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A hand-picked basket of cherries from the world of most talked about books and popular posts on creative literature, reviews and interviews, movies and music, critiques and retrospectives ...
to enjoy, ponder, wonder & relish!
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...
Part 1 of this essay explored the talent and work of Hemant Kumar, the singer, in the Hindi film industry. Today, the author explores some of his compositions of merit and...
This is Part 3 in a 4-part series of essays, exploring the Hindi film music of 1963, the year of birth of this writer. In a personal tribute to composers who gave music that makes its presence felt even...
Shyam – the screen idol of the forties with his irresistible charm, good looks, style and panache left behind a brief but redoubtable repertoire of films. Even 67 years after his untimely death, Indian cinema...
The trademark of music director Ravi's compositions? They are hummable, memorable and as alive in our memories as yesterday. Monica Kar looks at the phenomenon this giant, prolific, composer was and what he leaves behind.
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...
A world slightly away from mainstream films was the world of action, stunt, thriller, religious, costume drama, fantasy, historical films. Geeta Dutt nee Roy was amongst the favorite singers of many...