Joyous Morning

'Gud Gud Boley' song: Shekhawat is simply unstoppable!

A fun-filled morning marked with gaiety and laughter, songs and dances, a birthday celebration, the home-coming of a much loved member and most gratifying of all – Shiela Mirani being able to finally lift both arms upright above her head (see post of January 5), instantly eliciting a tumultuous round of applause!
For once, the exercises were repeatedly interrupted every time Shekhawat had to break into a jig. The culprit was a particular song on Arun Patil’s music box, ‘Meri Pyari Bindu’ (from the 1969 Kishore Kumar-starrer, Padosan), which Shekhawat was obviously hearing for the first time.

Harbans Kaur is back

The foot- tapping music and zany lyrics captivated him so completely that he had quite forgotten that he was at the Garden for the exercises and just could not have enough of the song. Even as the battery of the music box had run out, he insisted that Arun play that number yet again – though he referred to it as “Gud-Gud Boley” song.

Happy Birthday, Dilip Babani

(A section of song goes ‘Meri prem ki naiya/ Beech bhanwar mein/ Gud gud gote khaaye/ Jhatpat paar laga de…’ and that became Gud-Gud Boley!) But it has to be said that the song is so contagious that right from Srichand Arora to Banoo Apa to Razia Khan, everyone was clapping with Shekhawat and singing along, each time it was played.
The mood of the morning being thus set, Dilip Babani’s birthday celebration came as the proverbial icing on the cake after the exercises. He ushered in the big day with a big bag of bourbons as his treat and we all sang together, wishing him many happy returns of the day. The only disappointment was that he disappeared too soon from the scene, apparently having gone to treat other friends in the Garden.
If that was not enough, Harbans Kaur was back (ref post of January 7), making it from her house on an autorickshaw. She came limping, the pain in her knees still bothering her. She said she had made up her mind to go back to Ludhiana in two months (with the onset of summer) and be done with the surgery. Once again, we wished her quick relief, good health and everlasting happiness.
Jagmohan Papneja:
Dilip-bhai, you had a lovely birthday. Sorry, I could not be there and for being late in saying 'Happy Birthday' to you.
Angad Singh:
The song was instantaneously liked by all the members of Big Laaf. Everyone joined the chorus and the session was prolonged. The hilarious laughter might have stressed the over-stressed people who felt happy on shifting to our present location.