2013

Multiple Version Songs (12): Similar songs in Hindi and Kannada

Sati Sulocana June 15, 2013

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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Songs of Yore completes three years

Songs of Yore Third Anniversary June 7, 2013

Celebrating with three triad songs Today SoY completes three years. When I look back, it is not merely more of the same. To be sure, the frequency has increased from the preceding two years. Thirty-three posts in the year gone by, i.e. a post every 11 days, is far more than the preceding two years. […]

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Multiple Version Songs (11): Similar songs in Hindi and Malayalam

Yesudas and MS Baburaj May 30, 2013

Guest article by Anuradha Warrier (There are some guests on whose arrival you exclaim, “Wo aye hamarey ghar khuda ki qudarat, kabhi hum unko kabhi apne ghar ko dekhate hain!”   Anu writes an outstanding blog spanning books, movies, music and whatever. She is also a writer and editor. With all that, and with the constraint […]

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Multiple Versions Songs (10): Gujarati to, and fro, Hindi (film) songs (2)

Garba dance songs in Hindi films May 22, 2013

Guest article by Ashok M Vaishnav (In the tenth article in the series on Multiple Vesrsion Songs, which is the second part of Ashokji’s article on cross-pollination between Hindi and Gujarati songs, he looks at the influence of Gujarati light/folk sangeet on Hindi film music.  Some of the examples are very well-known songs without our […]

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Multiple Versions Songs (9) : Gujarati to, and fro, Hindi (film) songs (1)

Impact of Hindi film music on Gujarati songs May 14, 2013

Guest article by Ashok M Vaishnav (Ashokji, who is the originator of the mega series on Multiple Version Songs, now takes us to the little known world of cross fertilisation between Hindi and Gujarati film and folk music.  He plans to do it in two parts, in the first part of which he presents an […]

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Multiple Version Songs (8): Hindi-Tamil film songs (2) Songs from Dubbed Versions

Gul-e-Bakaeali May 6, 2013

Guest article by N. Venkataraman (Mr Venkataraman’s first part of Hindi-Tamil similar songs was on ‘Inspired and adopted songs’.  He also mentioned in that article that he would be covering the subject in three parts.  In the second part he discusses songs from Hindi movies which were dubbed in Tamil.  Synchronizing the lyrics, meaning, meter […]

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In conversation with Minoo Mumtaz

Minoo Mumtaz April 26, 2013

Wishing her Happy 71st Birthday on April 26, 2013 I am not a journalist, nor am I in a line which should bring me anywhere near film people. Yet, here I was having a relaxed conversation with Minoo Mumtaz in her apartment in Pune, a few months back. Some stories are epic in scale. This […]

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Caught stealing from ‘Songs of Yore’, two Harvard students sadden me

plagiarism April 20, 2013

I wish I had never written this piece, and I tried my best to see that I didn’t have to. Yet there are times when you have to face up to unpleasant situations. When I started Songs of Yore about three years ago, I did not have a clue what blogging meant. My only excuse […]

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‘Mere piya gaye Rangoon’ and some more Indo-Burmese links

Thumbnail image for ‘Mere piya gaye Rangoon’ and some more Indo-Burmese links April 14, 2013

Wishing Happy Baisakhi, Happy Indian and Myanmar’s traditional New Year, and Happy Birthday to a legend When you think of Rangoon you think of Mere piya gaye Rangoon. Naturally this was what was uppermost in my mind when I visited Rangoon and some other places in Burma last December.

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Multiple Versions Songs (7) – Both versions by female playback singers (2) – A Happy and A Sad Version

Multiple version songs April 5, 2013

Guest article by Mr Ashok Vaishnav (Ashokji continues his mega series which is the seventh article in the series, a couple of which have been contributed by other guest authors, namely Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh and Mr N Venkataraman.  His last piece was on both the versions by female playback singers.  He develops the same theme […]

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