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Traka Doom – Franco Vaz

‘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...

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2006: The Three Aces

Manek Sabhagriha, Mumbai witnessed the coming together on the stage of three Legendary musical stalwarts – Manohari Singh, Kersi Lord, and Ustad Rais Khan. The occasion endorsed the organizing group Swar Aalap’s dedicated commitment to the cause of promoting and supporting musicians. Musicians who arranged and played thousands of Hindi film songs, infusing their own...

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The Wizardry Skills of Cawas Lord

Shankar Iyer | burmanfan@gmail.com The trailblazer for the community of musicians, Cawas Lord was the first-ever musician of the Hindi Music Industry, you heard it right! Born in 1911 to an affluent Parsi family in Pune, Cawas was brave enough to follow his heart and that made him take the decision of moving to Mumbai...