Indian Music

Bollywood Songs For Teachers Day: Teachers Day is celebrated as a mark of respect & to recognize teachers contribution towards the society. This day is a perfect time to honour your teacher and thank them. 5th September known as Teachers Day is the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who was a staunch believer of education, and was a well-known scholar, the President …

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. Patriotism is a sentiment that could crush the strongest boulders of malice, a sentiment as gentle as a wave in the ocean that brings along a whoosh of affinity to commemorate the diversity of culture. It is not a feeling …

राहुल देव बर्मन रोचक जानकारियां राहुल देव बर्मन (27 जून 1939 – 4 जनवरी 1994) हिन्दी फिल्मों के एक प्रसिद्ध संगीतकार थे। इन्हें पंचम या ‘पंचमदा’ नाम से भी पुकारा जाता था। मशहूर संगीतकार सचिन देव बर्मन व उनकी पत्नी मीरा की ये इकलौती संतान थे। अपनी अद्वितीय सांगीतिक प्रतिभा के कारण इन्हें विश्व के सर्वश्रेष्ठ संगीतकारों में एक माना …

His name is synonymous with music, and his mesmerizing voice has been tugging the heartstrings of music lovers across the world for decades now. However, KJ Yesudas (Kattassery Joseph Yesudas) isn’t stopping. As we walk in for this interview, he is busy practicing a kriti in Raga Bilahari for an upcoming concert. Does he practice rigorously even now? “Decades ago, …

If American actor Gene Kelly had to do a Singin’ In The Rain in Bollywood, he’d probably have to forget tap-dancing around lamp posts and let yards of clingy chiffons take over. For Bollywood, cloudbursts mean steaming up the rains either in celebration or sheer sensuality. It does not matter whether you are a film buff or a music aficionado, …

Over two decades ago, shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan heard a young woman singer, Soma Ghosh, at the ISKCON Auditorium here, and invited her to a musical ‘jugalbandi’. Almost petrified by the unexpected invitation from a towering personality like Khan Sa’b — as the world addressed him — Soma didn’t dare take up the gauntlet. Six months later, Khan Sa’b, …

Shillong, often described as “India’s rock capital”, is leading the way in honouring the American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan for winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. On Sunday, the Meghalaya capital reverberated with Dylan numbers — “Mr. Tambourine Man”, “Blowin’ in the Wind”, “The Times They Are a-Changin” and many more at the downtown Café Shillong and Cloud 9. …

The much-awaited 8th edition of the Chandigarh Arts and Heritage Festival 2016, organised by the Chandigarh Administration, is all set to provide unlimited entertainment. The festival will give an insight into the rich cultural heritage of the region through musical, literary and visual art presentations. The curtain rises on the mega cultural bonanza on October 6, which is Le Corbusier’s …

Among the boldest lines in Hindi film songs from a landmark epic where an imperial courtesan, who has already dared the monarch with her declaration of loving without fear, goes on to question curbs on women — remember the bewitchingly defiant Madhubala ask “Parda nahi jab koi Khuda se, bandon se parda karna kya?” It comes from no radical revolutionary …

In 1963, when Mubarak Begum Shaikh’s soulful voice urged listeners “Mujhko apne gale laga lo…” few would have been able to resist the urge to hug their beloved. The famous duet between Mubarak Begum and the late Mohammed Rafi has enthralled music afficionados even five decades after it hit the Indian musical charts. Years later, in 2008 she gave a …