The cricket match and Aapki Asha

Wonderful... that is what I would call the show 'Aapki Asha' programme, and surprisingly not for Ashaji, but for KishoreDa' !

Now don't think I have gone mad or something, Amit Kumar (KishoreDa's eldest son, I don't need to say this, I am sure everybody has heard his immortal song - Yaad Aaa Rahee Hai from Love Story) sang few songs of his father. He might have sung it for an hour, or for an eternity... like 'Roop Tera Mastana', 'Yeh jo mohhabbat hai, yeh unka hai kaam' etc.

Oh boy, he looked like KishoreDa', moved like KishoreDa', and sang a notch better than KishoreDa' :) He narrated some nostalgic stories about SD Burmanji, KishoreDa', PanchamDa' and all ... He is a singer to reckon and his voice is not as if in the 'Bade achhhe lagte hein...' but it is very close to his father these days. I loved it, and everybody around me loved it too as I could figure out from the dances and shouts going on.

He rocks, and how ! To end his 1-hour continuous show, he sang 'Dekhaa jo tujhe yaar, dilmein baji Sitar', and he rocked again in such a different era song! And so far I have not even mentioned his entertaining abilities!

Ashaji sang beautifully, as usual, in few initial songs she started with, and later, I am afraid, she sounded quite tired to make the melody heartfelt, though it was pleasant enough, but a little less than my expectations. Sorry to say this, but you can hardly complain, about a person who has remained beyond comparison all her life.


Wonderful, wonderful show Ashaji, and thank you so much for bringing on Amit Kumar!

If you have noticed the difference between Ashaji, Burmanji, Panchamda, KishoreDa' and Amit kumar, that is because his voice is still very close to heart to insert a barrier 'ji', music directors, please, make him sing more songs, and the type that suits his divine voice.


Cricket match with Australia

Do I need to remind anybody in the country about this? It was thrilling, depressing, entertaining, unbearable, confusing .. all at the same time! I went through all kinds of emotions during those few hours, and when Yuvraj fell because of a shoddy looking shot, I could hardly latch onto my sit. Heartbeats made noise and the fish fry went for a toss as I nervously kept on hopping between the kitchen and the living room... and finally, after long looking hours of soundless batting, Dhoni and Rohit pulled it through, and saved my sunday from being miserable :)

Good show, at the end, and let me mention, I liked every uppish shot of Tendulkar!

So much for today folks, let me get back to Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix showing behind my back, rest of the family is glued to it.

Not a bad sunday evening at all, after those uplifting 3 hours of melody yesterday night, and the exciting win against the arrogant Australian cricket team!

Good bye for now ... wish you all a happy valentine's day!