Beautifully written! Lal certainly had the advantage of being a better "Kaansen" if he doesn't know Carnatic (I am not too sure), hence better lipsync.
One thing I must mention that this article deserved a mention of great Dilip Saab and his song "Madhuban me Raadhika Nachi re", for this song, he had learnt how to play the sitar and played exactly how it was composed, just look at him when the piece comes, apart from performing a complex tarana to a tee! It was something like this I guess - Tanan tanan tanan tumtānā nā nā nā nā nā nādere nā nā nā nā nāyam tā re nā nā nā nā nānā tadāre tadāre tadāre dhūm nā tā nānī tā nā nī nānā nā nā...
Almost all the yesteryears actors understood poetry, classical music and words rooted to our culture (irrespective of their pedigrees). Today sadly when most of them think in english, have no idea of what is an essential DNA of an indian song, how could they lipsync or dance effectively to those songs! Pretty much like kids scream Donut when they see a vada!
Thank you for reading so thoroughly. I totally wanted to credit a few more people here but of course this mention that you made is certainly not something that I thought of!
This is a visual treat, Deepti. 🤓 Please excuse me while I go watch Dola Re, and this time pay attention to their lip sync over their dance moves. Gonna be difficult. But try I shall!
Love it when someone enhances visual joy of a scene with their words. This post does that and more.
Thank you!
Beautifully written! Lal certainly had the advantage of being a better "Kaansen" if he doesn't know Carnatic (I am not too sure), hence better lipsync.
One thing I must mention that this article deserved a mention of great Dilip Saab and his song "Madhuban me Raadhika Nachi re", for this song, he had learnt how to play the sitar and played exactly how it was composed, just look at him when the piece comes, apart from performing a complex tarana to a tee! It was something like this I guess - Tanan tanan tanan tumtānā nā nā nā nā nā nādere nā nā nā nā nāyam tā re nā nā nā nā nānā tadāre tadāre tadāre dhūm nā tā nānī tā nā nī nānā nā nā...
Almost all the yesteryears actors understood poetry, classical music and words rooted to our culture (irrespective of their pedigrees). Today sadly when most of them think in english, have no idea of what is an essential DNA of an indian song, how could they lipsync or dance effectively to those songs! Pretty much like kids scream Donut when they see a vada!
Please keep writing!
Thank you for reading so thoroughly. I totally wanted to credit a few more people here but of course this mention that you made is certainly not something that I thought of!
Reading + Visualising spectacle.
Thank you for reading Harish! I am glad it resonated.
This is a visual treat, Deepti. 🤓 Please excuse me while I go watch Dola Re, and this time pay attention to their lip sync over their dance moves. Gonna be difficult. But try I shall!
Thank you so much. I am glad that it made you go back to Dola Re :D