The Ultimate in Melody Hemant Kumar in his voice brought the beauty of Bengal and melody of Rabindra Sangeet. When he joined with Lata Mangeshkar the effect was magical. Easily the best duets of Hindi films are of Hemant-Lata. One can also safely say no song of Hemant Kumar was pedestrian. With his deep resonant […]
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YearlyArchive
- AK on Best songs of 1941Anup, We are all in the same boat. These reviews are a discovery trip. Thanks a lot for your comments...
- AK on AboutDennis Mahabir, Welcome to SOY and thanks a lot for your kind words. I am happy that you got what...
- Dennis Mahabir on AboutHi, I posted a query about Taqdeer Mein by the illustrious Manna Da which I had heard in Trinidad many...
- Mehfil Mein Meri on Best songs of 1941Oh! Many unheard songs indeed! Difficult to choose this time as very limited songs are known to me. Still I'll...
- AK on Best songs of 1941Arunji, Thanks for your very clear choices.
- Arunkumar Deshmukh on Best songs of 1941AK ji, Thanks for an excellent post on 1941 -A Music scene. My choices are.... Best Male solo......Chale pawan ki...
- Manek Premchand on Book Review: DIRECTOR’S CHAIRSivanandamji your observations are not only right, they made me laugh, for example at "pounding" on the piano! But I...
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