Music Directors

Best of Mahendra Kapur-OP Nayyar

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Mahendra Kapur was the favourite singer of BR Chopra Films, and Ravi was their favourite composer. BR Films-Ravi-Mahendra Kapur combination gave a large number of well known songs. After Ravi, the only music director who used Mahendra Kapur in a significant manner was OP Nayyar, apparently on rebound when he had some rift with Mohammad [...]

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A Mahendra Kapur-Sahir Ludhiyanvi-Ravi classic

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Chalo ek baar phir se ajanabi ban jayen hum dono If ever there was a song that could be described as the defining song of a singer, Mahendra Kapur’s Chalo ek baar phir se ajanabi ban jayen hum dono is one such song. Mahendra Kapur, who came to the film world through a singing talent [...]

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Remembering Mughal-e-Azam’s Music

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Travesty of missing the Filmfare award This is the Golden Jubilee year of Mughal-e-Azam (1960), and the media, both print and electronic, is rightly full of the movie. Everything about the film was superlative – its lavish production, awesome battle scenes with thousands of camels, horses and soldiers (there were no computer generated imaging those [...]

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Chitragupta – Magic Maker with Lata Mangeshkar

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When I try to compile the most melodious, the most beautiful songs of Lata Mangeshkar, the following songs invariably come to my mind: Song Film Kare kare badra ja re ja re badra Bhabhi (1957) Na to dard gaya na dawa hi mili Kali Topi Lal Rumal (1960) Sajna sajna kahe bhul gaye re pukar [...]

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