June 18, 2003
To Gabbar Singh
Just when you thought I was only going to write heavy duty political stuff, here comes something rather shallow!
Looking at this page of Indian LP covers brought back a whole gamut of memories. Particularly on certain commercial Indian movies with their silly plots, fun music and pretty faces. I'm a bit too young to have caught the Sangam or Mother India frenzy, but well remember Sholay and how popular it became in Iran during the late 70's. Who can forget the adventures of Jai and Veeru, hired by that armless military officer in battling the evil Gabbar Singh (how long since you heard that name?) with the sultry Basanti adding an element of femininity and romance. A few years ago while driving around in a cab in Mumbai and Bollywood, I caught myself trying to sing jaan-e-jahaan subconsciously.
Hey, the DVD is on sale, maybe I should take a closer look.
I shall stop coming here Pedram - you make you feel old, damn it! I was actually a cinemagower during the 70s. How depressing. (Was this the one with the girl singing and dancing on the fire and/or glass?)
Posted by: Haleh at June 18, 2003 11:50 PMYup.
Did you also do the Saturday Night Fever and the Grease thing too? Still own at least two Bee Gees albums/CD's? Know the lyrics to a minimum of one ABBA song? Still don't know the right lyrics to Hotel California? Remember Nick Nolte before he was Nick Nolte? How 'bout Richard Dreyfuss in Close Encounters Of The Third Kind? Fantasy car is still a Mercedes-Benz 280SE? Remember pre-AIDS days?
If you do, you are definetly my generation people. Now let's disco!