Songs on themes

Multiple Version Songs (8): Hindi-Tamil film songs (2) Songs from Dubbed Versions

Gul-e-Bakaeali May 6, 2013

Guest article by N. Venkataraman (Mr Venkataraman’s first part of Hindi-Tamil similar songs was on ‘Inspired and adopted songs’.  He also mentioned in that article that he would be covering the subject in three parts.  In the second part he discusses songs from Hindi movies which were dubbed in Tamil.  Synchronizing the lyrics, meaning, meter […]

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‘Mere piya gaye Rangoon’ and some more Indo-Burmese links

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Wishing Happy Baisakhi, Happy Indian and Myanmar’s traditional New Year, and Happy Birthday to a legend When you think of Rangoon you think of Mere piya gaye Rangoon. Naturally this was what was uppermost in my mind when I visited Rangoon and some other places in Burma last December.

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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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Romancing the dunce or ‘Mahamoorkhon Ke Gaane’

Songs on dunces March 27, 2013

In an interesting Holi tradition in many parts of North India, important personalities of the town get together to play the fool, and vie with each other to get the coveted best fool awards. The next day’s papers carry colourful reports of these proceedings with profile of the winners of Mahamoorkh or Moorkhshiromani awards.

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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 (5): Hindi and Tamil film songs (1) – ‘Inspired and adopted’ songs

Naushad and MS Vishwanatahan February 15, 2013

Guest article by N Venkataraman (Mr N Venkataraman had been benefitting the SoY readers with his erudite comments for quite some time. Therefore, when Mr Ashok Vaishnav’s mega series on Multiple Version Songs came along, my thoughts went to him for doing Hindi songs and their versions in South Indian languages. I am grateful that […]

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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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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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