The past week I was listening to the songs of Baiju Bawra and it occurred to me that I had almost forgotten that D.V. Paluskar sang a song in this movie. And that at one point in my life I had a Paluskar record that I listened to every day, so enraptured had I been by his voice. Anyway to make up for lost time, the song (Aaj Gawat Man Mero) has been on high rotation for the past week. As also youtube snippets.
I can't say who is technically the better singer, Amir Khan or DVP, but it seems sort of fitting that DVP sings for the lead character because his technique is tempered with a sweetness and charm.
Baiju Bawra also reminded me that Meena Kumari and Dilip Kumar remain perhaps the best actors that Hindi cinema has ever produced (bar their descent into caricatures of themselves in the latter half of their careers). And that the purity of diction they possessed is in itself a certain kind of poetry.
Of course Baiju Bawra also reminded me that Bharat Bhushan remains the benchmark for actor most likely to approximate a tree. Though trees are things of beauty and it's probably an insult to compare them to a wooden actor.
Baiju Bawra also reminded me that Meena Kumari and Dilip Kumar remain perhaps the best actors that Hindi cinema has ever produced (bar their descent into caricatures of themselves in the latter half of their careers). And that the purity of diction they possessed is in itself a certain kind of poetry.
Of course Baiju Bawra also reminded me that Bharat Bhushan remains the benchmark for actor most likely to approximate a tree. Though trees are things of beauty and it's probably an insult to compare them to a wooden actor.
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