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Param Arunachalam

2 years

Published another volume of the BollySwar book series - BollySwar: 1961 - 1970. The 1960s was probably the most talent-rich decade in the history of Hindi film music. Naushad, SJ, OPN, SDB were still at their peaks even as LP, KA, RDB spread their wings.

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

6 years

I recommend voting for BJP if you’re undecided. BJP governments are scrutinized a lot more than others resulting in better outcomes for citizens. Eg: Aadhaar privacy issues, recurring outbreaks of encephalitis in UP and the existence of a state called Tripura

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@taparam

6 years

Congratulations to Pakistan on joining the Mahagathbandhan!

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@taparam

5 years

How normalised is Hinduphobia in the Indian society? A journalist, Abhisar Sharma, openly uses गौ मूत्र as an epithet months after the Pulwama bomber Adil Ahmad Dar used the same slur in a video justifying the killing of 40 Indians.

Abhisar Sharma

@abhisar_sharma

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Phd करके कोई फायदा नहीं होता, अगर दिमाग मे गौ मूत्र भरा हो। ये साकेत उसकी मिसाल है। अरे भाई गाली देना, किसी मृत व्यक्ति को अपशब्द freedom of expression नहीं होता। खैर तुम तो बोलोगे ही। वर्ना टिकट कैसे मिलेगा चुनाव लड़ने के लिये । ये तो qualification है संस्कारी पार्टी की।

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@taparam

2 months

@dhume Yes, he did. It's just that he used weasel speech so his supporters could make excuses for him. He essentially fanned Hinduphobia, already a growing problem in India and around the world. Would he ever say anything similar about any other religion?

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@taparam

5 months

Fahad Faasil's take on how he wants audiences to interact with films is quirky and refreshing. He has a point because I think there's case to be made that film criticism/appreciation has become excessively self-indulgent. People discuss films threadbare in 2 hour podcasts. They

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@taparam

2 years

Rishab Shetty deserved a better “appreciation letter” for Kantara than this. “I’m a godless man”? “Compassion is lacking in gods”? “Dravidian stock”? “Testosterone father”? What a pile of bs this is by Kamal Haasan!

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

7 years

I get things like media speaking truth to power, questioning establishment, etc. But play opposition? Who elected media?

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

1 year

No biggie. Learn from India. Just ban firecrackers and the air will clear up.

The Spectator Index

@spectatorindex

1 year

BREAKING: New York City currently has the worst air quality of any major city across the world due to Canada fires

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

2 years

Sharing a thread of some interesting opening credit frames from Hindi films of the 1960s - dedications, messages, and unusual credits; from deeply personal to bizarre to political to preachy. Aas Ka Panchhi (1961)

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@taparam

10 days

Arijit Singh didn't break his silence. He has been very vocal on Twitter from the beginning.

WION

@WIONews

11 days

Indian singer #ArijitSingh breaks silence on #KolkataDoctorDeath with the song 'Aar Kobe.' Anger continues to erupt over #KolkataRapeMurder case. @AnanyaDutta97 tells you more. #KolkataRapeCase

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

5 months

Thanks for the music @Atmojoarjalojo . You have gone above and beyond what I imagined when I said you were here to stay 12 years ago. Wishing you many more wonderful years...

Param Arunachalam

@taparam

12 years

I think Arijit Singh is here to stay. The guy is only 25.

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@taparam

7 years

Observe carefully how “anti-establishment” journalists cover Karti Chidambaram’s arrest. Hint: Karti Chidambaram is establishment.

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

5 years

Ethnic cleansing 2.0 in progress.

Aditya Raj Kaul

@AdityaRajKaul

5 years

#BREAKING : Two more non-local traders shot at by Pakistani terrorists in Trenz area of Shopian in South Kashmir. Charanjeet Singh shot dead. Sanjay Kumar is injured. Both brought to Pulwama district hospital. Sanjay Kumar now being rushed to Srinagar. More details are emerging.

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@taparam

11 days

This song gave me goosebumps. A quintessential Bengali protest song. Arijit Singh following the footsteps of many greats before him. Aar Kobe - Singer: Arijit Singh, Lyricist: Arijit Singh, Music Composer: Arijit Singh

Aar Kobe? | Arijit Singh | Official Lyrical Video | Oriyon Music

On 9th August 2024, in the heart of Kolkata, a tragedy shook the nation to its core. The brutalmassacre of a young trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College i...

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

4 years

Heads I win, tails you lose. #Bollywood

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@taparam

11 months

There was a time when Arijit Singh needed him. It’s the other way around now. 😀 Kaal ka pahiya…

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@taparam

3 months

84year old father. Vegetarian throughout his life. Hospitalised for a hip implant revision surgery. Dietitian comes in and talks about the importance of protein in diet, different sources of protein (veg and non-veg). I tell her he’s vegetarian, so let’s talk about vegetarian

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

10 years

Tanmay Bhatt has been on a deleting spree. Recording his "roast" of north-east folks for posterity http://t.co/hB4P0d9IEb

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@taparam

6 years

Some very strange goings on in the Asifa case.

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

10 months

It has been a long time since a singer has featured this prominently in a film’s promotion. We are probably witnessing Arijit Singh’s peak (as a singer at least). Hope he stays there for some time before evolving into the music director we know he can be.

Yash Raj Films

@yrf

10 months

Nothing much, just @arijitsingh ruling our hearts, one song at a time. #LekePrabhuKaNaam #Ruaan Book your tickets - | Watch #Tiger3 at your nearest big screen in Hindi, Tamil & Telugu. #YRF50 | #YRFSpyUniverse

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@taparam

1 year

There are hundreds of Pakistani songs that are plagiarised from Indian songs. Nobody knows about them because nobody listens to Pakistani songs.

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

3 years

Arijit Singh has sung Hindi film songs for more than 50 MDs including Pritam, Jeet Ganguly, Amit Trivedi, Mithoon, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, A.R. Rahman, Vishal-Shekhar, Vishal Bhardwaj, and Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

8 months

Prasoon Joshi reciting a poem on India Today: बड़े अभागे हो यदि तुमको राम नाम पर प्रेम न आए अंधकार का दोष नहीं यदि दीपक कोई बुझाता जाये

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

11 months

Touching the stage’s floor as a mark of respect is such a wonderful, uniquely Indian gesture. Happy to see Alia Bhatt do it.

ANI

@ANI

11 months

#WATCH | Alia Bhatt receives the Best Actress Award for 'Gangubai Kathiawadi', at the National Film Awards.

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@taparam

5 years

Not a quote I would use for this occasion. “Conquer” betrays arrogance. Also, this remark was insensitive - Mount Everest is sacred for the Sherpas, the people who helped Edmund Hillary scale the peak eventually.

Parveen Kaswan, IFS

@ParveenKaswan

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After a failed attempt to conquer Mount #Everest Sir Edmund #Hillary remarked, “I will come again and conquer you because as a mountain you can’t grow, but as a human I can.” Rest is history and lesson is to keep trying until you achieve your #dream .

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

9 months

Happy to see Arijit Singh do well on Spotify’s 2023 global charts. Which Indian artists do you think would have appeared high on global charts if music streaming existed in the past? I think artists need a) a critical mass of high-quality songs, and b) a large and devoted

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@taparam

11 months

The recent fawning over Kumar Sanu is proof that nostalgia can make even mediocre artists look great. Many people who go gaga over Sanu also take pleasure in running down contemporary greats. Just because you were young when you heard their songs doesn’t mean they were great.

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@taparam

2 years

Sid V will throw Devesh under the bus. The Wire kool aid drinkers will praise Sid V for his bravery/honesty/integrity. Sid V will win some firang journalism award. The Wire will get more funds. Meta will emerge untainted by the allegations. Win-win.

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@taparam

2 months

@dhume 1. He attacked all Hindus who don't agree with his worldview. BJP is merely a symbol for that. 2. Never

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@taparam

3 years

Wordcloud of the most prominent Hindi film music artists of 2011-2020. Size of name denotes number of songs to their credit. (Slight adjustments were made to make everything fit)

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@taparam

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It still hasn’t registered on many people that the Kolkata murder-rape was part of a coverup of a larger conspiracy. The doctor had stumbled upon a criminal racket run by the principal, a TMC functionary, and was threatening to expose them. The rape-murder was to eliminate the

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@taparam

2 years

Sooner or later Pritam will be considered a legend (by those who don’t already do so). No composer in the last 20 years has been as consistently good as him while also being prolific.

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@taparam

9 years

Couple Buys 300 Acres Of Barren Land, Converts It Into India's First Private Wildlife Sanctuary.

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

4 years

Heh. @gathara was spot on.

U.S. Embassy Abidjan

@USEmbAbidjan

4 years

U.S. Embassy Statement on Côte d’Ivoire’s Presidential Election

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@taparam

6 years

Here’s one reason why Rohin and that DickheadMax fellow are blaming the Centre - to pre-empt the blame that will eventually be assigned to the entity it truly belongs - the Kerala state govt. Make no mistake, this is a man-made disaster.

The Times Of India

@timesofindia

6 years

‘Gradual dam water release could have contained #KeralaFlood crisis’ via @TOICitiesNews

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@taparam

12 years

I think Arijit Singh is here to stay. The guy is only 25.

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@taparam

8 months

@cricketkit "Based on race" - Indians and Pakistanis are of the same race. Pakistan was carved out of India based on religion (Brits ought to know). Pakistan is hostile to India and responsible for many terrorist attacks/military action against it. We have the right to regard anyone with any

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@taparam

5 months

Bollywood successfully killed this Hindi in big cities but it apparently lives on in small towns, villages.

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Doing some diligence calls with people in small-town North India, and it's almost a shock to hear the literary Hindi. "Niji swarth ke liye hum charitra ko nahin tyag sakte" what?

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4 months

Mind blown to learn that the whistler in this cult classic was Anoop Kumar. Read in SDB’s biography by @anibhat123 and @vittalbalaji .

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@taparam

3 years

@manujosephsan In case you hadn’t heard, Madras High Court’s ruling on the Lavanya case has a reference to Serious Men. :-)

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@taparam

2 years

Going for my first Arijit Singh concert next month and printed myself a t-shirt for the occasion. Probably the most fanboyish thing I’ve ever done. 😊

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@taparam

3 years

@UnfilteredTales @coolfunnytshirt We discussed it in a music group and we concluded that this is a made up story floating around on WhatsApp. This version is there in the film. Mukesh was always meant to sing for Raj Kapoor. Kishore was Randhir’s voice.

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

8 years

Knock knock Who's there? Ya Ya who? Chahe koi mujhe junglee kahe

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@taparam

4 years

@coolfunnytshirt Another travesty - Kishore Kumar did not win a single National Film Award for singing in a career spanning 40+ years. Naresh Iyer won it for his debut song.

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@taparam

6 years

The Gandhi-Gowda clans are laughing and the joke is on us. They get all the power with none of the tiresome accountability. Gotta give it to HDK for being candid about it though.

ANI

@ANI

6 years

#WATCH Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy says, "it isn’t my independent government. I asked people for clear mandate to do their bidding. But now, I am here indebted to Congress leaders. I am not here because of mandate from state’s 6 crore population"

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@taparam

2 years

Go for an Arijit Singh concert, get a crash course on Indian music. By my count, the man sang more than 60 songs. Other than his songs, he sang Pancham, Varaha Roopam, half the OST of Dil Se, Pasoori, and a lot more. Unless I missed something, this is the selist:

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@taparam

1 year

Journalists covering Bollywood music should peruse or my BollySwar ebooks to avoid making the kind of factual errors this article has.

Karthik S

@milliblog

1 year

"Arijit Singh’s share of voice in the total number of songs made and released is tremendously huge because labels and film producers have no risk appetite anymore and tend to gravitate towards successful formulas and voices. With Arijit, you know you cannot go wrong."

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@taparam

8 months

Anup Jalota ji doesn’t get enough credit for the Hindi bhajan renaissance he brought about in the 1980s/1990s. A legend.

Keh Ke Peheno

@coolfunnytshirt

8 months

wah! the bhajan maestro himself!🙏

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@taparam

5 years

People moving from Twitter to Mastodon will result in two social media platforms free of toxicity. Win-win. 😈

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@taparam

6 years

The Supreme Court erred on Sabarimala. SC didn’t grant women devotees’ the right to pray in the temple (they’ll continue to abstain), it gave Hinduphobes a chance to desecrate Sabarimala.

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@taparam

7 years

Fun fact about Kochi Metro! :-)

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@taparam

4 years

A story to remind how vacuous Bollywood activism is. It is from a little less than a decade ago when the film Rockstar was about the be released. A.R. Rahman's spectacular music had created a lot of buzz around the film. #FreedomForTibet

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@taparam

7 years

There seems to be a correlation between BJP coming to power and citizens getting better informed and more engaged.

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@taparam

8 months

Itni Si Baat ❤️ Cherish this song. Don't hold back your compliments. For it isn't often that absolute legends - SEL, Gulzar, Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal - collaborate to create beauty like this.

Itni Si Baat

Provided to YouTube by Zee Entertainment Enterprises LimitedItni Si Baat · Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy · Shreya Ghoshal · Sonu NigamSam Bahadur℗ 2023 Zee Music Compan...

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@taparam

1 year

A little less than 5% of all of Pancham’s Hindi film songs were plagiarised. SDB was the top plagiariser in the 1960s (9%). Some of the greatest MDs of Hindi film cinema plagiarised. IMO it didn’t define them. Your loss if you let it overshadow their fantastic work.

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@taparam

3 years

Sounds like Kangana Ranaut has knocked it out of park again with Thalaivi. Will make for some very unhappy film critics/reviewers. :-)

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@taparam

2 years

A thread of unpopular opinions to counter other unpopular opinions on Indian music. Rooting for Suman over Lata is rooting for the less talented underdog over a legend. Touching, but horribly wrong. 😀

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@taparam

2 years

@vijayshekhar Only for the blue tickiyaz. 😤

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@taparam

10 months

Glad India acted on this promptly while the rest of the world vacillates. Tik Tok’s harmful effects are becoming increasingly obvious.

sam lessin 🏴‍☠️

@lessin

10 months

Tiktok needs to go.

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@taparam

4 months

A song for the ages. 🙏

A.R.Rahman Vibes

@ARRvibes

4 months

Celebrating Success of #Chamkila with team @arrahman 😍❤

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@taparam

2 years

I knew Rajendra Krishan was a prolific lyricist but was a little surprised to learn just how prolific. He wrote the highest number of Hindi film songs between 1951-1970, almost 300 more than the next most prolific lyricist, Majrooh Sultanpuri! Partial list:

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@taparam

8 months

@coolfunnytshirt First song in my playlist of Ram bhajans from Hindi films. ❤️

Ram Siya Ram Siya Ram Jai Jai Ram Song - Sachin, Urmilla Bhatt &Leela...

Watch Ram Siya Ram Siya Ram Jai Jai Ram Song - Sachin, Urmilla Bhatt &Leela Mishra - Geet Gaata Chal.Buy the full movie on iTunes : https://goo.gl/MU7xzISub...

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@taparam

1 year

Early days yet but I think Arijit Singh, the composer, may outdo Arijit Singh, the singer. Loved this tune he composed for Sunidhi Chauhan.

Sunidhi Chauhan - Barkha | Arijit Singh | Irshad Kamil | Official...

Let the rain wash away your worries and transport you to a world of magic and wonder with 'Barkha', the latest song by Sunidhi Chauhan, composed by Arijit Si...

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@taparam

2 years

The older we grow the more we become like our parents. One example- we hoard like them. Here I am sitting with a box of cassettes I’ll never use but can’t let go of.

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@taparam

4 years

Another day of WhatsApp groups obsessing over migrating to Signal. I have no idea why people who share their deepest secrets with Google every day are freaking out about the policy change of an encrypted messaging service. Herd mentality?

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@taparam

5 years

@FriedrichPieter Sunanda Pushkar, a Kashmiri, speaking to @bdutt on this issue -

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@taparam

1 year

That harmonium riff in What Jhumka is insanely catchy. Pritam has done this before with the Nagin been sampling in Twist / Haan Main Galat. He knows what works and the brilliance of the source material helps.

The unltimate party anthem of the season!#HaanMainGalat #KartikAaryan #SaraAliKhan #LoveAajKal ► Song name - Haan Main Galat► Movie - Love Aaj Kal► Starring ...

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@taparam

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The choice of the album/song is always up for debate but I find it fitting that Pritam and Arijit Singh won the National Film Award for the same album. They complement each other in the best way possible and I'm delighted to see them winning the award together.

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@taparam

7 years

Who I blame for #Aadhaar

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@taparam

6 years

What Postcard does is reprehensible but fact checkers are doing a good job of dealing with them. I’m not sure using the law against them is the right thing. What if every journalist who “promoted enmity between religious groups” with fake "church attacks” news were arrested?

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@taparam

7 years

Why would you post a rant that can be so easily disproved?

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1 year

Kesariya sweeps Filmfare Awards. Congratulations to Pritam, Amitabh Bhattacharya and Arijit Singh. Also - 1 minute silence for haters of “love storiyaan”. 😀

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3 years

A thread to counter the lazy critique that Arijit Singh sounds the same in every song. IMO Arijit experiments with his singing style more than most singers. At times, he risks a lot and the results produced are not great – but I think it’s admirable that he puts himself out there

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1 year

Wishing Asha Bhosle, the greatest living legend of Hindi film music, on her 90th birthday. Posting a relatively data-free (!) thread.

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@taparam

2 years

This Lata Mangeshkar tribute by Arijit Singh is so beautiful and heartfelt. Love the Hindi-Bengali transitions. I think he made an attempt to keep his natural “kharash” in check - worked really well. He should try this more often.

Jiya lage na by Arijit Singh | ogo r kichu to na | Naam reh jayega |...

Jiya lage na by Arijit Singh | ওগো আর কিছু তো না | #arijitsingh #latamangeshkar All credit : Arijit Singh@star plus------------------------------------------...

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2 years

“Arijit Singh is overused”

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@taparam

2 years

Made a playlist of the hit Hindi film songs of the 1960s (1961-1970). 200 songs - 20 songs per year.

Best Hindi Film Songs of the 1960s

The highest-rated Hindi film songs in the 1960s (1961-197). Ratings info from http://myswar.co. 20 songs year. 1961 1.Abhi Na Jao 2.Kabhi Khud Pe 3. Ja Re Ud...

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@taparam

2 years

People who have been on Twitter for long will probably remember Bhupinder’s version of Is Mod Se Jaate Hain. There are days - like today - when I prefer this version over Pancham/Lata/Kishore’s. Listening to it now. 😢

Is Mod Se Jaate Hain (Bhupinder; Gulzar)

I was unable to find this song on YouTube. The remaining songs from the album Woh Jo Shair Tha (1980) are all there. So, I am sharing this song for listening...

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@taparam

5 years

27 year old Shah Rukh Khan on his experience of shooting with Mani Kaul. 😄😄

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3 years

Tu Hai Mera Sunday is a hidden gem on Hotstar. A charming film with an excellent ensemble cast and lovely music. Feels like a sincere homage to Basu Bhattacharya.

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@taparam

1 year

Today’s gyanis - “Arijit Singh is so overused. He is single-handedly destroying Hindi film music and stealing opportunities from past legends and current talent”. 20 years later - “Nobody like Arijit Singh. So sad he is not getting enough songs now. He has so much more to offer”

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@taparam

3 months

It’s not easy but it’s high time we confront our issues in Punjab. Trying to shut people up with violence or by accusing them of generalizing/exaggerating the issue will not work.

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Shocking rise in terror and violence in Punjab….

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@taparam

5 years

Journalists: “Leveraging our superior intellectual ability, analytical skills and understanding of people and current events we predict that X will not happen” X happens Same journalists: “Exclusive. Our lack of capacity for shame helps us explain how and why X happened”

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@taparam

5 years

From an Indian perspective, Trump is emerging is a far better alternative to the American Democratic nut cases. I hope he wins his re-election bid. Better to squabble with America on trade issues instead of security.

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"India’s action [in Kashmir] is unacceptable and the communications blockade must be lifted immediately, and the US government must be speak out boldly in support of international humanitarian live and in support of a UN backed peaceful resolution" @BernieSanders #isnacon

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@taparam

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A 17+ minute rendition of a 2-line Sanskrit chant. Arijit is like - I am recording what I want, sunna hai to sun lo.

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@pnamblat

11 months

Nava Durga Gayatri Mantra Jaap #ArijitSingh is giving stiff competition to yesudas and other classical singers on singing insanely low register !! Dont remember a playback singer singing such low in the recent past!!

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

6 years

@kamalaakarsh Unlikely we’ll agree on this but I’ll just say this as withdraw - while BJP tends to use communalism for votes, Congress institutionalises it. Eg: RTE in the centre, Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, ant-superstition bill, Lingayat minority status in KA

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

9 years

It’s been 3 days since the GK Pillai/Ishrat Jahan/Chidu revelations and there are a number of journos & pub. that still haven’t covered it.

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

3 years

Shreya Ghoshal in Ilaveyil from Marakkar is so good. The opening specially is 🔥

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

7 years

Here is an example of an Aadhaar opportunist.

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@taparam

1 year

Arijit Singh's share of the total no. of songs recorded is not "tremendously huge". He has recorded 379 songs, less than 5% of all the Bollywood songs recorded since his debut. His share has gone up marginally in the last 2 years.

Param Arunachalam

@taparam

2 years

“Arijit Singh is overused”

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@taparam

8 years

Tim Cook wants to sell iPhones so badly that he let himself be entertained by a Bollywood actor who just delivered a flop.

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@taparam

2 years

Ameen Sayani introduced Ye Dil Kisko Doon (1963) by asking people to take a break from the war and chill. 😀

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@taparam

5 years

@rahulroushan People respect principles or power. Now they have neither.

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@taparam

3 years

I’ll have to think about the analogy a bit but this is a wonderful articulation of how film music has changed in the last few decades.

Kaushal S Inamdar| कौशल इनामदार

@ksinamdar

3 years

I don’t think this is a problem with just individuals. Urban life and lifestyle has been a major culprit in this. We have been able to increase our standard of living but not the standard of life. Let me compare this to a phenomenon that I observed in Indian film music. -1

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

1 year

Breaking - ARR has disowned Jashn-E-Bahara. Says he had nothing to do with the song.

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

6 months

Arijit pays tribute to musical maestros from Kolkata, Ustad Rashid Khan and Subhankar Banerjee. Such a lovely song (and video). Put a smile on my face. ❤️

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@Jatin_Sh_A_rma

6 months

Tribute to Ustad Rasid Khan

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@taparam

1 year

Says someone who has never heard Mohit Chauhan live. Mohit has excellent voice texture but he would have remained an obscure, one-hit indie artist without the help of modern sound production and some fantastic tunes by MDs who value texture more than the ability to sing in sur.

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@taparam

3 years

Also, how can I not highlight their effusive praise for Arijit Singh. 😎 “Greats like Shankar and Arijit make it sound easy.” “His voice is touched from above, like Kishore da’s.”

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@taparam

1 year

Moral: Nostalgia is a potent hallucinogen. Use it for succour but don’t let it shape your worldview. Be in the moment. Make the most of what life has to offer today. Don’t pine away for the past, don’t lose hope for the future. Be happy. :-)

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@taparam

2 years

Kamal makes a reference to Nirmalyam. There are similarities between Kantara and Nirmalyam of course - both are journeys of a man’s faith, the protagonists undergo a shocking climactic transformation in both. However, they are completely different films:

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