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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

I was in Kohima (Nagaland) during the first week of December last year to see the week long annual Hornbill Festival. The festival showcases the rich tribal traditions and culture of Nagaland including folk dances, music, sports etc. One day of the festival was reserved for the folk dancers and musicians of all the north-eastern states. My main interest was photography during the festival events and also capturing the tribal village life in the real sense by visiting a nearby Naga village. But some of the dances and musical performances became so rhythmic and foot tapping that I was completely engrossed watching them and in the process I missed taking pictures of some of those events. Surely, some of the dance and musical performances would have been a source of inspiration for Bollywood music directors and choreographers. I also observed that the younger generation In Kohima was very much into music. There are many rock music bands in Kohima. Even in a tribal village, it was a common sight to see young boys and girls moving with guitars.
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“Upar Gagan Vishaal, Neeche Gehraa Pataal” – the unforgettable sound from the film ‘Mashaal’ (1950). The words carry a thrill – they have been written by Kavi Pradeep. The music is an uplifting exuberant melody – composed by SD Burman. And voice, the sound of which will make one sit up or even stand up – such is the strong conviction and the deep exhortation that one feels on listening to it – the singing voice is the deep, strong and bass-ful voice of Manna Dey. The song that set this young singer on the path to popularity and success.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Today, May 1st, is the 93rd birthday of one of the icons among the playback singers who has enthralled the listeners of both filmy and non-filmy songs with his versatile singing for over five decades. He is Prabodh Chandra Dey, popularly known as Manna Dey. We are fortunate that Manna Dey is with us to remain a source of inspiration for budding singers.
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“Footpath”(1953) was a Ranjit Movie Company Production. It was directed by Zia Sarhadi. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari, Anwar Hussein, Ramesh Thapar, Achla Sachdev, Ramesh Thakur, Kuldip Kaur, Akhtar Farooqui, P. Kailash, Jankidas, Maruti, Sumati Lajmi etc in it.
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“Laila Majnu” (1953) was an all India Pictures Production. It was directed by K Amarnath. Nutan and Shammi Kapoor had played the title roles in this movie. The movie also had Ratan Kumar, Ulhas, Begum Para, Kammo, Wasti etc in the movie.
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