Tohse Nainaa Laage (When our eyes met) from Anwar

(Tohse nainaa laage) x.2

(When our eyes met) x.2

(Tohse nainaa laage piyaa saaware

(When our met my love

Nahin basamein ab ye jiyaa saaware) x.2

My heart now is not in control, my love) x.2

(Mohabbat to ek jaavedaa zindagi hai) x.2

(Love is an eternal life) x.2

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(Tohse nainaa laage mili roshani

(When our eyes met, I found light

Tohse man jo laagaa mili zindagi) x.2

If your heart touched mine then I found life) x.2

(Mohabbat to ek jaavedaa zindagi hai) x.2

(Love is an eternal life) x.2

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Mohabbat ki hai daasataa zindagi

(Love is the story of our life

Mohabbat naa ho to kahaa zindagi) x.2

If there is no love, than what is the meaning of life) x.2

(Mohabbat to ek jaavedaa zindagi hai) x.2

(Love is an eternal life) x.2

Tohse nainaa laage

When our eyes met

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Shamaa ko pighalane kaa armaan kyun hai

Why is there a desire to burning fire

Patangeko jalane kaa armaan kyun hai

Why is there a desire to burn the moth

(Isi shauk kaa imtihaan zindagi hai) x.2

(For this pleasure, life is a test) x.2

Mohabbat jise baksh de zindagaani

Whoever love pardons with life

Nahin maut par khatm usaki kahaani

That love story is not destroyed by death

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(Kaise jiyaa jaaye) x.3

(How can one live) x.3

Ishq bin

Without love

Nahin koi insaan Mohabbat se khaali

There is no person empty with love

Har ek ruh pyaasi har ek dil savaani

Every soul is thirsty, every heart is mad

Mohabbat jahaan hai wahaa zindagi hai

Wherever love is, there is life

Mohabbat naa ho to kahaa zindagi

If there is no love, than what is the meaning of life

(Tohse nainaa laage mili roshani

(When our eyes met, I found light

Tohse man jo laagaa mili zindagi) x.2

If your heart touched mine then I found life) x.2

Mohabbat jise baksh de zindagaani

Whoever love pardons with life

Nahin maut par khatm usaki kahaani

That love story is not destroyed by death

Bollywood Age Discrimination

The writing is on the wall; the shelf life of the Bollywood heroine just got shorter. After a 15-year-stint at the box office, Manisha

Rani Mukerjee

Koirala/Tabu/Kajol keep waiting for that one meaningful role to don pancake.

And, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Sushmita Sen who made their debuts in the 90s are also fast being relegated to the background. Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt says, “Even in Hollywood a Julia Roberts is feeling the tremors of the end. Whether you’re a street walker, an actor or in any other glamorous profession, there is a premium on youth. One can’t flinch away from the fact that an actor has a limited shelf life; and in this consumerist age where society is youth-obsessed, there is no place for people beyond a particular age. Even a child in an average school wants his mother to look like the young, television mother in a soap opera or a television commercial. Age controls the days and the nights of the entertainment world.’’

Facts that corroborate the theory that in showbiz, the younger the better, come from recent study that show that Aishwarya lost three endorsements — for a jewellery line, a soap and a doll to Katrina Kaif; Kareena is the reigning Bollywood queen; Priyanka is the preferred actress when the role needs “histrionics’’; Deepika looks good with Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan. Akshay Kumar wants to team up with Jiah Khan; Shahid Kapoor wishes to serenade Genelia D’Souza; Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan prefer Asin over Amisha Patel; and, Abhishek Bachchan wants to share screen space with Sonam.

So in this fast changing scenario, where do the 90s’ beauties like Rani/Preity/Shilpa Shetty/Amisha fit in?

Trade writer Vinod Mirani says, “They’re considered for the occasional meaty role, but with the production numbers having gone down, the roles have dried up for the older lot. The heroes well into their 40s invariably ask their producers to get them younger heroines.’’ A filmmaker adds, “In Bollywood, the heroines are absolutely inter-changeable; switching Deepika with Katrina makes no difference to a project.’’So 43-year-old Salman will team up with 20-something Sonakshi Sinha (daughter of Shatrughan Sinha); Akshay Kumar (41) wants Jiah (21) in his film Housefull; and Aamir Khan (44) is definitely gung-ho about romancing Asin (25). Even Shah Rukh (43) made the perfect pair with Anushka (22). Of course, in the next round, the bar will be pushed down further, and the reigning Bollywood stars will definitely make a play for the new teenager on the block. When Amitabh Bachchan romanced Shilpa Shetty in Lal Badshah, one of his older leading ladies had joked, “Amitji is learning to change nappies; next he will be romancing Baby Guddu on screen.’’

Kuch Na Kaho (Don't say anything) from 1942 A Love Story

(Kuch na kaho, kuch bhi na kaho) x.2

(Don't say anything, don't say anything at all) x.2

Kya kehna hai, kya sunna hai

What is there to say, what is there to listen

Mujhko pata hai, tumko pata hai

I know, you know

Samay ka yeh pal tham sa gaya hai

This moment of time has stopped

Aur is pal mein koi nahin hai

And in this moment there is no one

Bas ek main hoon, bas ek tum ho

There is just me, there is just you

Kuch na kaho, kuch bhi na kaho

Don't say anything, don't say anything at all

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(Kitne gehre halke shyaam ke rang hai chhalke

(How many deep and gentle colors of the evening have spread

Parvat se yun utre baadal jaise aanchal dhalke) x.2

From the mountains rise the clouds like a sari's[1] hem) x.2

Aur is pal mein koi nahin hai

And in this moment there is no one

Bas ek main hoon, bas ek tum ho

There is just me, there is just you

Kuch na kaho, kuch bhi na kaho

Don't say anything, don't say anything at all

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(Sulgi sulgi saansein, baheki baheki dhadkan

(Passionate breaths, staggering heartbeats

Maheke maheke shyaam ke saaye, pighle pighle tan mann) x.2

Fragrant shadows of the evening, melting body and soul) x.2

Aur is pal mein koi nahin hai

And in this moment there is no one

Bas ek main hoon, bas ek tum ho

There is just me, there is just you

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[1] Sari is the traditional dress of women in Indian culture