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Tag Archives: Lata Mangeshkar
With every new book, author and music historian Manek Premchand deepens our understanding of Hindi cinema’s Golden Era. His latest work, Soulfully Yours Ravi, is perhaps...
Salilda went on to improvise and create new forms, and refused to be predictable. The master music-maker was a restless perfectionist. And a rebel. Manek Premchand explores the life and works of the...
When we explore the works of Salil da and attempt to understand why he was unparalleled among his contemporaries, layers of his unique and insightful musical dimensions begin to unfold. Kunal Desai looks...
In a lyrical tribute to Hemant Kumar’s hauntingly minimalist composition Kuchh dil ne kaha, Shirish Waghmode explores the song's poetic depth, emotional restraint, and the sublime synergy of music, lyrics, and...
Anil Biswas, the pioneering music composer helped establish the foundational structure of Hindi film music. A Silhouette tribute by NS Rajan to the one who has been called ‘Composer’s...
Raj Kapoor’s success as a producer and director lies in his understanding of the importance of film music. It is showcased in Awara’s famous dream sequence. That single sequence was choreographed...
Any list of Raj Kapoor’s top songs would be dominated by the voices of Mukesh and perhaps, Manna Dey. But Raj Kapoor also worked with other greats of his era, albeit sparingly, to produce several...
On the Nightingale's birth anniversary, NS Rajan pays tribute to the melody queen with a selection of 50 solos that have been his all-time favourites, among the many hundreds of unforgettable Lata songs.
Hindi film songs have over the decades celebrated our freedom fighters, leaders, soldiers and even the common people who made supreme sacrifices to help our country become the powerhouse it is today. Anshula...
The multi-faceted talent — poet, director, music director, singer and lyricist Bharat Vyas wrote some of the most loved and revered songs in Hindi cinema. NS Rajan explores the life and...
This essay has attempted to explore the work of Rajinder Krishan (RK) the lyricist, vis-à-vis his collaboration with different composers between 1948-1973, his most prolific working period. This...
In Part 1 of this study, Monica Kar explored the lyrics Rajinder Krishan (RK) wrote for some composers who he didn’t work too much with. Part 2 explores the lyrics he wrote for some other composers...
Even though Rajinder Krishan worked with a diverse group of composers, singers, directors, and story writers and has a large portfolio as a lyricist, he seems to have no defining characteristics...
Ever since the 1930s and the advent of the ‘Talkies’ in cinema, the name of Pankaj Mullick stands out in the world of film, non-film music and Rabindra Sangeet not only for his trend...
Painting vivid word pictures of the various shades of romance time and time again is no easy task. Yet Hasrat Jaipuri did just that in song after song, leaving us with thousands of verses that express...
The intoxicating dance in tune with the rustic, enthralling music of Raat bhi hai kuch bheegi bheegi has a hypnotic effect on Shirish Waghmode.
