'Aaj Kal Ke Gaane Chalte Nahi... Chalaye Jaate Hai'- A Reality Check From Manoj Kumar

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Join Lehren Retro for an unmissable throwback conversation with the legendary Manoj Kumar. In this heartfelt interview, the iconic actor opens up about his 1977 film Shirdi Ke Sai Baba, clarifying that it wasn’t released under his home banner. He also reveals that the film’s beloved bhajans like Saibaba Bolo and Sainath Tere Hazaro Haath were penned by him! Further, he doesn’t hold back as he gives a reality check on today’s music, saying, “Aaj ke gaane bas hype hai, dil se nahi.” He also shares his bold thoughts on remake culture in Bollywood, questioning whether so-called ""original"" films are truly original - sharing his surprising views on the classic Sholay and praising the legendary writing duo Salim-Javed for their powerful vision & storytelling.   And on this special day, July 24, 2025, we fondly remember and wish a very Happy Birthday to the one and only Manoj Kumar. #manojkumar #manojkumarbirthday #lehrenretro #manojkumarbirthanniversary

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00:00The English film was made, so the show is the same as it is.

00:07I haven't seen the film, I haven't seen it.

00:10If you don't like it, then you'll be honest.

00:13So it's confirmed that Salim Javid is an honest person.

00:19I have a beautiful face of my experience.

00:23I am not aware of it.

00:27What is the benefit of writing a name?

00:30I will not be able to die.

00:35You have said that you have written a stone.

00:38If you write it on the stones, you will not be able to die.

00:41What is the story of the song recording today?

00:50In this case, Vigth Sahib told the situation and Anub Dorota Sahib told the situation, I wrote it in his opinion.

01:03I liked them, but this is a matter of happiness.

01:09What do you need to know about this film?

01:13The director Vigth Sahib is here. This is their authority. They know them, so you ask them.

01:20What have you seen in this film?

01:23The film is written. It is only a song.

01:32What is it going to happen? What is it going to happen? What is it going to happen? What is it going to happen?

01:36What is it going to happen?

01:38For years, a number of years, has been made by a company, a company that has been created.

01:46My company has been created by a mayor of Sarla Charitable Trust, the Indian landlord Shah,

01:52our Sartya Saini organization chairperson.

01:56He was made. We have worked on bricklay.

02:01I did my work.

02:03That's why I had a credit for my father.

02:09Yes, I had to write.

02:12There were also two texts.

02:14Say, Father, and say,

02:16Say, not your thousands of hands.

02:19It's a team.

02:21Many people have struggled.

02:24In that film, Anum Ji,

02:27said to him,

02:32Anum Ji was not my friends,

02:36not my followers,

02:38nor my followers,

02:40nor my followers.

02:42I liked them.

02:44I took them.

02:48Then Raffi Saab asked,

02:51when they came,

02:53I said,

02:55Where is the film from?

02:58I said,

02:59If you have given the film,

03:01the film will be broken.

03:03Do you want to go again?

03:07Do you have the film,

03:09or the film?

03:10Why is this question?

03:11Why is this the question?

03:12Why is this in your heart?

03:14Why is this in your heart?

03:15What is this in your heart?

03:16There is no one in your heart.

03:17I don't want to open a mall,

03:19or not open an hotel,

03:21or not open a restaurant,

03:23or not open a boutique.

03:25I don't know anything else.

03:27Do you know those people who do them,

03:29who do them,

03:31who do you know them?

03:32Do you know them,

03:33when will you see them and see them?

03:34I will not say that in which film I will not say that.

03:40But I am making a film with Love from India, Nauk Rani,

03:46and in another film, I will direct it to my son Kunal.

03:53Do you see this film?

03:55What will happen in this film, you never know.

04:01So, they say, as my father used to say,

04:04those who are destined to be hanged cannot be drowned.

04:08As you wrote the song, you told me what you will say on your mobile phone.

04:15So, how easy is it for you to write the song?

04:18How do you have prepared it?

04:20No, I don't think it is.

04:23It is not difficult.

04:28You will say that in your hands,

04:33it will probably be a little difficult.

04:39But it was not difficult.

04:45If it was a difficult time,

04:47it is not difficult to solve the problem.

04:52So, the Lord is the Lord.

04:54Do you still think the land of God?

04:58Are you still there?

04:59Do you have to take me to the past tense?

05:01Yes, I am.

05:02Yes, I am.

05:03Yes, you do.

05:04Let me know the first film of your first film,

05:06or the first music and the first music,

05:08the first music, the second music,

05:10the first music,

05:11the first music,

05:12the first music,

05:13the first music.

05:14If it's where it is.

05:15And how is it?

05:17I don't think it is a christian.

05:23i don't predict what it is today,

05:25or i sit down as a judge.

05:30What was the best thing that was happening, that was happening.

05:35Today, the good film is happening.

05:38And the song that I would like to hear from my mind,

05:42the words that I would like to hear from my heart,

05:45it will go.

05:47When will it go?

05:48Where will it go?

05:49If you listen to it, the songs are playing.

05:53If you listen to it, the songs are playing.

05:57When you write the songs of the modern and the modern songs,

06:04do you have to do something different?

06:10Do you feel different from your children?

06:15I don't have to take you into that.

06:19If you see it, the colors of the colors are different.

06:25It happens that it is sitting in his chair.

06:29I don't even know that I'm writing about someone's gulfs,

06:34and I'm hiding in his gulfs.

06:39So this is an impression of the song,

06:43a dhuyul.

06:48This is a beautiful face of my experience.

06:55I am surrounded by my eyes, and I am proud of my eyes.

06:59I am proud of you.

07:02Sir, one last one.

07:05Sir, one last one.

07:11Sir, one last one.

07:14Sir, one last one.

07:19The question is that the original ones that you are saying were original or not,

07:24first of all, think about it.

07:28First of all, think about it.

07:33Yes, Shanta Ram Ji's history was original.

07:40No comments, please.

07:47Why would we have written a film called Seven Brides First?

07:57Yes.

07:58Then there was a film called English.

08:03So, Shole is a copy of it.

08:05Which film is, I have not seen.

08:08And if someone is inspired by,

08:13Salim Javed Sahib has made it,

08:15it is a very beautiful film.

08:17If you don't have to do it,

08:21then you have to do it.

08:23So, it is confirmed that Salim Javed is an intelligent person.

08:29So, you feel like this is a good story or a good concept?

08:34You need to sit with one person,

08:37if you listen to his life,

08:39then you will get the whole story.

08:41Yes.

08:42So, when you talk about Gita Sangeet,

08:43then you will get to know what your favourite Gita is.

08:46Who is your favourite Gita?

08:47Who is your favourite Gita?

08:48Who is your favourite Gita?

08:51No, this is very difficult to say.

08:54It was very difficult to say.

08:56So, you were your style of Kadha Yuni.

08:57He was his style of Madok Sangeet.

08:59He was his style of Rajendra Khrishnan.

09:01His style of Anand Bakshi.

09:03But whatever Anand Bakshi Sangeet has written,

09:05you can some extent you could write.

09:07So, Ahmed and S geru Sultanpur,

09:12he has his style of Madok Sangeet.

09:17And he has even played in a song,

09:19with Prane Dhawan Sangeet.

09:20He has sang,

09:21but he has a good heart,

09:22My heart,

09:23My heart,

09:24We will go away from your paths, from your paths.

09:28Who is good and who is a favorite of Tullah?

09:33I am saying that whoever has done a good job is my favorite.

09:37What do you say about Guljar?

09:39They have a lot of lime light, so what do you say about Guljar?

09:44The sun has gone out, it has gone out.

09:49He has been giving up his words, so he also has to ask him,

09:54which is very difficult.

09:56Guljar is a guljar.

10:00Sir, what do you say about your favorite song?

10:06I am the one who I am making today.

10:11What is the benefit of writing a name?

10:14A young man will not be saved.

10:19You have told us that you will not be saved.

10:22You will not be saved.

10:25Thank you, Suman.

10:27We are very proud of you.

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