The Hindi Music Jukebox : Exploring Unforgettable Songs

The title The Hindi Music Jukebox is fascinating. The authors concept to look at Hindi film songs, especially of golden era, from a different perspective makes it very attractive and we start to wonder why not we look at the songs from this angle. The auther Manek Premchand has an excellent command on the language he writes and his research along with the minor details makes him a true musicologist. A must read book for all Hindi film music lovers, I would say.

I have come to know Manek Premchand very closely. Our association runs over the last 5 years and more. He is an amazing writer, and a genuine knowledgeable person on Hindi film music.A fine book, must say. A grand collection of his regular write ups. The way he relates Hindi film songs to all aspect of life makes for amazing thoughts and readings. A must read not only for Hindi film connoisseurs, but for also who love general reading.

GREAT BOOK

Jukebox is a wonderful book. A unique presentation of songs on various human emotions of love, joy , pain and distress and also effect of nature on music to make it joyful or sad. Kudos to the author on his out of box thinking in presenting this book to the readers. Laajawab, that i can say.

Juke Box is an excellent book which is a rare collection of some exceptional write ups on Hindi Film Music..A must read for every Hindi Film Music aficionado.

If you are lover of Hindi films music from the golden era and would love to read descriptive focused articles/chapters on many famous and lesser heard songs of Hindi Films, then do go for this as a must, as it has a lot to share with both the old and new fans of Hindi films songs.A great satisfactory read indeed.

A fabulous collection and a must have for the discerning music lover , hats off to Manek Bhai

Bought after reading so many reviews that it was a wonderful book and great etc. Are these superlative reviews computer generated? Or written by family and friends and backscratchers. Could not finish the book. Written in a cavalier style and copied from already published articles some of which I saw on the internet. The two star is for the wide coverage of topics , but most of the points are there in many forms across the internet.