Ghalib!

What a morning!
I completed the serial Ghalib.
Naseeruddin shah plays Ghalib, Jagjit Singh and Chitra has sung the ghazals, directed by gulzar and all other actors in the serial are best of what indian cinema is. Every episode has atleast one complete ghazal. If ghalib is singing the ghazal, camera just focuses on his face and naseer's face is enough to understand the beauty of words even if you cant understand them. Although ghalib's life was tragic but still gulzar has creatively managed to highlight this point but at the same time, he has kept the emphasis on his ghazals,poetry and sher. Naseer is too good in ghalib's portrayal. Jagjit Singh's voice adds makes you feel the pain.

I wonder why such serials are not made anymore. There will always be people who will admire such efforts. Admirers may be silent but surely will remember such efforts. And for others, this will surely be another option. People of my generation were lucky to know about serials such as malgudi days,mahabharath, Ramayan. My parents generation grew up with classics like nukkad and i dont know other names. But generation coming after me do not even know that serials can be so down to earth, realistic and still be beautiful. As i dont know of many names of past, coming generation will never know who R.K. Lakshman was. When i was a child, sunday mornings were eagerly awaited. Jungle book was a treat followed by Mahabharatha. The famous song "Ek Chidiya" was a delight to hear every time and still is. My only point is that i still got a glimpse of such serials and still remember what a beauty they were. I do not deny that today's serials are bad,well some of them are, but i don't see any attempts to show those episodes again. Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon has changed the whole world! Children watch animations of Hanuman and Ramanyan, which is good as atleast something is better than nothing, but most of the stuff is trash. I still believe that a channel showing Mahabharatha again will still attract TRPs.

Harry Potter is good, no doubt about it, but one must also experience Enid Blyton while growing up. Thinking about books starts a complete new debate inside me. I myself have not read so many books which were a common talk in previous generations. But by luck atleast i know some of them. I would like someone to come forward and share such information.
Anyways, there are hundreds of things to write when i think about it. As ghalib says Hazaaroon khwaishein aisi.....

This wiki link is a good resource to know more about him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza_Ghalib

Songs

Some great songs that i have listened over past 2 months

Khoya khoya chand : Title song of sudhir mishra's new movie. Music composed by Shantanu moitra.

Seene mein jalan (Thanks to justin for sending the link)
Sung by Suresh Wadekar from the movie gaman.

seene mein jalan  aankhon mein tufaan saa kyon hain ?
is shahar mein har shaks pareshaan saa kyon hain ?

dil hain to, dhadakane kaa bahaanaa koee dhoondhe
patthar kee tarah beheesa-o-bejaan saa kyon hain ?

tanahaee kee ye kaunasee, manzil hain rafeekon
taa-hadd-ye-najar yek bayaabaan saa kyon hain ?

kyaa koee nayee baat  najar aatee hain hum me
aaeenaa humei dekh ke hairaan saa kyon hain ?

Doors: This is the end.
what a song!

Jahan chaar yaar : Forgot about this song completely until a few days back.
This classic from sharabi always lightens my mood!