How can it not be in my top 10 all time favorite numbers? Everything about it is awesome - the lyrics, music, location,shot sequence conception and execution. And people associated with it, right at the top of their trade - Amitabh, Rekha, Yash Chopra, Shiv-Hari,Javed Akhtar....
Visualise this scene - Lodhi Gardens, a tree lined stretch, dew on the grass, a chilly autumn evening, some time between dusk and nightfall, camera pans towards a handsome couple walking together. They are silent and holding hands and their pace is leisurely. Rekha in a pink churidaar is looking ravishing and when she locks her eyes with the tall, dark and handsome Amitabh, the screen is in a danger of melting away.
Amitabh - "Jo baat main tumse kehna chahta hoon, keh doon?"
Rekha - "Jo baat main aapse sun na chahti hoon, keh dijiye"
The couple walks, a resplendent moon accompanies, words become unnecessary and emotions pour out in a lilting melody - "Neela Aasman So Gaya".
The composition did full justice to the prose, and the poetic expression came alive in Amitabh’s rich baritone. Rekha never looked better, her beauty and subtle coyness complementing the elegance and nuances of the poetry. Yash Chopra's canvas perhaps didn't have those shades of love again.
Folks from my generation, stop dreaming and come back to the present.
Folks from the current generation, specially SRK fans, go see Silsila and this song to appreciate how to serenade a lady.
Visualise this scene - Lodhi Gardens, a tree lined stretch, dew on the grass, a chilly autumn evening, some time between dusk and nightfall, camera pans towards a handsome couple walking together. They are silent and holding hands and their pace is leisurely. Rekha in a pink churidaar is looking ravishing and when she locks her eyes with the tall, dark and handsome Amitabh, the screen is in a danger of melting away.
Amitabh - "Jo baat main tumse kehna chahta hoon, keh doon?"
Rekha - "Jo baat main aapse sun na chahti hoon, keh dijiye"
The couple walks, a resplendent moon accompanies, words become unnecessary and emotions pour out in a lilting melody - "Neela Aasman So Gaya".
The composition did full justice to the prose, and the poetic expression came alive in Amitabh’s rich baritone. Rekha never looked better, her beauty and subtle coyness complementing the elegance and nuances of the poetry. Yash Chopra's canvas perhaps didn't have those shades of love again.
Folks from my generation, stop dreaming and come back to the present.
Folks from the current generation, specially SRK fans, go see Silsila and this song to appreciate how to serenade a lady.
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