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Duet-Only Hindi Films With At Least One Common Singer
[This is part of a series of posts exploring unique ways in which playback singers have been used in Hindi films. Other posts in the series – Hindi Films Featuring Many Playback Singers, Hindi Films Featuring Only One Playback Singer] Films With All Duets – MySwar Hindi Films Where All Songs Are Duets Data source:…
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Hindi Films Featuring Only One Playback Singer
[This is part of a series of posts exploring unique ways in which playback singers have been used in Hindi films. Other posts in the series – Hindi Films Featuring Many Playback Singers, Duet-Only Hindi Films With At Least One Common Singer] This is a continuation of the previous post on Hindi Films Featuring Many Playback…
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Hindi Films Featuring Many Playback Singers
[This is part of a series of posts exploring unique ways in which playback singers have been used in Hindi films. Other posts in the series – Hindi Films Featuring Only One Playback Singer, Duet-Only Hindi Films With At Least One Common Singer] Recent discussions around the number of playback singers used in “Dhurandhar” (Part…
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Nostalgiaana Radio (R4) Online Shows – Part 4
[This is the fourth part of a series of posts about Nostalgiaana R4, a radio-styled show of retro Hindi film songs. Previously in this series – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.] A unique set of curated songs wowed listeners on last week’s shows. Focus continued to be on the three decades – 1950s, 1960s…
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Asha Bhosle’s Iconic Collaborations
Asha Bhosle‘s Hindi film playback singing career spanned nearly 80 years. She worked with nearly every prominent music director during this period, from O.P. Nayyar, with whom she first made her mark, to A.R. Rahman during her golden years. However, it was with R.D. Burman, whom she married in 1980, that she worked most extensively.…
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Asha Bhosle: Voice of a Century
Asha Bhosle: Voice of a Century A Musical Legacy · 1951 – 2010 Asha BhosleVoice of a Century Six decades. One voice. An unparalleled record in the history of Hindi film music. 7,617 Songs by Asha (1951–2010) 322 Peak year — 1955 50+ years topping the charts 12,654 Asha + Lata combined Songs Recorded Per…
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Nostalgiaana Radio (R4) Online Shows – Part 3
[This is the third part of a series of posts about Nostalgiaana R4, a radio-styled show of retro Hindi film songs. Other posts in this series – Part 1, Part 2, Part 4.] A unique set of curated songs wowed listeners on last week’s shows. Focus continued to be on the three decades – 1950s,…
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Search On MySwar
It may not be apparent to the average user (and it should not be), but the search function on MySwar is quite forgiving. It isn’t fuzzy search, but it does consider the possibility that the same Hindi word may be spelt differently by different users. This is important given that the transliteration of Hindi words into…
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International Payment Options Now Available For MySwar Subscription
Last year, we launched paid subscriptions for MySwar. Many users have enrolled to enjoy the website without ads and to explore Hindi film music more deeply, with features like Advanced Search, Text Search, Tag Search, and Filters. So far, only Indian payment options have been available for MySwar subscriptions. However, we have now activated international…
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Nostalgiaana Radio (R4) Online Shows – Part 2
[This is the second part of a series of posts about Nostalgiaana R4, a radio-styled show of retro Hindi film songs. Other posts in this series – Part 1, Part 3, Part 4.] A unique set of curated songs wowed listeners on last week’s shows. Focus continued to be on the three decades – 1950s,…
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