K.V. Ramesh | kvr4060@gmail.com Yash Chopra's name is immediately associated with stylized romantic films of the late 20th and the early 21st century. Yash Raj Films has made an immense contribution to the film world in the 21st century. Most critics disliked his “chiffon romances”, and he was always called the King of Romance. His view...
'Meri jaan rahe na rahe, mera sar na rahe, samaan na rahe, na ye saaz rahe, yehi Hind mera azaad rahe, meri Mata ke sar pe taj rahe... rendered mellifluously to the crystal-clear keys of a hand-pumped harmonium with lyrics which raised goosebumps in patriotic Indians, this song became the anthem during the Quit India movement. Its...
One of the most significant contributions of the Portuguese in India was compulsory music learning in Church Schools. They would not have imagined that this policy will be immensely helpful to composers of Hindi Film Music. Here in Lahore, he became a friend of OP Nayyar. Post-independence he moved to Bombay and got his first...
"Tu Hindu Banega Na Musalman banega, insaan ki aulaad hai insaan banega..." The song is from the film Dhool ka Phool’ 1959 which was not directed by B R Chopra but by his equally illustrious brother Yash Chopra. B R Chopra (hereafter referred to as B R in this article) produced Dhool ka Phool and...
I was an aspiring musician, and was practicing diligently, to become better at my art. one of my fellow music classmate friends, who was a Yoga master, often insisted that, by following a few Yoga practices, I could become an even better musician. At his insistence, I had started doing some Aasans, but I did...
“Poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings...” William Wordsworth When feelings become ink, they engrave soul-stirring emotions on paper. That paper, then, is more of a sculpture than scripture! Alam is one such artiste...who makes kites that soar high in the sky and who writes poetry that goes deep within the heart! In his final moments,...
Apni kahani Chhod jaa, kuch to nishani chhod jaa, Kaun jaye is or, tu phir aaye na aaye Mausam beeta jaaye Mausam Beeta jaaye... , The rousing song, set to the tune of a Soviet Red Army March Polyushko Polye orchestrated by Salil Choudhary, seemed to be a perfect metaphor for Bimal Roy’s film making style that...
The year was 1963, I was an 8-year-old studying in the Indian heartland of Gwalior, growing up in a family that did not allow viewing movies except for the mythological ones; the same time period when 'Harischandra Taramati' and 'Sant Gyaneshwar' were running houseful every day and every show. On the other end, Radio Ceylon,...
Nagnath Mankeshwar was destined to be multi-faceted. He is an Artist, a Film/Animation director and a Sitarist. As a film team his productions won National and International awards. He has made Documentaries, Corporate, Animation and Short films. His biopic film on Sitar maestro Padma Vibhushan Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan received wide acclaim. He was always drawing...
