From his score for Ghungroo Ki Awaaz, Rahul Dev Burman creates this sinking-into-despair beauty that’s tightly knit into a musical form.
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Writer-director Chaitanya Tamhane delivers a meditative, poignant take on the quest for perfection. We may not find it where we want it.
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Rahul Dev Burman ensures even teetotallers partake this heady concoction. Frankly, he leaves us no choice.
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Geeta Dutt’s vocals exude an enigmatic lightness of being that’s also responsible for stirring up those unknown connections.
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Anand Bakshi pens the past, present, future that Laxmikant-Pyarelal set to a haunting movement. Kishore Kumar doesn’t sing. He singes.
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On Kishore Kumar’s birthday, on this Friendship day, and on Pancham day (which happens to be every day), it’s time to toast and cut the cake.
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A snazzily romantic, tense number from ‘Raksha’ revisited (and rewritten). Happy birthday, Pancham.
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In a movie that runs for a considerable length of time, director Zoya Akhtar creates story arcs that rivet you and stay with you long after you’ve left the cinema hall. And she’s supported by a stunning casting coup. Every one of her actor seamlessly flows into the director’s vision of rebellion and flight of ambition, even if their runway’s paved with hopelessness.
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As we constantly stare at glowing screens right from the time we rub open our bleary eyes until […]
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[I wrote a mildly modified version of this piece in the Pancham group on Facebook as part of […]
