1953 – Lata Mangeshkar

Continuing the yearly review of Lata Mangeshkar's songs, let's celebrate today Lata Mangeshkar's 92nd birthday by revisiting a few of my favorite songs sung by her in the year 1953. She sang about 190+ songs in total from 45 films, with around 150 solos and around 40+ other songs including duets (34 with male singers …

My Favourite ‘Quartets & More’

I published the list of my favorite 'Trios' from Hindi films in March this year and was wishing to post 'Quartets and more' in April. But I got busy with other posts and it skipped my attention completely. When I was searching for incomplete posts in my folder, I found it. As I always say, …

(Part 8) Boat Songs

The 7th part based on 'Boat Songs' was published in April this year and I had said that I was to take a break from the series, and return with the last post. So far I have covered 70 songs and if we add the songs in the comments, it crosses 100. The first part …

Asha Bhosle’s ‘Overshadowed Songs’

Before I start, let's wish Asha Tai a very happy 89th birthday and many more years of healthy life. I've been posting a Asha Bhosle song list on her birthday for the last four years. And I had not thought of a theme for this year. Last month, when I was compiling for Raja Mehdi …