floods and vampires
As I squeegeed the rising waters of Lake Basement yesterday, I wondered why I don't have a good list of flood songs to play during such occasions. The only one I could think of is the title track from Satyam Shivam Sundaram . Go to :55 and 4:10 for prime Shashi. I wish the water in my basement was as candy-colored as Raj Kapoor's flood. And from the same movie, more fun in the water in "Yashomati Maiyya Se Bole Nandala." It's not technically a flood but how can we resist the steam off of Shashi and Zeenat? And then I remembered the raging waters of Kaala Patthar , both destructive and redeeming, washing away sins and scars alike. And of course the gigantic anachronistic racist mess that is "Wilhelmina, Georgia" in My Name Is Khan , but who wants to think about that? What are your favorite flood songs and scenes? I also got a chance to write up an interview I did with Temple of Cinema Chaat about Ekta Kapoor's teen vampire soap opera, Pyaar Ki