Ashok M Vaishnav

Multiple Versions Songs (20): Male Solo and Duet or Chorus

Multiple Version Songs January 20, 2015

Guest article by Ashok M Vaishnav (Ashokji is the originator of the mega series ‘Multiple Version Songs’, when he expanded the straight ‘Twin’ (male solo and its twin female solo) songs to other varieties of multiple versions. This caught on and, with the help of other guest contributors, expanded into similar version songs in Hindi […]

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Multiple Versions Songs (17): Haunting Melodies in Different Moods And Settings

Haunting Melodies May 17, 2014

Guest article by Ashok M Vaishnav (As the SoY regulars are aware, the series on  Multiple Version Songs has grown in dimension well beyond what was originally envisaged by Ashokji, about a year and half back.   Fortunately, SoY family has some tremendously talented and knowledgeable people, and they chipped in with guest articles, on my […]

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Forgotten Composers Unforgettable Melodies (8): Avinash Vyas

Aviash Vyas August 20, 2013

Guest article by Ashok M Vaishnav (Many talented music personalities from regional films/languages enriched Hindi film music. Some achieved great name and fame in Hindi films, especially those from Bengal, such as SD Burman, Hemant Kumar and Salil Chaudhary, or in the Vintage Era, RC Boral and Pankaj Mullick; or from Marathi, such as C […]

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Multiple Versions Songs (10): Gujarati to, and fro, Hindi (film) songs (2)

Garba dance songs in Hindi films May 22, 2013

Guest article by Ashok M Vaishnav (In the tenth article in the series on Multiple Vesrsion Songs, which is the second part of Ashokji’s article on cross-pollination between Hindi and Gujarati songs, he looks at the influence of Gujarati light/folk sangeet on Hindi film music.  Some of the examples are very well-known songs without our […]

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Multiple Versions Songs (9) : Gujarati to, and fro, Hindi (film) songs (1)

Impact of Hindi film music on Gujarati songs May 14, 2013

Guest article by Ashok M Vaishnav (Ashokji, who is the originator of the mega series on Multiple Version Songs, now takes us to the little known world of cross fertilisation between Hindi and Gujarati film and folk music.  He plans to do it in two parts, in the first part of which he presents an […]

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Multiple Versions Songs (7) – Both versions by female playback singers (2) – A Happy and A Sad Version

Multiple version songs April 5, 2013

Guest article by Mr Ashok Vaishnav (Ashokji continues his mega series which is the seventh article in the series, a couple of which have been contributed by other guest authors, namely Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh and Mr N Venkataraman.  His last piece was on both the versions by female playback singers.  He develops the same theme […]

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Multiple Versions Songs (6) – Both versions by female playback singer(s) (1) – Abhi To Main Jawan Hun

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Guest article by Ashok M Vaishnav (The series on multiple version songs, started by Mr Ashok Vaishnav, is now getting multidimensional.  Besides three parts by Ashokji, we also had Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh writing on Hindi-Marathi, and Mr N Venkataraman on Hindi-Tamil version songs.  Ashokji resumes where he left off – now with all-female versions.  This […]

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Multiple Version Songs (3): Both versions by male playback singers – Different Moods

Same singer, several versions, different moods January 29, 2013

Guest article by Ashok M Vaishnav (In his last post Mr Ashok Vaishnav covered a sub-category of multiple version songs in which the two versions are sung, generally, by the same male playback singer, one version being happy, and the other sad. At times, the two versions are not so clearly differentiated – the variation […]

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Multiple Version Songs (2): Both versions by male playback singers – Happy and A Sad Song

Same songs two versions, both male January 17, 2013

Guest article by Ashok M Vaishnav (In his first article in the mega series on Multiple Version Songs, Mr Vaishnav gave an overview of the subject, several types of multiple version songs, ranging from simple vanilla twin songs – male/female versions – to same singer different moods, different male or female singers, solo/duets, film/non-film songs, […]

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Multiple Version Songs (1): An overview of different types

Same songs by different singers November 13, 2012

Guest article by Ashok Vaishnav (Mr Ashok Vasihnav needs no introduction to the regulars at Songs of Yore. His highly informed and researched comments are several times worth the original article. Therefore, his movement from the bottom boxes to the top line is a mere formality. I had written on Twin Songs more than two […]

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