Comments on: One hundred sixteen moonlit nights

By: Mohan

Mohan — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:12:33 +0000

Very beautiful write up. I get all emotional about this movie. I recently bought the dvd only to watch the song “mera kuch saamaan” in context. And i fell in love with the movie. Never knew she could exude emotions so beautifully. Rekha wowed me. Nothing more can be written about Naseeruddin Shah. Surprisingly the beautiful Anuradha Patel has emoted so aptly in the song. You want to fall in love with her despite the warranting evidence that she is an Emotionally Unstable Personality – Impulsive Type.

And yeah like people have already commented, “kaandhe ka til” is the mole on his shoulder indicating the intimate moments that she has spent with him. “Ek sau solah chaand ki raatein” is an illusory number she uses to remind him of the multitude of nights they spent together. According to the movie, they lived in together for more than two years.

Thank You so very much.

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By: C. Mandal

C. Mandal — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:26:02 +0000

Excellent post !
I loved the movie and particularly the song, Mera Kucch Saamaan…
I am not a Hindi native speaker and therefore there are things I could not understand properly, especially this (simple) sentence :
“Patjhad hai kuch… hai na ?”
Does it mean that autumn has arrived, or does it mean that autumn is quite something ?
Thank you for helping me out…
Regards,
C. Mandal

By: Rahul R

Rahul R — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 07:03:05 +0000

I first read this post as soon as it was written.
But, so POWERFUL is the ‘kaandhe ka til –> Sesame of Onion’ (literal) translation (evident in the zillion ‘attempts at correction’) that I’ve carried it in my mind for the last 3-4 years till I finally got an alternative one that’s hopefully as ‘worthy’ :-)
116 Chaan Ki Raatein, aur Tumhaare Kaandhe QaTil –> 116 Moonlit nights and Your Killer Shoulders
:-D

By: Vishaal

Vishaal — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:30:27 +0000

Read in an article that there is no special meaning hidden behind 116 chaand ki ratein, ek tere kandhe ka til,.
Article gave a good reasoning to reach this conclusion. If you can read in Hindi read following link
http://www.cinemanthan.info/index.php/2010/09/merakuchhsamaan/

By: Gaurav

Gaurav — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:11:46 +0000

most beautiful article about a beautiful movie with great songs. i first heard of ijaazat when i was in masters n a friend sung Choti Si Kahani Se. i was totally mesmerised n was wondering how i had missed the song till now being a follower of old hindi film songs. i gt hooked to this song n subsequently found two more gems frm the movie, Mera Kuch Saman and Katra Katra. today i was looking for a english translation to Mera Kuch Saman to introduce it to a friend abroad n i found this beautiful piece. i’ll just forward this link i guess….

Great work megha…cant wait to follow ur other works.

By: Rahul Pathak

Rahul Pathak — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:47:54 +0000

Kudos to you,

Beautiful…………………

By: Kalifonian

Kalifonian — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:21:27 +0000

I’m glad I stumbled to this blog..How beautifully you write Megha, makes me wonder…why’d you stop???

By: Lalit

Lalit — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:29:55 +0000

Absolutely loved the post and of course the songs and movie.
What about “mujhe pyar tumse nahin hai nahin hai magar maine ye raaj ab tak na jaana”

By: Kusum Rohra

Kusum Rohra — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:20:18 +0000

Megha Katra Katra is one of my all time favourites, it’s such a beautiful song and your post only makes the movie and the music more beautiful for me. What magic :)