'Sister/Daughter'hood in Bollywood

Just when I was listening to this fabulous song from 'Doli Saja ke Rakhna'; I thought how great feeling it must be being a girl's brother. Okay, I have cousin sisters. But The feeling of having a sister around me, all the time, is not there. As we aren't a nuclear family, all uncles are living at other cities. And only sibling I have is my elder brother. So I have always missed how it feels a careful, naughty 'behna' around me. The song made me so emo, that inspired me to write down this post. Still, I have no complaints about my equally sweet and very much naughty two cousin sis, who never make me feel like I am alone...but ..... [they are gonna kill me if they see this :P].

The song itself is so sentimental. 'Jhula Baahon Ka' sung by Sadhna Sargam [love her] and Sreenivas. It portrays feelings of a Sister who has grown up now, but to her brothers, who love her so much, she is a small little sis. I love the piece when brothers says 'tu khushi tu qarar tu bahar hai, dum se tere hi toh, ghar mein nikhar hai'. Just see faces of brothers...

There are many movies of Bollywood, that have portrayed brother sister relationships so beautifully. And whenever I think of sis, the song 'phoolon ka taaron ka' from Hare Rama Hare Krishna, comes to our mind. And why not? It is the best song on the theme. There are plenty of such songs too. But right now I can't recall them.

And by that, my mind changed the track, and focused on another relationship linked to it. Similarly to my earlier thought of having sis around me, at home is a great feeling, then how far more better and how interesting and emotional bond would be of Father and Daughter !! Its always between Papa and his Daughter. Never have we heard about Momma and Beti relationship [besides bolly actresses ofcourse].

And the very first movie comes to my mind, is ofcourse, 'Yaadein' by Subhash Ghai. okay, I know it was 'bad' movie [as ppl calls it] but I 'liked' it. Seriously, I am not trying to be 'different' from others, but I actually liked the movie. Okay, - minus the rich-poor divide, minus awful product endorsements, the movie was so good. The way it shown relationship between Jackie Shroff the father and his Three Daughters, made me feel emotional. Jackie had given a memorable performance as a father. The central theme of the movie was definitely that relationship. It was just Ghai, who got blind by superstardom of Hrithik, and made it all wrong. But still, the song 'Yaadein' and 'Eli Re Eli' has got wonderful moments of 'daughterhood'.

Again, when I see my dad playing around with my little niece 'Heer', I get the sequence from movie Vivah in my mind.

The very first sequence, when Alok Nath is singing 'Bhajan' with his little cute daughter. I completely loose myself in that wonderful Papa-Beti moment. How great it is to have a daughter, and equally, how painful it must be, when after 20-22 years, you have to give her hand to someone, some other person, by putting all of your faith and trust in him?? Only a father can understand that feeling. Sooraj Barjatya, had also put that feel in his earlier flick 'Main Prem ki deewani hoon' on a bigger note. Father Pankaj Kapur and Daughter Kareena. But due to loud screenplay it went all un-noticed. But still its worth looking at once, just because of Pankaj Kapur. A song is also dedicated to this relationship -Papa Ki pari Hoon Main....

Definitely, Papa Ki Pari. Each Girl is......
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Thanks Yves for reminding me about Khamoshi-The Musical. It was another great example of relationship between Father-Daughter. Though the movie emphasized on Parents and Daughter relationship, the bond shown between Nana and Manisha was fantastically played. The fabulous song Yeh Dil Sun Raha hai still melts my heart.

And another heart warming song about Father-Daughter is a Bidai Song; Legendary as Sujoy put it. Baabul ki duayein leti jaa from NeelKamal, is one of the Rafi’s best one. Thanks Sujoy for reminder.