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. …

(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 …

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 …

1961- Lata Mangeshkar

I started the series of yearly reviews of Lata Mangeshkar's Hindi film songs on 6th February 2022. Today as we commemorate her second death anniversary, I'm presenting the next part in the series. Before I proceed let me once again add that all the standard books on Hindi films mention the film with the year …

II Jai Shree Ram II

Today on the auspicious occasion of प्राण प्रतिष्ठापना of idol of Lord Ram at Ayodhya, I take the opportunity to post a devotional song list dedicated to Lord Ram. Image Courtesy - Times of India The Epic Ramayan is very close to the people's hearts. The deity is worshiped with a lot of respect, love …

(Part 3) Rafi sings for Composers from Bengal

Last month I started the ‘Yearly review of Rafi's Hindi film songs’ series, marking the beginning of Rafi's birth centenary year. But I already had started the series based on Rafi's association with composers from Bengal. After publishing part 1 and part 2 , today let me highlight his association with R D Burman marking …