Look at Ghar aaya mera pardesi, for instance.Īnd then, there are the literal ‘dream songs’, songs which talk about dreams. In a dream world, there can be little semblance to reality: special effects, grand backdrops, feats that people would not achieve in real life-all come to the fore, and are celebrated, in dream sequences. Then, there are songs which fit the very specific cinematic style known as the dream sequence: a dream which does not require anybody to be really asleep (though some of the best dream sequences in cinema history do involve people who are asleep). The heroine (or the hero) goes to sleep and dreams of singing a song along with the beloved. And of Hindi film songs.įor one, there are several songs which are set completely in people’s dreams. This time, I heard the song with a warm sense of nostalgia and it struck me that dreams have been, for a long time now, an important part of Hindi cinema. Once upon a time, a six- or seven-year old me used to love Kisi shaayar ki ghazal, not just because it sounded good, but because to me, Hema Malini, in all those frilly, frothy dresses was just-oh, gorgeous. Some months back, I was listening to a music programme on the radio, and heard a song I hadn’t heard for ages: the title song from Dreamgirl.
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