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Sunday, May 20th, 2012 by
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Jaidev – Profile

[ Back to Jaidev's Menu ] Is there really any truth in the popular sayings like ‘Success begets success’ and ‘Failure is the stepping stone to success’? Because a talented artiste called Jaidev Verma seldom witnessed this happening in his life and career. In his personal life, he remained a …

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Saturday, January 28th, 2012 by
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N. Datta or Datta Naik – Profile

 [ Back to N. Dutta's Menu ] Datta Naik alias N. Datta was born in 1930 in Oroba, a small village in Goa. At the age of 12, he ran away from his family and came to Mumbai. There he learnt classical music and later worked as an assistant to …

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Monday, January 16th, 2012 by
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Snehal Bhatkar – Filmography

[ Back to Snehal Bhatkar's Menu ] Movie Year Producer Director Cast Music Director Neel Kamal 1947 Oriental Pictures Kidar Sharma Nazira, Raj Kapoor, Rajendra, Pesi Patel, Begum Para, Mumtaz, Pt. Iqbal B. Vasudev Sohag Raat 1948 Oriental Pictures Kidar Sharma Begum Para, Maruti, Geeta Bali, Bharat Bhushan Snehal Bhatkar …

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Monday, January 16th, 2012 by
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Snehal Bhatkar – Profile

[ Back to Snehal Bhatkar's Menu ] Snehal Bhatkar was from Maharashtra and his real name was Vasudev Bhatkar. While officially working for HMV, he used to secretly work as a composer under various pseudonyms like ‘B. Vasudev’, ‘Snehal’ and ‘Snehal Bhatkar’ – out of which the last one seems …

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Sunday, August 7th, 2011 by
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Sardar Malik – Interview

 [ Back to Sardar Malik's Menu ] Sardar Malik was destined to live his life in the wings so to speak, because fate seemed to turn against him early in his career. Yet one sees no bitterness in him, no sign of regret except a resigned acceptance of what could …

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Saturday, July 9th, 2011 by
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Roshan – Profile

 [ Back to Roshan's Menu ] He refined his song till it sparkled with the sheer glow of perfection. The late Roshan, who prematurely passed away in 1967, soon after he had hit commercial big time, has left behind a timeless legacy of shimmer­ing musical gems whose appeal has been …

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Thursday, May 26th, 2011 by
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Jamal Sen – Profile

[ Back to Jamal Sen's Menu ] If talent were the only criterion for a composer to succeed, Jamal Sen should have been the most successful music director of his time. But he was not. His proficiency in singing, dancing (Kathak) and poetry, which lent a touch of completeness to …

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Saturday, January 1st, 2011 by
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R.D. Burman (1939 – 1994)

With ‘Dum maro dum’, the seminal rock number from Hare Rama Hare Krishna (’71), Rahul Dev Burman initiated the pop blitzkrieg of Hindi film music. But even as Burman provoked a sonic revolution, he stunned the audiences by composing, in the same year, a classical gem like `Raina beeti jaaye’ …

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Saturday, January 1st, 2011 by
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Sajjad Hussain (1917 – 1995)

Known as much for his musical brilliance as his forthrightness, Sajjad Hussain’s compositions rank amongst the most complex scores of Hindi film music. Born in Sitamau, Madhya Pradesh, Sajjad learnt to play the sitar from his father. This was to be his only formal training in music. He moved to …

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Saturday, January 1st, 2011 by
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Khemchand Prakash (1907 – 1950)

Remembered most for the unforgettable scores of Tansen, Mahal, and Ziddi, Khemchand Prakash was born in Jaipur. His father, Pandit Govardhan Prasad, served as court singer at the Jaipur palace. Khemchand Prakash inherited his father’s singing skills and was appointed the court singer of Bikaner at the age of 19. …

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