S D Burman – The 50s

In this part of the series, I propose to throw light on his career during the 50s. As I already highlighted in last part, after the success of Mashal, Burman da abandoned the thought of leaving Mumbai instead started enjoying Mumbai. But Bengali folk songs always remained his favourite inspiration along with a strong knowledge …

Hindi songs featuring Umbrella

Last monsoon, I had a song list with songs picturised in the rain. This time around, I thought something a bit different for monsoon, and anyway, it's too late for a rain song list ! But what exactly would be that 'different' thing? I let it simmer at the back of my mind. Then one …