#BOBBY HUM TUM EK KAMRE MEIN BAND HO FREE#

And maybe, just maybe, this puts the V-day idea out across the Hindustani universe.Р”Р„nil Moolchandani, son of a saree shop owner, is given two pop-culture posters by a customer who returns from the US.

#BOBBY HUM TUM EK KAMRE MEIN BAND HO FREE#

Before we can say Protima Bedi, the leader of the group РІР‚вЂњ Yertgard РІР‚СљEight Finger EddieРІР‚Сњ Mazmanian (yes, the beer is named after him) РІР‚вЂњ sets up the first flea market in Anjuna on ValentineРІР‚в„ўs Day 1975, making flea and free love the newest hippie-happy thing in India. What is it but an ancestor of ValentineРІР‚в„ўs Day, even if it isnРІР‚в„ўt called by this name right yet?Р”РЋ975 РІР‚вЂњ Anjuna Flea Market is inaugurated on V-day.Р”Р„ bunch of American hippies drive and hitchhike their way to India, ending up in Goa (at least their Goa trip toh worked out!). Teens everywhere begin to emulate the Raj and Bobby date and everything from hair clips to saris acquires the brand name Bobby. Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia starrer Bobby is a super duper hit, and creates a language of young, stylish, passionate, hum tum ek kamre mein band ho love.

Young love and youth lifestyle РІР‚вЂњ pop music, cassettes, dancing, fashion РІР‚вЂњ are becoming a thing.Р”Р„ new movie, about solah baras ke (remember, 16 was the age of sexual consent then, nudge nudge) becomes a craze. It is the 1970sРІР‚В¦Polka dots, blouses mein Koli knots, flower power, free love, disco are all sending vibes from across the seas more young people, especially women, are going to college, affordable cafes are slowly emerging in cities. WasnРІР‚в„ўt it Ghalib who said, yeh na thi hamari kismat ki valentineРІР‚в„ўs card hota, but hey, I got some sher-o-shayari for you? Matlab, did V-day exist in other forms? Did it start a long time ago, bole toh circa B.I.

So, what could a timeline of ValentineРІР‚в„ўs DayРІР‚в„ўs tell us about the republic of love? V-day was introduced into this already churning mix and jaise pyaar mein hota hi hai РІР‚вЂњ V-day changed India and India changed V-day. Pyar ke dushman also have a pushtaini legacy, objecting to relationships of choice, and relationships across divides. Love is never new, nor the meetings of lovers by a nadi-kinara once, while tota-maina cooed, as they meet today in a CCD under a pink paper heart bunting. When do you think ValentineРІР‚в„ўs Day was celebrated for the first time? When did it become a thing? From cutesy cards and XXL teddy bears to moral policing, from reality love shows to matru pitru divas, from Black Day to Rose Day, V-day has had a colourful career in India!

Bobby hum tum ek kamre mein band ho