Self Control – Laura Branigan

I really liked Laura Branigan’s voice & what a pity even she is dead. 

This was one of my favourite songs but even at that time I never liked the idea of anyone taking control over you. It doesn’t matter if that happens to be a phantom. Living amongst the creatures of the night sounds quite fascinating when you live on your terms. 

Anyhow, it’s still fun listening to it. I don’t like the video though.

Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper

It’s a very romantic, deep song. 

I think it’s really a big thing that you heard something while you were a kid & you still like it after so many years. It’s basically songs & movies that made us believe in love. And I don’t know whether it’s good or bad. 

I really like the sound of it - ‘If you're lost you can look and you will find me.’ 

But no one looks that nice in the video. Whenever we check out the old videos of Madonna, she looks fabulous but the songs aren’t that fabulous anymore.

O Holi Aayee Holi Aayee Dekho Holi Aayee - Mashaal

This song's for all our Indian readers, & all my nice Indian pals, & of course my relatives in India.


I've never played Holi in my entire life. In fact I've never even visited my relatives over there. But what I really like about Indians is their simplicity. It's a totally different experience when I meet one of my relations from India...they are simple & fun to be with. This is not how I feel when I meet my other relatives in Pakistan, England & America.


Anyway, this song has been one of my favourites. Dilip Kumar looks so cute. When I was a kid, I didn't like the line: 'Tum ho tou har raat diwali har din meri holi hai.' But later on, I realized it was the most cutest thing about the song.


Anyhow, hope you all enjoy your day!

O Holi Aayee Holi Aayee Dekho Holi Aayee - Mashaal

This song's for all our Indian readers, & all my nice Indian pals, & of course my relatives in India.

I've never played Holi in my entire life. In fact I've never even visited my relatives over there. But what I really like about Indians is their simplicity. It's a totally different experience when I meet one of my relations from India...they are simple & fun to be with. This is not how I feel when I meet my other relatives in Pakistan, England & America.

Anyway, this song has been one of my favourites. Dilip Kumar looks so cute. When I was a kid, I didn't like the line: 'Tum ho tou har raat diwali har din meri holi hai.' But later on, I realized it was the most cutest thing about the song.

Anyhow, hope you all enjoy your day!

Zindagi Aa Raha Hoon Main – Mashaal

This is my all time favourite movie. Just loved Dilip Kumar in it & how one incident changes him. Classic actor!

It was released in 1984 & Kamal Hasan declined the role that went to Anil Kapoor & I'm glad he turned down the offer, cause Anil Kapoor was just the right person for that character. I don't think Kamal Hasan can ever look that cute.

Zindagi aa raha hoon main is a very positive approach towards life. In fact it makes you larger than life somehow.

Anyway, I like these lines:
'Mere haathon ki garami se, pighal jaayengi zanjiren
Mere kadamo ki aahat se, badal jaayengi taqadiren.'

Not a bad thing to believe in! When I was a kid, I thought I could actually make that kind of a change. And somehow I saw myself in the character of Dilip Kumar. You can only change in that way if there is an equal amount of goodness & badness in your nature. You don't become wicked just like that...it must have been there all along. It's not that conscience doesn't prick anymore. It happens when you kill it yourself. And how his wife died...that incident was bound to trigger this sort of reaction. Good humans are actually dangerous humans, to be precise.