A friend of mine is a Storehouse of Information (SoI) on music of 1950s and 60s. He has an endearing way of posing teasers. One day he asked me if I had heard of Shailesh (Mukherji), the music director. I had not. Then came a helpful one, have you heard the song Nadiya ke pani […]
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- AK on Kalyanji-Anandji 2.0: Their best songs for ‘other’ male singersDr Shetty @4, Au is dil mein kya rakha hai: Beautiful song. The male version is more famous. More ghar...
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