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Readers Write In #692: Celebrating Chandrabose
By Aman Basha As his most awaited work for Pushpa The Rule releases, a look back at my Chandrabose favorites. It is not much of a debate to call Chandrabose the most acclaimed Telugu lyricist of his age, and this was even before his Namaste at the Oscars. Great Telugu lyricists before Chandrabose had come […]
Remembering Uma Ramanan!
May 2, 2024
From the Web (FTW) #13: The #MarakkumaNenjam concert fiasco
September 14, 2023
As requested, a link to Madan’s piece: “Even the most idolized of celebrities in India cannot escape their very Indian failings at the end of the day. And the God of music now find himself in an unholy mess. ” https://rothrocks.wordpress.com/2023/09/13/in-the-name-of-god-the-marakumma-nenjam-fiasco/
Happy 90th birthday, Asha Bhosle!
September 8, 2023
With a goddess like Asha, and with her body of work, any list can be but a drop in the ocean. Here are some particular favourites: C Ramchandra’s Navrang is a soundtrack for the ages, but Asha’s ‘voice acting’ here is a special treat (the song is repeated twice in this clip). Holy mother of […]
A very happy 80th birthday, Ilaiyaraaja
June 1, 2023
From the Web (FTW) #7: The Magic of K Vishwanath’s songs
May 21, 2023
Why do Indian movies have songs? Well that’s a question that is being increasingly asked now, but it was not the case earlier. Given that Indian movies had their base in the various forms of “stage” or “theatre” traditions, when sound came into movies, songs became integral. For a very long time, songs played a […]
Interview: Mani Ratnam / AR Rahman (PS-1, PS-2, 30+ years of working together…)
April 22, 2023
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Interview: Santhosh Narayanan (Malaysia concert, future films)
March 12, 2023
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‘Spotify: Cinema with BR’ Episode 1: On AR Rahman, on his birthday
January 6, 2023
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Raga 2 Rock
April 3, 2022
A plug for Madan Mohan’s book. You can buy the book from the notionpress store:https://notionpress.com/read/raga-2-rock As well as from Amazon: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B09WYSNBBZ Blurb: Ever wondered why millennials listen to old film songs from the ‘60s and the ‘70s? How did they get into the habit in the first place? Were there composers other than R D Burman operating […]
The film song as a tone poem
February 20, 2022
When AR Rahman’s soundtrack for Atrangi Re was released, the song that instantly wormed its way into my ears was Tumhe mohabbat hai. It wasn’t just the music or the longing in Arijit Singh’s expression. It was also Irshad Kamil’s word-weaving. The entire song has two “themes”. The first is the overarching theme: Dhanush’s sadness/heartache. […]
Goodbye, Bappi Lahiri!
February 17, 2022
#AskBR – Jagame Thandiram
June 23, 2021
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#AskBR – Remembering SPB with singer Srinivas
June 4, 2021
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Interview: The Sad Life of Film Critics
April 30, 2021
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Interview: Govind Vasantha on ARR, Santhosh Narayanan, Anirudh, Bijibal, Sushin Shyam…
April 29, 2021
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Interview: Govind Vasantha on MSV, MS Baburaj, Johnson, Ilaiyaraaja…
April 27, 2021
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Readers Write In #348: What I wanted to ask Rahman
March 22, 2021
(by Madan Mohan) The day I signed up for the Film Companion Front Row discussion with A R Rahman, I formulated the question I wanted to ask him. When the discussion started, I was maybe the second guy to punch in my question in the chatbox. But the numbers were against me from the get […]
My interview by Venky Ramachandran – On music
February 24, 2021
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Interview: Bombay Jayashri
February 2, 2021
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Baradwaj Rangan 
May 4, 2024
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