Tag Archives: Raj Kapoor

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.