Continuing the yearly review of Lata Mangeshkar's Hindi film songs, I'm presenting today my favourites from the year 1955. Here I want to clarify that the year mentioned corresponds to the year of getting censor board certification. The majority of the books enlist the films as per the year of censor board certification. The film …
Mehfil celebrates 5th Anniversary!
Today the blog completes five years and I'm on cloud nine. For the last couple of years, with the pandemic roaring around, it was difficult to celebrate. But now our lives are getting back to normal by and large, the tourist places and cinema halls are overflowing with visitors, I think now I am in …
O Nigahen Mastana – Remembering Nutan
I was planning a post on Nutan's songs for a couple of years. But wasn't able to actually get around writing it. This year I was waiting for her Birthday to publish my post. And today let's celebrate it. Image Courtesy - Conversations Over Chai Nutan was known for her natural acting and fabulous facial …
The Classical Music Giants Contribute to Hindi Cinema – V
Last month I posted the fourth part of this series, which actually was a supplement to the original series. Some readers were surprised to see a fourth part. Those who were not surprised then, let me surprise them with the fifth and finally the final part of the series. AK ji (from the blog, SoY) …
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My Favourites by Shailendra
Shailendra (30 Aug 1923 - 14 Dec 1966) was one of the most brilliant, talented & versatile lyricist of the golden era of Hindi film music. He started working at railway workshop in Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1940s.He used to write poems and participate in poem symposia. Raj Kapoor was impressed by his poem 'Jalta …
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