Anand Bakshi wrote  a  majority  of  the most popular  Hindi films songs  during his  4-decade  career Anand Bakshi  was  the longest-lasting  lyricst of the  film industry. From ...

“I was very closer to  Pancham(R D Burman) than his father(Sachin dev Burman).When he married my sister(Asha Bhosle) he told me to write him ...

On a clear day you can see him forever. Madan Mohan, the talent extraordinaire who never got his due during his lifetime, is ...

हिन्दी सिनेमा में गायिकी का दूसरा नाम कही जाने वाली, एशिया की सबसे सम्मानित और कुशल गायिका लता मंगेशकर से जब उनकी सफलता ...

There is much more  to  Uttam  Singh than  Dil Toh Pagal Hai. Uttam Singh along with  his partner Jagdish gave  soulful songs in Manoj Kumar’s Painter Babu and Waaris. Uttam and Jagdish were  the regular  music arrangers  for Raamlaxman After  Jagdish’s death  in ...

Music composer Raamlaxman was  much-loved by  all  the  singers who sang for him. Udit Narayan  has the fondest words for  the  deceased  composer. “He was  a very ...

Sing Sena Supremo Lata Mangeshkar hero-worshipped her father.  But not  many  people know that she was  equally attached to her  mother, if not  more. Recalls Lataji, “Aaee, ...

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 ...

 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  ...

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 ...

On  Sunday,  fans friends  and admirers  of the iconic  Dharmendra  were  concerned when he  posted what seemed  to be  a despondent poem about mortality.Soon ...

 I can’t deny Aamir is the most adventurous performer in India.  Aamir has constantly taken risks,  gone against the flow  and generally been ...

The  captivating enigmatic Rekha may not be seen on screen these days. But she is pursuing her secret passion…no, not what you think…Rekhaji is heavily ...

Like  any possessive  wife Asha Bhosle hated to see her husband work with any other woman. A hugely talented music composer R D Burman was  allowed  to work ...

 Some composers  are born to create beautiful melodies even if they cannot see the world and its creation. Almost entirely blind, music composer Ravindra Jain  ...

* “Jaag Utha Insan” (1984): Though it was “Himmatwala” that launched her into stardom in Bollywood, it was this unsuccessful nugget of a ...

 Kindly note. It is Dr Madhavan from now on. Tamil star-actor R Madhavan  has received  the  Doctor of Letters (D. Litt.) for his outstanding contribution to arts ...

 Love is  not  only about  togetherness and  joy. It is also about being torn apart and the abject grief  of  losing love. Which ...

  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  ...

In her latest interview  with Arnab Goswami—it seems  they continue to be comrades—Kangan Ranaut has spoken about how she has lost multi-crores worth of endorsement deals  for labeling  ...

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. ...

  Narendra Chanchal who quietly passed away on January 22  left behind a legacy of  ‘Mata Rani’ Bhajans that  will be chanted sung and  celebrated  as long as ...

“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 ...

 The Nightingale of Asia Lata  Mangeshkar received a surprise call  from  Rakesh Roshan, his son Hrithik  Roshan and Rakesh’s  brother music composer Rajesh  Roshan, a day after  she tweeted her birthday-anniversary wishes for Rakesh  ...

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 ...

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 ...

Television’s most wanted star-actor Ronit Roy who turned  55 on October 11, says he  missed his  most precious  gift  for  the day when India’s  Nightingale  Lata Mangeshkar tweeted ...

 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 ...

 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 ...

1. Barse ghan saari raat…sangg sow jao(Tarang): The immensely gifed composer Vanraj Bhatia created only one song for Lataji for Kumar Shahani’s experimental film Tarang…and what a ...

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  ...

Asha Bhosle  who turned  a year older  on September  8 remains as busy as ever  with recordings  and  her grandchildren. Now she  has  ...

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  ...

 Composer Rajesh Roshan shares  a  very special  bonding with the  legendary  Lata Mangeshkar. They  worked closely  on  melodies  like Bhool gayi sab kuch(Julie), Pal bhar mein  yeh kya ho gaya(Swami), Pardesia(Mr Natwarlal) and  Wada  no tod(Dil Tujhko Diya). Rajesh has now asked Lataji to  sing for  him again.  ...

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 ...

When it came to ghost voices Sridevi  was  at  her  best when the Nighingale sang for her. Sridevi  once  told me, “When Lataji ...

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  ...

 “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 ...

The Nightingale hates playing favourites.When I  urge  her  to do so she reminds me   that she  never  listens to  her own songs.  “I ...

We would probably not have  known about the  death  of  poet-lyricist Yogesh Gaur had  the Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar not tweeted about it. Among ...

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 ...

Everyone who is a fan  of the great music in Raj Kapoor’s cinema knows Lata Mangeshkar was the Showman’s muse . He  called ...

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 ...

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. ...

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  ...

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 ...

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 ...

The vultures  in  the  media business  are having a field day. In  the last  one week ever  since India’s most beloved singer Lata Mangeshkar was hospitalized ...

1.     She  is the undisputed  God of all melodious  of things. The Sing Sena Supremo. But whom does Lata Mangeshkar  idolize as a singer?  It’s  Kundal Lal Saigal. She  ...

Meri awaaz hi pehchan hai…The  voice that has  defined beauty, harmony,grace and  humanism for millions  of  Indians for  over  seven decades  almost got stilled . The  year ...