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Why Lamhe is my all-time favourite romance!

Asha | August 14, 2003 18:04 IST

Yeh lamhe, yeh pal, hum barson yaad karenge

Yeh mausam chale gaye toh, hum phariyaad karenge

These lines probably say it all. Lamhe (1991) was a gem from Yash Raj Films.

The movie fared badly at the box office. For me, though, it remains at the top of my favourites list.

Billed as a mature love story, the movie did not go down well with an audience fed on a diet of teeny-bopper romances or fights. Most dismissed it as a dumb flick about a teenager's silly infatuation for a man about the age of her father. They could not imagine such a relationship.

Lamhe is all about

Lamhe was about how the young prince Virender Pratap Singh (Anil Kapoor in one of his best performances) comes to his ancestral land in Rajasthan and falls for the girl next door, Pallavi (Sridevi in a magnificent portrayal). Unfortunately for Viren, as the prince is referred to by his 'Daijaan' (Waheeda Rahman in a brilliant supporting role), Pallavi is not only older to him but, as he finds out later on, she loves another.

Viren now has to deal with the pain of heartbreak which he does by fleeing to London. Daijaan calls him back, telling him about the accident in which Pallavi and her husband lose their lives. Pallavi's newborn baby is left in Daijaan's capable hands while Viren flees to London again, this time after losing Pallavi all over again.

Returning to India on Pallavi's 18th death anniversary, he is stunned by a vision of Pallavi and discovers that she is Pooja (Sridevi again), Pallavi's daughter.

While Pooja experiences first love with all its attendant joys and idiosyncrasies, Viren has to contend with the ghosts of his past. Can he ever realise that Pooja is not Pallavi but a person in her own right? Will he be able to separate the daughter from her mother's memories?

What I liked most

* Its ability to delve into delicate matters like the death of someone you love very much and the feeling of abandonment.

* Viren's passion for the lively Pallavi.

* Pooja's joie-de-vivre and how she deals with the realisation that she is falling in love with her 'Kunwarji', as she calls Viren

* Daijaan's helpless caught-in-the-middle situation: she has brought up Viren and Pooja and both are equally precious to her; she does not want either to be hurt.

* Pooja's maturity in dealing with the situation. These are myriad shades that portray real human emotions, things that could happen to you or me.

Lamhe has more

Lamhe is not all gloom and doom though. Prem (Anupam Kher as Viren's best friend) provides laughter and balance in an otherwise intense setting. He offers Viren a shoulder to cry on. He tries to bring Viren around to the fact that Pooja is in love with him (Viren).

Prem is the voice of reason spiced with subtle sarcasm. He is the best friend everyone should be blessed with, alternately castigating or cajoling a friend to stop wallowing in self-pity.

Anupam Kher's comic abilities are at the fore as he indulges in horseplay with the ebullient Pooja and he becomes her friend too.

And those memorable lines

"Main badi hokar Kunwarji se byaah kar loongi"

-Pooja declaring to Daijaan that she will grow up and marry Kunwarji so he cannot refuse to meet her (Viren would studiously avoid any contact with Pooja as her birthday was the same as her mother's death anniversary).

"Yeh jhumke, yeh tasveer, yeh rumaal, yeh sab tumhare nahin hai. Yeh tumhare maa ki hain"

-Viren yelling at a stunned Pooja after she discovers what she assumes are her personal items in his bedroom drawer

"Aanken bandh karta hoon toh Pallavi dikhai deti hain"

-Viren cannot get the image of Pallavi out of his head years after her death.

"Paalne aur palne mein bahut phark hota hai, Anitaji. Mujhe Kunwarji ne nahin, Daijaan ne paala hai"

-Pooja points the difference between raising someone and providing for their upbringing, saying she had been raised by Daijaan while Kunwarji just paid for her upbringing.

The movie is well-written and evenly paced. There are no meaningless interludes with unwanted parallel tracks to distract from the tug of wills between the main protagonists. The dialogues are contemporary thanks to Honey Irani.

While all the songs were well-written and picturised, my favourites are Morni baaga ma bole and the poignant slow number Yeh lamhe.

Listen to the Lamhe songs here at http://www.raaga.com/channels/hindi/movie/H000040.html

Lamhe Music Review – By Rahul Jour

Yash chopra is the master in film-making and songs from his movies are sure to haunt you forever. Here I'm with the music of Lamhe which is my all time favourite.

Music: - Shiv-Hari

Lyrics: - Anand Bakshi

There are eight songs in the album including the freak out song that is the medley of the old hit songs and one of the main attraction in the movie, indeed. There's one instrumental music, called Moments of Passion and Lamhe was the first music album of its kind to come out with such an exclusive idea and there is no looking back, today most of the albums have instrumental.

chudiyan khanak gayeen

The song sung by Lataji with Ila Arun and chorus has the traditional folk taste mingled beautifully in the song. When Lataji sings, even time seems to take a halt. Who can imagine that she's completed 75 years of her age listening to her sweet and mesmerizing voice. And to add more to the sweetness of the song we have ILA Arun joining her to give it the traditional touch. Even the music goes very well with the song, the combination of Dholak, drum and flute gives you euphoric feeling.

kabhi main kahoon kabhi tum

The Velvety voice of Lata Mangeshkar and the mature tone of Hariharan, fuses life into this song. The best part of the song is its sweetness and gradual slowing of music and then again rising of the pitch, though tough but in this song that has been done beautifully. Especially when the line comes chalte rahe, udate rahe' and the some time later kabhi main kahoon'..it all leaves you all in praises for the music director and the lyricist. Never before such an experiment was done (best to my knowledge, open to discussion) and when directors eventually did it, it was on the tip of all and sundry. It's simply amazing.

meri bindiya

I don't know but this song reminds me of bindiya chamkegi, chudi khankegi'another beautiful number from the makers of this movie. Highly traditional song presented in a nostalgic. And this haunting melody seems to grab the attention of all its listeners with the first word that the singer Lata Mangeshkar sings. Real beautiful lyrics and they show a lot about Indian women.

yeh lamhe yeh pal

This song comes in two versions (sad and happy), and both the versions are touchy and the best part is you can associate yourself with the lyrics and song. You are instantly reminded of the moments of your life wherein you were happy/sad. It triggers the sentiments and you can see yourself lost in the past with actually mesmerized by the magic of music. Another beautiful composition.

gudiya rani

A lullaby by Lata Bai Mangeshkar, and who can be the best person to handle such songs. This song is a complete surprise as among the traditional and high sounding songs, it tends to wake you from one mood. This song has the tender feelings of a child and keeping that feeling in mind you can imagine how does this song effect you.

yaad nahi bhool gaya

This song will remind you of the charm and craze introduced in Indian Society when Indo-western music was introduced. Though this song is not completely Indo-western but it has the essence that any western song would carry, and this is the one thing in this song that attracts you the most. However, in this song again that gradual slowing down of the pitch is used and then again sudden high in the pitch gives you a different song all together. Sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Suresh Wadekar, this song really promises you something different. Though the difference may not be too striking, it gets itself revealed well when a close hearing is given to the song.

megha re megha

This is another song based on traditional theme and tends to get you good returns over the expenditure that you do over buying this cassette. Actually, the whole album is just the glimpse to the rich world of folk. Lataji knows very well how to emote to the song so that the people around are able to associate themselves with the song. The lyrics are wonderful with Ila Arun lending her voice to few intimate lines and chorus following the two singers. And even if you haven't seen the song on-screen you get the feeling as if it's 'sawan ka mahina'.

mohe chedo na

Reminds you of radha and krishna, very well penned and this song simply rocks. Though its more of spiritual then commercial but it tends to transport you to nether world. Simply beautiful lyrics with the voice of none other than LATAJI.

freak out

This is the medley of few old classic songs and feature 'pyar hua iqarar hua hai'', 'chahe koi mujhe jungli kahe'' and so on so forth. For the lovers of old music, this is a treat. But few may not like it since these are not the original soundtracks and are sung by Pamela Chopra and group.

moments of passion

Instrumental music, and first of its own kind. It simply rocks.

Agree with you on the Chandni score... I mean other than 'Tere mere hotthon pe meethe meethe geet mitwa' and 'Lagi aaj saawan ki phir woh jhari hai, I will not even remember it for anything else... Parampara had one nice song that I remember 'Mere sathiya mere sath chal'.. the rest 'Aadhi raat ko' and 'Phoolon ke is shahar me' were just normal..

I loved Darr, Silsila, Lamhe and Chandini. I particularly like Shivjee a lot and have some of his classical CDs which I enjoy a lot......

Originally posted by: jayc1234

Agree with you on the Chandni score... I mean other than 'Tere mere hotthon pe meethe meethe geet mitwa' and 'Lagi aaj saawan ki phir woh jhari hai, I will not even remember it for anything else... Parampara had one nice song that I remember 'Mere sathiya mere sath chal'.. the rest 'Aadhi raat ko' and 'Phoolon ke is shahar me' were just normal..

jayc1234 ji, great post and I will also agree with abhijit shukla ji. But do know about the rumour.

Thanx jayc1234 for the article.

Even I would agree wth abhijit. silsila, Lamhe they were gud. But Chandi well thy very very dissapointing. Vijay was too bad according to me. and I dnt even remember the other ones.

Here's another picture I found of the duo

Shiv Kumar Sharma aur Hari Prasad Chaurasia

Suriile jab saath hon, haathon mein jab haath hon, bijlee toh sun-ne walon par giregii hii

Photo by : Devdas "Kusum"   ;   ;   ;   ; Magazine : "SANGEET"

by ASC
Desh ka salaam

JANA GANA MANA (Sony): There are some timeless voices — classical, contemporary and across generations — which are as eternal as India. Most of them have come together in this album to render the National Anthem the way it has been never rendered before. Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka, jaya hai..., the powerful and soulful creation of Rabindranath Tagore, has been recreated dynamically by soulful maestros like Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Pt Jasraj, Lata Mangeshkar, Pt Bhimsen Joshi, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Dr Balamuralikrishna, Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma, Shobha Gurtu, Begum Parveena Sultana, Asha Bhosle, Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Ustad Sultan Khan, Jagjit Singh, Kavita Krishnamurthy, S.P. Balasubramaniam, Bupen Hazarika, Hariharan and many more. The persons behind this unity in diversity are Bharatbala and Kanika, who conceived and directed this mega project on the occasion of the 50th year of the Indian Republic. Music has been produced by A.R. Rahman. The album begins with a collective vocal version, followed by individual renditions. Interwoven with the National Anthem is the alaap of Desh ka salaam…. There are collective vocal as well as collective instrumental renditions. It must have been a logistical nightmare to record this album. As Pt Jasraj comments: "We all know how difficult it is to get two artistes to do a duet, and they (Bharat, Kanika and Rahman) have brought together 65 of us. They are really and truly the Three Musketeers". The album is a magnum opus, and so is its music video. The vocal version features all contributing artistes. The instrumental version has been shot in Ladakh. All instrumentalists featured in the album were specially flown to Ladakh for the on-location shoot. Forty musicians and 300 jawans have been captured on film as they saluted the Indian flag. A timeless creation, indeed.