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An authoritative, comprehensive and enthralling narrative - studded with rare nuggets of information - that records the life and times of ‘the composer of the century’ whose music was poetry in motion.
The seven letters in Naushad’s name are like the seven notes of Hindustani classical music. After just a few years in films, Naushad (1919-2006) went to rule the Hindi cinema music world for around two decades, beginning with the landmark Rattan ...
The definitive saga, at once riveting and revelatory – studded with rare nuggets of information and fascinating anecdotes – that sparklingly brings out the life and times of an internationally acclaimed incredibly versatile singer Asha Bhosle – a Guinness world record holder plus recipient of the Padma Vibhushan and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award – has held one and all spellbound for six decades now. Her voice, both fluid and flexible, has ...
The Hindi film song has held millions spellbound for nearly eight decades. In this masterpiece, India’s leading film song historian, Raju Bharatan, delves deep into his treasure trove to tell us how singing is all about romancing, how composing is all about feelings, how the twain, stardom and songdom, do meet to make the vintage film number a part of the nation’s psyche. He reconstructs song happenings over the last sixty years or so to condense the ...