Category: Film Songs
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Panditji, Papa & Yusuf
Panditji, Papa & Yusuf – a hilarious story featuring #DilipKumar, Vyjayanthimala and Pt Nehru, which happened at Gemini Studios.
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#DilipKumar’s favourite city
Dilip Kumar showers praise on Chennai in his autobiography. This article looks at the special relationship he had with our city.
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Four songs and a common tune with Geeta Dutt, Rafi, VJ Varma and Ghantasala
Between 1947 and 1957 four film songs use the same basic tune and all four become hits.
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The Balamurugan who gave sutta pazham
One of the abiding memories of Gemini’s Avvaiyar is the sutta pazham episode. This is a tribute to PN Kumar who played the role of Balamurugan in it.
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Gemini Ganesan – a nice man to know
When Gemini Ganesan attended my wedding and lost his footwear
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Tyagaraja as a Music Director
How the tune of Tyagaraja’s Nada Tanum Anisam was used for a film song in 1949
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(Not) starring MSS & KBS
An intriguing tale on how two legends, MS Subbulakshmi and KB Sundarambal almost acted together in a film.
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Kumkum – hope she danced her way out…
Remembering actress Kumkum who livened up many Hindi films with her dances.
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More on Mera Salaam Le Jaa!
Just when I thought all was done and dusted on the controversy of Husnlal Bhagatram stealing a tune of Naushad’s, I find that both lifted it from an Egyptian film!
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An old case of plagiarisation – Uran Khatola vs Shama Parwana
Thanks to VAK Ranga Rao, I came to know that the tune for Mera Salaam Le Ja (Uran Khatola, 1955) was stolen for Shama-e-Bahaar Ayi (Shama Parwana, 1954)
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