Param Arunachalam

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Param Arunachalam

@taparam

Hindi film music chronicler @myswar. Writer/compiler of the BollySwar book series. I post about music, movies, TV, travel, food, Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Kerala.

Bangalore Katılım Şubat 2010

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Param Arunachalam@taparam·8 Oca

A new volume of the BollySwar series is out - BollySwar: 1951 - 1960. This covers the Hindi film music of the 1950s, the most influential decade of Hindi cinema. The impact of the Hindi films and Hindi film music made in this period lasts to this day. amazon.in/dp/B0DSGXQDTB

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Param Arunachalam@taparam·12m

@Ajaythetwit @Raaga_Suresh 🙏🏽

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Ajay Purohit@Ajaythetwit·13m

@taparam @Raaga_Suresh Congratulations Param.

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Param Arunachalam@taparam·3h

Give it a spin!

MySwar@myswar

MySwar Gets A New Look mavrix.in/2026/03/myswar…

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Param Arunachalam@taparam·13h

Q: Before Dhurandhar, has there been any film that shows politicians in good light? A:

Param Arunachalam@taparam

Jawaharlal Nehru was an important off-screen character in Naunihal (1967). The film was dedicated to The Red Rose, a metaphor for Nehru. The song sequence for Meri Aawaaz Suno in the film used footage of Jawaharlal Nehru's funeral procession.

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Param Arunachalam@taparam·14h

@kbalakumar The best place to look for Salil da's multi-use tunes is salilda.com salilda.com/filmsongs/othe… Brilliant site, have spent hours on it.

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K Balakumar@kbalakumar·14h

@taparam Sir, does this Kannada song by Salil da have a version in any other language? youtu.be/ZJslP59QJoI?si…

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Param Arunachalam@taparam·15h

@GHANASHYAMPAR12 x.com/taparam/status…

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Starting with Ek Hi Rasta (1956), every BR Films production opened with Hemant Kumar’s chanting of the Bhagavat Gita shloka "Karmanye vadhikaraste ma phaleshu kadachana / Ma Karmaphalaheturbhurma te sangostvakarmani"

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GHANASHYAM PARIDA@GHANASHYAMPAR12·15h

@taparam Yes the same stanza was used as a title track for BR Chopra production

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Param Arunachalam@taparam·23h

Clueless. Sanskrit shlokas from Hindu religious text have been used before in the opening of many Hindi films. Thread.

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Param Arunachalam@taparam·15h

@neeednewname Same raag - Kedar. Since it's Vasant Desai, I think a closer match is Humko Man Ki Shakti Dena.

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looking for a new name@neeednewname·15h

if I’m not wrong, this is the same tune (raga?) as the one from ‘beqas pe karam kijiye’ of Mughal-e-Azam (1960)

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Vasant Desai's theme music for the opening credits of B.R. Panthulu's School Master (1959) started and ended with the line न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते from the Bhagavad Gita.

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Param Arunachalam@taparam·18h

Hero (1983), Subhash Ghai's first film under the Mukta Arts banner, used a rendition of Gayatri Mantra for the banner logo. Sung by Anuradha Paudwal and possibly Manhar Udhas.

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Param Arunachalam@taparam·18h

@anvaya_anand Indeed! Had posted a q related to this some time ago.

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Param Arunachalam@taparam·19h

@Retro_spective1 Murkh, RK Films produced 21 films from 1948 to 1999. BR Films made 35 films from 1956 to 2008. Almost all of them started with shlokas. Don’t flaunt your ignorance with so much confidence.

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Retrospective1@Retro_spective1·20h

@taparam Says Hindi film- goes back to 1956 stone age movies for proof. 🤡

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Param Arunachalam@taparam·23h

Excellent. One of the most toxic, anti-India accounts here.

Aadi Achint 🇮🇳@AadiAchint

Finally.

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Param Arunachalam@taparam·1d

@AnumohanG Ha ha. Nahin ab zaroorat nahin padti. She has gotten over him. To a point...OTT se kaam chala leti hai ab. :-)

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ANUMOHAN@AnumohanG·1d

@taparam Ok, please do watch once in a while 🙏😁

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Param Arunachalam@taparam·1d

Last SRK movie I watched was Ra One. Ab jhela nahin jaata.

Moana@ladynationalist

am i the only one who has not watched this cringefest yet ??

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Param Arunachalam@taparam·1d

@AnshumanAnand10 Haan. Hamare lambu ne bhi kiya tha. Mohanlal and Rajni too are doing it IMO. Mammootty is one superstar who has taken his career to another level after 60. Truly commendable. To be fair to Amitabh, he did course correct after a point.

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Anshuman@AnshumanAnand10·1d

@taparam All Superstars and their fans know well the highway to failure but they keep speeding on it

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Param Arunachalam@taparam·1d

All fans are needy but SRK fans are a different level of cringe. Imagine hyping him on the eve of Dhurandhar 2. 😭

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