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No not their fault For hard, they have always tried But such an iceberg I am.Alas! Only one-tenth of me can be seen Even that is deterring rough and hard Forget the ninth-tenth under the sea

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Rangoli and He - Man back to back

"Sonaaaaaaa !!! utho!!! " A peek at the adjacent bed....huh vishal is still sleeping....so wud I...this was Mummy's call that was so ignored.....two or three such long distance calls and then a gentle reminder from daddy...."Sona utho saat baj gaye!".......
and suddenly my bed would throw me out of itself as if it was fed up of me. And before the eyes could realise that it was time to open up, The Dynora Black and White televison set was switched on and one could see Vaijyanthi Mala dancing to a song of Madhumati. A sigh of relief....." jus started still in the oldies didnt miss much"........suddenly a disturbance " brush to kar looooo!!!!" ......I was waiting for a song that was telecast last Sunday too so that I could afford to miss it and go and brush my teeth...and there it was "Isharon isharon mein dil lene waale....baata ye hunar tumne seekha kahan se........." and i ran away to brush my teeth...."so this time they wont telecast "ye chand sa roshan chehra zulfon ka rang sunehra!! ye zeel si neeli aankhe koi raaz hai inme gehra.....tareef karu kya uski jisne tumhe banaya"...." damn i could only write one stanza of that last time"....(well both the songs belong to same movie 'Kashmir ki kali' and probability of two songs from same movie was less) ....a few strokes of toothpaste and few gargles and back in front of the big fat singing lady.....My Dynora!......Daddy would swiftly pass on to me a cup of tea and two Parle - G bisuits. I dipped it in my tea and had a bite of tea drenched Parle-G without knowing that it could make me genius even if I am watching Rangoli....(Parle - G ---G maane genius) ........OHOOOOOO!!! BISCUIT CHAI MEIN GIR GAYA!!!!... a run to kitchen to get a spoon to get it out of tea.........In the meanwhile Vishal (my brother) too would wake up "He - Man khatam ho gaya kya......".......and Mummy would say nahi abhi abhi utha hai.....and my single dimensioned brother would suddenly be recharged and would get ready to join me...........In the meanwhile I have  travelled from Madhumati to Disco dancer........and had jot down some stanzas....first half of first line and sec half of sec line.....to complete it later and kept humming whole day till i had completed it in my song copy........And so rangoli was over completing one unfinished song from last episode and giving two more uncomplete to be completed in the next episode ....hopefully.
          A little break.....and "He - Man!!.....Maaaaaaster of the Universe.........AAAAAAAAI have the PAAAAAAwor" and a thrilling episode of fHe - Man begins with Adam changing into He - Man and then pointing his sword toward his timid tiger and turning it into fierce Battle cat......all in the starting song itself and then a thrilling combat with Skeletor....the latter finally defeated. Thus began a typical Sunday in 1989 filling the whole day with sweet tunes of songs from Rangoli and in between the urge to shout.......AAAAAAAI have the PAAAAAAAwor!!!
for the lovers of He - Man:

He-man... And the Master of the Universe!

I am Adam, Prince of Eternia, Defender of the Secrets of Castle Greyskull.

This is Kringer, my fearless friend.

Fabulous, secret powers were revealed to me the day I held aloft my magic sword and said: "By the Power of Greyskull!"

He-man, He-man...

I have the power!

Kringer became the mighty BattleCat and I became He-man, the most powerful man in the Universe!

Only three others share this secret...

Our friends the Sorceress, Man-at-Arms, and Orko.

Together we defend Castle Greyskull...

(fades)

1 comment:

Slo Moe said...

Doordarshan days... when less was more and the programs were treasured. Nostalgic.