Tag Archives: Kya Kehna

SOTD: Oh! Carol – Neil Sedaka


Check out the hit song Oh! Carol by Neil Sedaka on his birthday.


Stereo Nation did a cover version of the song in the 90s. “Aye Dil Laya Hai Bahar” from Kya Kehna was inspired/copied from the song. Rajesh Roshan was the music composer. Here are the two songs.

Continue

Posted in Exclusive, SOTD | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |




Blast from the Past: Javed Akhtar’s Filmfare Interview from 2001


Today is Javed Akhtar’s birthday. So check out his Filmfare Interview from August 2001.


What’s the good verse… Javed Akhtar on record

He’s the purrfect sound byte engineer. Shooting from the lip, narrating stories with easy facility, when it comes to word play, Javed Akhtar’s the raconteur for all reasons. Right from crafting the lacerating Mere paas maa hai (Deewaar) dialogue to the gossamer soft Kuch na kaho (1942-A Love Story) to the pacifist Panchhi nadiya (Refugee), Jadoo as wife Shabana Azmi calls him, words come to him as naturally as waves lapping a shore.

He prefers the old-fashioned way of putting pen to paper rather than the new fangled word processor. Yet he’s hip enough to cotton on to the lingua franca spoken by new generation directors, 20-somethings like son Farhan and daughter Zoya. From Ramesh Sippy (Andaz) to Rohan Sippy (Kuch Na Kaho), he’s seamlessly straddled two generations of mind-sets.

Rapier sharp-retorts and amiable jibes keep the air filled chez the Azmi/Akhtars. On a cold, cold night, Javed saab steams up the fiza (his favourite word) with some hot-hot banter. Excerpts:

When Shabana and I got married, it was rather late in the day to have kids. Anyone in this country who has many children is less than a patriot

Have you turned producer with Dil Chahta Hai which your son Farhan is directing?

Continue

Posted in Exclusive, Interviews, Retro | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |