Diya Jalakar Aap Bujhaya – Remembering K Datta

K Datta, born as Datta Korgaonkar alias D P Korgaonkar (as he was credited for Marathi films) was a popular composer of the late 30s and early 40s. Though he is forgotten now, he was active till the mid 50s. Even after delivering fabulous songs in the early years of the 50s, he couldn't get …

(Part 4) Boat Songs

My series based on boat songs was on hold for a while. The last part was dedicated to songs sung by a boatman. While I was exploring the boat songs, I came across a few songs where there was a group of boats. The group was of many boats in a few songs, while a …

(Part 4) Lata – Non Film Songs

I today present the last part of the series dedicated to non-film songs (NFS) by Lata Mangeshkar. This part will focus on the late 90s to the present times (1996 onwards). I know very few readers would be interested in this part. But nevertheless my enthusiasm is the same. This part also has a mixed …