नीला शर्मा हिंदी - मराठी चित्रपटगीते, भावगीते व नाट्यसंगीतात सतारीच्या साथीची नादमधुर मुद्रा उमटविलेल्या अरविंद मयेकर यांच्या आठवणी जागवणारी 'गीत सितार' ही मैफल सर्वार्थाने आगळीवेगळी ठरली. त्यांच्या पत्नी डॉ. अपर्णा मयेकर यांनी त्यांच्या सहजीवन व मयेकरांच्या कारकिर्दीतील विशेष टप्प्यांबद्दल माहिती देत काही गाणी स्वतः सादर केली. 'नादमुद्रा' तर्फे संगीत सुवर्णयुगातील प्रतिभावान व प्रयोगशील सतारवादक मयेकर यांनी...
Dinesh Ghate 'Jain' | dinesh@swaraalap.com The Mumbai Police is well-known for both its strong presence in the city and also on social media presence, amusing online users with memes and smart answers to common queries. An interesting fact includes that the Khaki Studio, Mumbai Police Band Department has a large following on social media. Since...
Suhas Kirloskar | suhass.kirloskar@gmail.com The Voyage of Colorfilm In 1901, the first color movie was created. As time went by, the production of color films in the year 1905 started using six colors. Later on, the introduction of Technicolor in 1915 was seen as a turning point for color movies. Dadasaheb Torane created a 22-minute film called...
It is heartening that Harish Raghuvanshi’s efforts have brought the total number of songs included in this new edition of Mukesh Geet Kosh to 1,053. There is no doubt that Mukesh Geet Kosh is leading among the books published with detailed and authentic information. These informations are about all the songs sung by any one...
Dinesh Ghate 'Jain' | dinesh@swaraalap.com Once I heard, "The surest way to make your dreams come true is to live them." This is what exactly I did. I will always cherish my 20 years of musical journey. There are many musical memories in it. I am happy to share that it is an unquestioned leading organisation....
Dinesh Ghate 'Jain' | dinesh@swaraalap.com Make music not war always because I believed that music is flowing. You go anywhere and you will come across the music. It can be through water, breeze, trees, etc. Similarly, Music can be created by man from any equipment, instrument, in fact, any object and material. These thoughts were...
Atul Merchant 'Jatayu' | merchatul@gmail.com Excerpts from the E-Novella Cinemaghar’ 1969 was a year of great significance. Apollo 11 landed on the moon with Armstrong as the first person to step on the moon. The year was significant for Bollywood too. Rajesh Khanna, father-son Burmans with the Yodeling of Kishore Kumar broke all the Box...
Anisha Nandan | anisha.45687@gmail.com An extract from "The Unsung Heroes", was published by Swar Aalap in 2010. Burjor Lord, aka "Buji" Lord, is a beloved name in the music fraternity across India and around the globe. He hails from a widely established family in the music industry. When you hear songs like Chand Mera Dil,...
K V Ramesh | kvr4060@gmail.com If one were to look at the sheer volume of work of Shakti Samanta, we would be astounded by the high quality of songs in his films. And what songs they were; memorable is an understatement to describe the sheer high quality of output, leave alone the commercial successes. Shakti...
