Posted on Trivia – The Spice of Life on 12/05/2024 A picture of Pt. Narendra Sharma and his wife Sushila Godiwala Sharma Sometimes similarities between two or more creative forms start emerging when one begins to think laterally; and mind you, the similarities may or may not be intentional. You must be wondering where thisContinue reading “𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳”
Category Archives: songs of golden era
Songs of the Messenger
(Posted on Trivia – The Spice of Life on 28/04/2024) Today, conveying a message to someone happens even before an eyelid is batted. That is of course attributable to the inherent power of digital technology. Delivery of mail as well as goods is also easy with robust postal and courier services operating across continents. ButContinue reading “Songs of the Messenger”
Wooden/Temple Block Songs
Posted on Trivia – The Spice of Life on 07/04/2024 Music has two basic components – melody and rhythm. A melody is a sequence of notes played or sung within a piece of music. A simple melody may consist of a single musical phrase — just a few short notes and nothing more. Rhythm on theContinue reading “Wooden/Temple Block Songs”
The Latent Duets
Posted on Trivia – The Spice of Life on 21/03/2024 While writing a post on the perfect duets of S.D.Burman, another variant of the duet – the latent one – struck me. This moniker is my creation! When I say that a duet is latent or hidden, I mean to say that the other voiceContinue reading “The Latent Duets”
Songs with Homonyms
Posted on Trivia – The Spice of Life on 17/02/2024 Lyrics of some songs strike you more than the others when there is a play on words be it in the mukhda or the antara. This magical effect is sometimes achieved by using homonyms. A homonym is a word that both sounds and is spelledContinue reading “Songs with Homonyms”
The Story of Main Pyaar Ka Raahi Hoon
Posted on Trivia -The Spice of Life on 03/02/2024 A lot has been written about Hindi songs that were recorded but never made the final cut. O.P.Nayyar perhaps has the most number of such musical gems that did not find a place in the films that they were made for. One O.P.Nayyar song which fallsContinue reading “The Story of Main Pyaar Ka Raahi Hoon”
The Postlude Songs
Posted on Trivia – the Spice of Life on 15/01/2024 Have you ever heard the ending of film songs carefully? In most songs, towards the end, the voice/s and the music stop simultaneously. The pace of the song may be altered a bit, some of the notes may be elongated. There could also be aContinue reading “The Postlude Songs”
The Perfect Duets of S.D.Burman
(Posted on Trivia – The Spice of Life on 09/12/2023) Just like it takes two to a tango, it takes two to make a duet too! While we speak of ‘screen time’ for gauging how significant a role an actor has in a movie, the comparable for playback singers would be ‘airtime’ in a song.Continue reading “The Perfect Duets of S.D.Burman”
Hindi film songs with some English
Posted on Trivia – The Spice of Life on 15/11/2023 Our fascination and sometimes obsession with the Queen’s Tongue is reflected in our film music too. While the British left India, the English language did not. I am by no means debating the importance or otherwise of English in this post. This post is justContinue reading “Hindi film songs with some English”
The Family Songs
(Posted on Trivia – The Spice of Life on 24/10/2023) (Here’s wishing all the readers a very Happy Vijaya Dashami!) A rather rare category of songs, at least in the recent films barring the Barjatiya style big fat Indian wedding centric ones, is of those that are sung at home in the presence of one’sContinue reading “The Family Songs”
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