Anushka Sharma plays Rosie, a jazz singer in 'Bombay Velvet'
Saturday, 30 May 2015 - 8:00am IST | Agency: dna webdesk
Although Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet failed to make an impact, it’s jazz-based music has been widely praised. One of the principal characters in this period film set in the Bombay of 1950s is Rosie, a jazz singer. In one scene, Rosie’s driver, who has a crush on her, boasts to her about his connection with the Hindi film musician Chic Chocolate.
They couldn’t have picked a better musician to reference Bombay’s jazz age – transient and with only a few fond memories left behind. Chic Chocolate, born Antonio Xavier Vaz in 1916 in Goa, was a multi-faceted musician – he played the trumpet, fronted a jazz band, assisted Bollywood music directors like C Ramchandra and Madan Mohan, and even composed music for three Hindi films – Nadan (1951), Rangeeli (1952) and Kar Bhala (1956). As a tribute to this forgotten musician, here are five songs that follow his Hindi film career arc:
read more: http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-chic-chocolate-and-a-trip-down-bombay-s-jazz-age-2089479
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