Tag Archives: Lata Mangehkar songs

Shakeel Badayuni is considered to be one of the finest romantic poets of the previous century. And Naushad among the monarchs of Hindi film music. When they teamed up, the result was classic! Vijay Kumar pays a tribute to this inimitable confluence with an exploration of the music and poetry they created together. This is the final part of a 2-part...

Monica Kar pays a personal tribute to 12 music directors who created note-worthy compositions in 1963, the year she was born, and have definitely had a hand in keeping her music-crazy for the past 55 years. As many as 22 music directors gave quality music in that year and many of those creations went on to become immortal in the hearts...

Legendary music composers Shankar Jaikishan created not only a mammoth repertoire of hit songs in Hindi film music, they also set many a style and precedent in the use of instruments to create sounds and rhythms. Anand Desai picks five songs from SJ's ocean of music to exemplify their creativity in using classical Raags, Taals, acoustics, instruments...

Lata Mangeshkar's melodies have been a constant companion for over two decades for Srinivas Ganti who chronicles his delightful discovery of her music while drawing parallels with events in his life as a special on her on the eve of her birthday.