Monday, August 5, 2019

ThiS(a)number (Al)kaught the listeners’ attention

Bholi Bhali Ladki, from Sabse Bada Khiladi (1995), was five minutes and 35 seconds long.

The girl the track referred to may have been innocent, but the listeners weren’t.

Needless to say, its next two lines – “Khol tere dil ki pyaar waali khidki” (which can be translated to, “Open the love window of your heart” – didn’t go down well with the sanskaari listeners.

Of course, decrying the song on account of vulgarity was pointless, so Dev Kohli, who penned it, and Rajesh Roshan, the composer, got off scot-free.

Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu rendered it.

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