Song: Rim jhim gire saawan/Singer: Kishore Kumar/Lyricist:Yogesh/Music Dir.:R.D.Burman/Film:Manzil
Amitabh and Moushmi walking along the picturesque promenade at Marine Drive, across Mantralaya and the University Maidan, rains lashing out at the couple igniting their dormat feelings, and a melodious track playing in the background - "Rim jhim gire saawan, sulag sulag.....lagi kaise yeh agan". Watch the youtube clip on her blog if you are nostalgic after this one! The lyrics of this song are very very romantic - something about the torrential rain setting young hearts afire:) - howz that for feeling hot hot hot?
Pallavi from All Thingz Yummy carried the 60s tune forward, rushing straight into the late 90s. The same feelings but the scene - Akshay Kumar and Raveena Tandon scorched the screen with a sizzling 'item number', a term coined much later with a song to boot the show - "Tip tip barsa paani, paani ne aag lagaayi......aayi". Pallu made a tongue scorcher to go with it - Mirchi bhajji!
Song: Tip tip barsa paani/Singer: Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik/Lyricist:Anand Bakshi/Music Dir.:Viju Shah/Film:Mohra
Pallu sang:Tip tip barsa..... as she made a hot plate of Mirchi bhajji (Mirapakaya Bajjilu)
I did not think it was possible but Ramki of One Page Cookbooks did have some great stuff you could croon over - sip on a martini and let your feet tap to the rhythm! He has sent in 1001 cocktails to choose from. His choice as the drinks mix is 'A Martini Anthology' by well known American Poet, Ogden Nash, known for his humorous poetry.
Year - 1935 / Poet - Ogden Nash / Poem - 'A drink with something in it'
They sang Christmas Cookies by George Strait
They sang Christmas Cookies by George Strait
Christmas brought in some much needed excuse for singing! Not only songs but cookies too. Both Soma of eCurry and Navita of Zaayeka sang the tune of love - but the feeling is different. Soma's love for her little elves made her bake some soft Christmas Cookies complete with snowflake designs,
while Navita made these for her man, and what better way to reach the heart than the belly! She remembers her husband crooning this George Strait number one day as she made these and since then the song plays in her head everytime she bakes the 'slightly healthy' double chocolate chip (sneaked in Oatmeal) cookies!
Like I said earlier I sing most of the time and sometimes cook because of the lyrics in a song! I restricted myself to two for the event, and the second one hasn't made it because the pictures were bad! This was inspired by "Kalyana samayal......podum" in Maya Bazaar. I made the ladoos SVR sings about but mine was the maa of all laddoos - the maaladu:)
Like I said earlier I sing most of the time and sometimes cook because of the lyrics in a song! I restricted myself to two for the event, and the second one hasn't made it because the pictures were bad! This was inspired by "Kalyana samayal......podum" in Maya Bazaar. I made the ladoos SVR sings about but mine was the maa of all laddoos - the maaladu:)
Song: Kalyana samayal saadam /Singer: Thiruchi Loganathan /Lyricist:Thanjai N. Ramiah das/Music Dir.:Ghantasala/Film:Maya Bazaar
A fitting end to the musical event came from Bharti of Veggie Foodlist. What do you do when you are snowed in in December? Let the snow in - prepare some snow topped party cupcakes for your little ones. While I who has never seen snow am thrilled about it, Bharti expresses the feelings better - "I really like the beauty of it, just don't like to deal with the practicality of it." Both the horror and the delight of being 'snowed in' reminds her of "let it snow, let it snow" - Music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Sammy Cahn!
A melodious round up.I'm pathetic at singing,but I do love listening to good music:)
ReplyDeleteMmm..!! Great munchies and desserts to eat while listening to music..in my case...watching movies! :))
ReplyDeleteWonderful roundup, Harini everything looks very inviting...I was planning a post for this event with Kamalahassan's "Enna Samayalo" from Unnal mudiyum thambi but could not do it in time, maybe if you plan round 2 of this event :-)....I am like that about music too, need it in the background whenever I cook....
ReplyDeleteI could not contribute anything,I am lousy singer.Listening is okay,but singing most of times is ...
ReplyDeleteI think I made a big mistake - I meant listening or singing or karaoke singing when I announced jukebox. I guess the words were ambiguous!! Pallavi had told me too and I re-read and still thought I was clear - serves me right!!:)
ReplyDeleteAm into classical music ... so could not send in anything ... I mean I cannot explain an intrumental / vocal here ... can I? :-)
ReplyDeleteBut this was indeed a novel idea Harini ... maybe another one next time. :-)
yummy round up of course..congrats.
ReplyDeleteoooohhhh i missed this event I love misic and I think cooking with music it makes your dish more delicious my day starts with MS. bajagovindam and its contin......... any way if possible waiting for round 2 of this event.great roundup.
ReplyDeleteI got what u said. I do not sing for the fear of getting evacuated from the neighborhood :-) but do hum with music in the background... I too have a music system in my kitchen:-) but most of the times playing children's cd:-(
ReplyDeleteNow everytime I hear these songs I will visualize these munchies!
I must be living someplace in a cave in the middle of no where. I totally missed this. Great round and the song by Kishore Da "rim jhim gere saavan" just made my day. I could listen to KK all day.
ReplyDeleteI am off to Bangalore and hope to "see" you soon. You are in Bombay isn't it Harini?
Enjoyed reading the round up. Good job.
ReplyDeletea musical round up....U have a great creative mind I say!! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't send any , I listen music not even often & singing big no no . Looks delicious all the entries... Happy Pongal!
ReplyDeletehehehhe nice roundup loved reading song and food choices... i missed this one being in kerala and all.
ReplyDeleteVery nice munchies. Singing and munching go hand in hand especially in this winter season
ReplyDeleteWhat a treat this roundup is, Harini, and those are lovely laddus! Now here's a funny story about Kalyana Samayal. We were just watching the movie Ghatotkach just the other day, and it has a Hindi version of the same song. Desi immediately started humming the Tamil one from Maya Bazar, and has not stopped singing it since! Honest. Morning, evening and night, I hear him go "hahahahahaha" in a deep voice! :)
ReplyDeleteIt was such a fun concept Harini. I'm surprised at the few number of crooners out there. Rim Jhim is stuck in my head now :-)
ReplyDeleteI can dance with the rest of them ...but sing...lets not go there:D Needless to say you have some very tasty dishes in this orundup.
ReplyDelete:) Nice roundup.. Should have put ur favorite to run in the background to go with the theme :)thanks for hosting the fun event.
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