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Ganesh Anantharaman

‘Close to the sublime’: Why no book on Hindi film music is complete without Lata Mangeshkar

Edited excerpts from Ganesh Anantharaman’s ‘Bollywood Melodies’.

Ganesh Anantharaman
· Feb 07, 2022 · 09:45 am
KL Saigal tribute: He ‘set impossibly high standards for others to match, let alone exceed’

Legendary Indian singer Kundal Lal Saigal, born on April 11 in 1904, has been commemorated with a Google Doodle.

Ganesh Anantharaman
· Apr 11, 2018 · 05:30 am
Music by Naushad, lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni: The great partnership in Hindi film music history

No other composer-lyricist collaboration was as committed to each other, lasted as long, or produced as many outstanding songs.

Ganesh Anantharaman
· Aug 03, 2016 · 01:30 pm