ISSN 2231 - 699X | A Publication on Cinema & Allied Art Forms

Write For Us Advertise With Us Blue Pencil Support

The L&C-Silhouette Basket

A hand-picked basket of cherries from the world of most talked about books and popular posts on creative literature, reviews and interviews, movies and music, critiques and retrospectives ...
to enjoy, ponder, wonder & relish!

Tag Archives: Hemant Kumar singer

Hemant-Salil Songs: The Gamechangers

The Hemant-Salil alliance created a massive impact on the collective Bengali psyche through their songs together. Antara and Sounak explore the timeless Bangla songs created by the duo -...

Music Makers

Ke Jaino Go Dekechhe Aamay: The Songs of Soumitra

Dadasaheb Phalke award winner and living legend Soumitra Chatterjee is known for his amazing versatility in playing any and every kind of role with élan in cinema and on stage. Perhaps what...

Indian Cinema Retrospectives

Raah Bani Khud Manzil – The Lingering Effect of Hemant Kumar Part 2

Part 1 of this essay explored the talent and work of Hemant Kumar, the singer, in the Hindi film industry. Today, the author explores some of his compositions of merit and...

Golden Voices

‘The Music Director Knows which Voice would do Full Justice to his Composition’ – In Conversation with Hemant Kumar

In a tribute to singer-composer Hemant Kumar, Silhouette Magazine presents excerpts from a rare and unpublished, exclusive interview of the legendary artiste by Peeyush Sharma, taken in January, 1989.

Soumyadeep Chakrabarti on Salil Sangeet: How Salil Chowdhury’s Bengali Songs Reimagined Genre, Social Awareness and Humanism
Thanks so much Rudradeep for your patient reading and insightful comments. In fact I could catalogue only a few gems from his vast repertoire Wish ...
Rudradeep Chakrabarti on Salil Sangeet: How Salil Chowdhury’s Bengali Songs Reimagined Genre, Social Awareness and Humanism
Brilliant ! After listening carefully several times a live discourse of Kabir Suman on Phenomenal music director, song writer , lyricist , writer , po...
N S RAJAN on Khuda Nigehban Ho Tumhara: An Unforgettable Farewell
It is my sincere belief that 'Lovers' of Music generally, and Hindi film songs in particular, are slightly mad. We are not satisfied merely by the so...
Shirish Waghmode on Khuda Nigehban Ho Tumhara: An Unforgettable Farewell
I am overwhelmed by your musical Pat -on -the back!I have always admired your understanding and analysis of Music and am only trying to follow in your...
N S RAJAN on Khuda Nigehban Ho Tumhara: An Unforgettable Farewell
A brilliant discourse on a few songs from 'Mughal e Azam', that spotlights some aspects about these songs that deserved attention. Apart from the lyri...