Posts Tagged ‘Binota Roy’

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    The enduring power of certain old Hindi film songs
    Raichand Boral Of all the Raichand Boral (1903-1981) songs I have listened to—not that many, given how rare these songs are—my favorite has to be Binota Roy’s rendering of “Manwa kaahey phir tadpaayey” from Calcutta-based New Theatres’ Wapas (1943). The world of old Hindi films is full of so many beautiful songs that make it very difficult, if not plain impossible,...
    by Nivedita Ramakrishnan at July 15th, 2009 at 04:07 pm
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