The Unforgettable Music of Hemant Kumar

440 Pages | Paperback

Foreword by GULZAR

With a study of his Bengali repertoire by
Antara Nanda Mondal and Sounak Gupta

Hemant Kumar, what a wonderful singer, what a gifted composer! Decades after this amazing man left us, we sing his songs and enjoy his tunes, not just in Mumbai and Kolkata, but everywhere music buffs live.

The Unforgettable Music of Hemant Kumar looks in detail at specific areas of Hemant Kumar’s work. Chapters include the journey of his life, from Varanasi to Calcutta to Bombay and back to Calcutta. It lists his discographies as a singer—both in Hindi and Bengali films—as also out of cinema in many languages. It identifies his songs as a composer, again in his work in many languages.

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The essays address his singing—in that famous baritone voice, his compositions, the classical raags that his tunes romanced with, the instruments he frequently used, the singers and lyricists that he worked with, and his Rabindra Sangeet.

Featured is an interview with his son Jayanto and much more. Popular personalities like him, who have spent decades doing stellar work, often have plenty of trivia attached to them and their work. As such, we have put together a largish chapter on such trivia about Hemant Kumar.

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Publisher: Blue Pencil
Category: Arts & Cinema, Biography & Autobiography, English, Non-Fiction, Non-fiction, Publications
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Manek Premchand

Author | Film Music Historian

Manek Premchand is a passionate aficionado of Hindi film music, with a special devotion to the Golden Era—from the mid-1940s to the late 1960s. He has taught Broadcasting and Visual Communications at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, and has conducted Master Classes on The Evolution of Music in Hindi Films at Manipal University, Karnataka. He has also served as an Advisor to Manipal University Press, which has published two of his works.

A prolific writer, Manek has authored hundreds of articles and numerous books on music, which include Yesterday’s Melodies, Today’s Memories, Musical Moments From Hindi Films, Romancing The Song, Shiv Kumar Sharma, The Man and His Music (co-authored), Talat Mahmood—The Velvet Voice, Hitting The Right Notes, The Hindi Music Jukebox, The Unforgettable Music of Hemant Kumar (co-authored), Majrooh Sultanpuri: The Poet For All Reasons, DIRECTOR’S CHAIR — Hindi Cinema’s Golden Age, And the Music Lives On and Shyam—A Star Forgotten (edited).

He has been a Jury Member at the Bangalore International Film Festival and a Guest Speaker at the Mangalore LitFest. His voice has been heard on radio, including WorldSpace Satellite Radio, and he has been featured in many television programmes, celebrating and preserving the legacy of Hindi film music.

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