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...
“It’s like a slap in the face,” says India’s greatest singer Lata Mangeshkar about Amitabh Bachchan and his family testing positive for Covid19. Lataji has been upset ever since she heard the ...
When asked to give suggestions to new upcoming singers the Goddess Of All Melodious Thing demurs, protesting that today’s generation doesn’t take advice kindly. When I ...
Lata Mangeshkar has always been known as a one-woman industry . I remember the wonderful Dev Anand telling me how erected sets had to be dismantled...
The Nightingale hates playing favourites.When I urge her to do so she reminds me that she never listens to her own songs. “I never do that...
We would probably not have known about the death of poet-lyricist Yogesh Gaur had the Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar not tweeted about it. Among the most articulate ...
Raj Kapoor’s Bobby which introduced Rishi Kapoor as a leading man to Hindi cinema wiped out his huge financial debts. It was the biggest hit of Raj Kapoor’s career as...
Everyone who is a fan of the great music in Raj Kapoor’s cinema knows Lata Mangeshkar was the Showman’s muse . He called her Mata Saraswati...
Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar Speaks To Subhash K Jha On Being Corona Confined Didi,namaaskar, aap kaisi hain? Main theek hoon. Sab ki terah ghar mein hoon(I am at home like everyone). You were recently hospitalized for a a severe lung infection, so you must be doubly...
The MeToo movement gained momentum in these parts during the last two years, and it’s often alleged that women in the Indian entertainment industry are not inclined to come forward with...
Impish, flirtatious, pouty and perky….somehow Nimmi was the original Mumtaz and Aruna Irani,if that makes any sense. Vivacity came naturally to Nimmi . It wasn’t a trait she cultivated. It was part of her...
She is the undisputed queen of melody. Lata Mangeshkar is to music what Picasso is to painting and Mozart to the symphony. Such talent and reputation comes with a...
Some time ago Ayushmann Khurrana had tweeted about his love for the Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar’s song Saawan ke jhoole pade from the film Jurmana. After her long illness and complete recovery Lataji has reciprocated by complimenting Khurrana. Says a source,...
After 28 days in hospital, India’s most beloved singer Lata Mangeshkar finally returned to her home in Prabhu Kunj , Peddar Road to a rousing welcome from her fans well-wishers and friends. But for...
Though a large section of the media lost interest in Lataji’s health the minute they realized she wasn’t going anywhere, her genuinely concerned fans keep inquiring ...
On a normal day when Lataji is home, there are hordes of curious fans and devotees standing on Peddar Road hoping to catch a glimpse of her.Now as news of...