Legends
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Ravi: His Tunes Were Characterised by Simplicity – Manek Premchand
In the constellation of Hindi film music, some of the composers occupy a permanent place, a special one...
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The Eternal Lament and Wisdom of Aziz Nazan’s ‘Chadhta Suraj’
There are songs that one remembers as melodies, pleasant to the ear but ephemeral in the mind. Then...
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Bhupen Hazarika at 100: The Voice of a Civilization
His was a voice that sang not just of rivers and romance, but of justice, memory and the...
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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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Chhoti Si Kahani Se – Ijaazat – The Monsoon Blossom
As the summer season matures into unbearable fullness, the parched and exhausted earth anticipates the arrival of monsoon....
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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...