tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77660169356816429332024-03-13T04:16:20.584-07:00AMUGHALDedicated to Music, Movies and EntertainmentAamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-29015328668579407672012-08-27T11:58:00.002-07:002012-08-30T00:28:33.144-07:00A K Hangal, Bal Thackeray & Syed Talat Hussain.Jingoism: Jingoism is extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy. In practice, it is a country's advocation of the use of threats or actual force against other countries in order to safeguard what it perceives as its national interests. Colloquially, it refers to excessive bias in judging one's own country as superior to others – an extreme type of nationalism. The term Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-25280941252535908282012-08-15T13:08:00.008-07:002012-08-15T13:37:06.800-07:00Tribute to Rajesh Khanna (1942 to 2012) Part - 2NEW DELHI, July 18: He carried his fame lightly. He was a stout-hearted Punjabi from Amritsar who probably forgot to take care of his liver and perished at 69 to its seductions. Women flirted with his images for all of the two decades or more when he ruled Mumbai’s film industry as India’s first and possibly only superstar. Female fans worshipped his framed pictures and slit their wrists when he Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-63664355540260482562012-08-15T12:00:00.005-07:002012-08-15T12:16:21.854-07:00Tribute to Rajesh Khanna (1942 to 2012) Part - 1MUMBAI: Rajesh Khanna, often referred to as the “first superstar” of Bollywood and the Hindi film industry’s biggest heart-throb in his day, died on Wednesday after months of being unwell. He was 69. Khanna, who had been sick since April with an undisclosed illness rumoured to be cancer, passed away at his family home in Mumbai after being discharged from hospital on Tuesday, reports said. IndianAamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-59743557130467610592012-04-23T02:47:00.008-07:002012-04-23T03:07:32.715-07:00Punjabi Folk Maestros: Jagmohan Kaur & K Deep.A husband and wife team, who specialized in mixing comedy and slightly risqué comedy at that with music, as their variety shows became so popular not in India but all over the world also. K. Deep was the king and Jagmohan Kaur was his queen. Popular as “king of variety shows”, K. Deep and Jagmohan Kaur came into the limelight as duet singers in the ‘70s. K. Deep was perhaps the first artiste who Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-46554873755093153462012-02-14T20:27:00.000-08:002012-02-14T23:20:09.887-08:00Meet Ali Aftab Saeed & Dishonour Brigade.I have an announcement to make: I am officially an intellectual now. Last week, I was given an air ticket (and hotel stay) to attend the Karachi Literature Festival; isn’t this the ultimate criterion? The festival had a host of literary people who have dedicated their entire lives to reading, writing, and excelling in their respective fields buried under piles of paper and books. When my friend Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-27285332835748148792011-11-27T09:18:00.000-08:002011-11-27T09:19:05.183-08:00Balochi Folk Songs and Traditional Dances Chaap/Lewa.Baloch has a rich musical culture. Music has a significant role on all occasions except ceremonies of death. Most of the Balochi Music is based on Zaheerag which is a kind of melancholic music. The instruments used are mainly a flute, locally called Nal, Tamboora and Soroz. Thanksgiving dances are made of joy at the time of positive weather changes and harvests, which are collectively performed Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-6104624998670752092011-11-18T06:02:00.000-08:002011-11-18T06:03:42.444-08:00Balochi Folk Music on Suroz (Musical Instrument of Balochistan)The suroz is a bowed string instrument with a long neck, similar to a fiddle or sarangi and played vertically. It is considered the national instrument of the Balochs. - "Notwithstanding the emergence of a strong nationalistic feeling among the Baloch population both in Iran and Pakistan, the existence of pahlawan (professional singers of verse narratives), and the love for suroz (a bowed Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-87290802506272692902011-04-30T12:01:00.000-07:002011-04-30T12:03:20.114-07:00Tribute to Great Punjabi Folkster Alam Lohar (Courtesy: Imran Mehmood)Muhammad Alam Lohar was a prominent Punjabi folk music singer of Pakistan.He died in 1979 in an accident. He is also credited with popularizing the term and song Jugni. Alam Lohar was born in the small village of Aach Goach in Gujrat District, in Punjab, Pakistan into a family of blacksmiths. He was gifted with a melodious voice and began singing as a child. Alam Lohar developed a new style of Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-41254900723647225702011-04-26T02:56:00.000-07:002011-04-26T04:17:00.499-07:00Folk Music of Manganhar & Banjaras of Tharparkar & Rajasthan.Originating centuries ago in the Jodhpur and Jaisalmer desert areas of Rajasthan, the Banjaras were bullock transport carriers and builders of great monuments, who ranged throughout the subcontinent negotiating and maintaining expensive contracts to supply goods to important customers as the Moghal armies and the British. For centuries, they efficiently moved their enormous caravans through vast Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-72272111088923232092011-04-25T07:21:00.000-07:002011-04-25T07:22:16.101-07:00Snake Charmers of Sindh (Late. Iqbal Jogi & Misri Jogi).Historically, the earliest evidence of snake charming can be traced to the Egyptians. Till the early 1990s, it was quite normal to see snake charmers wandering in the streets with their colourful bulging bag hanging on their shoulder. Their serpents were in baskets or pots hanging from a bamboo pole slung over the shoulder. These charmers usually wore very colourful attire, comprising a turban Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-38892636894024605302011-01-31T14:01:00.000-08:002015-09-16T06:26:03.923-07:00Tribute to Legendary Faqueer Abdul Ghafoor (1910-1986)
A gaunt, regal saffron turbanned figure, yaktaro held aloft, steps onto the stage. Beside him is a smaller, younger man; several other saffron-robed faqirs follow, and as the full throated, open roar of Faqir Abdul Ghafoor rents the night air, they move around him in rhythmic union, echoing the words of the kafi he is singing. It is an unforgettable experience and one that can never be Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-47665152492448558762010-12-11T11:31:00.000-08:002010-12-11T11:32:08.551-08:00Tribute to Ghazal Maestro Mehdi Hasan by Alauddin Khanzada & Asif NooraniIt was not until Mehdi Hasan: The Man and his Music, the book that I conceived, compiled, edited, partly wrote and almost entirely rewrote, hit the bookstores that I realised the great singer’s popularity hasn’t receded over the years. Though the stroke that paralysed him ten years ago has left him at best wheelchair bound and at worst bedridden, and he has neither performed nor recorded for a Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-79668785653556178802010-11-20T06:05:00.000-08:002010-11-21T00:30:17.462-08:00Tribute To a Living Legend Shamshad Begum.The inimitable Shamshad Begum was the reigning queen of film music in its earliest years. From the 1940s to the early 1960s, her unmistakable voice sang such memorable songs as Kaahe koyal shor machaye re (Aag), Pee ke ghar aaj pyari dulhaniya chali (Mother India), and Kajra mohabbat wala (Kismet). Shamshad Begum was never trained to be a singer; she strayed into a career in music when the Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-49489317856833832062010-11-15T03:49:00.000-08:002010-11-20T09:52:58.593-08:00A Tribute to Ghazal King Late. Talat Mahmood (1924 – 1998).ln his quivering voice you could hear the rustle of silk and the muffled sound of a broken heart. Few singers could put the listener in a blue mood like Talat Mahmood, who passed away on May 9 exactly 10 years ago [now 12 years] . And thanks to a website created by his son Khalid that gets about 150,000 hits every week from Indians and Pakistanis all over the world — “and a few Israelis”, Khalid Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-62312503593620280112010-11-14T10:56:00.000-08:002010-11-14T11:15:57.099-08:00Super Hit Persian Song "Man Aamadeam" by Googoosh.Googoosh is the most familiar name for Iranians. Just search for her name or photos on the net, and you will see for yourself. Fa-egheh Atashin, nicknamed Googoosh, was born in 1950 in Sarcheshme Street in Tehran, Iran. Her parents separated when she was an infant, and she had to live with her father, Saber, who was an entertainer and a comedian. It was Saber who encouraged Googoosh to sing in Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-32179321382210352192010-11-13T04:59:00.000-08:002010-11-13T05:15:49.774-08:00Super Hit Songs from Mera Saaya (1966)Lawyer Rakesh Singh is devastated when his wife, Geeta, passes away after a brief illness. After the funeral Rakesh can think of nothing but her, and this leads him to depression. To confound this, Inspector Daljit informs him that a thug named Sunaina, who has been recently apprehended by the police alongwith members of her gang, claims that she is Geeta, Rakesh is astounded at this and goes to Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-410398329391347412010-11-05T14:57:00.000-07:002010-11-06T08:58:58.086-07:00Tribute To Great Music Maestro Ennio Morricone [Courtesy: The New York Times]In his long career, Ennio Morricone has received many awards other than the Golden Lion and the Honorary Oscar, among which 8 Nastri D’argento, 5 Baftas, 5 Oscar Nominations, 7 David Di Donatello, 3 Golden Globes, 1 Grammy Award and 1 European Film Award. In the 2009 the President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, has signed a decree appointing M° Ennio Morricone to the rank of Knight in Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-1124226110363301882010-11-04T16:16:00.000-07:002010-11-04T16:45:26.727-07:00Marvelous Songs from Julie (1975)Julie is an anglo-Indian girl with a loving, but alcoholic father and a domineering mother, a younger brother and sister. She falls in love with her best friend's brother Shashi Bhattacharya, a Hindu boy, and she has a passionate encounter with him, which leaves her pregnant. He goes away to college, not knowing about her condition. Her mother is distraught when Julie tells her about the Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-62781624855885371022010-11-04T13:07:00.000-07:002010-11-04T13:22:56.342-07:00Melodious & Memorable songs from Gharaonda (1977)If there was one film that depicted the monumental import of housing in Mumbai, it was Bhimsain’s Hindi film Gharonda (The Dwelling), released way back in 1977. A moving story of a starry-eyed couple braving all odds to own a dwelling place in the bustling metropolis caught immediate resonance in the hearts of all those who fight similar demons in real life. Hero and heroine, both members of the Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-90571358077477513782010-11-04T05:22:00.000-07:002010-11-04T06:06:54.687-07:00Best of Kenny Rogers [Songs and Interviews]By now, Kenny Rogers has become such an icon that it's easy to forget how he got there. The songs on 42 Ultimate Hits, bringing together the top songs of his career from the late 60s First Edition years up to his current return to the charts, offers a crash-course reminder that Rogers is a star because he excels at his craft. Just look at the titles: "Lady," "Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town," Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-22213697386386547332010-11-04T00:15:00.000-07:002010-11-04T00:27:57.716-07:00Melodious Songs from Baton Baton Mein (1979)Rosie Perreira is an overly anxious widow, living with her guitar-obsessed son, Sabhi, and a lovely daughter, Nancy, who she would like to get married to a wealthy young man. Her helpful neighbor, Tom, introduces a young eligible Tony Braganza to Nancy in the 9:10 AM Western Railway local train from Bandra to Churchgate. Tom also asks Nancy to introduce Tony to Rosie, which she does. Rosie is Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-19239616381704443402010-11-03T23:55:00.000-07:002010-11-04T00:01:58.888-07:00Aap Ki Ankhon Mein Kuch by Kishore & Lata - Ghar (1978)Newly married couple, Vikas Chandra and Aarti, move into their new apartment, and are deeply in love with each other. One day they go out to watch a late night Bollywood movie "Loafer", at a cinema theatre. It's well after midnight when the movie gets over, and both are unable to find a cab to take them, so they decide to walk home. On the way, they are waylaid by four men, who assault Vikas, Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-16740941592692149762010-11-03T13:46:00.000-07:002010-11-03T14:48:50.756-07:00A Tribute to Marlon Brando [Courtesy: The New York Times by David Thomson].SAN FRANCISCO — At the end he was huge, stranded, nearly alone, his life littered by the needs (or the appearance) of more and more children, and by what was reported as near penury. It sounds bad enough to deserve some relief: being Marlon Brando had stopped being fun some long time ago -- though everyone who ever knew him would tell you that fun, mischief, earthiness and raw spontaneity were Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-88599589555417083052010-11-03T12:54:00.000-07:002010-11-03T13:04:34.194-07:00Superb songs by Kishore Kumar - Dil Se Mile Dil (1978)A wealthy man, Amarnath, witnesses a fight between two men, and watches one kill the other. He comes to the assistant of the killer, Vijay Kumar, assists him so that he can re-establish himself, as well as disposes off the body. Vijay is very grateful to him, and is willing to do anything for him. All Amarnath wants him to do is to woo and marry a crippled young bank employee by the name of AartiAamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766016935681642933.post-26071459290107465022010-11-03T11:40:00.000-07:002010-11-03T11:47:00.845-07:00Dil Ki Girah Khol Do by Lata & Manna Dey - Raat Aur Din (1967)Pratap, while stranded during a stormy night, meets with Varuna, and is instantly attracted to her. He proposes marriage through his family, and soon both get married. He soon notices that Varuna has some strange habits, which are compounded when he finds out that she leaves the house alone at night to go to night-clubs, and sings, dances, and drinks alcohol. When he questions Varuna, she denies Aamirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183461588160308445noreply@blogger.com0