Happy Birthday Asha Bhosle
September 8, 2009Asha 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…
Tag: Hindi Film Music
Classical Kishore Kumar
August 6, 2009Lazy blogging. Yesterday, was Kishore Kumar’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 ….
It is Raining :)
June 27, 2009Rains have been delayed terribly this year. Intermittent, sparse and playing hide & seek with all of us. It has been terribly depressing – without the rains. The body and the mind have both been feeling extremely tired and as thought there…
Happy Birthday – Manna De
May 2, 2009Manna 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…
The A to Z meme – films as soul food !
December 20, 2008Shefaly 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…
Monsoon Melodies
June 12, 2008It 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,…
Manna De – Happy Birthday
May 4, 2008Manna De 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,…
If Music be the Soul of India, Play on
January 26, 2008I 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……
Roshan – Some Great Music
November 16, 200716th of November is music director Roshan’s death anniversary….. the father of Rakesh & Rajesh & Grand Father to [tag]Hrithik Roshan[/tag] – Roshan gave [tag]Hindi Film Music[/tag] gems such as Taal Mile Nadi ke Jaal Mein, and Barsaat ki Raat…… Here are…
S.D.Burman – Walah Jawaab Tumhara Nahin….
October 30, 200731st October is the death anniversary of one of the greatest music directors of the [tag]Hindi Film Industry[/tag]. This is the first person who went beyond Indian Classical roots, or western classical roots – like many of his contemporaries – and made…