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Tag Archives: Raj Kapoor
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...
Excerpted with permission from Shailendra — A Love Lyric in Print: A Daughter Remembers by Amla Shailendra Mazumdar, published by Antara Infomedia Pvt Ltd in...
Raj Kapoor's portrayal of women in his films evolved from respectfully depicting Nargis to later adopting a more sexualized 'male gaze' approach after Nargis's departure, writes Shoma A Chatterji
Director’s Chair: Hindi Cinema’s Golden Age, is sui generis – a must read for the dilettante as well as the aficionado! Ramendra Kumar reviews Manek...
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...
On the 50th Anniversary of the release of Raj Kapoor’s magnum opus, Mera Naam Joker, Sundeep Pahwa looks back with memories at the film that didn’t cut ice at the box-office then but is today much...
In 2020, India witnessed the abominable suffering of migrant labourers during the COVID-19 pandemic. High School student Swechcha Dhara Dasgupta remembers the...
Teesri Kasam was made in another age and time. But more than 50 years after it briefly lit up the screen before it was yanked off the majestic Apsara Cinema of Bombay, “the finest human document written...
Celebrating the uniqueness that was Mukesh today. This article does not even attempt to list all of Mukesh’s songs that have made an impression, for there are way too many; it simply celebrates this...
The “parallel tune for a song” technique, known as a Counter-Melody, created with violin, cello, piano, Spanish guitar or an organ was introduced in Shankar-Jaikishan's music by a musician – a violinist from...
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....
Naushad's destiny was written in music, by music to be dedicated to music. Silhouette pays tribute with a glimpse of his musical journey.
