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...
Bipin R Pandit | panditbipin@yahoo.com Shamsherraj Kapoor was the second son of the legendary Prithviraj Kapoor. While his father was a hugely respected theatre and film actor, his elder brother, Raj Kapoor, was an established superstar. But as luck would have it, almost all of Shammi Kapoor’s initial movies flopped—there must have been seven to...
K V Ramesh | kvr4060@gmail.com Mainstream Hindi cinema, popularly called Bollywood, always has its stereotyped larger-than-life characters. The “hero” and heroine were usually “whiter than white”, while the villains were blacker than black. Nothing in between. The stories were largely formulaic with occasional flashes of innovation. That changed mainly in the late 1960s and through...
Dr. Kirti Kale | kirti_kale@yahoo.com कवि सम्मेलन का अध्यक्ष किसी सूची संपन्न प्रतिष्ठित व्यक्ति को बनाना चाहिए। उसे साहित्यिक ज्ञान भी होना चाहिए। पहले अध्यक्ष का मनोनयन सभा द्वारा होना चाहिए फिर कार्यक्रम के प्रारंभ में अध्यक्षीय उद्बोधन होना चाहिए, जिसमें श्रोताओं को बताना चाहिए कि जीवन में कविता का क्या महत्त्व है और कवि...
Some years ago, I was lamenting the general "lack of interest in today's younger generation in old classic Hindi film music" to a friend. She countered, "no; my children listen to the music of the 70s and so on". I said, "that's because you are a singer yourself ". She countered", no. They called me up...
Since time immemorial, Hindi film songs have been integral to Bollywood folklore and Indian life. While the lasting impact has been due to the effective synergies of the tune, words, and on-screen song picturization, it has been the soothing mighty pen that has permanently stayed with music lovers. The Hindi film song expression has encompassed...
