Old Bollywood was our nursery for Urdu. Where else could you get Tamaam gawaahon ke bayanat and memberaan-e-jury ki sifaarish ke maddenazar? There were always fasadat, khayalat in our films. In between there were some exceptions like Khayalon mein kisi ke is tarah aaya nahin karte. But soon it was back to Ye meri khwahish ye khayalat kise pesh karun.
Those days I got hooked to Urdu language. There was a local announcer who was known as Patna’s Ameen Sayani. With the difference that whereas Ameen Sayani started with Behno aur bhaaiyo, our local Ameen Sayani’s trademark was Khawateen-o-hazraat, Main Diwali ke muqaddas mauke par aap sabka khair maqdam karta hun. Sometimes, he became more flowery: Aaj ki mehfil ke sadr Janab.., Hazreen-e-mehfil, tamam khawateen-o-hazraat..READ THE FULL ARTICLE