Lata with Lesser Known Composers (II)

I started the series, on Lata Mangeshkar's 90th birthday last month. The list of composers became very long and I couldn't come up with the second part last week. I needed time to collect the information and to decide about the names to include. Today, I'm presenting the second part of the series, having fifteen …

The ‘Professional’ Songs

We have weekly bazaar at various places in my city on different days of the week. In my area, it's on Sunday. A few weeks back I went there with my family, I saw a large mob of people. I was curious and went there to find a hawker selling toys. He was shouting interesting …

Lata with Lesser Known Composers (I)

Today let's celebrate Lata Mangeshkar's 90th Birthday! I was struggling with the topic. Her musical life has so many aspects,I didn't know what to do. I had thought of her associations with popular composers. It certainly was a good idea but I wanted to do something different and suddenly there it was, her association with …

Anhonee (1952)

I was planning a film review for a long time now! A few months give or take! And the process began with a lot of frustration, as I tried watching the film in a single go! When I consulted 'Dusted off' and 'Beyond the wonted', both the ladies were kind enough to guide me and …

Khayyam and Asha Bhosle

(Celebrating Asha Tai's 86th Birthday, by remembering her association with Khayyam) Great composer of Hindi cinema, Khayyam passed away on the 19th August 2019. He was one of the legendary composers of Hindi cinema, and would always be remembered for his songs throughout the Golden Era and in 70s-80s as well. In fact he was …

The Romantic Rain Songs

I had a rain song list last two monsoons. Last year it was songs with Umbrella as a prop. This time, in the third year of the blog, I had no problem deciding the theme. I have started a 1990s series and I finalized to go for romantic rain songs from the 1990s. Romantic rain …

The Classical Music Giants Contribute to Hindi Cinema – V

Last month I posted the fourth part of this series, which actually was a supplement to the original series. Some readers were surprised to see a fourth part. Those who were not surprised then, let me surprise them with the fifth and finally the final part of the series. AK ji (from the blog, SoY) …

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 …