Arunkumar Deshmukh

Multiple Version Songs (18): Hindi-Telugu exchange

Hnadbill of 'Bhakta Prahlad' (1931 - Telugu) August 8, 2014

Guest article by Arunkumar Deshmukh (The Living Encyclopaedia, Arunji, needs no introduction to the readers of SoY or other music related blogs.  His first guest article in the series on Multiple Version Songs was on Hindi-Marathi, naturally.  When I was struggling to look for someone to write on Hindi-Kannada, Arunji surprised me by doing the […]

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Multiple Version Songs (12): Similar songs in Hindi and Kannada

Sati Sulocana June 15, 2013

Guest article by Arunkumar Deshmukh (When I mentioned that Arunji is a living encyclopaedia, I was thinking of Hindi, Marathi, and perhaps Telugu films because of his early association with Hyderabad. While I was still struggling if I knew anyone who could write about Kannada, out of the blue, Arunji made an offer to write […]

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Multiple Version songs (4): Hindi and Marathi

Scene from Hindi-Marathi bilingual film 'Ayodhya Ka Raja' February 6, 2013

Guest article by Arunkumar Deshmukh (On the blogosphere dealing with old films and music, Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh is known as a  living encyclopaedia. SoY regulars are aware of the mega series on multiple version songs, started by another stalwart, Mr Ashok Vaishnav, spanning across singers, films, genres and languages, some parts of which may require […]

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