No no, it's not the blog's anniversary! But something interesting! A few years back I really enjoyed my post 'Hindi songs with whistling'. It was one of my favourite posts. I had a second part as well to fit my 90s series. In the beginning of this month, a fellow blogger, Anitaji on her blog, …
Geeta Dutt sings for Chitragupt
Geeta Dutt is one of my most favourite playback singers of the golden era. Though she is mainly remembered for her popular association with O P Nayyar, S D Burman and Hemant Kumar, her other associations are worth exploring! When I wrote my first post on Chitragupt, I covered his playback singers other than Lata …
On Helen’s Birthday!
I was actually planning a film review of one of Helen's films. But I couldn't. And I'm preparing for a post which will be published in a couple of days.But a post dedicated to Helen on my blog was my wish. So here I'm to celebrate her 83rd birthday today. I'm adding one of my …
(Part 3) Lata – Non Film Songs
I welcome readers to the third part of the series. Previous part of the series covered Lata Mangeshkar's non-film songs (NFS) till 1975. Her NFS continued at full pace though her film songs were going on as usual. In today's post, I'll cover a period of 20 years, till 1995. If we take a look …
Remembering Faruq Kaiser
Lyricists form an integral part of a song, though they are also the most neglected angle of a song. A general music listener hardly cares for the lyricist, the major attractions being the singer and the tune. This is true for the old Hindi songs as well though majority of the songs had meaningful and …
Mehfil Mein Meri 