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If you have ever wondered where the very appealing tune of the famous song, vrindaaban kaa krishan kanhaiyaa, came from, see S Rajeshwar Rao describe it.
Now you know!
Listen to Hercules (1964)
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We hear many times that these days too many films are being copied from Hollywood. Others say that they were always copied but we are hearing more because the world is more connected. Well, it is true we were always inspired. Even Phalke, the father of Indian cinema, has freely admitted that he was inspired a foreign film. But, did people know about it? My guess is that educated people who saw foreign films always knew. Here is a sample from an issue of Filmfare (August 8, 1952).
So, are more inspired now? To answer this question, somebody has to produce a list of all the inspired films ever. That has not been done yet.
Now you know!
Listen to Narsingh 682
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Even though the sthaaee-antaraa tradition became a fashion in the late forties, it would be wrong to say taht it never happened in the 30s. Listen to jaavo 2 ai mere saadhoo by K C Dey from Pooran Bhagat (1933) here
http://hindi-films-songs.com/khawar-063.html
annd you find him repeating the refrain after every verse. Still there are no interludes.
Now you know!
- Msuing 770: Meera Dev Burman. Misc 99
- Musing 56: English words, Badrinath Yatra (1967)
- Musing 358: Rafi MDs, Rafi 76
- Musing 101: Chimanlal Sheth, Narsingh 703
- Musing 157: Harmonium, RMIM WC 2017 10
- Musing 162: Shehnai, RMIM 2017 CR 05
- Musing 26: Bird sound, Nag Mohini (1963)
- Musing 93: Pankaj Mullick Cornucopia, Narsingh 696
- Musing 39, First female MD, Nishan (1965)
- Musing 270: kaho ye jhooTh baat hai? Rafi 11
- Musing 336: Madhu in Nishana Classical Dhrupad 7
- Musing 23: Records of songs, Kabli Khan (1963)
- Musing 305: Khwaja Ajmeri, Rafi 43
- Musing 83: Parallel singing, Narsingh 686 Tunes
- Musing 403: Tum Tum, Rafi 108
