2025

Book Review: “And The Music Lives On”

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And The Music Lives On Author: Manek Premchand Publisher: Norton Press, India, October 2024 ISBN (Paperback): 979-8-89588-290-0 Price (Amazon): ₹539 (Paperback); ₹269 (Kindle Edition) Pages: 417 Manek Premchand is a well-known name to SOY readers as a writer of many books on old film music. I have reviewed his several books on this forum. When […]

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Classical Songs of Mohammad Rafi, With Some Thoughts on Gara

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Guest article by Subodh C Agrawal (My friend Subodh Agrawal is a great lover of music, he wields a fluent pen, and knows a good deal about classical music. Being among the earliest ones to be a part of SOY journey, he had accepted my request to write a series on film songs based on […]

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Where is the mukhada gone, where is antara gone?

Songs without mukhada-antara January 14, 2025

Where is the mukhada gone, where is antara gone? For most of the history of Hindi film songs they did not go anywhere, they remained rooted where they were supposed to be. The classic structure of our songs was a mukhada with a catchy tune and refrain. This was followed by interlude music and two […]

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Book Review: R. D. Burman: The Man, The Music

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The book review as a tribute to RD Burman (27.6.1939-4.1.1994) on his 31st Remembrance Day R. D. Burman: The Music, The Man Authors: Anirudha Bhattacharjee & Balaji Vittal Publisher: HarperCollins India, 2011 ISBN: 978-93-5029-049-1 Pages: 342+24 (Index, Acknowledgements) Price: Amazon (Paperback): ₹399 I have to admit I am an R. D. Burman-skeptic; in fact, I […]

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