” Remember Mere Mehboob Tujhe, Meri Mohabbat Ki Qasam (Mere Mehboob) dipped in sheer melody and sung beautifully by Mohd Rafi? Do you also remember the exact same song in Lata Mangeshkar’s voice? […]

” When I think of the 80’s Hindi Film Music, what comes to my mind is Sridevi-Jeetendra dancing around the […]

” Scale (music) (Italian scala, ladder), the arrangement, by rising or falling pitch sequence, of the tones used in a […]

” Those are the opening words of a song sung by Manna Dey from the film Bawarchi (1972), a question […]

” I suppose it should come as no surprise that not all well-known songs from Hindi Film Music were composed […]

” Manna Dey! The name itself conjures up memories of such classics as “Sur Na Saje, Kya Gaoon Main” , […]

” Songs have been an integral part of Hindi Movies for eons now. But the ultimate ode to the song […]

” One evening, while wandering among the alleys of Hindi Film Music, we came across a small office with a […]

“ I am a Bengali “babumashai”, grown up in Kolkata in the 60s and 70s and loved both “Adhunik Bangla […]

” Expanding on the theme I talked about in an earlier blog titled “Bengali Music Influences in HFM”, let’s explore […]