Blast From The Past 02 - Avakash Kal

Vimeo Link: Avakash Kal (अवकाश कल)

My diploma film at FTII, Pune. The year was 1986. For more reasons than one (many of them obvious) this is a favourite. The Story & Script was also mine.

A man and a woman meet after years. Both have moved on, and yet the past lingers, enticing one with its tale of an unsullied longing, on a lonesome day that held a slow drizzle, at the soggy bus stop.

LIKE YOU I HAVE A MEMORY, I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO FORGET - from the 1959 French film 'Hiroshima mon Amour' by Alain Resnais.

Blast From The Past 01 - Teer Kamaan

Rok Tok Chhodo, Pabandee Uthhao

Bade Ho To Kya Hai, Dhons Na Jamao

Hame Samjho Bhi, Na Sirf Samjhao

Moohn Mein Hamare Bhi, Lambee Hai Jabaan

Teeer Kamaan!

Papa Ki Wo Daant, Tarbooz Lal Lal

Chhutiyan Garmi Ki, Sarkas Ke Kamaal

Badtameez Ladke, Cricket Ya Football?

Sach, Duniya Mein, Hai Koi Bhagwaan?

Teeer Kamaan!

Heavy Schoolbag, Udta Hooya Panchee

TV Ke Programme, India Is My Country

Vriksh Bhi Lagana, Yuddh Ki Bhi Dhamki

Aakhir Kya Chahta Hai Ye Insaan?
Teeer Kamaan!

रोक टोक छोड़ो, पाबन्दी उठाओ 
बड़े हो तो क्या है, धोंस ना जमाओ 
हमें समझो भी, ना सिर्फ समझाओ 
मूहँ में हमारे भी, लम्बी है जबान 
तीर कमान!

पापा की वो डांट, तरबूज लाल लाल 
छुट्टियाँ गर्मी की, सर्कस के कमाल 
बदतमीज़ लड़के, क्रिकेट या फुटबॉल ?
सच, दुनिया में, है कोई भगवान ?
तीर कमान!

हैवी स्कूलबैग, उड़ता हुआ पंछी 
टीवी के प्रोग्राम, इंडिया इस माई कंट्री 
वृक्ष भी लगाना, युद्ध की भी धमकी 
आखिर क्या चाहता है ये  इंसान ?
तीर कमान!

'Teer Kamaan' was a popular talk-show (between adults and children) on Zee TV, aired in the mid-90s. I directed it for one of the later seasons. We created a new set (designed by Omung Kumar) and a new signature song (Lyrics: Ravinder Rawal, Music: Uday Mazumdar). I love the words, the music, the setting, and the kids - who must be mostly 30 plus now...