Ashok M Vaishnav

Some Hidden Gems of Mohammad Rafi: The Romantic Solos

Rafi August 23, 2024

Guest article by Ashok Vaishnav continuing the centenary celebrations of Mohammad Rafi (24.12.1924-31.7.1980) (Among many romantic solos of Rafi there are several gems hidden under the layer of superhit songs. Some of the hidden gems are more melodious than superhit songs. Our SOY regular and guest author today, Ashok Vaishnav, throws the spotlight on some […]

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The Sculptors of Film Songs (14): Four Shades of the Dusk of the Series

Bhanu Gupta-Homi Mulan-Kishore Sodha-Ranjit 'Gamzer' Kancha April 11, 2024

The concluding article in the series on Arrangers and Musicians by guest authors, Piyush M Pandya (Gujarati original) & Ashok M Vaishnav (English translation), wishing everyone Eid Mubarak (As we celebrate Eid, our guest authors Piyush M Pandya and Ashok M Vaishnav mark the happy occasion with their concluding article in the series on Arrangers […]

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The Sculptors of Film Songs (13): Ramprasad Sharma & Sons

Ramprasad Sharma & Sons March 30, 2024

Guest article by Piyush M Pandya (Gujarati original) and Ashok M Vaishnav (English translation) (Ramprasad Sharma may be an unfamiliar name to many, but Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo were the biggest guys on the film music scene. They broke all the records: for number of films for which they composed music, total number of songs by them, […]

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The Sculptors of Film Songs (11): Goody Seervai

Goody Seervai January 20, 2024

Guest article by Piyush M Pandya (Gujarati) and Ashok M Vaishnav (English translation) (Continuing their series on Arrangers and Musicians, now the guest authors Piyush M Pandya and Ashok M Vaishnav throw the spotlight on one of the most respected musicians, Goody Seervai, who became synonymous with piano accordion. The songs they have mentioned have […]

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The Sculptors of Film Songs (10): Van Shipley

Van Shipley December 21, 2023

Guest article by Piyush M Pandya (Gujarati original) and Ashok M Vaishnav (English translation) (Van Shipley earned acclaim for his proficiency in violin and guitar, and he brought out many independent albums of tunes of film songs on these instruments. As such, he was among the well known arrangers and musicians. Yet there is no […]

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The Sculptors of Film Songs (9): Dattaram

Dattaram November 30, 2023

Guest authors Piyush M Pandya (Gujarati) and Ashok M Vaishnav (English translation) (The most prominent identity of Dattaram is as long-time assistant of Shankar-Jaikishan. He later started giving music independently, but he continued his association with S-J. Thus in public mind when one thought of Dattaram, one thought of Shankar-Jaikishan, even though Dattaram had composed […]

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The Sculptors of Film Songs (8): Ramlal

Ramlal October 30, 2023

Guest article by Piyush M Pandya (Gujarati original) and Ashok M Vaishnav (English translation) (We all know Ramlal as the music director of V Shantaram’s films ‘Sehra’ and ‘Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne’. We also generally know that he was an ace shehnai player having been associated with Ustad Bismillah Khan. But we hardly know that […]

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The Sculptors of Film Songs (7): V Balsara

V Balsara September 17, 2023

Guest article by Piyush M Pandya (Gujarati original) & Ashok M Vaishnav (English translation) (V Balsara was an extremely talented musician encompassing proficiency in all the links in the vertical chain of producing music – instrumentalist to arranger to music director. He was a master of many instruments. He was also a rare exception for […]

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The Sculptors of Film Songs (6): S Hazara Singh

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Guest Article by Piyush M Pandya (Gujarati original) & Ashok M Vaishnav (English Translation) (Continuing their series on the Arrangers and Musicians our guest authors Piyush M Pandya (Gujarati) and Ashok M Vaishnav (English translation) now write on S Hazara Singh who played several instruments, but became a legend with Hawaiian guitar. His Hawaiian guitar […]

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The Sculptors of Film Songs (5): Manohari Singh

Manohari Singh July 13, 2023

Guest article by Piyush M Pandya (Gujarati) and Ashok M Vaishnav (English translation) as a tribute to the legendary saxophone player Manohari Singh on his 13th Remembrance Day (Our immortal songs are memorable not only because of the melody created by the music director, but also because of the preludes, interludes, the musicians who played […]

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