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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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I will charge more than the hero – O P Nayyar

"Shakti Samanta had come to me with a need for a film. I asked what is the story? So he started saying that you should make songs, we will build the story around them. OK, how many songs do you need? Said that at least make 10. I said ok but there are 2 conditions....

DIRECTOR & MUSIC Vijay Anand

Deewana Mujhsa Nahin – Vijay Anand

By K. V. Ramesh Whenever we watch a film directed by Vijay Anand, one thing becomes quickly apparent - his absolute control of the medium. With Chetan Anand and Dev Anand, two illustrious elder brothers to emulate, Vijay Anand not only followed in their footsteps but in some ways even surpassed them with the sheer power...

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Zindagi Pyar Ka Geet Hai – Usha Khanna

K. V. Ramesh - Shankar Iyer Think of Hindi film music, and the names of those prolific music composers immediately come to mind. We have grown and lived with hundreds of their compositions that have seldom failed to touch our hearts. Among the many great composers were two female composers who made their mark and...

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Remembering K. Amarnath

The Coffee Table book titled BHULA NAHIN DENA - REMEMBERING K. AMARNATH, a pictorial biography brilliantly compiled and written by Ranjan Sain. It is a ticket to travel back in time and visit the bygone era of Bollywood to experience the life journey of K. Amarnath, who was revered as the most systematic and time-efficient...

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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...

INSIGHT - Teesri Manzil - Vineet Srivastava

कौन इस कैलेंडर के पन्ने को पलटे?

विनीत श्रीवास्तव | इंदौर (म.प्र.) सुरमित्रों, आज तक १५० से ज़्यादा गीतों की समीक्षा लेखन और वीडियो के ज़रिये कर चूका हूँ। पर हिन्दी फ़िल्मी गीतों के बारे में जब बात करें तो ऐसे कई अरमान होते हैं जो दबे रहते हैं पर दफन नहीं होते और सही वक़्त पर उछल कर सामने आ ही...

Dilip Naik

Jaan Pehchan Ho with Dilip Naik

‘Aaja aaja main hoon pyar tera’ That attacking, introductory guitar solo of an iconic song. A clear, sharp guitar in the interlude of ‘Aasman se aaya farishta’ (An Evening in Paris) or ‘Tumse accha kaun hai’ (Jaanwar). Yet another fast-paced intro, interludes, in keeping with the rock and roll theme of an iconic song from Gumnam ‘Jaan...

Leslie Gudheno

Drums with Leslie Godinho

Leslie Godinho was a man with exceptional knowledge and skill in music. He was a drummer beyond the extraordinary. Not only was he popular in India but he made a name for himself worldwide. But did you know that it was Leslie Godinho who introduced drums to Indian music lovers? Isn’t that quite something. Let us...