The song Ek Do Teen from the movie Tezaab just came to mind. The song begins with Madhuri Dixit’s character talking to the crowd, and when they keep chanting her name (Mohini, Mohini), she eventually bursts into song.
The playback singing for this particular song was done by Alka Yagnik, and the initial parts where the conversation takes place with the crowd, also had her voice instead of that of Madhuri Dixit’s.
Since the initial segment in the song involved conversation and absolutely no singing, I am wondering why the producer / director / music director did not record Madhuri Dixit’s voice while dubbing to incorporate in this part, and instead chose to go with Alka Yagnik’s voice.
In any case, a funny super song. Watching this movie at a cinema theatre is my first ever memory of visiting a movie hall (Lido in Mysore), and I can still recall parts of this movie where Anil Kapoor jumps off a tall building and is lying in a pool of blood but still survives, how all the bad guys are beaten up in the end, and how there is a song just before the climax where Anil Kapoor, Chunky Pandey and Madhuri Dixit are riding in a Maruti Omni gaadi.
In retrospect, it was quite a violent movie, I must say! I don’t think my folks read the reviews before they took me to watch it.
this was my first hindi movie too. this was in the times when i used to keep tab of all movies i’d seen so far, and this was no. 5. the first 4 were 2 kannada movies (avaLe nanna henDathi and one random shankar nag movie called Shakti) and 2 documentaries which my mom took me to so that i don’t become corrupt.
I remember the song. I was too young when the movie came out. In fact I think the movie played yesterday on Filmy or Star Gold or something. It was one of those defining songs of late 80s- early 90s Bollywood wasn’t it? My earliest Hindi movie memory would be Naseeruddin Shah’s Hero Hiralal or something like that. I can however proudly say I was at the beginning of the SRK era.
Bought your bike yet? When are you posting on it?
I still remember this song being abused very much in our classroom antakshari/singing competition. But no one ever went past the first two lines. But its the case with most songs!
@skimpy,
One of my first memories of Kannada movie watching was seeing Dr.Raj in dari thappida maga. He put double role and all in that, and I recall being hajjar fascinated by it. Apart from that, the other one was bhaktha Prahalad, when I was a hardcore Hindu myth fanatic who used to pray at night so I could get a bhramastra to kick the school bus bully. But alas.
Documentaries to not become corrupt? Put off post da, sounds interesting.
@Abhijith Mohan,
The movie you are referring to is Hero Hiralal. One of the first scenes of the movie is of how Naseruddin Shah, who is a poster painter tears a poster and comes out shouting, “Phata poster, nikla hero” or something. You might’ve been at the beginning of the SRK era, but you can suck donkey balls, because most of us have seen Fauji and followed each and every episode of it. You probably weren’t even a zygote then
As far as the bike is concerned, when it comes, people who need to shall be duly notified. Sure, you’re included. Not sure if I intend to blag about it. Depends.
@Vishwas,
Most songs beginning with the “eh” syllable would be included in the list you’ve just mentioned. Much abused, no doubts whatsoever.
Hey the song was funny and madhuri dixit was cute max in the movie except for the overacting during the dance sequences…But i do think u need to blag about Hero hiralal…now that was one hell of a funny movie
@ameya,
Yeah, but let some Hero Hiralal fundas come and hit me out of the blue suddenly, I shall definitely unleash then!
@Hari,
dari thappida maga was #14 for me. we bought VCR in 1989 (the day there was a plane crash in Bangalore – the one from bombay; this crash is mentioned in Baazigar, btw). before that i’d seen 10 movies. and then it was 100 in a few months and i stopped keeping count
@skimpy,
I remember that crash, some distant relatives of ours also had apparently put jai. It was the airbus a320, right?
@Hari,
Whoopsie doo, someone’s being defensive about his advancing age…ROFLMAO, sorry to remind you about that…. Uncle!!
*Runs like the wind*
Do watch Ankush from the same director, a brilliant movie.
@Abhijith Mohan,
If 25 is an advanced age, then you’ve certainly not understood the concept of increasing life expectancy with advances in medical research.
(I’m sure I can run faster, I don’t have a potbelly. I don’t know about you though.)
@thequark,
Can’t say, might’ve seen it off hand. But not when attentive. Will remedy that the next time an opportunity arises. Ketan Mehta right? Will JFGI.
@Hari, It is N Chandra’s movie. Read my review here: http://thequark.blogspot.com/2008/03/ankush-movie-review.html
@thequark,
Damaar! Stupidity are there.