Posted by gargi on 16 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: Films, India, Media, Music
Kishore Kumar was a genius. And, it was his birthday about 10 days ago (4th August). I had wanted to do a little blog piece on my favourites sung by him. But, there were so many of them, and it was so difficult to make a choice that I went into some sort of a [...]
Posted by gargi on 12 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Films, India, Music
It is Monsoons The streets look washed. There skies look silver and grey. The trees are swaying. The air smells fresh. There is a cool breeze that refreshes. The world looks great.
The monsoons have always been my favourite season. Traffic jams, water logging not withstanding — the moment i see a rain cloud my heart [...]
Posted by gargi on 03 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Diary, Mumbai, Music
…. in Mumbai, giving a respite from the terrible mugginess that has been upon us !
i went out and walked in the rain …. glorious feeling …cannot stop smiling like an idiot.
all seems well with the world.
and here is an amazing rendition of garajat barasat sawan ayo re ….
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Posted by gargi on 04 May 2008 | Tagged as: Films, India, Media, Music
The 1950's and 1960's possibly had the best in terms of musical talent in the Hindi Film Industry. The kind of music that was created was superlative by any standards. And, there was choice - there was classical, rock, jazz, folk, fun, … the lot. Amongst the greats of this era was Manna Dey. Not [...]
Posted by gargi on 14 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Films, India, Music
Last week marked the 50th anniversary of one my favourite films of all times Madhumati. Directed by Bimal Roy and starring Dilip Kumar, Vyjantimala and Pran, Madhumati was the story of eternal love that cant' be separated by death. One of the key ingredients that has made this movie an all time favourite is the [...]
Posted by gargi on 26 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Advertising, Films, India, Media, Music, Print, TV, Web
Ficci Frames 2008 began yesterday in Mumbai. This year's theme was sustaining development.
As, usual it was great for the networking. I caught with quite a few people that I had lost touch with. Met some new ones. Bonded with old colleagues. Drank lots of coffee. attended loads of talks where i felt like a school [...]
Posted by gargi on 26 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: Films, India, Music
I had earlier posted a version of this post on Blogbharti, as a part of the spotlight series . Today, on the 58th Republic Day, I thought that it may be appropriate to post it on my blog… This version has pics… and a couple of other songs…
One of the things that interest me is [...]
Posted by gargi on 21 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: Films, India, Media, Music
…. while Mumbai collectively chokes in the smog - is it just me or is it extra polluted this winter, my eyes simply wouldn’t stop burning & watering - I am off to the hills…
The folks at Blogbharati are celebrating their anniversary, and had asked me write something for them…..I wrote on Hindi Film [...]
Posted by gargi on 16 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: Films, India, Music
16th of November is music director Roshan’s death anniversary….. the father of Rakesh & Rajesh & Grand Father to Hrithik Roshan - Roshan gave Hindi Film Music gems such as Taal Mile Nadi ke Jaal Mein, and Barsaat ki Raat…… Here are my top picks from his collection :
The Entire sound track of Barsaat Ki [...]
Posted by gargi on 30 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Films, India, Music
31st October is the death anniversary of one of the greatest music directors of the Hindi Film Industry. This is the first person who went beyond Indian Classical roots, or western classical roots - like many of his contemporaries - and made folk music the basis for his brand of Hindi Film Music. He left [...]
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