Category: Movie_Music_Art_Literature

What is a Foley artist?

What is a Foley artist? Here is a very nice clip of a prominent Foley artist in Bollywood/Indian Hindi Film Industry. It would be interesting to see foley artist from Hollywood in action and how they create their sounds/tones

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Old Kishore Kumar song from movie Adhikar (1954)

Someone forearded me this interesting song from movie Adhikar (1954) In the era of Badshah and Honey Singh this song seems very meaningful! And relevant even today... But I am sure that in those day the likes of Anil Biswas, Naushad, Sajjad Husain etc would have expressed “concern” about the kind of degradation happening in... Continue Reading →

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Cooking, Gordon Ramsay and Indian Cuisines

I like cooking. In fact the very first prize in my life which I received in kindergarten was for cooking (पाकशास्त्र). I had made, actually helped my teacher make, दडपे पोहे (Dadpe Pohe).  And the prize I had received in the Annual Day function was a hanger  . Yes, my school was famous for giving such totally... Continue Reading →

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I told you so…first! :-)

Few months back, on 8th January 2018 to be precise, I wrote a blog on Anuja Kamat's Youtube Channel for Indian Classical Music Enthusiasts It was good to read today a detailed story on this in Scroll.in A young YouTuber is teaching thousands of Indians how to listen to classical music I can now claim... Continue Reading →

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TED Talks on Flute

Flute is one of the most popular musical instruments in Indian classical music and film music. Here are a couple of interesting TED Talks on Flute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1NoCpA7Nrs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu_kPozX8YE&t=705s Here is another one - not on flute, but related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckKvIVYnSr8 Lastly, couple of soothing music pieces based on flute: https://soundcloud.com/user-981722748/spiritual-music-sounds-of-isha https://soundcloud.com/user-981722748/dhun-hariprasad-chaurasiya

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Good Read: How a blind artist is challenging our understanding of colour

A friend of mine shared this very interesting article today: How a blind artist is challenging our understanding of colour Source: https://scroll.in/article/873377/how-a-blind-artist-in-turkey-is-challenging-the-understanding-of-colour I have thought about this and discussed this with friends several times before in various context. And here are my thoughts on this: The question that still remains is: Does the painter understand colors... Continue Reading →

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