Sudhirendar Sharma
A young reader/listener has asked me if I could help him get a better sense of a patriotic song by placing it in perspective among songs of...
Sudhirendar Sharma
My obsession with understanding the nature of playback music/songs continues. The trouble is that there are no straight answers, and that is what makes it...
Sudhirendar Sharma
Those who think that analyzing popular songs is anything but a frivolous pastime may need to think again.
School and College syllabi have chapters devoted to films,...
Sudhirendar Sharma
Such has been the turmoil in Kashmir for the past four decades that we have long forgotten that it used to be a place everybody longed to visit,...
Sudhirendar Sharma
A majority of music lovers like me are learning finer nuances of ‘music’ through film songs only. This means that it is...
Sudhirendar Sharma
Many seasons ago, actor-director Sanjay Khan was
interviewed on Doordarshan following the launch of his ambitious venture
‘Abdullah’ in 1980. On being asked why our films are loaded with songs, his
response was that...
Sudhirendar Sharma*
On my first visit to Bareilly** I was keen to locate the street where the elusive pendant (झुमका) may have been dropped, and lost. I am sure no one has ever...
Sudhirendar Sharma*
Howsoever disturbing it is, break-up between
couples-could-be is the new normal. In the so-called fast-moving world,
break-ups have emerged as another opportunity to ‘celebrate’. Come to think of
it, it may not be a...
Sudhirendar Sharma
Come
rains and emotions pour. Nature’s unique physical manifestation may not have
any language of its own, it evokes feelings that hold idioms and expressions of
its own. Not many are able to express it...
Sudhirendar Sharma*
The more people I meet, the more I realize how anxious and stressed they are for a variety of Blow your misery in smoke reasons best known to them, meaning...