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  • New, Improved Song Recommender on MySwar

    By Abhishek Gupta On MySwar, every song has a Similar Songs section that shows songs related to the one you’re browsing. Our earlier system used a basic static algorithm where similar songs were pre-generated for each track. This meant recommendations were often stale and inflexible — any change in the logic required regenerating the entire…

  • Artist Aliases on MySwar

    An underrated feature of MySwar is its documentation of the various names used to credit artists at various points in time in their careers. Many Hindi film artists have gone by different names during their careers due to one of the following reasons: We have always attempted to document the names of cast and crew…

  • The Evolving Lexicon of Hindi Film Songs

    I have always been fascinated by the changing lexicon of Hindi film songs and how it correlates with changes in popular culture with time. To explore this phenomenon, I compiled a list of all unique words used in the titles of Hindi film songs – as documented on MySwar – and determined how many times…

  • Poetry In Hindi Film Songs

    Hindi cinema has a long tradition of tapping into India’s rich literary history for its songs. Since it is customary to attribute the lyrics of all Hindi film songs to the all-encompassing role of “Lyricists”, music listeners do not realise at times that some of them were not written for cinema. Sometimes, song lyrics are…

  • Hindi Film Lyricists As Playback Singers

    There are many well-known instances of Hindi film music directors singing songs. There are also cases of playback singers composing music. But cases of lyricists singing songs aren’t that well known. Let’s list a few prominent lyricists who have singing credits in Hindi film songs: Amitabh Bhattacharya is an accidental lyricist. He wanted to be a…

  • MySwar Subscriptions Now Available

    MySwar is now available for subscription. As a subscriber, you can enjoy MySwar ad-free and get access to exclusive features like Advanced Search, Text Search and Tag Search. You can opt for a quarterly subscription for Rs. 300/- or an annual subscription for Rs. 1000/-. We are accepting only Indian payment options at this time.…

  • Important Changes In MySwar

    Hello friends, It has been nearly 15 years since we launched MySwar. It has been a labour of love, and I have enjoyed every moment of this journey. I have been gratified by the help, encouragement and support I have recieved from many Hindi film music lovers during this journey. In the last few years, one…

  • Hindi Film Music Inspired By Rabindra Sangeet

    This post lists the Hindi films songs or background themes that were based on or inspired by Rabindranath Tagore’s music or poetry. Related read: Hindi films inspired by Tagore’s writing. These lists were compiled using official credits to Rabindranath Tagore on MySwar, text search for ‘Rabindranath Tagore’ on MySwar, and inputs from Archisman Mozumder and @GuzzlerBear.

  • Hindi Films Based On Rabindranath Tagore’s Works

    Geet Gata Chal (1975) was based on Tagore’s short story Atithi. This story was also adapted by Tapan Sinha for the Bengali film Atithi (1965).

  • Tag Search – Hindi Film Songs Based On Raaga

    In the last post, I talked about a new feature on MySwar to search for Hindi film songs featuring specified musical instruments. In this post, I talk about looking for songs based on the usage of raagas. I have only superficial knowledge of Indian classical music and raagas. I did, however, have an inkling that very…