Posts Tagged ‘Lata Mangeshkar’

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    The music of Kamal Dasgupta
    Kamal Dasgupta (1912-1974) In the Hindi film Jawab (1942), singer-actress Kanan Devi lulls a restless, and rather childlike, P. C. Barua into sweet sleep. The song is “Ay chand chup na jaana,” and it is great for frayed nerves. Given my own battles with sleep—the activity that consumes nearly a half of our lives—I feel compelled to attest to the wonder of this...
    by Nivedita Ramakrishnan at October 24th, 2009 at 05:10 pm
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    Asha Bhonsle : Yun hee gaate raho !
    Indian cinema music has been fortunate enough because some great singers have been blessing it by their gracious presence in the last 7 decades. Their great singing performances have been enriching the fields of both, Indian cinema music and Indian music. To become a member of this prestigious group of great singers one needs to be an enormously talented singer who is...
    by Rk at September 8th, 2009 at 01:09 pm
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    Sambhala Hai Maine,Bahut Apne Dil Ko- Revisiting Love Songs of the 90’s
    Of late I keep going into a reflective mode often and look back in time and relive a lot of interesting memories. A few days ago I was discussing with a friend about a Tamil movie –‘Guru En Aalu’ which after lying in the cans for a while finally got released a few weeks ago. What’s interesting about the movie is that it is the Tamil remake of Yes Boss. The discussion...
    by Sethumadhavan at May 25th, 2009 at 08:05 am
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    Paighaam Laayaa Saawan: Songs From the Heavens
    I’ve always loved the rains. Always. And somehow the rains seem to follow me wherever I go outside of the US. As a kid, I’d enjoy walks in the neighborhood while it was pouring outside, and even now as an adult I like to avoid carrying an umbrella even when I know it’s going to rain. Oh I’ve got PLENTY of umbrellas, all right. Baat woh nahin hai....
    by Amanda Sodhi at May 1st, 2009 at 06:05 am
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    Pyarelal on Lata : LP musical equation
    Flashback: It is 2005. Pyarelal (the famous second half of Laxmikant- Pyarelal) is in Dubai to attend a tribute show. I along with Kaustubh- (KCP for the PFC readers!), we are dutifully chaperoning him to various TV and radio-stations for various interviews. We enter a studio of a famous Pakistani TV- channel. The host happens to be a veteran Pakistani TV-presenter, who...
    by Dr. Mandar V. Bichu at April 27th, 2009 at 02:04 pm
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    Hona hai to ho hi jayega – Of Lost Songs-II
    Continuing from where we left… BETAABI There was something about Vishal’s music in all lesser significant films. Betaabi was one such score. Raw. Instinctive. Full of beans. It was music with attitude, songs that would make you sit up. Tum mere ho would never leave me, it was a healer of sorts, loved the slowly-building-up sense of rhythm, the violent symphony,...
    by Tushar at April 23rd, 2009 at 11:04 pm
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    Shakti Samanta – A Musical Tribute
    ye kyaa huaa, kaise huaa, kab huaa kyon huaa, jab huaa, tab huaa chhodo, ye naa socho humne jo dekhaa thaa, sunaa thaa kyaa bataaye wo kyaa thaa sapnaa salonaa thaa khatam to honaa thaa, huaa When the end came, it was really sorrowful. But as all good things come to and end, so did the life of Shakti Samanta. The above lines are from his movie Amar Prem and they are so...
    by crazyrals at April 11th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
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    Chakra : Slum woman becomes poorer in every field of her life
    [ Remembring a significant film on the lives of slum dwellers. Advisable for those who want to know about it and its premise and for those who have seen it and want to refresh their memories about the film]. There are few directors who could make only 1 film and there w’d be very few directors who died before the release of their very first film. They could not see...
    by Rk at April 6th, 2009 at 03:04 pm
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    Madan Mohan- A king of Melody
    Among the older generation of music directors, for me Madan Mohan, remains one of my favorites.  He created some of the most melodious songs, and yet some how he could never really achieve the success of his contemporaries.  Well i guess many reasons for it.  For starters Madan was not backed by either the big stars or big banners,   like Shankar Jaikishan was a perennial ...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at December 11th, 2008 at 09:12 am
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    Satyam Shivam Sundaram : Khajuraho concept in Hindi cinema
    A large number of people are there who always shout as soon as they get a chance that India is the land of Khajuraho Temples and these people treat these temples as the places depicting sexual behaviour of mankind. Many of them equate Khajuraho temples with the erotic shops available elsewhere. If it is so then why these statues were carved on the outer walls of the temples...
    by Rk at September 18th, 2008 at 04:09 am
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    Aandhi : Love, marriage, family and ambitions
    People fall in a situation and follow the passion generated out of this special situation called love and at that time they feel that every other thing in the life keeps less value before this passionate feeling called love. Life looks rosy and people think that it would remain rosy for ever if they follow the path of this love. That happens also with many and life becomes...
    by Rk at September 9th, 2008 at 08:09 am
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    Khushboo: Fragrance of love, wait, sacrifice and moral right in the relationship
    First thing first, KHUSHBOO is a PERIOD film, based upon the story of Sharat Chandra Chatterjee. So no new definitions can be imposed on the characterisation/s. It is set in an old time and hence has to be seen in that manner only. Once selected a story, the thing which matters is the fact how convincingly a director has shown his chosen story. Story may not look convincing...
    by Rk at August 13th, 2008 at 07:08 am
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    Legendary KL Saigal : Joy never dies and lives always in the heart
    KL Saigal (KLS) also belongs to the precious list of those rare people who did not need long life to prove their worth among Billions of people on earth. KLS c’d live only for 43 years but he left behind such a great contribution to the field of music that till people, who understand music, will be taking birth on earth, his songs will remain immortal. Such a great...
    by Rk at July 15th, 2008 at 07:07 am
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    Padosan : The perfect antidote of sad mood !
    Padosan is a sure shot killer of sad and depressive mood. With the height of buffoonery, but a classy one, involved in the film, its success rate as a mood enhancer is very high. Padosan is to enjoy and laugh without any inhibition. Padosan has got good dialogues and lyrics by famous poet and author Rajendra Krishan, good acting by Kishoir Kumar, Mehmood, Sunil Dutt,...
    by Rk at May 6th, 2008 at 07:05 am
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    Silsila(1981) :: A Conflict of emotions Vs realities & responsibilities!
    Silsila is special in so many ways. This is the last film in which AB and Rekha worked together. It’s the last Yash Chopra Film where AB played a leading man. It’s the first film where Javed Akhtar started his career as lyricist also after being a highly successful script writer and Hari Prasad Chaurasia the famous flute player and Shiv Kumar Sharma the famous Santur...
    by Rk at March 7th, 2007 at 08:03 am
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    Maya Memsaab (’93) : A film inspired by Novel “Madam Bovari” of Flaubert
    A beautiful young woman, who thinks she is intelligent and has aristocratic hobbies lives with her ailing father in a big, palace like house in a small hill station kind of city in India. She is in to reading, music, painting and other kinds of arts. Her father gets heart attack and a local doctor comes to see him. Simple and humble doctor continues his visits and soon...
    by Rk at January 24th, 2007 at 10:01 am
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