Aashiqui poster and the sharing of an ice cream!
Posted by Anantha | Posted in Cinema | Posted on Friday, April 19, 2013
The
promos of Ashiqui-2 (found the song ‘Tum hi ho’ quite nice) on music channels –
particularly the kissing scene under the leather jacket – reminds me of
Aashiqui. I think I was in 2nd or 3rd standard when it
was released. The songs were a rage then. For few more years after the movie
release, the letter J was reserved for ‘Jaane jigar jaane man’ and M was for ‘Main
duniya bhula doonga/doongi’ every time we played antakshari J We used to go to an aunt’s house which was 5-6
kms away from our home, to watch the movie on Doordarshan every Sunday evening.
Those were the days (aah... the nostalgia) when families used to visit relative’s
homes to watch tv, as not everyone owned a tv those days. OK, I will keep the
nostalgic TV watching episodes for some other post and some other time. My aunt’s
college going children used to borrow video cassettes and play some new movies
on their VCR. One Sunday evening when the movie on DD was not so great (or whatever
was the reason), my cousins decided to play Aashiqui video cassette. Curious
about the way VCR used to gulp a video cassette, I always used to stand close
to my cousins who used to operate the VCR with great pride. My cousin gave me
the video cassette cover to hold while he was inserting the cassette into the
VCR. Seeing the picture on the cover, I asked him “What are they doing under
the jacket? Are they sharing an ice cream and hiding under the jacket so that
their moms do not catch them?” My cousins and the people who were waiting for
the movie to start were in splits listening to my question. Controlling his
laughter, my cousin had said, “Yes, they are sharing an ice cream”. Aashiqui-2
reminded me of my innocent question J I remember we all loved Aashiqui then. Deadpan
acting of Rahul Roy and Anu Agarwal bothered us the least, everyone loved the music
and hence the movie. Though I have faint memories of the plot of Aashiqui, one
other thing I remember is the song ‘Too meri zindagi hain...’ A small girl used
to dance to the song sung by her father (I suppose) showing her midriff on a
stranded street on a cold night under the balcony of Rahul Roy’s house. I used
to feel really bad for that girl.
Silly 90s movies and how funny we find it
now. Though I don’t have any expectations from Aashiqui-2, but nice it reminded
me of my childhood and my innocent question.
Ab tere bin jeelenge hum ;)
Another nasal classic by Kumar Sanu :)
it was by me, Deva.
@Deva,
Yes yes.. I knew it :)