From: sumeet@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (sumeet)
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.misc
Subject: A SEXIST QUERY : Responses so far....
Date: 12 Oct 92 02:15:31 GMT
Reply-To: sumeet@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (sumeet)
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: sumeet@happy.cc.utexas.edu

Howdy, folks. I had asked a question on the net recently whether there were any
songs in which the lady praises her lover, extolling his virtues to the skies
etc. The following is a compilation of the responses that I received :

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Vinay H. Srihari :

A couple of songs come to mind, but they don't exactly extol any male virtues; 
it's more a description of the "traditional" relationship between a 
'pativrata' and her husband!:
 
"Tumhi meri manzil, tumhi meri puja" (Milan)
 "Aapki nazron ne samjha"
 "Aji rooth kar ab kahan jaayeyega" 

to name a few. The second one mentioned has some particularly
interesting lyrics:

Aapki nazron ne samjhaa, pyaar ke kaabil mujhe
Dil ki yeh dhadkan thaher jaa, mil gayee manzil mujhe....

Jee humay manzoor hai, aapka yeh faisla
Kah raha hai har taraf, banda parvar shukriya...

-Vinay
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Surendar Mohan :

Right now I can remember some songs : -

1. Mere mehboob mein kya nahin ,
   Vo to lakhon mein hain ek hasin. ( This is fron an old movie )

2. Mera sanam sabse pyaara hai, sabse pyaara hai ("Dil Ka Kya Kusoor")
 (Female version - Sadhna Sargam or Alka Yagnik)
 P.S. : this was sung separately by male (K. Shanu) too.

And there will be many other songs. Typically the heroine praises her
lover among her friends, unlike the hero who is generally seen singing
alone or in presence of his beloved.

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Sajid Zia :

There is a song in the movie 'Mere Mehboob'

Two females praising the same mehboob, I don't remember the full
lyrics but it goes like this,

Mere mehboob mein kya nahin kya nahin
Mere ........
Woh to lakhon mein hai ek hasin ek hasin Mere ...

All the stanzas are comparing the mehboob with moon,
flower etc etc.

I am sorry I don't remeber the lyrics

sajid

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Raj :

Hi,
That was an interesting question. The one that leaps to my mind
is "Chandan Sa Badan" which is sung by Lata (as well as Mukesh) .
Also there's "Hume tumse pyaar kitna" (Kudrat) by Parveen Sultana.
And then theres "Teri Aankhon Ke siva Duniya Mein Rakha Kya Hai"
However you COULD potentially disqualify those based on the fact that
they are sung by both male and female leads. The other ones i know
are all written in Marathi and i can assure you they are unstinting in
their description of males :-) :-)
If you know any Marathi :
"Tarun Aahe Raatra ajuni" - Asha Bhosale is an excellent example.

Have fun,
Raj

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Sudarshana Bhatt :

Good question!  But I don't think that by nature, gals ever extol the
virtues of guys.  I have not seen any instances of gals 'chasing' guys
(OK, my data points are extremely limited, but still ...).  

To get back to your point, the only ones I can remember offhand are ones
below, which don't point to any 'heroic virtues', though!

dekhne meN bholaa hai dil kaa ???? , bambai se aayaa hai baabuu ????

OK, I give up!

Ciao.
Porky!

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Laxmi :

hey!

how about the song 

" tuhi mere mandhir tuhi mere puja

   tuhi devata hai , tuhi devata hai........"

  song by nutan . don't remember the name of the movie.


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Well ! Well ! Well !! Very few songs of the lady praising the male seem to have
composed, at least in Bollywood.Thanks, folks, for the responses. Let's see if
Bollywood churns out any male-adulatory numbers this year.

Regards.
Sumeet Hingorani