Total Recall - a treat for music lovers. Review on Total Recall

Total Recall on Times Now is a wonderful program that takes us on a musical journey into the life and times of legendary figures associated with Bollywood. The program showcases the life and times of the individual and features songs associated with that individual and also interviews with other top Bollywood personalities - including singers, music directors, directors, journalists,etc.

The format of the program is simple. One individual is showcased each episode, it could be a lyricist, music director, singer or director. The entire program then revolves around that person. The journey of that person in Bollywood is featured though his/her movies and songs. Videos of the songs are shown and there are interviews with people associated with that person. The one hour program is a treat for music lovers as a number of popular Hindi film songs are shown and interesting information about the song shared.

Some of the popular episodes broadcast include those showcasing:

• RD Burman

  
  




• Kishore Kumar

  
  




• Shankar-Jaikishen

  
  




• Amitabh Bachchan

  
  




• Bimal Roy

  
  




• Shailendra

  
  




• S D Burman

  
  




• Vijay Anand

  
  




• Raj Khosla

  
  




• Shakeel Badayuni

  
  

... and many many more such famous Hindi film personalities.

Through this program the viewer can get to know interesting information including those on:

• The famous Lata-Rafi musical spat and how it was resolved

  
  




• Why Shailendra was infuriated when Raj Kapoor offered him money to buy his lyrics for Aag

  
  




• The inside story behind the composing of hit songs

  
  




• How Usha Khanna became a music director after realising that she couldn't compete against Lata

  
  




• How RD Burman composed the music for Chura Liya using items picked up from a local market

  
  




• The Helen-Asha combination and their wonderful songs

  
  

and many more such things.

The program is telecast on Saturdays (8:30-9:30pm) and Sundays (12-1pm). Anyone who loves Hindi film music and would love to once again see and listen to the golden oldies should not miss this program. You also get a chance to listen to the greats of Bollywood talking about the making of your favourite movies and songs.

Don't miss this delightful program on Times Now, you can sit back and have a relaxing hour enjoying good music.