I am now in Chennai. I am originally from Kolkata, West Bengal, but for my job, I am staying in Chennai from July 2010. Yet to feel the infamous Chennai heat in its its full glare. Actually very soon, I am going to my hometown, and as I am hearing, its chilly nowadays in Kolkata.
Anyways, what can I say about Chennai? people are good with me (almost I should say), and so far everything is ok. I live very near the sea, but so far, only twice I have been to the beach. I am lazy, I told you.
I know my blog is not going to be very interesting, but I don't care. I think, and I read a lot. So, whenever I feel like writing, I will either write a blog post, or like before, will be writing bengali songs. And send them to jhonku.
Right now, my friend jhonku is trying to get a chance to show his talents in bengali entertainment industry. He can sing, and he is also a composer. We were together in a band for a long time. Even when I am in Chennai now, I sometimes send him some lyrics. But he has a problem. If he does not like the lyrics in the first look, he cannot do the tune. I am sure that some of the lyrics I have written, would have been liked by some bengali composer, film or otherwise. But the problem is, in this industry, you cannot trust anybody. Somebody could take my creation and make it their own. I know him for last 16 years, so I do trust him.
Here is excerpts from a song I have written recently.....its an item song, the scene could be a mela and a female dancer, on stage, singing this one..
বোষ্টুমি
(ও) তোমার প্রেমের জ্বালা ধিকিধিকি,
এদিক ওদিক উঁকিঝুঁকি,
অবাধ্য চোখ হ্যাংলা কাঙাল,
করছে কেমন দুষ্টুমি-
তেমন করে দেখলে আমায়
হবো তোমার বোষ্টুমি ||
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যদি কোমরে দাও রূপোর বিছে, পরাও পায়ে সোনার মল
ভাসিয়ে দেবো প্রেমের ডিঙি, দুলবে ঢেউয়ে ছলাৎছল |
যদি ঠোঁটে ছোঁয়াও এক খিলি পান
সোনার কাঁকন দুই হাতে
তোমার সলতে প্রদীপ উশকে দেবো
আলতো করে মাঝরাতে ||
