China in Indian popular culture, Haqeeqat and Manohari Singh

In this first episode, Pavan and Subrat talk about their backgrounds, China's presence (or absence) in our popular culture, the legendary instrumentalist of Hindi film music, Manohari Singh, and what they are reading, listening and watching. They talk about how China appears in films like Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani, Haqeeqat, Bhool Na Jaana and Neel Aaksher Neechey. They discuss trivia about the combination of Madan Mohan and Kaifi Azmi, the ensemble cast and the roles of Bhupinder, Balraj Sahni and Jayant in the making of the Haqeeqat. They consider the invasion of Chinese martial arts films in the home video market in India. They discuss the contribution of Manohari Singh to the success of some of the most popular Hindi film songs and share trivia about the making of these songs. They close out with our recommendations about films, songs and books. Also check out: Film Division documentaries of S. Sukhdev Mrinal Sen's Neel Akasher Neechey Megha Majumdar's A Burning on Amazon

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China in Indian popular culture, Haqeeqat and Manohari Singh is an episode from Haal-Chaal Theek Thaak Hai by Subrat & Pavan.

This episode is 01:13:33 long.

This episode was published on Jul 26, 2020.

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