1962 – Lata Mangeshkar

It's almost a month since I published the last post on the blog. And this is for the first time! Anyways, let's start with today's post. I'll talk about Lata's Hindi film songs from the year 1962. These were the films to get censored in 1962 and might not have been released in that year. …

Hindi Film Qawwalis – 4

When I thought of the ‘Qawwali songs’ post in December, it wasn't planned to be a series. But as I went through the songs, I found it appropriate to divide it into several parts so that I can include the majority of my favourites.So far I have published qawwalis from the 40s to the 80s …

(Part 4) Rafi sings for Composers from Bengal

Continuing the series based on Rafi's association with Bangla Composers, today I am presenting the fourth part.So far I've covered five composers, Anil Biswas, Salil Chowdhury and Hemant Kumar in Part 1, S D Burman in Part 2 and R D Burman in Part 3. The journey was of course very interesting with so many …

Hum Tere Bin Jee Na Sakenge Sanam – Remembering Ganesh

The Hindi film industry is of a very weird kind. To survive in the industry you need to have talent, no doubt! But in addition a lot of other things also manifest themselves in the final outcome. Destiny and luck are such factors which are beyond our control, but do play a significant role in …

Hindi Film Qawwalis – 3

The Hindi film Qawwali series continues on the blog. We visited the qawwalis from the 40s and the 50s in Part 1 , with Part 2 covering the 60s. The first couple of parts had a number of my favourites, and it was difficult for me to choose songs. The present part covering the 70s …

The One & Only – Shreya Ghoshal

Wishing a very Happy Birthday to Shreya Ghoshal. I still remember the reality show SaReGaMa, when teenager Shreya Ghoshal won the season in 2000. Even as a participant she won everyone's heart. Soon after that I bought an audio cassette with her Marathi songs. If I remember correctly, the cassette had devotional songs as well …

2000 – My Favourites

After opening the series in April 2019, I decided to review each year of the decade of the 90s separately and compile a list of my favourites. It's been a wonderful journey down the memory lane, where I got an opportunity to relive my school, junior college and the medical college days. I started with …

Hindi Film Qawwalis – 2

Last month I started the series on Hindi film Qawwalis and I covered the 40s and the 50s in the first part.Roshan’s Qawwalis from Barsaat Ki Raat were roaringly popular and it had reverberations in the 60s. The 60s saw a lot of Qawwalis being incorporated in Hindi films. Hence when I started collecting qawwalis …