Who is Amitabh Bhattacharya?

Well  Amitabh Bhattacharya is someone who does not have his wikipage yet, but yeah the man has absofuckinglutely awesome work under his belt.  He is lyricist and here is look at some of his creations....if someone looking for variety, your hunt stops here. Amitabh Bhattacharya take a bow.


The first striking work was of course DevD, if someone can come up as weird as below mentioned, you got to say it's different.

Yeh dil pighla ke saaz bana loon,dhadkan ko awaz bana loon,smoking smoking nikle re dhooan.Seene mein jalti hai armanon ki arthi,Arrey what to tell you darling kya hua.Arrey sapne dekhe jannat ke,par mitti mein mil jaen,phooken re ghar baar ki duniya..ko bole good bye..Chad jae haye Allah,jisko bhi yeh bukhaar,Tauba Tera Jalwa, Tauba tera pyar,Tera Emosanal Attyachaar!

A typical YashRaj chhap Band Bajaa Barat song, and still he makes his signature felt with..

Ho baalon ko main set kitta gel mal ke
Chaati chaudi dolle sholle dand pel ke
Kudiya haraya tune chaal chal ke
Baaton waali basket ball khel ke

and absolutely delightful line to describe status of sachha aashiq  as Chai mein dooba biscut ho gaya :)


But my latest favorite is the one from I Am, the Kavita Seth's rendition for Bangur song

Phirti Thi Hawaaon Mein, Par Lagte Thay Paaon MeinZindagi Band Pinjron Mein Kiyun Aaj Rehti HaiNeendon Ke Sandooqon Mein Kabhi Sone Ke Sapne ThayAaj Peetal Ke Tukrron Ko Mohtaaj Rehti Hai

The perfect depiction of uncertainty and fear of unknown in Udaan song

Aankhon ke pardon pe pyaara sa jo tha woh nazaraDhua sa ban kar udh gaya ab na rahaBaithe the hum toh khwabon ke chaon ke taleChod ke unko jaane kahan ko chaleKahani khatam hai ya shuruwaat hone ko haiSubha nayi hai yeh ya phir raat hone ko hai

The down and dusted Sabrina Lal's state of mind described superbly in No One Killed Jessica's aitbaar song

Jhulsi hui iss rooh ke, chithde padeh bikhre hueUdhdi hui ummeed hai ooRaunde jinhe kadmo tale, badi beraham raftaar yehBejaan si iss geed ke ooJal bhun ke raakh hua aitbaarGanda mazaak hua aitbaarChidhta hai, kudhta hai, sadta hai raaton mein

And just when you think he can't get any more classy, he hits you back with crassly written

Volume kam kar papa jag jayega from Housefull and Baburao Mast hain from Once Upon a time in Mumbai

Here is the list of my 3 most favorite chhapri songs in AB style.

Character Dheela Hain from Ready

Kise hai love se matlabYeh yovan sant leela haiFark padta hai kya baahon meinMunni hai ya sheela haiIshak ke namm pe karte
sabhi ab raas leela hai
Main karoon toh saala
Character dheela hai

The Mutton song from Luv ka The End

Mera jism jism
Mera badan badanArre main hoon taaza mutton muttonTu khol dilonkeTu khol dilonke button buttonMera jism jismMera badan badan

And the cherry on the cake Bhag DK Bose from Delhi Belly

Daddy Mujhse Bola , Tu Galti hai MeriTujh pe Zindgaani , Guilty hai MeriSaabun Ki Shakal Mein , Beta Tu to Nikla Keval JhaagJhaag , Jhaag , BHAAG Bhaag Bhaag D.K.BOSE D.K.BOSE D.K.BOSE

P.S. By the way he sung for my all time favorite Iktara...remember the soulful 'kise hai pata' line? That's him again.

It's So Simple, It's So Silly....

Now no matter how cool you are and you sound in your movies, Ranbir Kapoor, your TATA DOCOMO ads are one stupid thing. Please kill the writer who has written those stand up acts,
I did not even smile for one of those ads. And every time those get aired in STRATEGIC timeouts I cringe to the core.