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Tag Archives: Kishore Kumar
Amitabh Bachchan, one of the finest actors and easily among the biggest stars ever to have graced cinema, has played a myriad range of roles, moods and characters in his illustrious career....
Peeyush Sharma concludes his tribute and exploration of the genius that was Kishore Kumar by looking at his career in the 1970s - the decade that bid goodbye to Kishore Kumar, the actor and heralded Kishore Kumar,...
The early 1960s saw some highs for this versatile artiste, while the latter half of the decade brought a change in Kishore Kumar's career graph. His playback singing took off even as his acting career started...
The 1950s were a bumper decade for Kishore Kumar the actor as well as the singer. He ventured into production in 1958 with the yet-to-be-surpassed comedy-thriller, Chalti ka Naam Gadi. Peeyush Sharma...
The mention of Kishore Kumar typically conjures up the singer in our minds. We rarely recollect the actor in him instantly. In his career of 40 years in cinema, Kishore sang over 2900 songs as a playback voice...
One tends to overlook the many achievements of the composer Bappi Lahiri, overshadowed as they have been by his ‘Tathaiyya, tathaiyya’ brand of cacophony, his infamous penchant...
Think of Jeetendra and the tight pants, white shoes and stylish Tees come to mind. But the dancing hero did a variety of roles in his long career that challenged his histrionic abilities and created a rich basket...
Twenty one years ago, on July 7, 1997, Chetan Anand bid farewell. Silhouette pays tribute to the great film maker, the director, writer, producer, actor who dared to explore unconventional subjects that turned into landmark cinema.
If one gives a close look at the songs of Ek Nazar 1951, we find they were a precursor to SD Burman's hits that would follow later, styles that would evolve and set precedents and experiments that would...
It is 30 years since the last of the Shankar-Jaikishan duo, Shankar, bade goodbye to this world on 26 April 1987, leaving behind a rich and massive legacy of everlasting music, starting with the all-time-superhit...
It will be 23 years since Pancham (R D Burman) on this day in 1994 left us music lovers with an awful feeling of loss just when we were about to celebrate his huge comeback. Today, I wish to recall the many voices that...
In the five releases that Madan Mohan had in 1966, he delivered a basket of gems and pearls that have lost none of their sparkle 50 years since their making. Classical songs, dance number, ghazals, mast nagmein – you...
The king of rhythm and romance O P Nayyar was in his prime this time 50 years ago but as is usual with the film industry, his success graph this year had its highs and lows. Let’s revisit his memorable creations, that...
As a birth anniversary tribute, we pick 10 Songs of Mohd Rafi with Kalyanji-Anandji. Together they created songs which we hum and enjoy to this day.
