Telephone Songs

Last month when I was compiling the list of my favourites for 1999 Hindi film songs, I came across Mujhe Raat Din Bas Mujhe Chahti Ho from Sangharsh. The song reminded me of my list of telephone songs of Bollywood. A preliminary list of songs was ready which I compiled almost a year back. And …

1958 – Lata Mangeshkar

Continuing the yearly review of Lata Mangeshkar's Hindi film songs, I'm presenting today the year 1958. I'll repeat that the year indicates the year of getting censor board certification, the movie may or may not have been released in the same year. The year brought a surprise as the number of songs was less (133) …

Playback Singer’s Cameo

The concept of this post was on my mind for a long time. While I had gathered a few songs nearly six months back, it wasn't until the last couple of months or so that I got a chance to complete it. A cameo is one where a celebrity makes a guest appearance or a …

Bajooband Khul Khul Jaye – Remembering Mohammad Shafi

While I was researching for Lata Mangeshkar's yearly Hindi film song review posts for the early 50s, I came across her songs composed by Mohammad Shafi for four consecutive years, Hulchul (1951), Annadata (1952), Daara (1953) and Bajooband (1954). The songs were excellent and any way I was aware of him as an assistant to …

Lata Mangeshkar sings with Music Directors

On Lata Mangeshkar's first death anniversary, I started a new series based on Lata's duets (or others as the case might be) with lesser known playback singers, composers and actors. On 6th February 2023, I published the first part that covered Lata's duets with lesser known male playback singers. Today I'll present the second part …

1999 – My Favourites

Though the 90s series is among my favourites, I usually tend to put it on the backseat. The last post in the series was my favourites from 1998 and it was published in August last year, more than 8 months back. So I was very keen to post the next part. I started the series …

(Part – 4) The Bicycle Saga

First of all, let me thank readers for appreciating and supporting the theme. The fourth part of the series was not on my mind originally. But as I went through the songs and my categories, very soon I realised that not all the songs can be put in a stringent category. So I thought of …

1957 – Lata Mangeshkar

Let me welcome you all and extend my warm wishes on the auspicious occasion of Gudi Padwa, Ugadi and Yugadi. Last month I started a new series on Lata Mangeshkar's Hindi film songs and we visited her duets with lesser known male playback singers. But the yearly review of Lata Mangeshkar's Hindi film songs continues. …