The Unforgettable Music of HEMANT KUMAR By Manek Premchand Pages: 441 First Edition: 2020 Blue Pencil, New Delhi (With study of his Bengali repertoire by Antara Nanda Mondal and Sounak Gupta) Salil Chowdhury once said if God wanted to sing, he would do it in the voice of Hemant Kumar. Lata Mangeshkar said about him, […]
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- Antara on Book Review: DIRECTOR’S CHAIRDustedOff @1 Thanks very much for the appreciation and review! This book has been an enriching and memorable team experience...
- Antara on Book Review: DIRECTOR’S CHAIRAK@12 Thank you so much! Humbled :) _/\_
- Manek Premchand on Book Review: DIRECTOR’S CHAIRDustedoff, Ashokji, Venkataramanji, KB, Sivanandamji, Antara, do accept my thank you AK, grateful, deeply
- AK on Book Review: DIRECTOR’S CHAIRAntara @11, You are welcome and thanks a lot for your appreciation. Kudos to you for bringing out another nice...
- Antara on Book Review: DIRECTOR’S CHAIRThank you, AK, for such a detailed and insightful review!! It will surely encourage readers to look up the book....
- AK on Book Review: DIRECTOR’S CHAIRSivanandamji @7, We are aware of some other cases of more than one singer giving voice to one actor in...
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