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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Mohiner Ghoraguli - The Ever Galloping Horses
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While all of us go gaga over international musical artists and groups, we tend to forget the immensely talented ones closer to our soil. Mohiner Ghoraguli (translated as Mohin's Horses) is surely one of those musical groups that had heralded a new beginning in Bengali music by breaking all established musical themes. For ardent music lovers, this name would definitely not be a new one. Mohiner Ghoraguli was an independent music group of Calcutta that was established in the 1970s. The most striking feature of their music was their versatility. It is almost impossible to categtorise their music into one specific genre.
However, during their active years, the Group did not manage to earn much recognition. The reason? The Group emerged at a period when Bengali music was stagnated. But the dominance of the Bengali film songs could not take music that was new, radical and that broke all barriers. The Group incorporated several genres of music within it- from Baul to Rock. Gautam Chattopadhyay, the leader of the Group and inspiration for all other Bengali musical groups, came up with lyrics and composition that were more of a rebel.
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Mohit Chauhan - Route to Success
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Mohit Chauhan's route into Hindi playback singing took him first through the lanes and by-lanes of Indipop and fusion music. Most of you will know him as the lead singer of the popular band 'Silk Route' who had created quite a craze with the visual melody of the album 'Boondein'. It is not surprising that at least a few of us would have to sit up straight when we are told that the soft coquettish voice behind the fame of 'Masakali' is that of Mohit Chauhan. It is not due to any lack of awareness but simply due to the fact while watching songs on television, we hardly get to watch the credits. Mohit has also done a number of advertisement jingles including that of 'Alpenliebe', 'Nescafe' and 'Parachute hair oil'. But popular as they are, ad voices are often recognized without associating a name to it.
'Silk Route', like many other bands, was not able to cash in on its initial success. Though 'Boondein' had a clean sweep in most music award shows in 1998, there was only one more album called 'Pehchan' before the band was finally dissolved.
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Pritam Chakraborty: The Trendy Music Director
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Pritam Chakraborty, better known as Pritam is one of the most successful music directors in Bollywood these days. Born in Kolkata, Pritam is the son of Prabodh Chakraborty, who runs a music school for children. Pritam gained his early training in music from his father and learned to play the guitar while still in school.
Pritam completed his studies from St. James School and residency college respectively and later joined the famous Bangla Band 'Chandrabindoo'. He joined the 'Film and Television Institute' in Pune to undertake a course in sound recording and sound engineering in 1993.
Having completed his education, Pritam moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in Bollywood. He started composind ad jingles and befriended some other struggling young artists like Shantanu Moitra, Rajkumar Hirani, Sanjay Gadhvi and Chandrajeet Ganguly, also known as Jeet. Pritam got his first break in the movie 'Tere Liye'. Though the music was well received, the film sank at the box office. However, in 2002, Pritam got the chance to compose the music for Yashraj Films' 'Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai'.
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