Shailendra

“Guide, The Film: Perspectives”

Guide April 14, 2020

Book Review Guide, The Film: Perspectives Lata Jagtiani & Other Writers Blue Pencil, New Delhi, 2019 ISBN: 978-81-939555-2-9 An unintended blessing of Corona-enforced lockdown, I thought, was that I would be able to finish some half-read books and watch and rewatch some of my favourite films. With this thought I resumed ‘Guide, The Film: Perspectives’ which […]

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Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri: Two lyricists in tandem and contrast

Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri August 30, 2019

A tribute to Shailendra (30 August 1923 – 14 December 1966) and Hasrat Jaipuri (15 April 1922 – 17 September 1999), the lyricists in tandem, on Shailendra’s 96th birth anniversary A common refrain of the readers from time to time has been that the lyricists have not been given due importance on this blog. A […]

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