Shooting film songs
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The story behind the award-winning song ‘Naatu Naatu’ from ‘RRR’
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Picture the song: ‘Haanikarak Bapu’ gives a hilarious twist to the sports film’s training montage
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Picture the song: ‘Sar Jo Tera Chakraye’ proves that Johnny Walker is truly the best stress-buster
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Picture the song: ‘Maa Da Laadla’ from ‘Dostana’ brought love (and Hindi films) out of the closet
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Picture the song: Witness the quintessential Govinda magic in ‘Pak Chik Pak’
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Picture the song: In ‘Vaasamilla Malar Idhu’, a tune is worth a thousand words
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Picture the song: ‘Galti Se Mistake’ proves that Ranbir Kapoor can never put a wrong foot forward
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Picture the song: ‘Hungama Ho Gaya’ from ‘Queen’ is the rare remix that actually works
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Picture the song: ‘Hum Bane Tum Bane’ from ‘Ek Duuje Ke Liye’ proves that love has no language
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Picture the song: Feel the love in ‘Aaj ki Raat’ from the ‘Don’ remake
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The story behind Madhuri Dixit’s ‘Ek Do Teen’, the most famous counting exercise in Hindi film music
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Picture the song: See Savitri-Gemini Ganesan’s outsized chemistry in ‘Maiyendhum Vizhiyaada’
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How Dilip Kumar trained and trained to perfect ‘Madhuban Mein Radhika Naache Re’
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Picture the song: Love gets spooky in ‘Lag Ja Gale’ from the suspense thriller ‘Woh Kaun Thi?’
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Picture the song: In ‘Tarali Raada Thane Vasantham’, a plea to liberate classical music
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Picture the song: We say yes, yes, yes, to ‘Yenna Solla Pogirai’ from ‘Kandukondain Kandukondain’
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Picture the song: ‘If You Come Today’ is more precious than all of Nirav Modi’s diamonds
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Viral hit ‘Manikya Malaraya Poovi’ is only the latest example of the eye contact song in movies
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Picture the song: ‘Dreamum Wakeupum’ from ‘Aiyyaa’ is a ‘throbbingum and thumpingum’ ode to the ’80s
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Picture the song: Devika Rani is a free-spirited bird in ‘Main Ban Ki Chidiya’
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Picture the song: ‘Kannum Kannum Kalandhu’ is a dance-off like no other
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Picture the song: ‘Dafatan’ from ‘Delhi-6’ transports Chandni Chowk to Times Square
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Picture the song: ‘Dekha Ek Khwab’ from ‘Silsila’ launched Javed Akhtar’s career as a lyricist
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Picture the song: An invitation to break free in ‘Manasa Maine Varu’ from ‘Chemmeen’
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Picture the song: Looking for romance and finding RD Burman in ‘Jaane Ja’ from ‘Jawani Diwani’
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Picture the song: ‘Main Zindagi Ka Saath’ from ‘Hum Dono’ is a tune from 1961 about 2017
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Picture the song: ‘Elangathu Veesuthe’ is a spot of colour in the relentlessly dark ‘Pithamagan’
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Picture the song: Beauties bond over baubles in ‘Mann Kyun Behka’ from ‘Utsav’
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Picture the song: Shashi Kapoor loses and finds himself in ‘Tum Bin’ from ‘Pyar Ka Mausam’
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Picture the song: ‘Oththa Sollala’ is the ultimate street dancing number
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Picture the song: The infectious ‘Zingaat’ is among the reasons ‘Sairat’ is difficult to remake
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Picture the song: ‘Chal Ri Sajni’ from ‘Bombai Ka Babu’ is about a love that cannot speak its name
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Picture the song: Is that really a lesbian moment in ‘Khwab Bankar Koi Aayega’ from ‘Razia Sultan’?
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Picture the song: We challenge you to be seated during ‘Appadi Podu’ from ‘Ghilli’
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Picture the song: ‘Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai’ from ‘Guide’ is an ode to life
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Picture the song: Tears in the rain in ‘Enge Enadhu Kavithai’ from ‘Kandukondain Kandukondain’
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Picture the song: The power of coffee in ‘Jaane Kaise Kab Kahaan’ from ‘Shakti’
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Picture the song: An iconic screen romance begins with ‘Gaane Mor Kon Indradhanu’
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Picture the song: No dandiya sticks, no disco beats in ‘Mirch Masala’ garba dance
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Picture the song: Gangsters can be romantic too, as ‘Baadalon Se’ from ‘Satya’ demonstrates
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Picture the song: A lovable slacker’s topsy-turvy world in ‘Main Aisa Kyun Hoon’
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Picture the song: Rishi Kapoor’s heavenly footwork in ‘Om Shanti Om’
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Picture the song: ‘Vivaha Bhojanambu’ from ‘Mayabazar’ is a delicious tribute to gluttony
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Picture the song: Ajith is the world’s best dad in ‘Unakkenna Venum Sollu’
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Picture the song: ‘Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera’ is the ultimate back-to-roots tearjerker
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Picture the song: Shobhana is haunted and haunting in ‘Manichitrathazhu’
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Picture the song: Bring out the eyeshades for ‘Jawani Jaanemann’ from ‘Namak Halaal’
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Picture the song: ‘Aankhon Mein Teri’ too has a double role in ‘Om Shanti Om’
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Picture the song: In ‘Ninaithen Vandaai’, MGR and Jayalalithaa are Antony and Cleopatra
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Picture the song: Is ‘Aapki Yaad Aati Rahi’ from ‘Gaman’ the ultimate separation song?
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Picture the song: If ‘Subarnarekha’ has a theme song, it is ‘Aaj Dhaaner Khete’
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Picture the song: May all end credits roll like ‘Ajj Mera Jee Karda’
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Picture the song: ‘Roop Tera Mastana’ simply refuses to grow old
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Picture the song: When Paravai Muniyamma sings ‘Madurai Veeran Thaane’, it’s time to fight
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Picture the song: ‘Hawa Hawai’ from ‘Mr India’ will always survive its remixes
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Picture the song: ‘Raabta’ (not the movie)
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Picture the song: Sweet little lies in ‘Bol Na Halke Halke’ from ‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’
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Picture the song: Lovers burn up the phone wires in ‘Jalte Hai Jiske Liye’
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Picture the song: Seduction has consequences in ‘Tumhavar Keli Mi Marji Bahal’ from ‘Pinjra’
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Picture the song: ‘Dil Dhoondta Hai’ and the heart that never stops searching
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Picture the song: ‘Ei Raat Tomar Amar’ is about a night that never ends
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Picture the song: When Amol Palekar grinned his way to success in ‘Ye Din Kya Aaye’
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Picture the song: Fragments of an idyllic romance in ‘Poongatru Puthiraanathu’ from ‘Moondram Pirai’
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Picture the song: ‘Mera Kuch Samaan’ is about all that you leave behind in love
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Picture the song: ‘Dikhai Diye Yun’ from ‘Bazaar’ is both ballad and elegy
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Picture the song: ‘Yenna Satham’ from ‘Punnagai Mannan’ is a superb Ilaiyaraaja-SPB collaboration
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Picture the song: Similes and smiles in ‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha’
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Picture the song: The eyes have it in ‘Achcha Ji Main Haari’ from ‘Kalapani’
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Picture the song: ‘Chale Chalo’ is an unmatched ode to team spirit
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Picture the song: ‘Sundari Neeyum’ is a slo-mo beauty
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Picture the song: ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ changed the buddy song for good
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Picture the song: Were the ‘Padmavati’ protesters spooked by ‘Tattad Tattad’?
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Picture the song: Love, sensuality and Smita Patil in ‘Me Raat Takli’
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Picture the song: Guns and snogs in ‘Mile Mile Do Badan’ from ‘Black Mail’
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Picture the song: The three loves of Bashu in ‘Tum Sundar Ho’ from ‘Katha’
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Picture the song: Rain and romance in ‘Evano Oruvan’ from Mani Ratnam’s ‘Alaipayuthey’