Retro Bollywood

  He had velvety and soothing voice and she had sweet voice suffused with divine beauty. He was King of Gazals and She was Queen of Melody. Both had high regards to each other. Talat always praised Lata's simplicity and modesty and Lata regarded his diction and intonation in high esteem. Both had synergy and were well aware of each others virtues. Therefore when two such great voices come together, there is no doubt the resulting melody would certainly be outstanding and spell bounding. Talat Mehmood sang total 67 duets with Lata, some sad, melanchollic, some soothingly quiet and calm and some lilting happy and cheery ones as well. Here are some of his best Ten happy Duets with Lata as far as my personal preference goes. 1.Gaya Andhera Hua Ujala-Film Subah ka Tara 1954-Lyrics Noor Lucknowi- Music C.Ramchandra. Subah Ka Tara was a film depicting the dismal life of a forlorn widow.Mohan (Pradeep Kumar) is madly in love of a young widow Padmini (Jayashree)....

Lullaby's or lorie songs as they are called in hindi, are often meant for infants to induce the later to go to sleep. They are slow, with simple harmony, swinging rhythm and generate infant's undivided attention.their tone and tempo is simple and repetitive.Paired with slow swinging motion, the lories are very much soothing and infants associate them with sleep. Some lories have hypnotic quality, whereas some express the mournful lament, the concerns and worries in the mind of mother.Whatever may be the meaning of the words, the lories induces relaxation, comfort and rest. The mother and infant develop a kind of affectionate bond,when  the mother sings lorie holding the infant to her chest with slow rhythmic swinging.The therapeutic effect of lullabies can thus have a strong impact on calming anxieties and nurturing bonds, which is especially important with premature and fragile infants. Every human being, however grown he/she may be, has a infant within. That's wh...