All posts by Yogesh Kale
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Madan Mohan and the Fabulous Fifties
When one pronounces the two magical words “Madan Mohan”, a music aficionado’s mind is instantly flooded with all...
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Sajjad – The Contentious Master of Melodies
Some artists are blessed with enormous talent and at the same time, cursed with inability to encash it....
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Petrichor of Marathi Soil in Vasant Desai’s Music
Almost right from the inception, Bombay (now Mumbai) came up as the home base of Hindi cinema, which...
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Ye Shaam Ki Tanhaaiyaan – Aah – Dusky Saga of a Broken Heart
On a typical sullen autumn evening, when the trees are losing their leaves to the cold breezes and...
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Balraj Sahni and Manna Dey – When the Two Legends Come Together
Hindi cinema, which has become an inseparable part of Indian culture now, has gone through various stages; due...
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Sahir’s Bhajans – Intense Prayers by an Atheist!
Lyrics are often a somewhat ignored element when we speak of a good composition. Mainly, the tune, the...
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Suman Kalyanpur and Rafi – The Complementary Duo with Perfect Harmony
It must be a sheer divine coincidence that so many artistes with stupendous musical acumen came together to...
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C. Ramchandra – Master-chef of Desi Melodies with Videshi Tadkaa
Hindi cinema, more particularly Hindi film music (HFM), has always been the best example of unity in diversity...
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Rafi and Naushad – The Mellisonant Duo of the Golden Era
A good artist may not necessarily be a good human being too. But most of the artistes of...
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Rare Gems in the Empress’s Crown – Lata Mangeshkar and Forgotten Composers – Part 2
In furtherance of – Rare Gems in the Empress’s Crown – Lata Mangeshkar and Forgotten Composers – Part...