Lata Mangeshkar

Main article: History of Indian cinema Cinema first came to India in 1896, when the Lumiere Brothers’ Cinematographe showed six short films in the Watson Hotel. Three years later Harishchandra Bhatvadekar shot and exhibited two short films. Following that, there were several attempts to film staged plays and imported films were shown in the first decade of the 20th century. The first indigenous silent feature film was Raja Harishchandra, released in 1913 and directed by Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, nicknamed "Dadasaheb," who is considered the father of Indian film. The cinema industry was well established b ...

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According to an interview that Lata Mangeshkar gave the author Nasreen Munni Kabir (Bollywood, Channel 4 Books, 2001), the Indian film industry at first refused to credit playback singers. Like the Hollywood producers, Indian film producers tried to pretend that the actors and actresses were singing in their own voices. After several of her songs became hits on records and radio, Lata demanded that her name appear in the film credits too. This was first done in 1949, in the film Barsaat. Producers and directors soon found that Lata's name helped sell films. Lata an ...

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The Indian screen magazine Filmfare started the first Filmfare Awards in 1953. These awards were to be Bollywood's version of the Academy Awards. Magazine readers submit their votes and the awards are presented at a glamorous, star-studded ceremony. Like the Oscars, they are frequently accused of bias towards commercial success rather than merit. Other companies (Stardust magazine, Zee TV etc) later entered the award business. Some of the other popular awards are: Zee Cine Awards Star Screen Awards < ...

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Kaufman, Gondry, and Bismuth won the 2005 Academy Award for best original screenplay for Eternal Sunshine. Winslet was also nominated for best actress but lost to Hilary Swank. It was nominated for and has won various other awards, including: Australian Film Institute: Best Foreign Film BAFTA Film Awards: Best Editing (won, Valdis Oskarsdottir), Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay (won), David Lean Award for Direction Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: B ...

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Plot summary, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Movie details, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Linear chronology of events depicted in the film, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Frames of reference, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Joel's childhood, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Mary Svevo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Huckleberry Hound, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - The end, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Targeted memory erasure, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Lacuna Inc., Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - The process, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Deleted and moved scenes, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Awards and recognition, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Music and Soundtrack, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Track listing, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Trivia, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Albums mentioned in the shooting script and appearing in the movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Songs relating to the movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Film setting and locations, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - DVD

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Bollywood - Accusations of plagiarism. Constrained by rushed production schedules and small budgets, some Bollywood writers have been known to borrow the plots or even the scenes of hit Western films; some music directors have been known to copy tunes or riffs, from Western hit tunes (as well as Pakistani hits [2], Tamil language movies, their own older tunes, etc.). The copyists could copy Westerners with impunity since the Bollywood film scene was largely unknown to most people in the West; in addition, many in ...

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Bollywood, Bollywood - Genre conventions, Bollywood - Bollywood song and dance, Bollywood - Dialogues and lyrics, Bollywood - Cast and crew, Bollywood - Finances, Bollywood - Advertising, Bollywood - Controversies, Bollywood - Accusations of plagiarism, Bollywood - Sex scandals, Bollywood - Bollywood awards, Bollywood - History, Bollywood - List of popular movies

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Instruments played as background to the vocals include: Bansuri Daf Dholak Harmonium Jal Tarang Khol Manjira Rabab Santoor Sarangi Sarod Shehnai Sitar Tabla Tabla tarang Tanpura Violin. Unlike music directors and playback singers, instrumentalists do not get film credits and are less likely to use m ...

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Filmi, Filmi - Music Directors, Filmi - Playback singers, Filmi - Lyricists, Filmi - Instrumentalists, Filmi - Accusations of plagiarism, Filmi - Wider success for filmi, Filmi - Internet radio stations playing filmi

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Sahir was born in Ludhiana, in the present day Indian Punjab. He belonged to a wealthy family but when his father married for the second time, Sahir and his mother left his father, both living a life of poverty. Sahir went to Khalsa High School in Ludhiana and later to Government College where Amrita Pritam became his most ardent fan and some say she would even smoke the butts of cigarettes that Sahir had thrown away. She has openly acknowledged her love for Sahir in interviews and her books. He was quite popular for his ghazals and nazms in ...

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Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir Ludhianvi - Early Years, Sahir Ludhianvi - Poetry lyrics and Bollywood, Sahir Ludhianvi - Famous works, Sahir Ludhianvi - Bollywood songs, Sahir Ludhianvi - Published collections of Urdu poetry

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While Lata Mangeshkar called her Tapaswini (the Renunciate), Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan termed her Swaralakshmi (the goddess of musical notes), and Kishori Amonkar labeled her the ultimate eighth note or Aathuvaan Sur, which is above the seven notes basic to all music. Her many famous renditions of bhajans include the chanting of Bhaja Govindam, Vishnu sahasranama (1000 names of Vishnu) and the ...

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M.S. Subbulakshmi, M.S. Subbulakshmi - Singing career, M.S. Subbulakshmi - Honours and awards

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Main article: Indian folk music The arrival of movies and pop music weakened folk music's popularity, but cheaply recordable music has made it easier to find and helped revive the traditions. Folk music (desi) has been influential on classical music, which is viewed as a higher art form. Instruments and styles have impacted classical ragas. It is also not uncommon for major writers, saints and poets to have large musical libraries and traditions to their name, often sung in thumri (semi-classical) style. < ...

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Music of India, Music of India - Pop music, Music of India - Filmi, Music of India - Western fusions, Music of India - Folk music, Music of India - Brass bands, Music of India - Bhangra, Music of India - Lavani, Music of India - Dandiya, Music of India - Rajasthan, Music of India - Bauls, Music of India - Classical music, Music of India - Rabindra Sangeet, Music of India - Qawwali

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Main article: Indian classical music The two main traditions of classical music have been Carnatic music, found predominantly in the peninsular regions and Hindustani music, found in the northern and central parts. While both traditions claim Vedic origin, history indicates that until c. 13th century, there was only one Indian music tradition. From them on, most of north India was under Islamic rule, and Hindustani music is the result of a fusion of Mughal, Arabic and Persian traditions with traditional Indian music. Carnatic m ...

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Music of India, Music of India - Pop music, Music of India - Filmi, Music of India - Western fusions, Music of India - Folk music, Music of India - Brass bands, Music of India - Bhangra, Music of India - Lavani, Music of India - Dandiya, Music of India - Rajasthan, Music of India - Bauls, Music of India - Classical music, Music of India - Rabindra Sangeet, Music of India - Qawwali

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Main article: Qawwali Qawwali is a Sufi form of devotional music based on the principles of Hindustani classical. It is performed with one or two lead singers, several chorus singers, harmonium, tabla, and dholak. ...

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Ill health caused a slump in his career in the early 1960s but his compositions for Bandini (1963), Guide (1965), Jewel Thief (1967) and Aradhana (1969) showed that S.D. Burman could still dictate trends. Aradhana was responsible in Kishore Kumar's second coming and went on to make him the top male playback singer of Hindi Films. In 1961, S D Burman and Lata Mangeshkar came together during the recording of R D Burman's first song for the movie Chhote Nawab. They reconciled their dif ...

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Sachin Dev Burman, Sachin Dev Burman - Early days, Sachin Dev Burman - Music career, Sachin Dev Burman - 1930s, Sachin Dev Burman - 1940s, Sachin Dev Burman - 1950s, Sachin Dev Burman - 1960s, Sachin Dev Burman - 1970s, Sachin Dev Burman - Singing style

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Pancham was comfortable with all types of music. Be it the romantic Raat Kali from Buddha Mil Gaya(1971), the sexy cabaret Piya tu ab to aaja from Caravan (1971), the ultimate hippie anthem Dum Maro Dum from Hare Krishna Hare Rama (1972) or the classical Raina Beeti Jaaye, Pancham proved himself to be a genius. It is said that Dev Anand did not include the complete version of 'Dum Maro Dum' in Hare Rama Hare Krishna, as he was worried the song would overshadow the film. At times, he doubled up as a singer too. His most famous s ...

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Rahul Dev Burman, Rahul Dev Burman - Initial years, Rahul Dev Burman - Music Career, Rahul Dev Burman - 1950s, Rahul Dev Burman - 1960s, Rahul Dev Burman - 1970s, Rahul Dev Burman - 1980s, Rahul Dev Burman - 1990s, Rahul Dev Burman - 2000s, Rahul Dev Burman - Foreign collaborations and Private albums, Rahul Dev Burman - Personal life, Rahul Dev Burman - Music style, Rahul Dev Burman - Discography

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Joel Barish (Carrey) and Clementine Kruczynski (Winslet) meet for what they think is the first time on a Long Island Rail Road train from Montauk to Rockville Centre. They are unaccountably drawn to each other despite radically different personalities. As it turns out, they were once lovers, but after two years their relationship was in a decline. After a nasty fight, Clementine stormed out of Joel's apartment and his life and impulsively hired a New York firm called Lacuna, Inc., to erase all memories of him. Joel was disconsolate up ...

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Plot summary, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Movie details, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Linear chronology of events depicted in the film, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Frames of reference, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Joel's childhood, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Mary Svevo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Huckleberry Hound, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - The end, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Targeted memory erasure, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Lacuna Inc., Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - The process, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Deleted and moved scenes, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Awards and recognition, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Music and Soundtrack, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Track listing, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Trivia, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Albums mentioned in the shooting script and appearing in the movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Songs relating to the movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Film setting and locations, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - DVD

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Bollywood employs people from all parts of India. It attracts thousands of aspiring actors and actresses, all hoping for a break in the industry. Models and beauty contestants, television actors, theatre actors and even common people come to Mumbai with the hope and dream of becoming a star. Just as in Hollywood very few succeed. Stardom in the entertainment industry is very fickle, and Bollywood is no exception. The popularity of the stars can rise and fall rapidly, based on single movies. Very few people become national icons, who a ...

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Dev Anand and S D Burman continued their musical partnership in Prem Pujari (1970). Sharmilee (1971), Abhimaan (1973), Mili (1975, completed by R D Burman) and Chupke Chupke (1975) are other classics from this period. S D Burman went into coma while recording the song Badi sooni sooni (sung by Kishore Kumar) for the film Mili. He died ...

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Sachin Dev Burman, Sachin Dev Burman - Early days, Sachin Dev Burman - Music career, Sachin Dev Burman - 1930s, Sachin Dev Burman - 1940s, Sachin Dev Burman - 1950s, Sachin Dev Burman - 1960s, Sachin Dev Burman - 1970s, Sachin Dev Burman - Singing style

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Targeted memory erasure is a fictional non-surgical procedure. Its purpose is the focused erasure of memories, particularly unwanted and painful memories, and it is a mild form of brain damage comparable to a night of heavy alcohol drinking. The procedure is performed exclusively by Lacuna Incorporated. The characters of Joel and Clementine used this procedure to erase the memories of the other. As part of the screenwriting and promotion for the film, a backstory for the technology was created, including a spoof website for "Lacuna Inc." which is the source for the following information.< ...

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Plot summary, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Movie details, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Linear chronology of events depicted in the film, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Frames of reference, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Joel's childhood, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Mary Svevo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Huckleberry Hound, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - The end, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Targeted memory erasure, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Lacuna Inc., Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - The process, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Deleted and moved scenes, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Awards and recognition, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Music and Soundtrack, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Track listing, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Trivia, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Albums mentioned in the shooting script and appearing in the movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Songs relating to the movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Film setting and locations, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - DVD

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The shooting script — which has been published as a book (ISBN 1557046107) — and early drafts contain a fair amount of material that was either left on the cutting room floor or never shot. A major change that came in editing was that the scene in the beginning with Joel and Clementine on the frozen Charles (the second time they'd been there chronologically) got moved from near the end of the movie to the beginning. According to Kaufman, this was done to make sure the audience liked Clementine, as without it, their initial impress ...

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Plot summary, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Movie details, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Linear chronology of events depicted in the film, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Frames of reference, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Joel's childhood, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Mary Svevo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Huckleberry Hound, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - The end, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Targeted memory erasure, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Lacuna Inc., Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - The process, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Deleted and moved scenes, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Awards and recognition, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Music and Soundtrack, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Track listing, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Trivia, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Albums mentioned in the shooting script and appearing in the movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Songs relating to the movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Film setting and locations, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - DVD

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Asha's house is situated in Peddar Road area of Mumbai. She has three children and five grandchildren. The eldest of her three children is Hemant Bhosle (named after Hemant Kumar), who initially dabbled in music direction but then quit to become a pilot. Asha's daughter Varsha, who is younger than Hemant, works as a columnist for The Times of India and Rediff. The youngest child is Anand Bhosle, who has studied business and film direction. He manages Asha's career. Her grandson, Chaitanya (Chintu) Bhosle (Hemant's son) also ventured in the w ...

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Asha Bhosle, Asha Bhosle - Brief biography, Asha Bhosle - Four hit films, Asha Bhosle - Partnership with music directors, Asha Bhosle - O P Nayyar, Asha Bhosle - Khayyam, Asha Bhosle - Ravi, Asha Bhosle - Sachin Dev Burman, Asha Bhosle - Rahul Dev Burman Pancham, Asha Bhosle - A R Rahman, Asha Bhosle - Other composers, Asha Bhosle - Non-Bollywood music, Asha Bhosle - Private albums, Asha Bhosle - Concerts and collaborations with foreign artists, Asha Bhosle - Awards, Asha Bhosle - Rivalry with Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle - Personal Life, Asha Bhosle - Footnotes and References

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The film script (frequently credited as "dialogues") and the song lyrics are often written by different people. The dialogues are mostly written in Hindi, with use of Urdu in situations which require poetic dialogues. Contemporary mainstream movies also make great use of English. Dialogues are often melodramatic and invoke God, family, mother, duty, and self-sacrifice liberally. As an example, below is a dialogue from the 1975 film Deewar, between the gangster brother Vijay and his policeman brother Ravi:

Asha Bhosle was born in the small hamlet of Goar in Sangli, Maharashtra, into the musical family of Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar. When she was just nine years old, her father passed away. The family moved from Pune to Kolhapur and then to Bombay. She and her elder sister Lata Mangeshkar started singing and acting in films to support their family. She sang her first film song Chala Chala Nav Bala for the Marathi movie Majha Bal (1943). The music for the film was composed by Datta Dawjekar. She made her Hindi film debut when she sang the song Saawan aayaSee also:

Asha Bhosle, Asha Bhosle - Brief biography, Asha Bhosle - Four hit films, Asha Bhosle - Partnership with music directors, Asha Bhosle - O P Nayyar, Asha Bhosle - Khayyam, Asha Bhosle - Ravi, Asha Bhosle - Sachin Dev Burman, Asha Bhosle - Rahul Dev Burman Pancham, Asha Bhosle - A R Rahman, Asha Bhosle - Other composers, Asha Bhosle - Non-Bollywood music, Asha Bhosle - Private albums, Asha Bhosle - Concerts and collaborations with foreign artists, Asha Bhosle - Awards, Asha Bhosle - Rivalry with Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle - Personal Life, Asha Bhosle - Footnotes and References

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Asha's sibling rivalry with her sister Lata Mangeshkar is often talked about, inspite of their insistence that these are just tales. As young children, they were very close. As a child, Lata used to carry Asha all the time. Once she fell down the stairs carrying Asha and there is a scar on her forehead that is very visible in pictures. They were so inseparable that when Lata went to school she would take Asha with her, but one day the teacher protested and said that they cannot have two students on one fee. Lata refused to return to school without Asha and quit ...

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Asha Bhosle, Asha Bhosle - Brief biography, Asha Bhosle - Four hit films, Asha Bhosle - Partnership with music directors, Asha Bhosle - O P Nayyar, Asha Bhosle - Khayyam, Asha Bhosle - Ravi, Asha Bhosle - Sachin Dev Burman, Asha Bhosle - Rahul Dev Burman Pancham, Asha Bhosle - A R Rahman, Asha Bhosle - Other composers, Asha Bhosle - Non-Bollywood music, Asha Bhosle - Private albums, Asha Bhosle - Concerts and collaborations with foreign artists, Asha Bhosle - Awards, Asha Bhosle - Rivalry with Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle - Personal Life, Asha Bhosle - Footnotes and References

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