(Part 7) Boat Songs

So far I've covered boat songs under various categories. But there were songs which were kept aside as 'not fitting' into any particular category. I tried to sort that list into subcategories to present for today's post. I want to call it atypical boat songs or Miscellaneous Boat Songs Some of the songs were also …

Panchhi Bawra – Remembering Khursheed Bano

Khursheed Bano was one of the beautiful singer actresses of Hindi cinema. She was very popular in her heyday. She was indeed very beautiful and obviously a talented singer. It would sound strange but acting was her first love. And when she joined films, the actors had to sing for themselves whether they could sing …

1949 – Lata Mangeshkar

Last month when I started the yearly review of Lata Mangeshkar's songs, I was welcomed and adored by the readers. In addition to the comments on the post, some of the readers sent their responses on e-mail too. I'm thankful to all of them for their encouragement and good wishes. I was aware of the …