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Their sound from those early years is fresh, sunny and sweet on the ear.
Aayiye Bahaar Ko Hum Baantle, P
yaar Baantte Chalo,
aago Prabhat Aaya and N
eend Kabhi Rehti Thi Aankhon Mein are some of my favourites from that time. Even in those early years, L-P showed a refined musical sensibility, a strong grip of story, situation and characters, and a penchant for long preludes and rich orchestration – aspects that would remain their hallmarks for most of their career. And they didn’t compose just easy-breezy romantic numbers; some of their best classical work is from that time.
Long After His Death, Vijay Tendulkar Returns to Upset the Republic of Hurt Sentiments
One of his less controversial plays has now provoked the Bajrang Dal because of its title.
Vijay Tendulkar. Photo: Shakher59/Wikimedia Commons CC BY SA 3.0
The Marathi playwright and screenwriter Vijay Tendulkar (1928â2008), a giant of modern Indian letters, is again in the news. A play of his has incurred the wrath of the Bajrang Dal.
Jaat Hi Poochho Sadhu Ki (âBirth Alone Mattersâ), which was to be staged in the IPTA festival at Chhattarpur in Madhya Pradesh angered them because of the title.
The Bajrang Dal found the title of another play,