Posts Tagged ‘Lollywood’
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 ...
Book on Mehdi Hasan launched
KARACHI, Dec 6: Tribute was paid to Mehdi Hasan at the launch of a book, which deals with his life and music, here on Monday. Music lovers were, however, disappointed that the veteran vocalist, who has been in poor health, could not attend the function. Efforts of senior journalist Asif Noorani, who compiled and edited ...
“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 ...
Yeh kaisa gham hai from Jabse Dekha hai Tumhe (1963)
Inspired/Copied version :- Yeh kaisa gham hai – Film – Jabse dekhai hai tumhe – Year – 1963 – Music Director(s) – Sohail Rana – Country – Pakistan Original or Inspired from :- Bésame Mucho – Country – Mexico Details – Yeh kaisa gham hai sung by Naheed Niazi and composed by Sohail Rana for ...
Jeevan kai safar mein rahi from MunimJi (1955)
Inspired/Copied version :- Jeevan kai safar mein rahi – Film – Anokhi – Year – 1956 – Music Director(s) – Hassan Latif and Timir Baran – Country – Pakistan Original or Inspired from :- Jeevan kai safar mein rahi – Film – MunimJi – Year – 1955 – Music Director(s) – S.D. Burman – Country ...
Shaking a leg – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
You have to feel sorry for with the guy. The exceedingly talented Rahat Fateh Ali Khan must be thinking ‘why the heck did I choose to be a judge on a music reality show’ for the sole reason that every time a film celebrity appears on Chhote Ustad, they’re asked (sometimes pushed) to get on ...
Josh S.I.N.G(s) for Pakistan’s flood victims
Canada-based band, Josh, teams up with R&B singer/songwriter/producer Pranam ‘Chin’ Injeti on an English song to support the flood victims in Pakistan As a foreign desi band, Josh has had a very strong presence in Pakistan. Along with officially releasing their album in the country, making their music videos in Pakistan, hosting numerous concerts, recipients ...
Khursheed Begum – Her Last Interview
The year was 1992 the month was February; I entered a house in Karachi’s posh area. I was led inside by a servant who took me to the living room area of the neatly decorated compact house. A group of women sat in the room, all in their middle ages. They were startled to see ...
Pakistani singers making it big in Bollywood
Pakistani singers crossing the border to lend their voice for a song or two in India isn’t a new story at all. Back in the day Nazia Hassan and Zohaib made the music of Disco Deewane rocking success and since then this has become a trend. In 2004, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan made his debut ...
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Naheed Akhtar:
Naheed Akhtar remained an unavoidable part of the titles of almost all Pakistani films between ...
Talat Mahmood – Part 2: ____________________
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Zooming in: Schaz strikes again:
Less than a year ago, Schaz Khan came out with the video of her debut single, Jalan. Little did ...
Barkat Ali Khan:
The Kasur-born Barkat Ali Khan (1910-63) was one of the greatest ghazal singers of his time. He ...
Surbahar:
Possibly invented by Umrao Khan, beenker of Lucknow, the instument, a variety of sitar was actua...