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SADHANA-The Timeless Beauty and Bollywood's Fashion Icon

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SADHANA-The Timeless Beauty and Bollywood's Fashion Icon

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On the 76th Birth Anniversary Of Sadhana,the heart-throb of the nation in 1960s,we look back at the craze of this great actress.She belonged to an era when Hindi cinema was transitioning from the slow �50s  to the more playful, chaotic �60s.Starting her career as heroine in Bollywood through 1960's romantic film Love in Simla. Her fringe haircut became popular during the 1960s and came

Ghazal in Golden Era of Bollywood (Part-2)

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Ghazal in Golden Era of Bollywood (Part-2)

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Ghazal has been an integral part of Bollywood music,The filmi-ghazal is a genre of filmi based on ghazal poetry in Hindi or Urdu. It�s a unique combination of poetry, melody and singing.In the 1940s ,50s, and 60s Hindi film industry attracted many well known poets and writers of Hindi/Urdu. Initialy  Ghazals were very similar to other Hindustani light classical forms such as the dadra or, thumri.later on the ghazal usually had a form which is not too dissimilar

Ghazal in Golden Era of Bollywood (Part-1)

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Ghazal in Golden Era of Bollywood (Part-1)

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Ghazal has been an integral part of Bollywood music,The filmi-ghazal is a genre of filmi based on ghazal poetry in Hindi or Urdu. It�s a unique combination of poetry, melody and singing.In the 1940s ,50s, and 60s Hindi film industry attracted many well known poets and writers of Hindi/Urdu. Initialy  Ghazals were very similar to other Hindustani light classical forms such as the dadra or, thumri.later on the ghazal usually had a form which is not too dissimilar

Remembering TALAT MAHMOOD-The King of Ghazal on his 19th Death Anniversary

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Remembering TALAT MAHMOOD-The King of Ghazal on his 19th Death Anniversary

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TALAT MAHMOOD WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST SINGING STARS OF ALL TIMES.The mellowness, sweetness and pathos in his voice set him apart from all the other singers. Here was a voice that was fresh !  The style absolutely new !!  He was unanimously hailed as "The King Of Ghazals", a title  he consolidated over the

Immortal Songs by Shamshad Begum-A Tribute on her 4th Death Anniversary

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Immortal Songs by Shamshad Begum-A Tribute on her 4th Death Anniversary

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 A distinctive voice and  a versatile artist, singing over 6,000 songs in Hindi and Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil and Punjabi languages and of them 1287 songs were from Hindi films.Shamshad Begum was born on 14 th April 1919 and died on 23 rd April 2013.Her talent was first spotted by her principal when she was in primary school in 1924. Impressed