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    TOP 15 KANNADA FILM RETRO SONGS IN VOICE OF  NOT SO FAMOUS SINGERS Normally, we  associate  any  song we  hear,with  whom , the composer, lyricist and  most importantly, the Singers and  you feel  happy, when you realise it is  sung by your  favorite singer. But many a  times, these  popular  and  Hit songs  will be  in voice  of not so known singers, or who have sung very few  songs ( due  to various reasons) , today's  count down is to track  and list  those  songs and  singers , and  the songs I have choosen, again, are from 1960s,1970s and early 1980s only.In Songs  selected, some times, one of  Singers will be Very popular, other will be unknown , few cases  both are  unknown,and  of course few Solos, and  I have  tried  to have a  mix of all. 1)First  song is  a lyrical Melody, Do...

                  Top  10  Indian Test Cricketers , Who should  have  Captained India , but never  did    There have been  many  cricketers who  played  Test Cricketers who played  for  India, were considered as  "thinking Cricketers"  with   good  cricketing  brain, were  succesful captains  at  the state levels, had all  capabilities  of  Leading  the INDIA  team, but never  actually  did. Let us  Look at  Ten such  cricketers, and their  background  and achievements  and  in some  cases, some  reasons why  they could never  lead  Indian test Team. Time period for  ease  I have choosen is  those  cricketers who played  or  made  their  debuts  in 1970s and  1980s ONLY. 1) ML JAISIMHA ...

  Top 10  Songs of OP Nayyar  with  his Trade mark TONGA BEATS  or  Ghoda Gaadi Beats Every Music  Composer in Bollywood  from the  past, used  to have some of their  own, typical, trademark  music  pieces or  compositions    which  they  repeatedly  used  in their  songs . OP Nayyar  who is  considered  the  original King of  Rhythms( later Pancham was  also called  by that name), had  these  "Tonga    beats "  as  his  signature  tune , in many of  his  songs. Todays  attempt is  pick  10  of  his best  compositions  which had  his trademark Tonga  Beats .     Do note  that not all  of these songs have  the  characters / actors going or riding  in a  Tonga  , but still  the beats were used to get ...

       TOP 25  SONGS  IN KANNADA  FILMS, WITH MOST  APPEALING LYRICS IT is always  not the music or  the Voice of  Playback singers which appeals  to the music  fans , but one more  important thing will be  the  words or  Phrases in the  songs , so  invariably the lyricist plays an important role in the  Success  of  the  Songs, be it any language. In this special series my attempt  will be  to pick the BEST  25 LYRICAL  Songs  across  Kannada films , to make it more effective I have  restricted  myself  to films released  between 1960s to 1980s. Not in any particular  Order, here goes  my list, with  what ever  information I can add  to make the whole listing more  interesting.  Also  I have tried  to  take one  Song  at least  from all the Poets/lyri...

MY  DREAM  T20I TEAM  WHO COULD HAVE REPRESENTED INDIA IN 1970s/80s. As  we  Know , T20 Cricket started  only around 2006 and became famous  after  2007 T20I WC, what if  this  format was  existing  in 1970s  and  80s, what would be  MOST  ideal  team  which could  represent  India, let us  have   look in this  third  part  of  this  cricket series, for  ease of  selection i have  restricted  my self  to players who played / debuted  for  India  in ODI Cricket in the period  1974 ( India played first ODI) to  1990  only. I am  sure  your will  find  this  interesting !! Like  before , first  I will mention the  pool of  players , and than Select  the  team : 1)Openers : First  option is  obvious, the original  Dasher,...

TOP 20 ,WHO WERE RANJI SUPER HEROES BUT NOT PLAYED TESTS FOR INDIA In  Second  parts of  this Series, I  take a  look at  List of  players , who were sensational and Succesful when they played  Ranji matches for their  states or  other  local  matches ( Duleep, Deodhar, Irani Trophy), but never played  Test  Cricket  for  India, even though they were on verge of playing and  few  of them did  represent  India  in  few ODIs  also.( Time Period again is  from 1975 to 2000  for  ease of  selection) First  I will list  the  contenders  for  various  postions  , and  finally  Pick my Final XI. 1)Openers, many  vying  for  these  2  spots. Let us  start  with Gopal Bose , a Bengal Opener, left hander if I am right of 1970s, who Toured  with  India  tea...