Philosophical Forays of Raj Kapoor

Shri Rashmin Tamhne (rtamhne@aol.com) writes :- One of the principle reasons underpinning Raj Kapoor’s reputation as a film-maker, was how he applied his own creative genius in ‘bringing to life’, some of the pressing philosophical conflicts through the artistic medium of films. And he did so with full vigor, and an ambition to ‘reach’ the hearts and [...]

Shanker Jaikishen as “Trend Setters”, “Experimenters”, and “Innovators”.

Regarding Innovation, it is Doing something for the 1st time which No one Else has done before them. Now that is a long list. As someone on this forum called innovation as “making use of some thing for some other thing to produce music”, I do not agree. That may be labeled as “Special Effect” but not Innovation. Using Sand Papers and Combs, Spoons and Glasses is no innovation in my opinion. Of course each of us is free to have his viewpoint, but majority of Hindi Film Music Fans would agree that Shanker Jaikishen did so many things which no one had attempted before them and hence they were the Real Innovators in Music. Their Persistent memory with Millions of Fans across the Globe is the Proof of above postulations.

Shanker Jaikishen signify everything that Means Music

The Indian Hindi Film Music can be divided in to 4 parts The 1st before the demise of K L Sehgal, the 2nd Brief phase of 3-4 years from 1945 to 1950, the 3rd, a Distinct “Shanker Jaikishen Era” upto 1975 and the 4th from then onwards. The Music during Sehgal Era was having a [...]