The quintessential Telugu Wedding Song

Continuing my series on sharing some of my favorite songs for various occasions, here is a Telugu song.

You will find this song being played by the band at every wedding you attend in Andhra......

Sri Sitaramula Kalyanamu Chootamu rarandi - Let's go watch the wedding of Sita and Rama

Siri kalyanapu bottunu petti - wearing the wedding sindhoor

Mani bhasikamunu nudutanu gatti - wearing the gem studded bhashikam on her forehead

Paranini padalaku petti - wearing the vermilion on her feet

Pellikooturai velasina sita kalyanamu chootamu rarandi - the all decked out bride sita's wedding, let's go and see

Sri Sitaramula Kalyanamu Choostamu rarandi Sri Sitaramula Kalyanamu Choostamu rarandi

sampangi noone nu kurulanu duvvi - combed hair with fragrant oils
Sompuga kasturi naamamu tirchi - wearing a beautiful sandal tilak
Chemapga vasi chukkanu petti - having the wedding dot on his cheek
Pellikodukai velasina ramuni kalyanamu chootamu rarandi - the all decked out groom rama's wedding, let's go and see


Janaki dosita kempula povai - a heap of red rubies in Sita's palm
Ramuni dosita neelapu rasai - blue sapphires in rama's hand
aani mutyamulu talambraluga - pure pearls as talmabralu ( the pearls took the red color of Sita's parani and the blue of rama's hands)
iravula merisina seetaramula kalyanamu chootamu rarandi - the glowing pair of sita and rama's wedding let's go and watch.


(Pardon any translation mistakes)

For all the present and soon to be Expats on the Blog!!!!!

This song is from the 60's film Kabuliwaala - based on the story of the same name by Rabindranath Tagore about  the bond of friendship that springs between Rahmun the street vendor from Kabul and Mini, a little girl from Calcutta. It is also the story of a father's love for a daughter who is no longer daddy's little girl.

http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/rubel/kabuliwala.html



Aye mere pyaare vatan, aye mere bichhade chaman


Tujh pe dil qurabaan

Tu hi merii aarazu, Tu hi merii aabaru, Tu hi merii jaan



Tere daaman se jo aae un havaaon ko salaam

chuum lun main us zubaan ko jisape aae teraa naam

Sabase pyaarii subah teri, Sabase ra.ngii.n terii shaam

Tujh pe dil qurabaan ...



Maa kaa dil banake kabhii siine se lag jaataa hai tuu

aur kabhii nanhii.n sii beTii ban ke yaad aataa hai tuu

Jitanaa yaad aataa hai mujhako, Utanaa ta.Dapaataa hai tuu

Tujh pe dil qurabaan



Chhod kar teri zamin ko duur aa pahunche hain ham

phir bhii hai ye hii tamannaa tere charro.n kii qasam

Hum jahaan paidaa hue , us jagah pe hi nikale dam

Tujh pe dil qurabaan
 

For all the parents on the Blog!!!!!

(tujhe suraj kahu ya chanda, tujhe deep kahu ya tara


meraa nam karega roshan, jag me meraa raj dulara) - (2)

mai kab se taras raha tha, mere aangan me koyee khele

nanhee see hansee ke badle, meree saree duniya le le

tere sang jhul raha hai, meree baho me jag sara

meraa nam karega roshan, jag me meraa raj dulara



aaj ungli thamke teree, tujhe mai chalna sikh lau

kal hath pakadna meraa, jab mai buddha ho jau

tu mila toh maine paya, jina ka naya sahara

meraa nam karega roshan, jag me meraa raj dulara

Anand & Amer Prem

These two films need no introduction to the readers of this blog.......(Spoiler Alert!! Don't read if you haven't seen them yet!!!)

I have never really WATCHED these two movies. I remember seeing them with amma/nanna in bits and pieces and of course saw/heard the songs multiple times.

Today, for the first time, I really watched both the films in their entirity and I completely understand how a generation of women can swoon over Rajesh Khanna.....I feel the same way a little bit......

And what can one say about those two movies that has not been said before.

The happy, vivacious Rajesh Khanna and the dour and disillusioned Amithabh.....the last scene where Anand goes "Main marna nahin chahta" and Bhaskar hearing "Babu Moshay, Zindagi aur Maut Ki Khel Mein Hum Sab Katputhli Hain" and the eerie laughter....I am still a little emotional!!!!!

As for Amar Prem, the quartet of R.D.Burman, Kishore Kumar, Anand Bakshi and Rajesh Khanna that gave Chingari Koi and Kuch To Log Kahenge......the haunting melodies, the moonlit nights and the relationship between a woman cheated by circumstances and a man cheated by life, the tender bond between the courtesan and the innocent child...the family that has no legitimacy, yet, is one in all it's meaning..why is it that most of such stories are from Bengali authors????? "Pushpa, I hate tears". The characters do not shed tons of melodramatic tears, it's emotional without crying, it's romantic without duets.

It's a good day today as I got reacquinted with two of the greatest Hindi movies of all time......