‘Papa Kahete hain bada naam karega’ song (Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak - Anand Milind) starts with Amir Khan, holding a cut-away Electric guitar. His friends are playing Saxophone, Trumpet. A couple of ladies are playing Kabash. Everyone, right from college Principal to students in the audience & we watching the movie song, are foot-tapping to...
Vaishnavi Samvedi Spreading her vivacious voice, Hamsika Iyer just never fails to mesmerize you. Not only her singing but her personality has a spirit of positivity and wisdom. She’s humble, grounded, and extremely warm. Popularly known for her songs like Chammak Challo (Ra.One), 1234 Get on the dance floor (Chennai Express) Garje Gajraj Humaare (Junglee),...
Mohammad Rafi’s Music Legacy is like nectar that will quench your soul every time You listen to his songs. Fuzail Rafi, his grandson gives the audience a peek into the World of Rafi Sahab. He's honest and real insights bring words to life, bring the legend alive. Fuzail’s candid answers and memories of his Dada...
“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,...
Every country in the world has its own culture that includes literature, arts, painting, music and other important elements. Indian musical culture and heritage are rooted back to hundreds of years with legendary tales of classical musicians like Tansen, Baiju Bawra in the North Indian/ Hindustani musical tradition and Purandara Dasa, Thyagaraja, etc in the...
Swar Aalap | info@swaraalap.com Dastak – The Knocking In 2002, a musician by profession, Dinesh Ghate took the initiative of forming Dastak (Now Swar Aalap), a magazine aimed to feature the legendary musicians of the Indian Film Music Industry to acknowledge and appreciate their valuable contributions. In the following year in 2003, Dinesh Ghate was successful in getting...
