India’s Resident Nightingale Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar is all set to take the Covid vaccine this week. All the other members of distinguished Mangeshkar family have already taken the vaccine. “Bass main baqi reh gayi hoon(only I remained),”...
The Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar is worried about the spike in Corona numbers. “It’s become much worse, and we are to blame for it. So many people are not following...
India’s most precious national treasure Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar has some advice for Mumbaikars and Maharashtrians. “My humble request to them with folded hands is, please don’t take Covid lightly. It is not gone as yet....
Javed Akhtar told me about an incident that Pandit Jasraj narrated to him .In the 1950s PanditJasraj was in Amritsar when he went to meet the classical genius Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan who was...
The Mangeshkar sisters Lata and Asha have ruled the ‘ear’waves for over 60 years.Apart, they are institutions in their own right. Together they constitute a force to reckon with. The two sisters...
“Kissko pataa tha yeh gaana logon ko itna pasand ayega?(who knew the song would be so much liked by people?).When Aemere watan ke logon was being created we never thought it would become such an imperishable patriotic anthem.I recall vividly...
Diwali this year would not only lowkey in the film industry , but almost non-existent. Those film families known to have all-night Diwali parties in the film industry are Aamir Khan, the Bachchans,Sajid Nadiadwala and Ekta Kapoor....
The Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar is a huge fan of Ma Durgaa. “I’ve always been an admirer of Her shakti,her determination to drive Evil out of the universe. Given the bleak situation,we ...
Believe it or not, the the drug anthem Dum maro dum mit jaye gham from Hare Rama Hare Krishna was to be sung by Lata Mangeshkar!! At least that was composer Rahul Dev Burman’s orginal plan. But then the film’s producer-director-leading...
Not all of us are lucky enough to receive a call from our prime minister on our birthday. Lataji who turned a year older on September 28 received...
“No guests, only phonecalls,” says Lataji about her 91st birthday. “My first and hopefully last birthday during the Covid19 Virus.” India’s resident Nightingale turned 91 quietly on September 28 without...
1. Rama Ratan Dhan Payo: “I recorded this album 37 years ago. Its popularity remains undiminished. Though I may have sung better Bhajans the Rama Bhajans in this album like Payoji maine rama rattan dhan payo, Thumak chalat ramachandra , Shri ramachandra kripalu and...
Asha Bhosle who turned a year older on September 8 remains as busy as ever with recordings and her grandchildren. Now she has one more surprise ...
Asia’s most accomplished artiste Lata Mangeshkar is safe from the Coronavirus. On Saturday there was panic among her fans and well-wishers when Lataji’s residential complex Prabhu Kunj was sealed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation...
It’s an open house at the Mangeshkars every year during the Ganesh Chaturthi season.Not this year, though. Says Lataji, “Every year during this festive season of Ganesh Chuturthi we have a free flow...
When it came to ghost voices Sridevi was at her best when the Nighingale sang for her. Sridevi once told me, “When Lataji sings for me ...