orthodox family on the 28th September, 1929, at Sikh Mohalla, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India (Lata Mangeshkar Unforgettable Lata, n.d). Lata the eldest of the five children, her siblings Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar, Meena Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle also chose music as their careers (Lata Mangeshkar, 2005). Her father was Pt.Deenanath Mangeshkar a classical singer & stage actor, who came from Mangeshi in Goa. He was a classical singer trained in the colourful Punjabi school of Baba Mushelkar
(Mama) and Raj Kishore (Lahori) as the supporting characters. The music composer of this film is Rahul Dev Burman. The film included nine songs that were sung by various playback singers, such as, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey, and Asha Bhosle. Overall, the film is renowned for Sunil Dutt’s appearance, Mehmood as the South Asian musician and for its plot. Padosan is a film based on the characters Bindu and Bhola, played by Sunil Dutt and Saira Banu. Bhola is simple man and is the nephew
Zeenat Aman (Roma), Pran (Jasjit/J.J), Helen (Kamini) and Iftekhar (DSP). The music composer of this film is Kalyanji Anandji. The film included five songs that were sung by various playback singers, such as, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. Overall, the film was one of Bollywood’s popular films. Don is a film based on the character Don/Vijay, played by Amitabh Bachchan. Don is the leader of an underworld gang, who is the most wanted criminal by the Indian police. Don is a very powerful
Urmila Matondkar (Mili Joshi) and Jackie Shroff (Raj Kamal). The music composer of this film is A.R Rahman, who was making a debut in the Bollywood film industry. The film included seven songs from the remarkable singers such as Udit Narayan, Asha Bhosle, Hariharan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Suresh Wadkar, Swarnalatha, Chitra, Shweta Shetty and A.R Rahman. Overall, the film is renowned for Urmila Matondkar’s striking performance, A.R Rahman’s musical compositions and Aamir Khan’s performance as the
The film scores in Indian films are very diverse from those found in Hollywood film. Hollywood films mainly consist of underscore except if the movie is a musical and has songs attached to the score. Bollywood is the Indian Hollywood, and is very large compared to Hollywood. Bollywood, on the other hand, has scores that mainly consist of songs. The scores for Indian films are considered filmi or masala film. Bollywood still has the underscore when a songs in not being performed. Many times during
Vernon Corea Vernon Corea was one of the world's greatest broadcasters - he was born on the island of Ceylon. The 'Hindu' newspapers placed him among the 'greats' in the world of broadcasting. Vernon was born in Kurana, Katunayke on September 11th, 1927. His father Rev. Ivan Corea was a curate at the St.Phillips Church in Kurana in 1927. The Corea family are descendants of Dominicus Corea who was crowned King of Kotte in the 16th century. Vernon Corea's parents were the late Canon Ivan Corea