A tribute to Hemant Kumar on his 99th birth anniversary (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989) I had written on the best duets of Hemant Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar in my first year of blogging. Then I had said: “Hemant Kumar in his voice brought the beauty of Bengal and melody of Rabindra Sangeet. […]
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YearlyArchive
- AK on Book Review: “And The Music Lives On”Ramchandra Rao, Thanks a lot for your appreciation.
- Ramachandra Rao on Book Review: “And The Music Lives On”I loved how you explained the depth and emotion. Truly inspiring!
- Hans on Some Less Heard Gems of Mohammad Rafi – The Sad Romantic Solos: 1940s through 50sVaishnavji, @22 Jadoo was a jubilee hit and its music was also very popular. This film gave equal space to...
- Subodh Agrawal on Classical Songs of Mohammad Rafi, With Some Thoughts on GaraS Joseph@38: AK has already said everything I could have said in response to your comment.
- Ashok M Vaishnav on Some Less Heard Gems of Mohammad Rafi – The Sad Romantic Solos: 1940s through 50sN Venkataraman @ 23 You have been too generous in appreciating the post. However, to thank you I do not...
- mumbaikar8 on Some Less Heard Gems of Mohammad Rafi – The Sad Romantic Solos: 1940s through 50sAshokji I am here in a jiffy. Will not waste my time on commenting on a post I am not...
- N Venkataraman on Some Less Heard Gems of Mohammad Rafi – The Sad Romantic Solos: 1940s through 50sAshok Vaishnavji, Thanks for the nice and interesting post. Selecting songs to fit the self-imposed filters (the “not-so-happy”, less heard,...
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