Conversations Over Chai

I have published posts on sharabi songs before this. There has been a post on an intoxicated Dev Anand , another on inebriated songs, a th...

In popular perception, ‘nightclub songs’ were sung by Asha Bhosle. Lata was always the voice of the heroine, sweet and virginal. Partly, thi...

Pic courtesy: @FilmHistoryPics - Twitter As I mentioned in my earlier post, this has been a period of immersion in Lata Mangeshkar’s songs....

28.09.1929-06.02.2022 There’s a bower of roses by Bendemeer’s stream And the nightingale sings around it all the day long In the time of my ...

Some years ago, I was listening to one of my favourite songs – Aa jaane jaa from Inteqaam. S, who usually recognises music directors ...

Photo courtesy: Rediff.in You really appreciate summers in Massachusetts, when Winter blesses you with 120 inches of snow, and it'...

Photo credit: Indianexpress.com There has been an inordinate delay between my last post on Talat Mahmood , and this one. Partly, it is...

When I wrote my twin posts on Manna Dey , I mentioned how I loved so many of his duets with Lata Mangeshkar that I had a tough time cho...

1961 Directed by: Nasir Hussain Music: Shankar-Jaikishen Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra Starring: Dev Anand, Asha Parekh, Pran, S...

28.09.1929 Considering Lata Mangeshkar's long reign at the top, it should come as no surprise that she has sung duets with almost...

28.09.1929 If I found it difficult to write about Kishore Kumar, how much more difficult is it to write about Lata Mangeshkar? What ca...

  Well, not really. The blog actually began in 2008 on a whim. I had nothing else to do, and blogging became an escape. However, all I...

18.07.1927 - 13.06-2012 ...that was how Lata Mangeshkar described him. Born on July 18, 1927, Mehdi Hassan Khan received his early mu...

Directed by: Nandlal Jaswantlal Music: Hemant Kumar Starring: Pradeep Kumar, Vyjayanthimala,  Jeevan, IS Johar,  Mubarak, Ruby Me...

I am sitting here waiting for a family friend to show up. His flight landed at a quarter to eight and here we are at a quarter to 11 and h...

Directed by: PL Santoshi Music: Roshan Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi Starring: Madhubala, Shyama, Bharat Bhushan,  KN Singh, Chandrashekh...