Manek Premchand is an Indian writer and historian of film music at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, who has written several books pertaining to the history of Indian film music and biographies of musicians. He has hosted shows on WorldSpace Satellite Radio and been a consultant with Saregama. His books, while finding a presence online,[1][2]have been cited by authors and students writing on Indian films and film personalities, many related to the music in Indian films.[3][4][5]Bollywood Sounds: The Cosmopolitan Mediations Of Hindi Film Song (2014) by Jason Beaster-Jones[6] has references sprinkled throughout, citing him several times, including about composer Naushad's style of working. His books find a presence at specially organized events celebrating artistes he has written about, like Talat Mahmood.[7]
In 2003 he completed his first book, Yesterday's Melodies, Today's Memories, with the aim of giving songwriters, singers and composers credit.[8] It was followed by Musical Moments from Hindi Films (2006). In 2010 he became part of the Mohammed Rafi Academy's governing body and two years later produced Romancing the Song (2012). He contributed an essay on Shivkumar Sharma in Shiv Kumar Sharma: The Man and His Music (2014), and released a biography of Talat Mahmood the following year. In Hitting the Right Notes (2016) he focusses on songwriters and composers, the difference the music made and the trends they produced. He devoted a chapter to Mubarak Begum in The Hindi Music Jukebox: Exploring Unforgettable Songs (2018), and has published a biography of Hemant Kumar in 2020.
^Premchand, Manek (27 December 2018). Yesterday's Melodies Today's Memories. Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-64429-877-0.
^Palamadai, Sivanandam (19 May 2022). "C. Ramachandra with Rajendra Krishan". Music Unrestricted. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^Jhingan, Shikha (5 August 2022), Majumdar, Neepa; Majumdar, Ranjani (eds.), "Volatile Scales, Contingent Bodies: The Many Voices of Asha Bhosle", A Companion to Indian Cinema (1 ed.), Wiley, pp. 239–259, doi:10.1002/9781119048206.ch10, ISBN 978-1-119-04819-0, retrieved 18 February 2024
^"Shiv Kumar Sharma: The maestro who straddled classical and popular music". Saudigazette. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
^Beaster-Jones, Jayson (7 November 2014). Bollywood Sounds: The Cosmopolitan Mediations of Hindi Film Song (1st ed.). Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-986254-2.
^SNS (11 March 2018). "Jashn-e-Talat: Delhi pays tribute to musical legend Talat Mahmood". The Statesman. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
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