Conversations Over Chai

When listing songs for my post on Rafi’s love songs , I found that my initial list had so many songs picturised on Shammi Kapoor. I had to ...

Pic: Courtesy: Pinterest/Ravinder Singh Thakur When Mohammed Rafi passed away on 31 July 1980, even the skies wept. The outpouring of grief...

The Waltz (Camille Claudel) Source: Wikipedia I have been in a bit of a bind lately, as is evidenced by the neglect of my blog. So, when ...

01.10.1919 - 24-05.2000 My love for poetry, specifically Hindi poetry, was influenced by the Karnataka SSC Board, which had decided to ma...

27 .06.1939 - 04.01.1994 Photo credit: Decan Herald Truth to tell, RD Burman's music in mainstream Hindi cinema in the 80s – whi...

Greek and Roman cultures prized long hair as a symbol of wealth and power. (And sometimes, hair was quite literally t he source of ...

Photo credit: Indianexpress.com Three years ago, I wrote an unexpected (and posthumous) tribute to Shammi Kapoor, a man who, in dark ...

24.12.1924 - 31.07.1980 I have always maintained that I do not have a 'favourite' singer - male or female. I love songs, and...

Directed by: Vijay Anand Music: RD Burman Starring: Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh,  Helen, Pr emnath , Prem Chopra Iftekhar This is ...

Shamsher Raj Kapoor 21-10-1931 - 14-08-2011 I h ad meant to do this post some time, but never thought that I would be writing it ...

Rafi Sings For Shammi Kapoor Shammi Kapoor wouldn't be the Shammi Kapoor we all know and love if it hadn't been for the...

Now comes a far more difficult, though still delightful task. Sifting through Helen's dance numbers to separate the 'night-club...