not necessarily for Pancham alone) do let me know.
[Raj] Aink? Didn’t let you comment? Aisa kaise ho gaya? Ghor anyaay and all that!
If she told everyone she knows everything, there would have been ultra levels of senti, lots of emotional blackmail, Rekha doing the whole ‘I have stolen my sister’s life, how can I live’ routine, the kids being utterly confused who to call mom, jealousy and all that. Enough for two more movies. I suppose watering pots is a better alternative to all that drama, no? Although I agree. A hill station would have been nicer than an asylum.
[Rumpy] Yes, I have become the new-age Bishambhar + Durjan Singh. I have given her reason to give birth to more Shahrukhs and Salmans and worse, make them wear dhotis. And I have given her reason to howl ye bandhan toooooooo pyaar ka bandhan hai. Plus I am single-handedly responsible for her mouthing dialogues like Bishambhar, kaun khada hai tumhaare saamne? Tumhaara kaal! Jo theek nischit samay par aa pahuncha hai! Sigh. Woe is me! What have I done!
[Lovemarks] Thank you! Nice to have you drop in. Hope to see you around more often :)
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 1:46 PM
When I write [aNTi] or [Megha], does the font change colour automatically ?
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 3:01 PM
[Yay] It [does]!
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 3:02 PM
[No] Not [flooding]. Stopping.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 3:05 PM
[Sorry]. Just a tad hard to resist.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 3:06 PM
The [last].
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 3:11 PM
[jus checking] You don’t write aNTi no more.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 3:13 PM
But [one].
[Somebody] stop me!
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 3:14 PM
Was lost in past, as usual, [weird acronym that used to be a person] . Sorry.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 3:17 PM
c’est magnifique
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 3:17 PM
If I say [Kallu] nahin, [Kaalia] kaho, will the colour change?
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 3:24 PM
[kallu mama] Thankee thankee! :)
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 3:30 PM
Help! There’s a madman trapped in my commentspace!
The straight brackets have been discovered it seems. And somewhere in ASCII-Ramgarh there is a mom telling its kids Asterix and Underscore to go to sleep, lest they meet with the same fate.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 3:33 PM
What does *asterix* do ? N _underscore)
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 3:37 PM
OhhhK.
But [madman] ?
Dekho phir se bhool gaya, mujhko yaad dilaana …
mera kya naam hai ?
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 3:42 PM
Hee haw! They do nothing! But I made you try them out, didn’t I? :)
(Maybe one of these days, i’ll turn asterixes into blinking text or something. Right after which I shall jump off a cliff in shame.)
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 3:42 PM
Ah well, we’ve seen all this gimmickry. Now give us something that will generate [valentines] @ mention of Rambha, Naghma et al or [barfbags] when Ash comes in, and THEN we shall see.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 3:49 PM
[BinThereSanam] (Someone we know would have spelt that song like that) Now now, careful what you wish for. Else tomorrow there will be tooltips on people’s names saying flattering things about them. With Ash we might be on the same page, but with Rambha and Naghma, we may not-so-politely beg to differ. Phir tera kya hoga, Kaalia?
(Why am I on a Sholay trip today?)
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 4:08 PM
Should the mom in ASCII-Ramgarh be concerned that she has been reduced (or elevated, depends on perspective) to it?
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 4:32 PM
[(s] Nah, no reduction or elevation. It is ASCII-Ramgarh after all. Even the mom is an ASCII character. That’s why she’s an it, not a she :)
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 5:06 PM
A very beautiful blend of colors! Life feels so mch better for a second. Thanks for the excellent pic! keep ‘em coming! :)
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 5:20 PM
Well, then shouldn’t it be Asterisk?
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 5:58 PM
[raj da 2nd] Thank you. Glad you liked!
[(s] She’s an ASCII-mom. Cut her some slack, no? :)
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 @ 7:43 PM
Oooh! *Aah-sum*, is what this picture is!
Sunset-pictures just seem to take themselves, no? We just happen to be standing there with cameras and soppy what-a-pretty-sunset-smiles.
Thursday, June 22, 2006 @ 1:00 AM
Chhole trip ? [I] thought [you] had done that earlier …
D’ya get Maybelline for tooltips ?
Thursday, June 22, 2006 @ 1:51 AM
Caption on ASCII mom’s Tee : Italics do it better.
Thursday, June 22, 2006 @ 1:55 AM
“I am covered in skin
No one gets to come in
Pull me out from inside
I am folded, and unfolded, and unfolding
I am
[colorblind] “
Thursday, June 22, 2006 @ 2:00 AM
Pigtails like twins, in lakes, keep flowing.
Someone listens, or Yana listens
keep stalking.
Some leaking, some mouthing.
Oops, keeps talking*.
Thursday, June 22, 2006 @ 2:07 AM
Am linking you on my blog. Btw, quite liked the way your blog keeps ‘changing’- how’d you do that? :)
Thursday, June 22, 2006 @ 5:10 AM
lol … okay, I will cut her some slack. I was just paying attention to detail :).
Thursday, June 22, 2006 @ 10:55 AM
Hey, I just posted a comment here but forgot to add my name. Wanted to delete it but I see it didn’t get published. What I wrote earlier was:
Awesome! Just loved the pic.
Megs, as the pic has the copyright credits, can I donwload it? Please…
:-)
Thursday, June 22, 2006 @ 11:02 AM
[Chronicus Skepticus] Thankoo thankoo! And yes, completely! When the sky looks like the way it does, it is near impossible to go wrong. This is usually how I go about it -
1. Stare dreamily at the sky
2. Realize the sun has already set so the sky will turn dark in exactly 23 seconds
3. Hurriedly pull out camera. No time to fiddle with settings
4. Take photo in 1.2 seconds
5. Preeeeeeeen
6. Go back to dreamy drooling
Nice to have you stop by on the blog!
[Madman] Sigh. Not only is a lunatic trapped in my commentspace, he/she/it is also fond of wordplay. Just my luck. Don’t get me started on Chhole and Dhanno. I have a whole theory on that, that is best reserved for a separate post. Oh and I know I am going to regret asking this, but - Maybelline? May be line? And now we’re doing odd poetry? No wait, that’s a translation of a song I know! And love!
Pigtails like twins, in lakes, keep flowing.
Chhoti si do, jheelon mein vo, behti rehti hain
Someone listens, or Yana listens
Koi sunein, ya na sunein
keep stalking.
kehti rehti hain
Some leaking, some mouthing.
Kuchh likhhi .. aur .. kuchh zubaani
Do naina .. aur .. ik kahaani
Thoda sa baadal, thoda sa paani
To think I *almost* missed that. Am so kicked! :)
[Lovemarks] My blog keeps changing? In public? *horrified look* It has had exhibitionistic tendencies all these years and I never knew? Oh the horror! *sheepish grin* Sorry, I shall behave now. Thankoo for linking to me :) Most flattered. And I guess you are talking about the tagline below the title of the blog and the quote on top that change on each reload? Did them both with a script that generates them randomly from a database.
[(s] Tsk tsk :)
[loverBoy] Yes, certainly, please to. Just as long as you are not reproducing it elsewhere, and keeping the copyright line intact, I have no issues with you downloading it. And thankoo. Glad you like so much :)
Thursday, June 22, 2006 @ 12:31 PM
Mary (ahh) ways will be recognisable.
Don’t get me started ?
“Lets get it started yeah, lets get it started yo”
(desists on remniscence of purported wasteland oops waistline previously shown on blog compared to droolsome washboard abs of music video).
Thursday, June 22, 2006 @ 1:02 PM
[Naam Gum Jayega] Uh oh, he’s back! And hey! Not to take potshots at our waistline. Make many a tree proud, it would. And be careful what you sigh and drool about, else there’s be Flash animation on this blog, of aforementioned tree-trunk, dancing to hip hop music videos. And then Mayhem will ensue. That too in the month of June.
Thursday, June 22, 2006 @ 1:29 PM
Off topic : I still cant get that Rajamme pasu thing out of my mind. Still brings smile. :-) Thanks for the meme.
Thursday, June 22, 2006 @ 11:26 PM
[Smiley] Glad it still does the trick for you :)
Friday, June 23, 2006 @ 12:19 AM
For afore mentioned hip, hopping.
And Flashing.
Flash,oops.
Gordon follows ?
Gordon Woodroffe. Childhood memories. Nobody in the world probably remembers it anymore though.
Friday, June 23, 2006 @ 12:31 PM
Ah ! New England is beautiful indeed !
But man, summer’s really hot !
Beautiful picture… Really nice perception of color, I must add !
Saturday, June 24, 2006 @ 4:43 PM
cool pic! wow, at first glance it seems there’s been some post-processing on the pic…but then, when nature is at its best…u can’t do much to improve on that! :)
Sunday, June 25, 2006 @ 2:49 AM
Hi
What a pic! From one shutterbug to another. You have a nice lens eye. As for the Shashi Kapoor movie and Rakhee song, I guess I have heard it. You seem to have this tremendous knowledge of Hindi films. Do you watch these movies on video or were you a movie buff of our times;)
John
Sunday, June 25, 2006 @ 6:31 AM
[TheWorldnMe,WeAreWaiting] You wait so much, you’ll turn into Amitabh in John, Jaani, Janardhan, tararam pampam pampam from Naseeb, velvet coattails and all. Who Gordon Woodroffe, by the way?
[Sandeep] Yes, it is beautiful out here. But if you think our summers are extreme, what about our winters? :) And thanks. Glad you liked!
[karan] Yep, when the sky looks like it does, all you can do is drool and click. And drool some more.
[John] I watched a LOT of movies as a kid, both on Doordarshan as well as in the theatre. One of the perks of belonging to a movie-loving family, I guess. And my present day video/DVD collection ably assists in the matter too. So as you can see, my readers have no escape! :) Thanks for stopping in!
Monday, June 26, 2006 @ 1:47 AM
Hi, love the picture you took. Beautiful colours. I noticed the copyright sign on the photo and was wondering how one can get that for one’s pictures? Advice?
Monday, July 24, 2006 @ 6:52 PM
Update… where art thou? :)
Monday, September 4, 2006 @ 2:30 PM
Awesome colors .Liked the way you clicked ,keepin those trees as a reference .
Good Luck
Thursday, February 8, 2007 @ 2:36 AM