Akshay Kumar

 My DH just walked in on me watching Akshay Kumar in action and he was quite astounded. "I didn't know you watch films like this; when can we have a romantic evening watching Jackie Chan or Chuck Norris kick some butt?"

He seems to be an actor with a lot of stunts and few expressions but it's starting to grow on me. No one who can run up a wall can be all bad :)

I think I already mentioned Kambakkht Ishq in which he's a stunt actor who spends the movie squabbling with Kareena Kapoor.

Here's a link:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjY5MTAzMDY4.html

The music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BExtLEJqfZ4

Dil to Paagal Hai is Shah Rukh Khan's film, Akshay Kumar has just a small role but I thought it was cute. He does a lovely little pantomime in the end. 

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs80ah_dil-to-pagal-hai-1997-pt-1_shortfilms#.UOB593eOxjY

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs84l9_dil-to-pagal-hai-1997-pt-2_shortfilms#.UOB523eOxjY

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs85g6_dil-to-pagal-hai-1997-pt-3_shortfilms#.UOB6IHeOxjY

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs863c_dil-to-pagal-hai-1997-pt-4_shortfilms#.UOB6OXeOxjY

 The photos on the left are from the movie Khiladiyon ka Khiladi. I thought the scene was unintentionally hilarious (the two guys are brothers, by the way) but besides this melodrama there was a lot of ass-kicking, some romancing and silliness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmlA9jHJtYc

Khiladi means player.

खिलाड़ी

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWzhGUEVWg8

Awara Paagal Deewana features Akshay Kumar as an underworld don who gets into a deadly dispute with his brother in law.

Satyamev Jayate: Female Foeticide

 Aamir Khan's TV show first episode subtitled:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fp3V8YWFsA&feature=plcp

An emotional Aamir Khan talking to a divorced mother who was forced by her husband's family to abort six female pregnancies, a woman whose husband bit her face and other women who have come to find out the hard way that daughters are not welcome in their family.  According to his statistics the ratio of girls/boys being born has grown worse in recent years and selective abortions are a common practice among the literate and the wealthy although many people think it's the poor and the illiterate who are doing this. 

Mere Brother Ki Dulhan deleted scenes

MBKD deleted scenes


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnqx2s_deleted-scenes-part-1-mere-brother-ki-dulhan_shortfilms#.UMjZGHeOxjY

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnne2n_deleted-scenes-part-2-mere-brother-ki-dulhan_shortfilms#.UMjaq3eOxjY

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnne04_deleted-scenes-part-3-mere-brother-ki-dulhan_shortfilms#.UMjcdHeOxjY

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnmquj_deleted-scenes-part-4-mere-brother-ki-dulhan_shortfilms#.UMjgSneOxjY

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnmqtp_deleted-scenes-part-5-mere-brother-ki-dulhan_shortfilms#.UMjhnneOxjY

Movie trailers in 10 words or less

Mere Dad ki Maruti
A guy lost his dad's car and then stuff happens

Mujhse Fraaandship karoge
People lie on Facebook and then stuff happens

Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Shah Rukh Khan recites poetry and then stuff happens

Ishaqzaade
Things blow up and then stuff happens

Ek Tha Tiger
There is Salman Khan and then stuff happens

Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
A bride is sought and then stuff happens

Saiyaara

Saiyaara - brilliant song
Here's a lovely song sung by Mohit Chauhan and Taraannum Mallik

aasmaan, tera mera hua
khwaab ki tarah dhuaan dhuaan
aasmaan, tera mera hua
saans ki tarah ruaan ruaan
jaaye jahan tu jaye
paaye mujhe hi paaye
saaye ye mere hain tujh mein samaaye
Saiyyara main saiyaara
saiyaara tu saiyyara
Sitaron ke jahan mein milenge ab yaara

your sky, and mine,
has become all smoke, like a dream..
your sky, and mine,
is spread in parts, like breaths..
wherever you go,
you'll find me only..
these shadows of mine are comprised in you..
planet, I'm a planet now..
Planet, you're a planet (too)..
And we shall meet again in the world of stars now..

tu jo mila to yoon hua
ho gayi poori adhoori si dua
tu jo gaya to le gaya
sang tere mere jeene ki har wajah

since you have met, it has so happened,
as if some unheard wish is fulfilled..
as you left, you took with you
every reason for me to live..

tum pe miti, tum se bani,
tum se hua hai haan khud pe yakeen
tu jo nahi to na sahi,
main hoon yahan to
tu hai yahin kahin..

I'm sacrificed on you, I am made of you,
(as in, am good due to you)
from you only I have belief in myself..
If I am here,
you're somewhere here only..

Movie scenes -mainly Band Baaja Baaraat

Here are some random movie scenes with no subtitles. I'll treat them as a listening comprehension task.

Band Baaja Baaraat deleted scenes
the audio breaks a bit for me in places

Business Ka Pehle Rule

Band Baaja Baaraat first challenge

Band Baaja Baaraat - fight
Subtitled. 

Another BBB scene

Band Baaja Baaraat ending


Collection of romantic scenes

http://www.youtube.com/user/yrfScenes/videos?view=0
YRF scenes: More videos

Jab Tak Hai Jaan

Yash Chopra'a fina film Jab Tak Hai Jaan was pretty good, a beautiful film with some powerful emotion although I found Katrina Kaif's character a little annoying. Anoushka was more likeable imo although. Katrina looks doped in the poster and I didn't feel it was well motivated in the film, why she thought that Jesus wanted her to promise silly and destructive things in order to get answers to her prayers.  But I suppose if she had had more sense there would have been no Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdLVQtEBM9Q
The music is great. My favorites are Challa and Jiya Re.

http://www.lyricsmint.com/2012/10/jab-tak-hai-jaan.html
More about the songs and the lyrics

Challa
Challa is in Punjabi so I'm not even going to try to understand it but here is  a translation found in SRK's twitter stream:
https://twitter.com/iamsrk/status/253776726897868800/photo/1

Ishq Shava video

Jiya Re with lyrics

Taare Zameen Par

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0986264/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taare_Zameen_Par


I have to confess that I did not learn much Hindi from this film because I was too engrossed in the story.

Taare Zameen Par is the story of an eight year old boy Ishaan who excels in art but fails most of his other classes. His teachers and parents don't know what to do with him so he gets sent off to a boarding school. They have a new art teacher who helps Ishaan overcome his learning difficulties. In the end art brings everybody together. It's a simple story but very movingly told, and I've always had a soft spot for films about teachers making a difference in children's lives.

Apparently it was inspired by the life story of Akira Kurosawa, a Japanese film maker.

Ishaan is played by a talented young actor Darsheel Safary and the art teacher is Aamir Khan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=971qIfB17x4

Main Kya Karoon & other movie songs

Songs from Barfi (haven't seen it yet):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4qBfcF6KK0
Main Kya Karoon is my fave, jazzier  than you'd ordinarily expect from a Bollywood song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCIFymwreZ4
Video with film imagery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dCwBlxJCB4
Video with lyrics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgXCSzfH8ow
Video with lyrics and subtitles.  This song is pretty easy to understand.

Dil yeh mera, bas mein nahi
Pehle kabhi, aisa hota tha nahi
Tu hi bata is dil ka main
Ab kya karoon

Kehne pe, chalta nahi
Kuch dino se, meri bhi sunta nahi
Tu hi bata iss dil ka main, uff ab main kya karoon
Main kya karoon...
Is dil kya karoon, main kya karoon...

Karta awaargi
Iss pe toh dhun chadhi, hai pyaar ki
Jaane gumm hai kahaan
Baaton mein hai pada, bekaar ki
Karta hai awaargi
Is pe dhun chadhi, hai pyaar ki
Na jaane gumm hai kahaan
Baaton mein hai pada, bekaar ki
Ulti yeh baat hai
Aise halaat hai
Ghalti kare yeh main bharu

Uff dil ka kya karoon
Main kya karoon...
Is dil kya karoon, main kya karoon...

Dil pe mera kaabu nahin
Fitrat kabhi iski aisi thi nahin
Tu hi bata is dil ka main
Ab kya karoon






Songs from the movie Rush (I haven't seen it but I like some of this music)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H63mrawDZVk
Songs from Saattai:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX2EaIc7Ph0
Just posting this for the music. I don't understand a word, it's from a Tamil movie, but the opening track is hypnotic imo.

दिल चाहता है Dil chahta hai -The heart desires

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292490/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dil_Chahta_Hai
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvu4FNVrOJA

A brilliant film about love and friendship. It's Farhan Akhtar's first, starring Aamir Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta and  Dimple Kapadia.

Examples of how to use the verb want:
http://www.ispeakhindi.com/2009/10/22/use-of-chah/

 I haven't seen any other Aamir Khan films but I think I must now put them on my watch list.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vtPRnkXQuE
Jaane Kyun song with subtitles
The same with scenes from the movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LWLaD-HOO4

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkKMM_oSUq8
The song Tanhaaye
Aamir Khan heartbroken in the video


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3noZZS-jZo
The same song subtitled.



I get so excited when I watch Bollywood films  and am able to understand something without the subtitles, so I'm happy to report that if Aamir Khan ever asks me to marry him I'll be able to understand him.

I love this film.
It's quite long so it took me two evenings to see all of it so my viewing experience was a little divided. The first half until the intermission I thought it was Saif Ali Khan's, Akshaye Khanna's and Dimple Kapadia's movie. The second part was Aamir Khan's all the way through.

Anyway, go watch it if you haven't already.  
Here is the link again

Random words

I forget why I looked these up but here goes..

की तरह ki tarah  - as, after the fashion of

हमेशा की तरह hamesha ki tarah  - true to form, as always

हमेशा की तरह काम जारी है  hamesha ki tarah kam jari hai  - business as usual

सिलसिला silsila - chain, series, sequence, train

बेचैनी bēcainī -restlessness, uneasiness, fear

 

Tujhe bhula diya

Another really beautiful song from the film Anjaana anjaani
Music: Vishal-Shekhar
Lyrics: Vishal Dadlani, Kumaar
Singers: Shruti Pathak, Mohit Chauhan, Shekhar Ravjiani
Subtitled lyrics video

Bollymeaning: English translation

Atif Aslam

Here's a singer whose voice I like quite a lot:

Atif Aslam
He's from Pakistan and sings a lot of movie soundtrack songs.
The song in the movie Kismat Konnection
Bakhuda Tumhi Ho - Video with English Translation 

The song lyrics
Video with song lyrics in Hindi

We just learned in the last post about the crazy train dancers that shadow is  

छाया (f) chāyā

but now, to confuse us, this song introduces us to the word, 

साया (m) sāyā  

which also means shadow.  

 Tera Hone Laga Hoon with Lyrics -Ajab prem ki Ghazab Kahani 
Tu Jaane Na - Atif Aslam - Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani 
Tu Mohabbat Hai - Atif Aslam- Lyrics 

Have you ever danced on the roof of a moving train?

छाया (f)  chāyā -  shadow

Chaiyya Chaiyya (English Subtitles) - Dil Se... HD
Here's a scary video...Shah Rukh Khan and Malaika Arora dancing on the roof of a moving train.  I can't watch it without a feeling of dread that someone's going to fall and get injured. It's not even a flat roof and they're jumping there. Shah Rukh Khan's career could have been tragically cut short.

बिल्कुल  पागल  

(bilkul paagal)

If there had been villains on that train they  probably wouldn't have seen the tunnel coming.

Anyway, here are the lyrics (it repeats quite a bit):

Jinke sar ho ishq ki chaaon
Paaon ke neeche jaanat hogi
Chal chaiyya chaiyya chaiyya chaiyya
Saare ishq ki chhaaon chal chaiyya chaiyya
Pau janat chale chal chaiyya chaiyya
Voh yaar hai jo khushboo ki tarah
Voh jiski zubaan urdu ki tarah
Meri shaam raat, meri kaayanat
Voh yaar mera sainya sainya
Gulposh kabhi itraaye kahin
Mehke to nazar aa jaye kahin
Taaveez banaake pehnoon usay
Aayat ki tarah mil jaaye kahin
Voh yaar hai jo imaan ki tarah
Mera nagma vohi mera qalma vohi
Mera nagma nagma mera qalma qalma
Yaar misaale ous dhale
Paaon ke tale firdous chale
Kabhi daal daal kabhi paat paat
Main hava pe dhoondhoon uske nishaan

Main uske roop ka shehdaai
Vo dhoop chhanv se harjaai
Vo shokh hai rang badalta hai
Main rangroop ka saudaai
Jinke sar ko ishq ki chhaaon
Paaon ke neeche jannat hogi
Shaam raat meri kaaynaat
Vo yaar mera sainya sainya
Voh yaar hai jo khushboo ki tarah
Voh jiski zubaan urdu ki tarah
Meri shaam raat, meri kaayanat
Voh yaar mera saiyya saiyya

Main hoon na

I'm watching Main Hoon Na, another SRK movie. The title means "I'm here now, don't worry" or some variation thereof.
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzQ3NjI2MzI4.html

A couple of words I picked up there:

सक  sak - doubt  

फ़र्ज (m) farja  -duty

मतलब (m)  -matlab- meaning

THE SONG LYRICS with translations http://www.bollywhat.com/lyrics/mhn_lyr.html

Songs with subtitles :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDD_CE9q82k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3I-B6vsnhA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ejCGYm_TfY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWHdOvvcruo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd_VIPPneYY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3mD3HFT2Gk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcWih0kayLo

Indian ads

Some of these ads  have a little Hindi as a listening comprehension task and others are here just because ;)

SALMAN KHAN--KAREENA KAPOOR- SANGINI AD
Srk Preity Zinta ad
Aamir Khan coke ad
ShahRukh Khan AD Lux 02
Shah Rukh Khan 2011 Shaving Cream ad
Saif Ali Khan & Shahrukh Khan Pepsi Ad
Shah Rukh Khan In Pepsi Ads ( part 2 )
Pepsi Advertisement Ranbir Deepika
SRK in another Pepsi ad
Sachin and SRK in old Pepsi Commercial
Saif and SRK in SMS ad
Cadbury ad
Shahid Kapoor (License to wear Black)
Shahid Kapoor Levis Ad Longer Version
Shahid Kapoor Levis Ad Short Version
Dil Maange More - Pepsi (shahid,rani,srk,kajol)
Shah Rukh Khan's anti dandruff Ad
Pepsi John Abraham & Shahruk Khan full AD
Shahid Kapoor coffee ad 2011
Shahid Kapoor ad 2011
Shahid Kapoor luggage ad 2011
BRU GOLD ~ Shahid & Priyanka 2011
Shahid Kapoor Featuring In Dulux Paints Tv Commercial
Hrithik & Aishvarya
Complan Shahid
Shahid Pioneer
Scary dandruff ad Shahid Kapoor 
Shahid Kapoor's Vaseline Mens Ad

Chance Pe Dance

चांस पे डांस

पे

I watched Chance pe dance , a Shahid Kapoor movie, and thought that it's as good a chance as any to find out what "pe" means.
http://www.shabdkosh.com/translate/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87_meaning_in_Hindi_English
says it means "on"

More on postpositions:
http://hindilanguage.info/hindi-grammar/postpositions/ 

Learn Hindi: Lecture 16 (Postpositions Part 1) 


http://samirbharadwaj.com/blog/chance-pe-dance-movie-review/  
This reviewer says that dance on chance implies seize the opportunity. 

He seems to have liked several movies that I love too.
http://samirbharadwaj.com/blog/jab-we-met-movie-review/
Jab we met. This was my first Hindi movie and it remains the Number One Favorite. I've seen it so many times I can understand it without the subtitles.
http://samirbharadwaj.com/blog/jaane-tu-ya-jaane-na-movie-review/
Jaane Tu ya Jaane Na. Genelia D'Souza with Imran Khan.

 http://samirbharadwaj.com/blog/ladies-vs-ricky-bahl-movie-review/ 






http://samirbharadwaj.com/blog/band-baaja-baaraat-movie-review/
Ladies vs Ricky Bahl and Band Baaja Baaraat

I may have to check out his other recommendations.

Can't be so educational all the time

Can't be so educational all the time  so this is "simply stunning, sparkling and smooth":
Shahid Kapoor's performance at Videocon Awards 2010

I find it's pretty easy to follow these award shows because they're so predictable. Some of it is in English though so I can't take very much credit for my excellent Hindi...
IIFA Awards 2012 - Full Show - Segment I Shahid Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar hosting. Farhan Akhtar looks so different from his character in Karthik calling Karthik.

IIFA Awards 2012 - Full Show - Segment 2

IIFA Awards 2012 - Full Show - Segment 3

IIFA Awards 2012 - Full Show - Segment 4

Parineeti Chopra got a best newcomer award for her work in Ladies vs Ricky Bahl

One of the presenters was Mika Singh and it was nice to get a face to the voice.
He's sung several songs that are on my car CD. E.g he's the man behind
Hadippa, from Dil Bole Hadippa, and Mauja hi mauja from Jab we met. Incidentally, both are Shahid Kapoor movies.

Hadippa - The Remix Song - Dil Bole Hadippa 

Mauja Hi Mauja - Jab We Met (2007) *BluRay* - Full Song - Hindi Music Video

Zindagi Na milegi Doobara got a bunch of awards,  it's on my watch list but I haven't gotten around to it yet. Guess I should move it up the list.

IIFA Awards 2012 - Full Show - Segment 5

IIFA Awards 2012 - Full Show - Segment 6

IIFA Awards 2012 - Full Show - Segment 7

IIFA Awards 2012 - Full Show - Segment 8

IIFA Awards 2012 - Full Show - Segment 9

IIFA Awards 2012 - Full Show - Segment 10

IIFA Awards 2012 - Full Show - Segment 11

 IIFA Awards - Main Show - Segment 12
 They start out talking about Mera naam Joker, a film that lasted 5 hours and had 2 intermissions. I'm not sure my attention span would cover that.


Zee Cine Awards 2012 : Part 1 - 05-02-2012
Zee Cine Awards 2012 : Zee Cine Awards Part 2 05-02-2012
Shahid Kapoor performance at Filmfare Awards 2009 (Michael Jackson tribute)

Talking of Shahid Kapoor, I stumbled on his twitter https://twitter.com/shahidkapoor and found out he's filming

Phata Poster Nikla Hero

with Ileana Cruz.

Raj Malhotra

 I thought I was confused and getting my character names all mixed up because I thought everybody was named Raj Malhotra but then I looked it up and there really seem to be a host of Bollywood characters named Raj Malhotra. Here are a few (there are more but I gave up)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andaaz
Akshay Kumar in Andaaz (2003)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khiladi.
Akshay Kumar in Khiladi (1992)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haan_Maine_Bhi_Pyaar_Kiya
Akshay Kumar in HMBPK (2002)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aitraaz
Akshay Kumar  in Aitraaz (2004)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosti:_Friends_Forever
Akshay Kumar as Raj Malhotra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadh_Kar_Di_Aapne Govinda as Raj Malhotra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyo_Kii..._Main_Jhuth_Nahin_Bolta Govinda as Raj Malhotra
Ajnabee  Bobby Deol as Raj Malhotra
Thank You Bobby Deol as Raj Malhotra

1996

Daraar

Rishi Kapoor as Raj Malhotra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koi_Mere_Dil_Mein_Hai Priyanshu Chatterjee as Raj Malhotra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chori_Chori_Chupke_Chupke
Salman Khan in CCCC(2001)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judwaa
Salman Khan as Raja Malhotra (1997)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghban_%28film%29
Amitabh Bachchan as Raj Malhotra  and Salman Khan as Alok Raj Malhotra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilwale_Dulhania_Le_Jayenge
SRK as Raj Malhotra

2007

Heyy Babyy

SRK as Raj Malhotra

Special appearance in song "Mast Kalandar"

2000

Mohabbatein

SRK as Raj Aryan Malhotra

2008

Kismat Konnection

Shahid Kapoor as Raj Malhotra

2006

36 China Town

Shahid Kapoor as Raj Malhotra

Miscellaneous links: Bright Hub of education

Learning Hindi Terms for Means of Transportation

Learning Hindi: When Love Is In the Air

Learning Hindi For Use During Train Travel

• Where is the railway stationlocal ticket counter? - Railway station/Local ticket ka counter kahan hai?
• I want to go to the railway station - Mujhe railway station jana hai
• Where is the entrance to the railway station? - Railway station ke andar jane ke liye rasta kahan hai? /Railway station ka prawesh dwar kahan hai?
• Where can I make out of town ticket reservations? -
Main bahar gaon ke liye ticket reservation kahan kar sakta hoon? (m.) Main bahar gaon ke liye ticket reservation kahan kar sakti hoon? (f.)

• I want a sleeper coach/ first class AC ticket/window seat. - Mujhe sleeper coach/First Class AC ka ticket/window seat chahiye.
• I want to book a coupe. - Mujhe coupe ka booking karna hai.
• I want an upper/lower berth. - Mujhe uparwala/  nichaywala berth chahiye.
• 
  
• I want to get a monthly travel pass - Mujhe monthly pass nikalna hai.
• I want tickets for two. - Mujha do ticket chahiye.

• Where can I see the train schedules? -
Main train ka schedule kahan dekh sakta hoon? (m.) Main train ka schedule kahan dekh sakti hoon? (f.)
• I would like to buy a train time table - Mujhe train ka time table kharidna hain.
• I want to know if there is a train for XYZ today - XYZ ke liye train hain kya aaj?
• What time does it come/leave? - Kitne baje aayegi/jayegi?
• How much to carry my luggage, brother? - Saaman uthanay ka kitna, bhaiyya?
• I will purchase my ticket through a vending machine -
Main mera ticket vending machine say kharid loonga (m.) Main mera ticket vending machine say kharid loongi (f.)
• I like the food served at the railway canteen. The food here is very tasty. - Mujhe railway canteen main ka khana pasand hai. Yahan ka khana bahoot swadisht hain.
• I'm going to have an espresso from the coffee stall. -
Main coffee stall say espresso lene wala hoon. (m.) Main coffee stall say espresso lene wali hoon. (f.)
• I'm going to buy a magazine or a book to read on the train. -
Main train main padne ke liye magazine ya kitab kharidne wala hoon (m.) Main train main padne ke liye magazine ya kitab kharidne wali hoon (f.)
• They often serve excellent meals on Indian Railways. - Bharatiya railway main aksar ekdum khas khana milta hain.
• You can get vegetarian as well as non-vegetarian food - Aapko shakahari aur uske vyatirikta masahari khana bhi mil sakta hain.
• Here's my ticket. - Ye lo mera ticket.
• Excuse me, I think this is my seat. - Maf karna, mujhe lagta hai yeh meri seat hai.

Learn to Speak Hindi: Visiting the Vegetable Market

Learning Useful Hindi Food and Dinner Vocabulary

Learning Hindi: "Taking a Bus Ride."

Learning Hindi Conversational Skills

Learning and Understanding Nouns in Hindi (Sangya)

Random expressions:
दिल्ली भारत की राजधानी है।   -  dilli bharat ki rajdhani hai  - Delhi is the capital of India.

सदा सच बोलो । sada sach bolo   -Always speak the truth. 

1. hathi paani pe raha hai. (The elephant is drinking water.)
2. ladke bageche main khel rahe hai.  (The boys are playing in the garden.)
3. reena school ja rahi hai. (Reena is going to school.)
4. chandi ek kimti dhatu hai. (Silver is an expensive metal.)
5. mohan ek bahadur ladka hai.  (Mohan is a brave boy.)
6. jungle mein bahut saare ped hai. (There are many trees in the jungle.)
7. bhuk aadmi se kuch bhi karva sakti hai. (Hunger can make a man do anything.)
8. sundarta dekhne vale ki nazar mein hoti hai. (Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. )

More videos

5 Basic Hindi Greetings 
Namaste
Dhanyavaad =thank you
Phir milenge
Aap kaise hain?
Kripya =please

5 Hindi Phrases to Know When Renting an Apartment
Bedrooms kitne hain?
Bathrooms kitne hain?
Kya apartment dekhne ke liye khoola hai?
Iska rent kitna hai?
Iski lease kitni lambee hai?

That wasn't too hard, was it? the tough thing is to understand the answers...

5 Hindi Phrases to Know When at the Dentist
Mujhe toothache hai.
Mera daant toot gaya hai = I broke my tooth.
Mujhe check-up karwana hai. = I need a check.up
Iski cost kitni ki hai?
Mujhe appointment chahiye.

5 Hindi Phrases to Know When Visiting an Astrologer

 Not that I'm too likely to visit an astrologer any time soon.

Mera janam  __ko hua tha. =I was born on...
Aap kya dekh sakte hain? =what can you predict?
Kya meri shaadi hogee?
Mere paas kitna paisa hoga? How much money will I have?
Kya meri lambi umar hogi? Will I have a long life?

It seems like it would be the safest to predict a long life for everyone for those who die early aren't going to come back and complain.



5 Hindi Phrases to Know When Visiting a Gym
Gym ke timings kya hain?
Aap kaun si classes provide karte hain?
Kya yahan personal trainers hai?
Membership kitne ki hai?
One time visit ke kya rate hai?

5 Hindi Phrases to Know When Visiting a Park
In my life, I've never ever asked anybody where the park bench is so I'm going to skip that one.
Chalo, ghaas pe baithte hain. =Let's sit on the grass.
Dustbin kahan par hai?
Chalo yahan khelte hain. Let's play here.

5 Hindi Phrases to Know When Visiting a University
Admissions office kahan par hai?
Aap kaun se courses offer karte hain?
Kya aap certified hai?
Iss course ki fee kitni hai?
Kya aap hostel provide karte hai?

I dunno... but I think maybe if one needs to watch an online video to ask where the admissions office is one is not ready to take a Hindi university course.

5 Hindi Phrases to Know When at a Police Station
Kya yahan koi English bolta hai?
Mujhe custody mei kyu rakha hai?
Mujhe kab tak yahan rakha jaega?
Bail kitne kee hai?

Taal

Taal is a film with Aishwarya Raj, Akshaye Khanna and Anil Kapoor starring.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taal_%28film%29
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0152836/

http://www.bollywhat.com/lyrics/taal_lyr.html Link to the lyrics of Ishq Bina and other songs from the film.

Watch Taal on Youtube

The film is nice although I still can't figure out why anybody thought that it would be a good idea to barge in anybody else's house at 7 am.


Amrish Puri who plays Akshay Khanna's father also acted in Dilwale Dulhanie Le Jayenge.
Alok Nath, Aishwarya Raj's father was also in Vivah and Mere Yaar ki Shaadi Hai, and both of them were in Pardes.

A couple of words:

मन्दिर mandir, temple

खा़मोश  khamosh, silent

असम्भव asambhav, impossible

Aap ki khatir

Aap ki khatir means "for your sake"
See the movie Aap ki khatir on Youtube
This is basically The Wedding Date in Hindi (the one with Dermot Mulroney and Debra Messing)
Starring Akshaye Khanna, Priyanka Chopra, Sunil Shetty, Anupam Kher as the father... (why does it seem that every other movie I watch has Anupam Kher as the father? Are they obliged by law to cast Anupam Kher?  Do they get freebies for casting him?)

A couple of words I looked up watching this:

बिलकुल   bilkul  adv. entirely, completely; quite.

हमेशा   hamesha, adv. Always, ever, continually, perpetually. hamesha kā, Eternal. 

Useful videos for learning Devanagari

  Hindi Language vowels and consonants pronunciation key table

Hindi Vyanjan - Learn Consonant , Alphabet
Hindi Swar - Learn Vowels, Alphabet
Fliplog - Hindi Alphabets Consonants
Learn Hindi Barakhadi - Swar Vyanjan - Part 2 - Learn Series For Kids

How to Write & Speak Hindi Consonat Alphabets - Ka, Kha, Ga, Gha
Handwriting tips.
How to Write & Speak Hindi - Nepali Vowel Alphabets - A, Aa, I, Ee
  How to Write & Speak Hindi - Sounds - Ka, Kaa, Ki, Kee

http://www.youtube.com/doodlesfan

Da ki Barahkhadi
Na ki Barahkhadi
Ba ki Barahkhadi
Ja ki Barahkhadi
Dha ki Barahkhadi
Learn Hindi : Tha ki Barahkhadi
Learn Hindi : Sha ki barahkhadi

My daughter's favorite cartoon in Hindi

The Winx Club:

Winx Club Hindi Song
Winx Club season 3 HINDI intro

More educational videos

 Here are some Youtube discoveries:
Learn Hindi : Means of transport
Learn Hindi : Names of vegetables
Learn Hindi : Fruits
There are photos of the fruit and veggies which is useful because I don't recognize some of them. After watching those you can understand at least some words of the following children's cartoon
Hindi--Poem-Aaloo-Palak-Muli-Gajar


Learn Hindi : Animal Names
Learn Hindi : Insect Names
Jua is lice and jugnu a firefly. Machchar is a mosquito and madhumakkhee is a bee. Kilnee is a tick and gojar a centipede. Jheengur is a grasshopper. Bichchu is a scorpion. Makkhee is a housefly. Chiuraa a dragonfly. Cheenti is an ant. Titli a butterfly. Makdee a spider. Tatiyaa a wasp.

Mind you, a biological note: spiders and scorpions aren't insects.
Learn Hindi : Parts of the body

Learn Hindi : Colors
Learn Hindi : Flowers
Gulaab is a rose. Nargis is a narcissus.

Let's Learn Hindi Vowels
Sing along Hindi Vowels with Pictures from Cheeni For Tots! 
Kids Learn Hindi Consonants Song - Vyanjan Geet
Learn Hindi - Most Used Expressions
Lesson 1: Learn Hindi Numbers 1 to 100 

I haven't watched these yet but there seems to be a lot of material here, in the Pictionary section and perhaps elsewhere as well

Toonmastieyf  Youtube Channel

Without You

I watched a movie called Tum Bin (Without You) (2001) which is a first effort for many of the people behind it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290326/
Watch it on Youtube

The plot is challenging, the male lead gets introduced to us as a hit-and-run driver and needs to redeem himself. He gets to know the victim's family and of course he falls in love.

I'm happy to report that I caught a Hindi word here and there. Even some expressions that I previously blogged about.. They say several times that "Sab theek ho jayega"  सब कुछ ठीक हो जाएगा   and a comic relief minor character (I'm not sure what he's doing there) is "Kambakkht" when someone tells him he's an idiot.

Another way of saying "Without you" is "Bin tere"

Bin tere with Lyrics

Video from the movie I Hate Luv Storys featuring Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor

Bin Tere unplugged with lyrics

 http://www.bollymeaning.com/2010/08/bin-tere-unplugged-lyrics-meaning.html

Not really sure about the grammar there, why is there "tere" in the other title and "tum" in the other. And is the order of the words interchangeable? I'll have to find out.

Another nice song called Tere Bin

Shah Rukh Khan famous dialogues

Some of Shah Rukh Khan's famous dialogues.
http://www.media247.co.uk/showbiz/birthday-love-srks-most-memorable-dialogues

I recognize the DDLJ quotes (I think): 

Bade bade deshon mein aise choti choti baatein hoti rehti hai Senorita…”

He repeats the line, in big places such small things keep happening.

The video is here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xo8bni_dilwale-dulhania-le-jayenge-1995-desicorner-net-with-english-sub-3_shortfilms

The other quote from DDLJ is from the coffee scene after they visit the church:


“Mujhe chahiye ek aisi ladki jisse dekhte hi dilki har aarzoo, saare khwaab, saare rang zinda ho jaaye. Abhi aisa hua nahi, lekin ab lagta hai jaise koi andekha anjaana chehra baadalon mein se pukaar raha hain pata nahi ye baadal kab hattenge, aur kab woh pukaarnewaali saamne aayegi. Kya tumhare saath aisa kabhi nahi huwa Senorita?”

Talking about the kind of girl he wants to find. I don't think he actually says "mujhe chahiye" in the movie, it starts from Ek aisi ladki. He's saying once he sees this girl all his heart's desires come alive. It's never happened but he hears a voice from behind the clouds. She's a  stranger and he's waiting for the clouds to part. Then  he asks her if it's ever happened to her.
The scene is here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xo8bnu_dilwale-dulhania-le-jayenge-1995-desicorner-net-with-english-sub-4_shortfilms

The first part of the film:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xo8bmx_dilwale-dulhania-le-jayenge-1995-desicorner-net-with-english-sub-1_shortfilms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HOjjJuL0TU

Another scene from DDLJ

Terrace scene

Deleted scenes

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

I'm watching an old Salman Khan movie हम दिल दे चुके सनम (I Have Already Given My Heart, Darling) and I learned a new word:

गाना [gaana] to sing

The father of the family tells him, "Gaao!"

संगीत [sangeet] music

ज्ञान (gyan) wisdom

In the first 30 minutes it's a romantic comedy in the making,  there has already been a little of everything: a handsome stranger annoys the heroine, arrives, gets soaking wet, informs the heroine within two minutes of meeting her that she'll fall in love, prances around wearing only a towel, gets fooled, sings, farts... Then it quickly turns a bit disturbing because the whole idea of forcing a (violent) marriage on an unwilling woman and talking about it as being the right thing to do troubles me.

Children's videos in Hindi

Hindi children's videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/APPUSERIESHINDI

http://www.youtube.com/user/RajshriKids

Sab theek ho jayega

Sab theek ho jayega
sab kuch theek ho jayega
=everything will be all right




सब कुछ ठीक हो जाएगा 

Aamir Khan TV show

The Satyamev Jayate talk show hosted by Aamir Khan looks interesting but I don't understand enough Hindi yet. Maybe some day. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG3WygJmiVs

Edit 12.12.12.

Found links with subtitles: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fp3V8YWFsA&feature=plcp
Episode 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odKAzfvZ_BM
Episode 3

http://video.lyricsmint.com/video/4th-episode-satyamev-jayate/
Episode 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OUoXsryE3c


http://www.lyricsmint.com/2012/03/satyamev-jayate-all-episodes-and-songs.html 

Karva Chauth

I recently watched two SRK movies, Dilwale Dulhanie Le Jayenge and Yes Boss and in both of them the women celebrate Karva Chauth. I didn't know what it is so I looked it up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karva_Chauth
Married Hindu women fast on the fourth day after the full moon, in the Hindu lunisolar calendar month of Kartik, and it's supposed to bring good luck for their husbands. Unmarried women may do it for the benefit of their intended. Fasting begins at dawn and ends at moonrise. There is socializing among the women during the day and a women-only ceremony during the fast. After the moonrise
women view its reflection in a vessel filled with water, through a sieve, or through a cloth, offer the moon water for blessings and view their husbands  also indirectly. The husband breaks the woman's fast with her and may give her gifts. These days it has become commercialized and some are against it because they see it as an outdated instrument of social control directed at women. Fasting is not part of the Sikh tradition.

SRK and Shahid Kapoor hosting an award show

This is not exactly new news, it's an award show from 2011 with Shah Rukh Khan

 

and Shahid Kapoor  bantering. I actually did understand some words here and there. (OK, so they speak some English there and there are subtitles...)
 Shahid is one of the most responsible superstars there is.

 Shahrukh Khan & Shahid Kapoor- Star Screen Awards 2011

 A Salwar is...

A word from Asha-ji's speech: 

मंज़िल 

man̄zil -destination

Part 2 of the show

Part 3 of the show 

Part 4 of the show 

Sonakshi Sinha's Dabangg quote:

Thappad se dar nahi lagta saab, pyaar se lagta hai.
I am not afraid of getting slapped but afraid of getting loved.

 

 I didn't know that Ranveer Singh from Band Baaja Baaraat (I posted Ainvayi before) got an award for the most promising newcomer. Even the director got an award for being the most promising debut director.

Shahid Kapoor doing a robot dance

 Another show with Shahid hosting  

2010 Star Screen awards - Here's Shahid again but no subtitles

He's doing a Kaminey impression. 

SRK and Shahid again in 2010 -arab subtitles 

Part 3 of the arabic subtitles show: Imtiaz Ali interview

They're also talking to the director of Kaminey. Not sure but I think they're talking about why the title of the film is not "damned dog". Or something. 

Shahid Kapoor imitating Aamir Khan 

Lakh and crore

A song from the movie Kambakkht Ishq
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvbAQ7-S1R8

I don't know what Lakh means in the context of this song but I've seen it many times in relation to money and have been meaning to look it up. It means 100 000.
http://shabdkosh.raftaar.in/Hindi-Dictionary/Meaning/lakh

Crore is ten million.

The movie was silly and funny but oh my gosh, they did some strange, stoopid surgery in there. Kareena Kapoor does her first surgery as a real qualified surgeon on Akshay Kumar who has ruptured his intestines, and he talks while they're cutting him up. She enters the operation theatre wearing jewelry, big rings and a watch. In the next frame she's wearing gloves, but apparently didn't have time to properly sterilize her hands. Cut and suddenly she's there without gloves and wearing her rings again. No wonder he ends up ringing after the surgery. They must do things very differently in that hospital :)

Why is it that in Indian movies whenever someone gets jilted at their wedding they are so cool and noble and generally okay about it? They hardly even seem upset.

Bebo song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-Ta2KZj8e4&feature=related
Kyun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvWEwiUXBtM&feature=related
Om mangalam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Or2yQ5lfY&feature=relmfu

Learning Devanagari म -m and भ -bh

I'll never ever learn these...
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/devanagari_conjuncts.php

But I can probably handle learning two letters at the time:

म  -m

मोहब्बत mōhabbat -love

मंगलवार maṅgalvār -Tuesday

मंत्र   mantra

मई ma'ī  - May

मग mag -mug

मगर magar -but, though, crocodile

मत mat - not (has many other meanings)

मधु  madhu - honey

मेरा -mērā -mine, my

Ma ki Barahkhadi  

----

भाई bhā'ī -brother

भागना bhāganā -take off, run away

भी bhī  -also, besides, anyway, even, either, as well

 

 

Tu Jaane Na

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka1JNhprlag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=ndWtwNRPHXw

Another favorite song: Tu Jaane Na (You  don't know from the movie Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani starring Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif. The singer is Atif Aslam.

Translated:  http://www.bollymeaning.com/2010/10/tu-jaane-na-lyrics-english-traslation.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=J1qMXlJ1WiI

Tera  Hone Laga Hoon