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In this concluding episode of this season of the podcast, I explore the color violet, the last color of the rainbow. The color purple or violet, occurs rarely in nature and as a result is often seen as having sacred meaning. Purple both calms and stimulates us, being a combination of blue and red. It puts us in the mood for introspection and insight. It fosters creativity by awakening our senses while promoting the quiet necessary to make intuitive, insightful observations - allowing us to get in touch with our more profound thoughts. The songs featured are -

1.Kisi ki muskurahaton par ho nisar (Anari/1959/Shankar Jaikishan/Shailendra/Mukesh)

2.Oh re taal mile nadi ke jal mein (Anokhi Raat/1968/Roshan/Indeevar/Mukesh)

3. Neele gagan ke tale (Hamraaz/1967/Ravi/Sahir/Mahendra Kapoor)

4. Ye kaun chitrakar hai (Boond jo ban gayi moti/1967/Satish Bhatia/Pt Bharat Vyas/Mukesh)

5. Zindagi hai kya (Satyakam/1969/Laxmikant Pyarelal/Kaifi Azmi/Kishore Kumar, Mahendra Kapoor & Mukesh)

6. Sajan re jhoot mat bolo (Teesri Kasam/1967/Shankar Jaikishan/Shailendra/Mukesh)

7, Rahi manwa dukh ki chinta (Dosti/1964/Laxmikant Pyarelal/Majrooh Sultanpuri/Md Rafi)

8. Chalo ek baar phir se (Gumraah/1963/Ravi/Sahir/Mahendra Kapoor)

9. Jaise suraj ki garmi se (Parinay/1974/Jaidev/Pt Ramanand Sharma/Sharma Bandhu)

10. Laga chunari mein daagh (Dil hi to hai/1963/Roshan/Sahir/Manna De)

11. Sansaar se bhaage phirte ho (Chitralekha/1964/Roshan/Sahir/Lata Mangeshkar)

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In western cultures, people say “I feel blue” when we’re sad. There is a whole genre of music called the Blues music which focuses on somber and sad themes. The cover art of this episode, is a painting called “Shades of Sadness” by an artiste called Victoria Lucas. She has used only the blue and indigo colours in painting this. Even the dictionary meaning of “blue” means sad or unhappy. This episode explores the different musical shades of sadness. The songs featured are -

1. Aa bhi jaa (Gumraah/1963/Ravi/Sahir/Mahendra Kapoor) 

2. Koi saagar dil ko behlaata nahin (Dil diya dard liya/1966/Naushad/Shakeel/Mohd Rafi)

3. Ya dil ki suno duniyawaalon (Anupama/1966/Hemant Kumar/Kaifi Azmi/Hemant Kumar)

4. Sajanwa bairi ho gaye hamaar (Teesri Kasam/1966/Shankar Jaikishan/Shailendra/Mukesh)

5. Jaane kya dhoondti rahti hain ye aankhen mujhmein - (Shola aur Shabnam/1961/Khaiyyam/Kaifi Azmi/Mohd Rafi)

6. Koi humdum na raha (Jhumroo/1961/Kishore Kumar/Majrooh Sultanpuri/Kishore Kumar)

7. Teri duniya se door (Zabak/1961/Chitragupta/Prem Dhawan/Mohd Rafi & Lata Mangeshkar)

8. Yahan main ajnabi hoon (Jab jab phool khile/1965/Kalyanji Anandji/Anand Bakshi/Md Rafi)

9. Humse aaya na gaya (Dekh Kabira Roya/1957/Madan Mohan/Rajendra Krishn/Talat Mahmood)

10. Kasmein vaade pyaar wafaa sab  (Upkar/1967/Kalyanji Ananji/Indeevar/Manna De)

11. Mere dushman (Aaye din bahar ke/1966/Laxmikant Pyarelal/Anand Bakshi/Md Rafi)

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The colour green has a strong association with nature and immediately brings to mind the lush green of grass, trees, hills, and forests. Perhaps because green is so heavily associated with nature, it is often described as a refreshing and tranquil color. It is the sanctuary away from the stresses of modern living, restoring us back to a sense of well being. Green, is restful & soothing. It promotes a love of nature, and a love of family, friends, pets and the home. There’s a sense of togetherness & peace when we are in presence of the color green. Hence, I have chosen green as the colour of love. And that is my theme for today - LOVE. The songs featured are - 

Yeh zindagi usi ki hai (Anarkali/1953/C Ramchandra/Rajendra Krishan/Lata Mangeshkar)

Jalte hain jiske liye (Sujata/1959/S D Burman/Majrooh Sultanpuri/Talat Mahmood)

Teri aankhon ke siva (Chirag/1969/Madan Mohan/Majrooh/Md. Rafi)

Hai duniya usi ki (Kashmir Ki Kali/1964/O P Nayyar/S H Bihari/Md Rafi)

Diwana hua baadal (Kashmir ki Kali/1964/O P Nayyar/S H Bihari/Md Rafi & Asha Bhonsle)

Tum jo mil gaye ho (Hanste Zakhm/1973/Madan Mohan/Kaifi Azmi/Md Rafi)

Itna na mujhse tu pyaar badha (Chhaya/1961/Salil Chowdhury/Rajendra Krishan/Talat M. & Lata M.)

Pyar hua iqrar hua (Shri 420/1955/Shankar Jaikishan/Shailendra/Manna De & Lata M.)

Tum agar saath dene ka (Hamraaz/1967/Ravi/Sahir Ludhianvi/Mahendra Kapoor)

Jeet hi lenge baazi hum tum (Shola aur Shabnam/1961/Khaiyyam/Kaifi Azmi/Md Rafi & Lata M) - This is also the cover picture for today

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In our contemporary human-made world, yellow is the color of happy faces that we send each other on our mobile phones and the color of several wedding ceremonies. In nature it’s the color of sunshine and spring. The color yellow is associated with warmth, happiness, fun, friendship and falling in love. The songs featured in this episode are -

1. Mere Mehboob - Mere Mehboob(1963)

2. Kisi patthar ki moorat se - Hamraaz(1967)

3. Afsana like rahi hoon - Dard(1947)

4. Likhe jo khat tujhe - Kanyadaan(1968)

5. Mana janaab ne - Paying Guest (1957)

6. Main pyar ka rahi hoon - Ek Musafir Ek Haseena(1962)

7. Main sitaaron ka taraana - Chalti ka Naam Gaadi(1958)

8. Achcha ji main hari - Kaala Paani (1958)

9. Tum agar mujhko - Dil Hi To Hai (1962)

10. Aye Gulbadan - Professor (1962)

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In our journey of exploring the themes of bollywood(as the hindi film industry is called) music, we have drawn a simile with the seven colours of the rainbow. Our colour this week is Orange. In colour theory, Orange symbolises energy, vitality, cheer, excitement, adventure &youth. Orange has a degree of youthful impulsiveness to it. The songs this week reflect this colour theme.

1. Suhana safar aur ye mausam haseen - Madhumati, 1958

2. Aaj phir jeene ki tamanna hai - Guide, 1965

3. Mere pairon mein - Sangharsh, 1968

4. Dil karta - Aadmi aur Insaan, 1969

5. Arre bhai nikal ke aa ghar se - New Delhi, 1956

6. Jagega insaan zamaana dekhega - Aadmi aur Insaan, 1969

7. Jawaniyan ye mast mast bin piye - Tumsa nahin dekha, 1957

8. Dum dum diga diga - Chhaliya, 1960

9. Lakhon hain nigah mein - Phir wohi dil laya hoon, 1963

10. Nakhrewaali - New Delhi, 1956

11. Mere samen waali khidki mein - Padosan, 1968

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There are seven colours in a rainbow and likewise, in my view, there are seven colours of life. Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange & Red. This double episode is about the colour Red. Red is the colour of celebration. Come of think of it, human life itself starts with a celebration. This wonderful land of India celebrates in multifarious ways and our movies reflect this spirit. The featured songs are

1. Hum bhi agar bacche hote - Door ki Awaz(1964)

2. Tum jiyo hazaaron saal - Sujata(1959)

3. Govinda aala re - Bluffmaster (1963)

4. Tan rang lo ji aaja man rang lo - Kohinoor(1960)

5. Matwala jiya dole piya - Mother India(1959)

6. Bole re papihara - Guddi (1971)

7. Reshmi salwar kurta jaali ka - Naya Daur(1957)

8. Mera yaar bana hai dulha - Chaudhwin ka Chaand(1960)

9. Aaj pahli tarikh hai - Pehli Tarikh(1954)

10. Ae dil hai mushkil - C I D(1956)

11. Sar jo tera chakraye - Pyaasa(1957)

12. Jangal mein mir nacha - Madhumati(1958)

Bollywood story telling is all about conveying moods - one is happy, sad, at peace with the world, feeling awestruck and so on. And what better device to convey the mood than the hindustani classical ragas set to appropriate rhythmic talas. Whether explicitly so or otherwise, hindustani classical music and bollywood have had a huge connection - especially when it came to music of 1950s and 60s. 

The songs covered in this episode are -

1. Poochho na kaise maine rayn bitayi - Meri soorat, teri aankhen (1963)

2. Woh shaam, kuchh ajeeb thi - Khamoshi(1969)

3. Phir kahin koi phool khila - Anubhav(1971)

4. Kahin deep jale kahin dil - Bees saal baad(1962)

5. Tere sur aur mere geet - Goonj uthi shehnai(1959)

In this double episode, we will examine the fascinating relationship between Bollywood and jazz music and the magnificent contributions made to this end specially by musicians from Goa - Chic Chocolate(featured on the photograph), Sebastian D'Souza, Frank Fernand and Anthony Gonsalves. How India's freedom movement inspired leading African-American jazz musicians to come to India and contributed to the evolution of an Indo-jazz sound drawing upon the fascinating synergies between Indian classical music, folk music and global jazz music. The songs featured in this episode are -

1. Jaata kahaan hai deewane - CID (1956)

2. Eena meena deeka - Asha(1957)

3. Shola jo bhadke - Albela(1951)

4. Sunday ke sunday - Shehnai (1947)

5. Ek ladki bheegi bhaagi see - Chalti ka naam gaadi (1958)

6. Mera naam chin chin chu - Howrah Bridge(1958)

7. Aajkal tere mere - Brahmchari (1968)

8. O meri baby doll - Ek phool chaar kaante (1960)

9. Kehne ki nahin baat magar - Pyar kiye jaa (1966)

10. Aao twist karein - Bhoot Bangla (1965)

11. Itna na mujhse tu pyaar badha - Chhaya (1961)

Folk music is the primal music created by humans - to celebrate, live & love life - in all its manifestations. Bollywood has drawn huge inspiration from folk music traditions over the years and the attempt continues to today. The orchestration may change but the underlying rhythms remain unmistakably folk. This episode is an attempt to identify some of these influences on Bollywood music. The songs featured are -

1. Arre ja re hat natkhat - Navrang(1959)

2. Main to bhool chai babul ka des - Saraswati Chandra (1968)

3. Daiya re daiya chadh gaya paapi bichchua - Madhumati (1958)

4. Chalat musafir - Teesri Kasam(1966)

5. Nain lad jaihen - Ganga Jamna (1961)

6. Yeh desh hai veer jawano ka - Naya Daur (1957)

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Qawwalis are a vibrant indigenous musical form of Indian subcontinent which has over the years been adapted to multiple themes within Bollywood music, showcasing great versatility and creativity on part of our composers, lyricists and singers. The Qawwalis featured in this episode of the podcast are -

1. Na to karvan ki talash hai - Barsaat ki ek raat (1960)

2. Ye maana meri jaan - Hanste zakhm(1973)

3. Teri mehfil mein  kismat aajma kar - Mughal-e-azam(1960)

4. Phir tumhari yaad aayi - Rustom Sohrab(1964)

5. Hamein to loot liya - Al Hilaal(1958)