Talat Mahmood

Talat Mahmood’s songs by SD Burman

Talat Mahmood and SD Burman March 6, 2014

My last post on Talat Mahmood’s songs by Anil Biswas reminded me that last year when I had ‘closed’ my series on SD Burman, Venkatarmanji and some other readers mentioned some more singers who gave memorable songs with Dada. Talat Mahmood was one of the names mentioned. They fit in very nicely. SD Burman was […]

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Anil Biswas: The Maestro and My Father

Anil Biswas January 1, 2014

SoY heralds 2014 as the Year of Anil Biswas with guest article by Shikha Biswas Vohra (Anil Biswas is described as the ‘Bhishm Pitamah’ of Hindi film music, though he used to describe RC Boral as the Father, and himself, somewhat jocularly, as the Uncle (Chacha) of film music. Yet, did he get his due, […]

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Best songs of 1953: Wrap Up 3

Best duets of 1953 October 6, 2013

  Songs of Yore Award for the best duet goes to? After the survey post on the best songs of 1953, I have already done Wrap Up 1 on the best male solos and Wrap Up 2 on the best female solos. Continuing the series I present the third Wrap Up on the best duets. […]

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Best songs of 1953: Wrap Up 1

Talat Mahmood, Rafi, Mukesh, Hemant Kumar, Manna Dey, Kishore Kumar August 8, 2013

Songs of Yore award for the Best Male Playback Singer goes to? In the first Wrap Up I take a look at the best male solos of 1953. I am greatly helped by the readers’ comments on the survey article – Best songs of 1953 – which are not only very exhaustive, but much more […]

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Best songs of 1955: Wrap Up 1

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Songs of Yore Award for the best male playback singer goes to? My survey article on the Best songs of 1955 attracted a good deal of response. Some readers gave not only their shortlist of favourite five in different categories but also a detailed analytical, musical and emotional reasoning for their choice. As this exercise […]

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Forgotten Composers Unforgettable Melodies (5): Sardar Malik

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Sardar Malik was not counted among the top five composers, which place was occupied by Naushad, Shankar Jaikishan, C Ramchandra, OP Nayyar and SD Burman. He would not be counted among the top dozen, some people might have difficulty in including his name even in the top twenty music directors of the Golden Era. Google […]

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