This goes to my Dad

When someone pens the  innermost feelings esp that of a relationship, thats exactly when you appreciate the power of literature. A song from a malyalam movie 'Satyam Sivam Sundaram'. A dedication to the memories of my Dad. I am sure it will be lost in translation. But I have come to know this, the songs with the most touching lyrics can't be translated. Languages here become incompatible.  

Sooryanaay thazhuki urakkamunarthumen
Achaneyaanenikkishtam

( Like the touch of the morning sun rays he wakes me up, it's my dad whom I like the most)
Njanonnu karayumbol ariyaathe
urukumen achaneyaanenikkishtam 

(When I cry he unknowingly melts, it's my dad whom I like the most)

Kalledukkum kali thumbiye pole
Orupaadu novukalkkidayilum
Punchiri chiraku vidarthumen achan

(Like the playful grasshopper which lifts stones, with so much problems inside he still manages to smile(spread wings of laughter), it's my dad whom I like the most)

Ennumen pusthaka thaalil mayangunna
Nanma than peeliyaanachan

(Dad is the peacock feather of goodness which rests inside my book pages)
Kadalaassu thoniye polente
Baalyathil ozhukunnorormayaanachan

(Dad is that drifting remembrance like those flating paper boats in my childhood) 
Udalaarnna karunyam achan
Kai vanna bhaagyamaanachan

(You are the embodiment of true love,Dad you are the luck that came my way)

Ariyillenikkethu vaakkinaal achane
Vaazhthumennariyilla innum

(I don't know with what words can I wish you Dad)
Ezhuthumee snehaaksharangalkum appuram
Anupama sankalpam achan

(Just that beyond the loving words, you are that incomparable imagination)
Anayaatha deepamaanachan
Kaanunna dhaivamaanachan

(You are the light that never dims, Dad you are the God I can see)

Shalini...

'Shalini Ajith' is still a favorite. She has this next door girl looks, a hairdo that she carries so well which I haven't seen in any other heroine so far. Though she has got married and has quit the industry long back, no one seems to have forgotten the Alaipayuthey girl. Thanks to Mani Ratnam. Few days back I had changed my orkut display picture to a Shalini pic. Guess wat, friend requests are pouring in to an otherwise disregarded profile. Hahaha:)

Well this is the pic. 

Jaane Tu Mera Kya Hain.?

Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, this movie's music and lyrics are in so sync with the storyline. I guess the director Abbas itself has written the lyrics too. It's so much in lay man's terms, that any teenager can relate to. And Guru's music, the masti in 'Pappu can't dance' or the solitude in 'Kahin Tho Hogi Woh', I simply run out of words when I try to describe what I feel. The other lovely song in the movie which has two versions to it 'Jaane tu mera kya hain'. When you start loving the person who you thought was just your bestest friend, that's the song. I love the Aditi version. I have always believed a boy and a gal can remain best friends but this song somehow with it's lyrics and it's haunting music proves me wrong. To hate it or love it, I don't know. But this song just gets the better of me.

' Ye dosthi humko yakeen tha,  dosthi aur kuchch bhi nahi tha

  Ye kaisa dardh naya sa, kyon dhil laghtha toota toota sa?

  Janne dhil jaana kaise mai ne na jaana, ke pyaar yahi hai, ye jaane tu ya jaane na'