This weekend, I am going to write on the lyricist, who did not start his Bollywood career as lyricist but started his career as writer. He used to write story, screenplay and dialogue for the Hindi films. He formed a successful writer duo team with other writer, who started his career as actor and acted…
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Daily Happenings Blog
Wednesday Brief
So more than a month after the results were announced for the Maharashtra assembly elections, now there is clarity about the formation of govt. After the brief stint of BJP and NCP (Ajit Pawar) led govt, which resigned yesterday, now the decks have been cleared for the alliance of 3 political parties ie Shiv Sena…
Monday Post
In this last Monday of Nov 2019, some interesting news which I want to share with you all. The most interesting story still going around is of Govt formation in Maharashtra, and I am not writing about the same, as the matter has reached Supreme Court level, and the outcome of the same will affect…
Weekend
This weekend I am continuing with the lyricist Gulzar, and here is balance of songs penned by him which are my favourite. Please note that songs are listed in random order 1 Meri Jaan Mujhe Jaan Na Kaho- Anubhav (Film F), Geeta Dutt (Singer S), Kanu Roy (Music Director MD). On screen Tanuja with Sanjeev…
NRC
In the last two years National Register for Citizens (NRC) has been in the news, and the controversy associated with it. Now what is NRC- in a simple sense it is a register where records of Indian citizens is supposed to being recorded state wise. The north eastern states, which were facing infiltration from neighbouring…
Film Music & Royalty
Quite some time back, I had written a blog about the royalty payments to singers, music composers and lyricists of the songs. The royalty which is received by film producers had to be shared by them with the singer, composer and lyricist of the songs as per Copyright Act and Copyright Rules. In fact IPRS…
Maharashtra Govt
It has been almost a week since Maharashtra was put under President’s Rule. During last week on 12th Nov, I wrote about formation of govt in Maharashtra with how the political parties with diverse ideologies are uniting to form a govt. Today also, I am writing on the same topic as now it is almost…
Weekend
Continuing with my weekend blog on lyricists of Hindi films, in this series I am left with now only two lyricists, and they are considered among top five lyricists of Bollywood. Today I am writing about the lyricist who although started his lyrical career in early 60s during the golden period of Hindi film music…
Hindus & Guardianship
Today morning, in the newspaper I read an article which really baffled me. The article said that as per act and law the father is the natural guardian of the sons and daughter till they attain majority. This is as per the provision (Section 6) of Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act (HMGA) of 1956. I…
Ayodhya in Future
In anticipation of verdict from Supreme Court (SC) will be in favour of Birth place of Lord Ram, the BJP govt at Centre was ready with the blue print of how to develop Ayodhya and make it as one of best religious centre of the world. As per verdict, the govt at centre is making…