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Five favorite ghost songs from Indian/Pakistani Films
Here are my five favorite ghost songs from Indian/Pakistani films in no particular order. 1. Jhoom Jhoom dhalti raat (Lata Mangeshkar) Kohraa (1964) featured the ethereal Waheeda Rehman as the mysterious rake Biswajeet’s second wife who’s haunted by his dead wife. Based on Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (1940), the chilling ambience of this film was sublimated ...
Mehdi Hasan: a yardstick
It was not until Mehdi Hasan: The Man and his Music, the book that I conceived, compiled, edited, partly wrote and almost entirely rewrote, hit the bookstores that I realised the great singer’s popularity hasn’t receded over the years. Though the stroke that paralysed him ten years ago has left him at best wheelchair bound ...
Golmaal 3 – a major disappointment
Golmaal, Golmaal Returns and now Golmaal 3 – I wonder what is up with Bollywood’s obsession with sequels? But I am not complaining as long as it’s something worth watching and listening to. And considering how Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision has a repute of bringing out movies to remember, one can keep high hopes from Golmaal ...
Top 5 break-up songs
‘I Will Survive’ – Gloria Gaynor Here’s perhaps the best break up song of all time; anyone who has been dumped and then had their lover return to them after months are bound to connect with this classic break-up song! It’s one of the most popular songs and almost everyone has heard it and found ...
Album Review – Tees Maar Khan: A musical bag of mixed nuts
For all those who loved Main Hoon Na and Om Shanti Om, it is time to rejoice! Farah Khan is back with her world of cinema, which gives a new definition to a huge star cast, extravagant sets and costumes, larger than life fictional characters, extremely filmy stories and upbeat soundtracks. Farah’s latest offering, Tees ...
Help Identify These Unknown Singers
HMV released four cassette set of Vintage Favourites From Films – The Earliest Hindi Film Hits from 1932 – 1942 long time ago. It was a good collection of rare and old Hindi film songs from 30s and early 40s. The covers of this 4 cassette set had pictures of 14 vintage singers from that ...
Album Review – Avraga by Kazak
Who is Kazak, the band? Their debut album was released by Fire Records as part of a two-record deal a few months back, but coming across their album Avraga was still a surprise. During times when publicity either makes or breaks music acts, it is simply surprising to note that Kazak didn’t register on any ...
Lata Mangeshkar’s Interview
____________________ Back to Legends – Lata Mangeshkar ____________________ How do you define the journey? I feel God has sent me to earth to sing. I started singing when I was five, but I don’t think I’ve worked as hard as many other people. Why do you say that? After 1947 when I started playback singing, ...
“I believe in Popular Film Music..” Shaukat Dehalvi Nashad
Although no one says it to my face, I know that there is a section in the film industry who decry my music as “a re-hash of familiar tunes.” This amounts to a charge of plagiarism. I have no defense, no apology, to offer, except to say that, if am a plagiarist, I am one ...
Interview – Catching up with Atif Aslam & Lanny Cordola
Atif Aslam is on cloud nine these days. Reason: his project Peace through Music in collaboration with the members of Guns ‘n’ Roses and songwriter-guitarist Lanny Cordola, members of bands like Giuffria, House of Lords and Magdallan (also known as Magdalen after Ken Tamplin’s departure) is on full song. Atif has already penetrated the Hollywood ...
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Dilruba:
The dilruba has a shape like that of a sarangi with a longer dandi and played with a bow made of...
Nathoo Khan:
Ustad Nathoo Khan was one of the most celebrated sarangi players of his time. A pupil of the lat...
Muhammad Sharif Khan Poonchwaley:
For over 30 years, Ustad Muhammad Sharif Khan Poonchwaley (1928-80) held complete sway over the ...
Talat Mahmood's Factfile: ____________________
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