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गीत उत्सव – अपनी कहानी छोड़ जा

Dinesh Ghate 'Jain' | dinesh@swaraalap.com दोस्तों, आप सभी संगीत के चाहनेवालों को मेरी तरफ से शुद्ध देसी नमस्कार। कोविड काल में सभी की तरह हमने भी कोशिश की थी गीत और संगीत के ज़रिये मित्रों, शुभचिंतकों, परिवार और अपने आप का मनोबल बनाये रखने की। कुछ हद तक हम इसमें कामियाब भी रहे। गीत उत्सव...

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The Lord’s Touch – Burjor Lord

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,...

Khumar 1

The Khumaar of Rafi and Shammi Kapoor

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...

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Pyar ka Mausam Aaya – Nasir Hussain

K V Ramesh | kvr4060@gmail.com There is a joke that Nasir Hussain left Lucknow with one file containing one story that he kept repeating again and again in various combinations! First as a writer, then as a producer, then a writer-producer-director! Most of his big hits have a common theme. The hero opposes his estranged...