Best non-film songs

Hemant Kumar’s Non-film Songs

Hemant Kumar December 4, 2020

Concluding the series of centenary tributes to Hemant Kumar (16 June 1920-26 September 1989) with his non-film songs My introduction to the last post by Ashok M Vaishnav on Hemant Kumar’s solo songs under the baton of other music directors conveyed that that rounded off his centenary celebrations. But it rankled me that his centenary […]

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The real mesmeriser Talat Mahmood: His best non-film songs

Talat Mahmood February 24, 2019

A tribute to Talat Mahmood on his 95th birth anniversary (24 February 1924 – 9 May 1998) Never before could a reader foretell what I would write on nine months in advance. But like anything in old film music, nothing can be said in absolute terms about SoY. In May last year, a new reader […]

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