Sunday, January 18, 2009

Neem Ka Ped

If you watched Doordarshan, you will remember the serial "Neem ka Ped", and the soothing title track. (Please find links below that will take you back the memory lane)

Neem ka Ped Title track
"Mu ki baat sune har koi"
Sung by Jagjit Singh
Lyrics: Nida Fazli
Music: Jagjit Singh

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=PmvhORbmlMo

"It's a story of a semi-bonded labourer, Budhai Ram - played(rather, lived) by Pankaj Kapoor, under a Muslim village zamindar. This Muslim landlord is under property dispute with his minister brother-in-law. As circumstances turn out to be, Budhai Ram gets caught between this fight of pride and property. The bone of contention is also the small piece of land on which he has planted a Neem tree as a kid.... now the story starts... "
Story: Rahi Masoom Reza (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahi_Masoom_Reza)

Friends,
I am not getting the verse that went something like this... "kal meri neendon mein chip kar, jaag raha tha jaane kaun..."