All posts by Yogesh Kale
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Mohammed Rafi – A Century Old Music Marvel
A kid in Kolta Sultan Singh (a village near present-day Majitha Amritsar district) would see a fakeer roam...
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Roshan and Mukesh – A Mellifluous Combo
Say “Roshan”, and a golden-era-music-lover’s mind would instantly be roshan (illuminated) with the aura of all the melodious...
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Madan Mohan’s Melodies in Various Voices
When one pronounces the two magical words “Madan Mohan”, what starts playing on a music lover’s mind are...
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Barsaat – And It Started Raining Melodrama and Music!
The journey of Hindi cinema from the studio-confined classics in the early years to the modern-day tech-savvy and...
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Shamshad Begum and her Gentle Ditties
She was one of the first voice-lending playback singers of Hindi cinema. She rendered over 6,000 songs in...
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Qamar Jalalabadi – An Underrated Versatile Lyricist
Ask someone to name a few lyricists from the golden era of Hindi film music, and the names...
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Kavi Pradeep – Rare Romance in the Sage’s Poetry
“Beti, aaj tumne mujhe rula diya!” (Girl, your rendition filled my eyes with tears), said the then Prime...
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Lata Mangeshkar – The Musical Milestones in Her Magnificent Career
Lata Mangeshkar – apparently only two words, but effectively they encompass in themselves a whole world of music!...
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Triveni Sangam of the Mangeshkar Sisters
Bharat is the land of gods, the land spiritual richness. There are a plethora of holy places across...
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Romantic Duets by “Chitalkar”
C. Ramchandra (born Ramchandra Chitalkar), as we all know, was one of the most popular composers in Hindi...