Guest article by Arunkumar Deshmukh (When I mentioned that Arunji is a living encyclopaedia, I was thinking of Hindi, Marathi, and perhaps Telugu films because of his early association with Hyderabad. While I was still struggling if I knew anyone who could write about Kannada, out of the blue, Arunji made an offer to write […]
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YearlyArchive
- AK on Asha Bhosle with reluctant Naushad and C Ramchandra: Part 1 (solos)PS, Welcome to SOY. Music is a very subjective thing. We may have our personal choices, but we do not...
- PS on Asha Bhosle with reluctant Naushad and C Ramchandra: Part 1 (solos)One must remember the great Suman Kalyanpur. Her voice quality remains same at high pitch like Lata. But this is...
- Subodh Agrawal on Best film songs based on classical ragasThanks Shree Datye. This song is new for me. It sounded somewhat like Bhimpalasi to me, but I was not...
- Ashok M Vaishnav on The Sculptors of Film Songs (14): Four Shades of the Dusk of the SeriesAshok Kumar Tyagi # 1 It is certainly a great pleasure to know that not only you liked the series...
- Gaddeswarup on Female bonding and their duetsAKJi, I do browse the blog off and on but I am not able to put in the effort due...
- AK on The Sculptors of Film Songs (14): Four Shades of the Dusk of the SeriesPushpendra Mathur, Welcome to SOY and and thanks for your nice words.
- AK on Female bonding and their duetsGaddeswarupji, I was not familiar with the song. It seems the readers have also not added it. Thanks for adding...
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