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Published: 24 August 2017

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Song structure

In the songs of the 50s to 80s a very similar structure is heard. It may begin with an intro line, e.g. in the aayegaa aane walaa, one hears Khaamosh hai zamaana ... Then there is intro music. Then the sthaaee or the refrain. More intro music, the first antaraa or stanza, followed by more interludes and stanzas.

But if one listens to songs from the 30s or early 40s, in most songs, there is hardly any interlude music. The singers start singing, keep singing and singing till the end. The music is in the background playing almost a secondary part.

The sthaaee-antaraa form became standard some time during the late 40s. Many people believe that it was Anil Biswas who did that. But it is a matter of ongoing research.

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From his very frank autobipgraphy, Rishi Kapoor writes

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Published: 05 November 2017

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Everybody knows that Lata's first playback Hindi song was 'paa laagooN kar joree re'. But most people don't know who it was picturized on. I found out when I received the latest issue (174) of Listeners' Bulletin published by Har Mandir Singh "Hamraaz".

He started publishing it in 1971, almost 10 years before the first Geet Kosh was published! It has articles on unknown film people, new info about films and songs, book reviews, obituaries etc. As usual, one can subscribe to it by going to his website.

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Oh I almost forgot, the person on screen was Rohini Bhate.

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