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I am glad to report the publication of a book by my dear friend, veteran RMIMer Abhay Jain.
Tandem Songs in Hindi Films (Years 1931-2024)
From the description:
This book is for Hindi film music enthusiasts of every generation.
It is a based on listening to thousands of songs by author covering a period of over 90 years.
Tandem songs are songs generally with the same title (initial one or two lines also referred to as a Mukhda) or even the full song from the same movie but sung by different singers.
Ehsan Tera Hoga Mujh Par (Lata Mangeshkar)
Ehsan Tera Hoga Mujh Par (Mohammad Rafi)
Male solo and female solo from Junglee (1961)
Most Tandem songs are solo songs sung by two different singers. But there are also Tandem songs sung by different set of one or more singers. There are few cases where, one of the Tandem songs is sung by a solo singer and the other one by two or more singers, one singer may be common in both songs or it may be an entirely different set of singers for both Tandem songs.
This book lists 1,242 Tandem songs, with 2,553 total songs from 1136 films, starting from year 1935 and spanning over nine decades up to year 2024.
Contents include:- Year-wise song details including film name, mukhda, singers, composer and lyricist.
- List of singers including number of Tandem songs and number of films.
- List of lyricists including number of Tandem songs and number of films.
- List of composers including number of Tandem songs and number of films.
- Year-wise list of Tandem songs including chart.
- Decade-wise list of Tandem songs including chart,
Hindi film music enthusiasts will find this book informative and an authentic reference material.
Paperback, 9 in by 7 in, Landscape. 211 pages.
First few pages may ne read here
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Note: Happy World Radio Day!
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professor toofaanii publishers, East Lansing, MI USA is happy to announce their 88th book
Radio Transcripts
Volume – 2
(Vividh Bharati: Aaj Ke Fankaar-I)
Sujoy Chatterjee
When N Ramaswamy recently mentioned that Sujoy Chatterjee has transcribed about 1,000 radio and TV programs from various sources, the first thought that came to my mind was that this a gold mine! It must be published. Luckily, Sujoy agreed. This is the first of a series.
From his preface:
Listening to radio has been the author's favourite pastime since childhood. From early 21st century, with the arrival of the personal computer and the traditional mobile phone, he took his hobby to the next level, that is, he started making transcripts of radio and television programmes that were somehow related to film music. The transcribed information mostly comprises of biographies and interviews of artists, transcripts of programmes presented by them, and record of trivia and interesting incidents related to the making of film songs, and other additional details.
Over the years, the number of transcripts crossed the thousandth mark. The information base thus created is massive. This book is the first Volume of the Series entitled ‘Radio Transcripts’ that includes transcripts of programmes broadcast over Vividh Bharati Service (VBS) on special occasions and those broadcast or telecast over few other radio and television channels.
If you are looking for some never-heard-before and at the same time reliable information about film-related Radio Programmes, you will enjoy the series.
Pages 314, 6 in by 9 in, transcripts in Roman script and Hindi/Urdu language.
First few pages may be seen here
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professor toofaanii publishers is happy to announce another double feature, books 67 and 68:
GROWING OUR FAMILY, Part 2: NY and PA
GROWING OUR FAMILY, Part 3: NJ
Sheo Khetan
I am always asking people of my age or older to write their autobiographies. Ours have been a most interesting generation having witnessed unprecendented changes in the world. I will not bore you with a list, you already know. We have gone through so much and have had so many good and bad experiences that will be lost forever, if not written down. Of course, practice what you preach, I am writing my own autobiography!
My very dear friend, Sheo Khetan has already published the first part tracing the history of his ancestors starting from the Middle Ages to his student days in the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. In these two books he continues the story after he arrived in the US for higher studies, his marriage, his four sons, his jobs until 2005. As before, he has decorated it with hundreds of rare color photos.
Both books are in color, US Letter size paperback, pages 181 and 483, respectively.
First few pages may be seen here
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