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Music and Arts in Hyderabad
Here are the first 14 pages of the book containing the Table of Contents and the Illustration Index.
The book is available ion Amazon worldwide, e.g. in US
and in India (in Rupees)
I am happy to report the publication of the above book. It is written by Kamalakar Pasupuleti, edited by Surjit Singh, Foreword by Dr Mythili Anoop, an eminent dancer and guest faculty at University of Hyderabad. Here is the description of the book,
"Over a thousand people visit the historic city every week, hiking through the ruins of Golconda fort, or gazing at the spectacular Chowmohalla palace. Enthusiastic tour guides deliver tales about the two famous courtesans of that era: Taramati and Premamati, little knowing that the city had a number of courtesans who migrated from different parts of the country, made this city their home, and sang and danced for years. During the times, courtesans were the entertainers for the masses; they were the celebrities in functions, small and big; but with the advent of the talkie, they went into oblivion. The book uncovers details about the courtesans of the era, their mujras, their life style, and about musicians who existed until the fall of Hyderabad in 1948. It also gives an account of singers and dancers who visited the city and gave memorable performances during the time. Further, the book covers various other forms of stage
entertainment such as folklore and drama, and cinema."
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Gaata Rahe Mera Dil 50 Classic Hindi Film Songs
by Balaji Vittal, Anirudha Bhattacharjee
Available from
Authors' Description
Look behind the scenes of fifty celebrated songs, from an estimated repository of over one lakh! 'De de khuda ke naam pe': when Wazir Mohammed Khan sang these words in India's first talkie, Alam Ara, he gave birth to a whole new industry of composers, lyricists and singers, as well as an entirely new genre of film-making that is quintessentially Indian: the song-and-dance film. In the eight decades and more since then, Hindi film songs have enraptured listeners all over the world. From 'Babul mora, naihar chhooto jaye' (Street Singer, 1938) to 'Dil hai chhota sa' (Roja, 1992); from the classical strains of 'Ketaki gulab' (Basant Bahar, 1956) featuring Bhimsen Joshi to the disco beats of Nazia Hassan's 'Aap jaisa koi' (Qurbani, 1981); from the pathos of 'Waqt ne kiya' (Kaagaz Ke Phool, 1959) to the exuberance of the back-to-back numbers in Hum Kisise Kum Naheen (1977), here is an extraordinary compilation, peppered with trivia, anecdotes and, of course, the sheer joy of music. Find out answers to questions like: With which unreleased film did Kishore Kumar turn composer? In which song picturization was dry ice first used? Which all-time classic musical was initially titled Full Boots? Where was the title song of An Evening in Paris shot? The idea for which song originated when the film-maker visited Tiffany's in London? Which major musical partnership resulted from the celebrations around an award function for a commercial jingle for Leo Coffee? How many of your favourites find mention here? Make your own list!
Errata for the Second Printing
For Talat Mehmood, please read Talat Mahmood everywhere. For C Ramachandra, please read C Ramchandra everywhere.
Page No |
Row / Line |
What is there |
What should be there |
3 |
Credits |
Lyrics: Kavi Pradeep |
Lyrics: <Unknown> |
11 |
3rd / 4th |
Featured separately on a 78 rpm record |
Featured on the other side of the same 78 rpm record |
14 |
Last |
The songs from Mahal were very well received by audiences and musicians. One number, ‘Mujhse mat pooch mere ishq mein kya rakha hai’, surely served as the inspiration for composer Ravi’s song: ‘Badle mere sarkar nazar aate hain’ from Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960) sung by Asha Bhonsle. |
Please delete this |
24 |
2nd / last |
Humraaz [1967] |
Gumrah [1963] |
27 |
3rd / 2nd |
a young Asha Parekh |
a young Tabassum |
28 |
2nd / 6th |
Naushad’s brother-in-law |
Naushad’s good friend |
61 |
1st / 2nd |
(Baazi) |
( Baazi , 1951) |
64 |
last / 3rd last |
Dhanyeshswari nadi re |
Dhaleshwari nadi re |
66 |
Box |
Salil Chowdhury, probably as a tribute to his Bengal compatriot, used it in the voice of S.D. Burman in Gulzar’s film Achanak (1973). |
Gulzar also used the line in the background of Achanak (1973). |
70 |
1/9 |
But they clinch the return match with ‘Pehchanta hoon khoob’ (rendered by Asha Bhonsle, Sudha Malhotra and Balbir) |
But they clinch the return match with ‘Pehchanta hoon khoob’ (rendered by Asha Bhonsle, Sudha Malhotra, Balbir and Bande Hasan) |
71 |
3rd last / last |
Sahir Ludhianvi innovates as Urdu gently makes way for a few words of Hindi like ‘kathin’ instead of ‘mushkil’. |
Sahir Ludhianvi innovates, however, he does borrow couplets from Amir Khusraw, as Urdu gently makes way for a few words of Hindi like ‘kathin’ instead of ‘mushkil’. |
71 |
last / 2nd last |
Barsaat Ki Raat was initially offered to Khayyam by Chandra, |
Barsaat Ki Raat was initially offered to Khayyam by Chandra (real name Rameshchandra Gupta), |
72 |
Box |
7 a.m. |
7:30 AM |
72 |
Box |
With a record ten playback singers (five male, five female), |
With a record twelve playback singers (seven male- Rafi, Manna, Batish, Balbir,Shankar, Shambhu, Bande Hasan, five female - Lata, Asha, Sudha, Suman, Kamal Barot), |
80 |
2nd / 7th |
4/7 |
7/4 |
80 |
2nd / 10th |
4/7 |
7/4 |
82 |
last / 3rd last |
Vijay Anand, who was officially neither the director nor the producer of the film, but is supposed to have ghost-directed it. He moved to his flat on Pali Hill and had a table lamp custom-made to play the chime whenever the lamp was switched on. |
Vijay Anand was the ghost director of the film, but was not officially credited for the same, as told to the authors by Dev Anand in an interview in his studio in 2010. Vijay was so much in love with the tune, that when he moved to his flat at Pali Hill, he had a lamp custom-made to play the chime whenever the lamp was powered on |
97 |
1 / 1 |
Rafiq Ahmad Khan |
Rafiq Ali Khan |
101 |
Titles |
Lyrics: Shamsul Haq Bihari |
Lyrics: Shamsul Huda Bihari |
121 |
last / last |
Talat Mehmood |
Talat Mahmood |
124 |
3rd / 5th |
( House no 44 ) |
( House no 44 , 1955) |
124 |
3rd / 6th |
Chalo ik baar |
Chalo ek baar |
130 |
1st / 3rd |
continued to use till 1982 |
continued to use till 1986 |
138 |
2nd / 7 |
Guide is also the only film |
Guide is one of the few films (other films are Eight Days (1946) and Zindagi Zindagi (1972) |
142 |
1st / 12th |
Na na pyar karte |
Na na karte pyar |
154 |
2nd / 1st |
Humne dekhi hain |
Humne dekhi hai |
154 |
2nd / 6th |
dekhi hain |
dekhi hai |
164 |
1st / 7th |
Producer L.B. Lachman stepped in |
L.B. Lachman, who was producing Annadata , and was very close to Hrishi da, stepped in |
164 |
2nd / 1st |
Raj holds a doll |
Raj holds a doll (the doll was prepared by veteran music director Madhavlal Damodar Master) |
172 |
last / 4th |
other percussionist was Lala Sattar. |
other percussionist was Lala Gangawane. |
193 |
Titles |
Caravan (1972) |
Caravan (1971) |
195 |
2nd / 4th |
Vyjantimala |
Vyjayantimala |
213 |
Footnote |
Add a box at the end- Kolkata based Jayati Mukherjee, an amateur singer who has been sining the song for years, adds : There were two more lines in the first antara - Pyar ke jalte zakhmoon se jo dil mein ujala hai, Aab jo bichad ke aur bhi zyada bharne wala hai - which would be played on AIR during the initial days. However, the version which later made it the cassettes and CDs were sans these lines . Sanjeevani, an upcoming vocalist, had also sang the song with these two lines in a TV show |
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232 |
1st / 9th |
insturments, |
instruments, |
234 |
3rd / last |
Kajri's |
Kajli's |
235 |
Titles |
Singers: Mohd Rafi, Kishore Kumar, R.D. Burman, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar |
Singers: Mohd Rafi, Kishore Kumar, R.D. Burman, Asha Bhosle |
239 |
3rd / 2nd |
HKKM |
HKKN |
242 |
3rd / 6th |
27 Down (1972) |
27 Down (1973) |
255 |
5th / 2nd |
Kulliaat |
Kulliyat-e-Mir |
255 |
5th / 2nd |
13000 words |
13,000 couplets |
256 |
2nd / 3rd |
Sardar Ali Jaffri |
Ali Sardar Jafri |
256 |
3rd / 2nd last |
Varmaji |
Sharmaji |
268 |
1st / 4th |
both written by Sameer, who was also the scriptwriter of the film. |
both written by Sameer |
270 |
2nd / 2nd |
We had a red Maruti van |
Mansoor had a red Maruti van. The number was 1887 with Maharashtra registration |
275 |
1st / 2nd |
Keezhmadu in Kerela's Aluva District |
Keezhmaadu, near Aluva in Eranakulam district |
275 |
1st / 4th |
Periyamukham |
Periyamugham |
275 |
3rd / last |
Joban George |
Job & George |
276 |
4th / 5th |
Mountain Misty |
Mountain Mist Tea |
276 |
2nd / 5th |
What many people don’t know is that Dilip had composed Disco Disco (1987) with singer Malaysia Vasudevan, the Sufi-based album Deen Isai Malai (1989) and the English album Set Me Free (1990)with singer Malgudi Shubha. |
What many people don’t know is that Dilip had composed the Sufi-based album Deen Isai Malai (1989) and the English album Set Me Free (1990) with singer Malgudi Shubha. |
283 |
3rd / 2nd last |
seventy-odd |
seventy eight |
283 |
3rd / 3rd last |
in 1997 |
in 1998 |
284 |
2nd / 1st |
On the Republic Day of 1963 (some reports say the date is January 27) |
On January 27, 1963 |
298 |
2nd / 9th |
Waseem Altaf of Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan, |
Waseem Altaf of Islamabad, Pakistan, |
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RMIM: Minibus
The book has been published. Available on all Amazons, in US RMIM book in US
In India RMIM book in India
RMIM (the Usenet group rec.music.indian.misc) was started as an Indian Film music group in the Usenet newsgroup style. This was the choice place on the internet where people came to ask questions about Indian (mainly Hindi films). We complied a lyrics book in both English and Hindi, prepared lists of music directors, singers etc. and discussed film music.e posted articles about our favorite and also obscure film personalities.
The book is now available to read here
or get the pdf
RMIM MINIBUS PDF
Subcategories
Articles Article Count: 1757
Books Article Count: 97
Magazines Article Count: 34
Posted Songs Article Count: 1827
Rec Music Indian Misc Article Count: 2
Saigal Pankaj Dey Article Count: 1
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