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Classical Kishore

Lazy blogging. Yesterday, was Kishore Da’s birthday. and, i thought i will re-cycle last year’s post on classical Kishore- (origianl post August 16th 2008)
Kishore Kumar was a genius. And, it was his birthday about 10 days ago (4th August) yesterday . I had wanted to do a little blog piece on my favourites sung by [...]

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Monsoon Melodies

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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Salil Choudhary – the Melody Maker

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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Kishore Kumar – Solo’s

It was Kishore Kumar’s death anniversary over the weekend, and Radio Farishta on World Space radio had a lovely tribute to his music.
It kind of got me thinking of my favourite Kishore Kumar solo’s over the decades of Hindi Film Music. So hear they are in alphabetical order (more or less)

Choti Si Yeh [...]

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The Nightingale Sings…Duets

On her birthday, my favourite Lata Mangeshkar duets. She has sung with practically everyone and his cousin in her eons that she has ruled the roost of Hindi Film Music

Chod Gaye Balam – Lata and Mukesh voicing for a very young Nargis and Raj Kapoor. Film – Barsaat. The pangs of separation done [...]

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