The Songs of Optimism

When I published my last post on the 4th of August, I had no idea what the coming week was about to bring. And it brought days of immense mental strain, when my city was submerged in water. Due to heavy rainfall in the catchment area of nearby dam, 65% of my city and a …

1992 – My Favourites

Continuing the 1990s series, I present today, my favourites from the year 1992. The year had a number of favourite songs and the releases and notables songs were also big in number. So I think I have to really be choosy to select my top favourites. The major criteria for the song selection was the …

The Classical Music Giants contribute to Hindi Cinema – IV

Have I surprised you all by the title of the post? I might have! I already have posted three parts of the series and covered singers and composers separately. But later, I realized that I have missed some important names on the list. Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty, an enthusiastic reader, pointed out one name to …

Mehfil celebrates 2nd Anniversary!

Would you believe it ! its two years already. Oh boy! When first anniversary was approaching, I had to patiently wait for it. But the second year passed so fast! One day I suddenly realized, its July and second anniversary will follow soon! I'm delighted to invite all the readers, well wishers and friends who …

The ‘Intezar’ Songs

Just the other day, I was waiting at a theater for my wife to join me. I was feeling a bit irritated, 'Why can't these women get ready on time, eh?' was my first reaction. But we still had 15 minutes for the movie to start. Later I became frustrated, still 10 minutes for the …

1991 – My favourites

In the first week of April this year, I started my series on the songs of the 1990s. It was an introductory post and I talked about the films of the late 1980s, that built the foundation for the mini golden era that followed. Now it's exactly three months and I 'm actually starting the …

The Classical Music Giants contribute to Hindi Cinema – III

I welcome all the readers to the third and final part of the series. We are discussing the contribution of classical vocalist and musicians to Hindi cinema. So far we took an overview about their contribution as composers and singers. I've covered some of the singers in the last part. This part will continue to …

The Classical Music Giants contribute to Hindi Cinema – II

I’m late to come with the second part of the series. I was busy with other work and couldn’t really manage to look at this part for a week or so. It has been nearly more than two weeks, from my last post. But, better late than never! Here I'm with the second part of …