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        Remembering Some of  Forgotten Composers  of  Bollywood   and  their  Famous  Songs  There  have  been  so  many  Music  directors  in Bollywood, who  have  worked  in lesser  films but have  given  us  some  great  songs , most  of  which  you would have  heard  many times but would have  thought is  composed by  some  body  else , more  popular composers. This  Blog is  an  attempt  to pay  little  tribute  to  few of those  talented  composers , the  time  period  I have  choosen  is  from 1950 to  1980.  This  list is in No  particular  order  and  so  it is not a  count down  or  anything            1) SN TRIPATHI ...

         Rare Gems  of Kishore  Kumar, from 1950s  to 1980s, Unheard  or  Less  Heard  Songs   Every other  Retro   Music  fan in Bollywood, I am  sure  will be  fan of  Kishore Kumar. While  he  is  famous  for  his wide  variety of  Songs , his  Yodelling , His  unique style of  Singing, there has been many songs  of his which  were  a  treat  to the  ears, but  for  many unknown  reasons  never became popular  as  much  it should have  been.  This  Countdown  tries  to capture  such  songs  and  list  the TOP 20  SONGS  which can fall  into  this  category,  time  period  I have Choosen is  from 1950s to 1980s , time which  he was  most active  as  a...

    KNOWN VOICES,UNKNOWN FACES, UNSUNG SINGERS ( FEMALE) OF  BOLLYWOOD In  the last 75  + years  of  Bollywood Music  History,  if  we  take  the  Golden Period  of  1950s to 1980s , among the  female  singers, it was  ruled  by  just  four  singers, in order  of when they started,  Shamsad Begum, Geeta  Dutt ,Lataji  and  Asha ( I  am Leaving  out  singers like  Noor Jahan and  Suriya  in this)  and may be fifth  one  is  Suman Kalyanpur . But  during these 30 to 40  years  there have been  many Singers who came,  few flourished for few years , many  vanished  after  couple of  songs/ films . This  Blog is  an  attempt  to  trace  these  Singers  and  introduce  to you all, some  info and  Trivia...

                     TOP  12  OLD KANNADA  SONGS,  BASED  ON POEMS  BY  FAMOUS POETS  We  have  always  seen  from long time,  Kannada film makers and  Composers incorporating the very meaningful  Poems  written by  our  golden and famous  Kannada  poets and using them  in  interesting  situations  in the  films, .While  we  all know the very  Popular  songs  of  Ku Vem Pu ( Donee   Saagali, Naane  Veene  Neene Tanthi, Teradide Baa  Atithi )  , Da Ra Bendre ( Moodala Maneya, Uga  Ugadi Kaledaru, Nee  Hyaange Noda Beda , Uttara Dhruvadin ) and  GS Shiva Rudrappa ( Vedanti Helidanu, Haadu Haleyadarenu) , in  this  episode, I  will  look  at  few other beautiful Poems converted  into  Film  Son...

        TOP  12  SONGS  FROM  MOVIES  PRODUCED/ DIRECTED  BY SHAKTI  SAMANTHA Shakti Samantha, renowed  Film Producer  and  Director, has  given  many wonderful  films in span of  30 + years, and most of  films  were Known for  one Common thing, Very  nice music and melodious Songs. He  is credited  of  Playing a  Major  role in making  Rajesh Khanna, the  First  SUPER STAR.In this Count down  we  are  Leaving out  ALL  the  Super Hit films and  Songs  of  Shakti Samantha  and  look  at  melodious  Songs  he  has  given us  from his Other  films, With  this  Filter, we  are taking Out of  the  equation  some  super Hit Films, Like  Kashmir Ki Kali, An Evening in Paris, Aradhana, Kati Patang , Amar Prem, Aja...

     TOP 12  SONGS  FROM  KANNADA FILMS DIRECTED BY DUO, DORAI-BHAGWAN  Just    like  Puttana  Kanagal, one  more  Director  ( Duo)  who gave  lot of importance  to songs  in their films  was Dorai-Bhagawan . They  started  as a  pair  with a  series of  3 James Bond Type Spy/Thriller movies, all  with  Raj Kumar in the  lead, all with music by GK Venkatesh , but  none of  these  movies  had  any great or  memorable  song, be it Jedarabale (Jayanti, Shyla Shree  in lead), Goa Dalli CID 999 (Actress  Lakshmi  First  film in  Kannada)  and  Operation Jackpot Nalli  CID 999 ( Only Kannada  film of  Bollywood  actress, Rekha) . Their  Real success  in Musical hits  started  with , epic Kasturi  Nivasa and  its  Golden mel...