Retro Cafe 14th Nov - Another gem

Hello Friends,

It's Retro Time again!!!

In continuation of our "Recap with Golden Retros" this week we will hear another gem of an older show.

But before announcing the theme, its time to announce the winner of last week's Retro Quiz Contest. And The Winner is:

Guardian Angel aka Minali

Congratulations Minali, very well done!!👏

And Minali's request for the Retro to be played this week is certainly one of the most memorable shows of last year!!! It is none other than the......

Hemant Kumar Special !!!

Picture a soft and sober Dev Anand crooning love songs to his soulmate in Patita, a mischievous Biswajeet serenading Waheeda Rehman in Bees Saal Baad, or Pradip Kumar enchanting his heroine in Nagin. Don't these scenarios all conjure up images of a multi-faceted singer, a man of many moods and multiple abilities, able to suit the situation and the hero, and yet maintaining his unique style? Well that was Hemant Kumar for us, a man of all moods and moments.

Hemant Kumar was definitely a shining gem, a super all rounder in the Hindi and Bengali musical world, a man who was a musical virtuoso. The fifties, dominated by C.Ramchandra, Naushad, Pankaj Mullick, etc. saw Hemant Kumar rise to great heights, both as a music director as well as a singer. At a time, when the likes of Mohd rafi, Mukesh and Talat mehmood were ruling the roost, Hemant Kumar set a unique niche for himself in Hindi film music. When Talat was the ghazal king, Mukesh was the king of pathos, Rafi and Manna Dey were the delight of the directors who relied on classical music for their scores, Hemant Kumar it was, who provided a new angle, a new facet to Hindi music, that of the simple, yet rich, folk music of rural India, more specifically, rural Bengal.

Together with Sachin Dev Burman, he created waves in Indian cinema with the flavour of folk music. His compositions are to this day, a traditionalist's dream, and the common man's tunes. Well versed in both Rabindra Sangeet and Hindustani classical music, Hemant Kumar Mukherjee provided the listener with moments of pristine listening pleasure. Its no wonder that musical greats like Salil Chowdhury and Lata mangeshkar showered him with such superfluous compliments.

Though Hemant Kumar has left the mortal world yet he remains alive to all his admirers through his countless songs - the immortal melodies.

So, please note down the show details as given below, mark the date and time in your callender and get set to have a memorable time.

On wednesday then we shall all meet right here on this thread at the Retro time, and listen to our favorite show .....

Retro caf : A blast from the Past!

Here are the Show details :

Date : 14^th Nov , 2007

Theme : Hemant Kumar-once more

Radio links : Here is your direction to connect to the IF Radio:

http://www.india-forums.com/radio

Or use this link in winamp:

http://radio.india-forums.com:8000/live.m3u

Show timings(wed/thurs IST) : Retro will be streamed at 11:00 PM IST, 2AM IST, 5 AM IST and 8 AM IST.

The corresponding times for these in the different time zones shall be as follows :

11:00PM IST - 11.30 PM (Bangladesh) 5.30 PM UK(London) - 12.30PM (EST), 11.30 AM CT, 10.30 AM MT, 9.30 AM PT (NorthAmerica)

2 AM IST - 2.30 AM (Bangladesh)-8.30 PM UK (London) - 3.30 PM (EST), 2.30PM (CT),1.30 PM MT,12.30PM PT (North America)

5 AM IST - 5.30 AM (Bangladesh) -11.30 AM UK (London) - 6.30 PM (EST),5.30PM (CT),4.30PM MT, 3.30PM PT (North America)

Regards

oh i am first one to reply. 😊 thank you so much. 😊 i can't wait.

Thanks!!
Congrats Minali! and great choice! 👏 👏

Love,
Gracella

Oh ho, I thought the gem will be me 😔 Haha, just kidding... wow, thanks so much Barnalidi, can't wait!!

wow it's nice to bring back the ol 😃 d times

yaay it's coming on in canada, thanks barnali di

Cool..

Congrats Minalu..👏

Great to see old time singing is back😃

congo minali di 👏


awesum choice 😛 😳


will try to tune in 😊

Congrats Minali 👏 👏

I have heard this retro many times 😆 but will be present to listen to it once again 😳

Thank you Barnalidi and everyone. Actually Adi. is the winner here as he was pressing me to participate 😳 😆

Looking forward to listening to the Retro with you all.