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Somewhere between the syrupy sentimentality of Perfect and the wistful nostalgia of Photograph, my voice had staged a full-scale mutiny. What had started to emerge from my throat could only be described as the tragic wheeze of a deflating bagpipe, or perhaps a particularly anguished accordion. This, as it turned out, was exactly what Ed…
Once during a conversation, I asked Javed Akhtar about the meaning of Vijay’s return to his mother’s lap in the climactic scene of Deewaar. He said the text he wrote with Salim Khan is open to interpretation — “Did he return to the mother because of his ideology or his emotion is still debatable. After all,…
JA Jayanth (flute) and Nandini Shankar (violin) explored the beautyr of ragas in their essays. | Photo Credit: AKHILA EASWARAN To enjoy and appreciate a Hindustani-Carnatic jugalbandhi, a rasika should almost become a part of both schools’ individual and integrated styles. Here, more than the sahitya or lyrics, what matters are the music, raga, phrases…
