Posts Tagged ‘Hindi Films’

Two years ago – i had blogged the bulk of this post. I am using it as a base and just refurbishing it with a few more favorites. Tomorrow, I will look at the duets. September 28th – The birthday of Lata Mangeshkar …. the woman with the golden voice.The first lady of Hindi [...]

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Toon India

Asha Bhosle is like good wine. she has gotten better with age And today on her birthday – here are some of the songs that i would take away with me to a desert island !
The list is in, more or less, alphabetical order. If you are reading this in my FB notes [...]

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Anonymousdustyedges

Manna De turned 90 yesterday – the 1st of May. Compared to Mohd. Rafi or Kishore Kumar – he didn’t sing as much for Hindi films, but the songs that he sang left a mark.
It’s been a long time since i put together a compilation of songs, in a way my music [...]

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Shefaly has a meme up here, on the A to Z of films that she liked, and has very generously asked readers to ’steal it’ – and i needed something light to blog about — i have overdosed on ’soapbox’. in fact at times i feel like a soapbox standing on a soapbox giving a [...]

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The buzz, the glamour, the hype, the smartness, the over exposure, in a way makes us forget what a good actor Shah Rukh Khan  is. And, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is another example of a person carrying a film by their sheer ability.
Yesterday, along with a full theatre at Cinemax Versova, I saw Yash [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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