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Published: 29 January 2023

Last Updated: 27 August 2023

I read this book long ago. Liked it very much. Very nice history and analysis. Even though he is obviously a fan of 30s-50s music, he did justice to people like RD Burman and AR Rehman. AS usual, while I was reading it, I was noting down the annoying mistakes with page number etc. I was hoping to review it some day.

Luckily, I recently found a review of the book by VAK Ranga Rao published in Sruti, August 2008. He did a great job and catching mostly the same mistakes that I did.

Enjoy the review!

 

 

 

 

 Now You Know!

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Published: 09 November 2018

Last Updated: 09 November 2018

Musing 400: Rafi 105. Happy Birthday, Lata!

Msuing 399: Barua Notes, Rafi 104

Musing 398: Keskar's folly, Rafi 103

Musing 397: Rafi 102, Who banned Harmonium?

Musing 396: Harmonium Returns! Rafi 101

Musing 395: Rafi 100! Hindustani

Musing 394: Durrani at AIR, Rafi 99

Musing 393: Rafi 98 and lara lappa

Musing 392: bhangra and Rafi 97

Musing 391: dastoor, Rafi 96

Musing 390: Pundalik, Rafi 95

Musing 389: nigoDee, Rafi 94

Musing 388: Khyal origins, Rafi 93

Musing 387: Raam Qasam, Rafi 92

Musing 386: taraanaa, Rafi 91

Musing 385: chup chup, Rafi 90

Musing 384: Raj Kapoor and Pudovkin, Rafi 89

Musing 383: Jay Hind! Gwalior Gharana 7

Musing 382: Special effects, Rafi 88

Musing 381: dir, Gwalior Gharana 6

Musing 380: Woody and Sanjeev, Rafi 87

Musing 379: Khafaa, Gwalior Gharana 5

Musing 378: duaayen, Rafi 86

Musing 377: Kesarbai kerkar on Voyager Disc, Gwalior Gharana 4

Musing 376: muniyaaN, Rafi 85

Musing 375: Holding hands, Gwalior Gharana 3

Musing 374: kaahe ko biyaahee, Rafi 84

Musing 373: Bhagwa Zenda, Gwalior Gharana 2

Musing 372: shreNee, Rafi 83

Musing 371: Sathi Sulochana, Gwalior 1

Musing 370: kaThavaa, Rafi 82

Musing 369: Balraj Sahni bio, Ghazals 5

Musing 368: Tapakaa, Rafi 81

Musing 367: Sholay final, Ghazals 4

Musing 366: Sholay 3, Rafi 80

Musing 365: Sholay 2, Ghazals 3

Musing 364: Sholay, Rafi 79

Musing 363: MDs Films, Ghazals 2

Musing 362: Rafi 78, Rafi MDs

Musing 361: Ghazals 1, Rafi MDs

Musing 360: Rafi 77, Rafi MDs

Musing 359: Rafi MDs, Fusion Music

Musing 358: Rafi MDs, Rafi 76

Musing 357:Rafi MDs, Folk Music 4 ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Musing 356: Ghazal, Rafi 75

Musing 355: kathputalon, Folk Music 3

Musing 354: tabla, Rafi 74

Musing 353: damangeer Folk Music 2

Musing 352: Hollywood actress in a sari, Rafi 73

Musing 351: Boot Polish, Folk Music 1

Musing 350: Ranade on Saigal, Rafi 72

Musing 349: Anil Biswas on Ghazal, Film Music

Musing 348: naagar, Rafi 71

Musing 347: Krishan Chandar on Lahore Radio Station 1938, Classical Dhrupad 12

Musing 346: Hello and Rafi 70

Musing 345: Baij Sharma and more, Classical Dhrupad 11

Musing 344: Sunday Rafi 69

Musing 343: Ti, Pt, Au, Ag, Bz, Fe, Wd, Dt etc., Classical Dhrupad 10

Musing 342: maroree, Rafi 68

Musing 341: Fire in New Theatres, Classical Dhrupad 9

Musing 340: paathar, Rafi 67

Musing 339: Earbuds in 1892! Classical Dhrupad 8

Musing 338: Dupatava, Rafi 66

Musing 337: Another book published

Musing 336: Madhu in Nishana Classical Dhrupad 7

Musing 335: Shyamal, Rafi 65

Musing 334: Edwina! Classical Dhrupad 6

Musing 333: Kamla Chatterjee, Rafi 64

Musing 332: purkaif, Classical Dhrupad 5

Musing 331: Jugnu in Color, Rafi 63

Musing 330: ajal, Classical Dhrupad 4

Musing 329: Madhu at 12, Rafi 62

Musing 328: Madhu says kyaa?, Classical Dhrupad 3

Musing 327: Balraj Sunil Dutt, Rafi 61

Musing 326: Madeena Safeenaa, Classical Dhrupad 2

Musing 325:Veena and Iftekhar, Rafi 60

Musing 324: mooDh, Classical Dhrupad 1

Muisng 323: Clare Mendonca, Rafi 59

Musing 322: Roohi, Classical Agra Gharana 2

Musing 321: Kismet runs and runs, Rafi 58

Musing 320: teree zaat paak hai ai Khudaa, Classical Agra

Musing 319: Gulab drugged, Rafi 57

Musing 318: beriyaaN, Rafi 56

Musing 317: Surendra reads Declaration of Ind., Rafi 55

Musing 316: Saigal in Lahore, Rafi 54

Musing 315: buland, Rafi 53

Musing 314: Tingu from Delhi to Lahore, Rafi 52

Musing 313: jhamak, Rafi 51

Musing 312: My Youtube channel, Rafi 50

Musing 311: Duggee, Rafi 49

Musing 310: W S Burke, Rafi 48

Musing 309: Rumjhum, Rafi 47

Musing 308: First Recording Artist, Rafi 46

Musing 307: gesoo, Rafi 45

Musing 306: PKNair on HFGK, Rafi 44

Musing 305: Khwaja Ajmeri, Rafi 43

Musing 304: Rivalry in the Theater Era, Rafi 42

Musing 303, But, Rafi 41

Musing 302: Rafi in Trinidad, Rafi 40

Musing 301: I Love You, Rafi 39

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Last Updated: 14 August 2014

A Year in Hindi Movies 1944
 
               1944 - Dilip Kumar!!!

The following is based on the book,"Star-Portrait". Born at
Peshawar on December 11, 1922, he was brought to Deolali at age
6. His father Ghulam Sarwar Khan was a successful fruit trader
and had 12 children, of which the child at number 3 was named
Yusuf Khan. As a school kid, he liked to play football and chess.
In 1936, he came to Bombay and went to the Anjuman-e-Islam High
School near VT Station. He was very good in sports but mediocre
in studies. A friend of his used to get the exam questions by
some mysterious method, and shared these with him. Both of them
passed many exams this way. Yusufbhai does not know even now how
his friend managed to get the questions!

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