The 68th Grammy Awards began at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
In 1973, several major leading ladies like Mumtaz, Raakhee, Jaya Bhaduri, Dimple Kapadia, Tanuja, had married and retired from films. Producers wanted a new heroine as a replacement. Many thought Sulakshana was a Mumtaz lookalike and was soon persuaded to sign on multiple films as a leading lady.
Chennai-born Indian-American businesswoman and musician Chandrika Tandon, 71, won a Grammy in the Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album category for her album Triveni, a blend of ancient chants and world music, at the 2025 Grammys.
'When there was a match, he would be up all night watching it on his laptop with Kishori Amonkarji singing on the side.'
Click to see who won and lost at the 53rd Grammy Awards.
'I am extremely happy that I am bringing Grammy to my country. Hope I continue making India proud with my work.'
'When he played his inner light shone so bright! His joy embraced us all... we experienced divinity.'
Mayur Sanap lists five films at MAMI 2024 that took his breath away.
Algeria's Imane Khelif, a silver medallist at the 2022 World Championships, and Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting have been in the spotlight at the Paris Games amid a gender dispute that has dominated headlines.
'This is the moment when India is shining all over.'
'You make a song, it gets rejected, you have to make 10 more.'
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'I will always cherish the fact that I received the first big award of my life, actually two, in the company of legends for an incredible collaboration.'
Today, Anirudh Ravichander's name on a film's poster is enough to pull in audiences, notes Arjun Menon.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has collaborated with Grammy Award-winning Indian-American singer Falu for a special song to promote the benefits of millets and their potential to alleviate world hunger.
'Ameen Sayani was copied by generations. Now everyone is trying to become smaller Ameen Sayanis in their own way.'
In the 76 years since India gained independence, 53 recipients of the Bharat Ratna have been there. That's less than one every year, which is a healthy ratio given there is the sanctity of this gem of an award to preserve. But four recipients for the year were announced in a few days in addition to one announced earlier. That took the total number in 2024 to five in less than a month, the highest for any year, post-Independence, notes Shyam G Menon.
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The 59th Grammy Awards was held in Los Angeles, California.
'It's amazing how many different kinds of patriotic songs we have in our country.'
"While you were squeezing the life out of your wife, your children can be heard crying in the background for their mummy. It is clear that they heard what was going on and knew that she was being hurt by you," the judge noted in his sentencing remarks.
'A Colourful World is for every child, telling them that like the different coloured crayons in a box, they should also appreciate their differing identities, shine and live peacefully with other human beings in our colourful world.'
The ladies were big winners during the pre-cast ceremony, as was A R Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire.
'Now, no one can stop me from making music till the day I die.'
'I knew one day I will explode if I don't get some sanity with making music.'
'There was a certain difference that separated him from the rest. That's why his life is so celebrated, his loss is felt globally.'
Sandeep Das collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma wins Grammy.
Hindi lyrics are no bar to the global appeal of his music.
'No matter how big the name, no one lives forever; like medicines, we come with an expiry date.' 'But, in the short time that we have, we try to make something that will stay on long after we are gone.'
'Every religion is sacred and beautiful. There's no reason for people to hate each other because they practise different faiths.'
'We have lost one of music's most revered and prolific visionaries.'
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With a team of 20-odd people, Snafu tries to unearth the rough diamonds from millions of songs. Can AI help look for a needle in a haystack? Ritwik Sharma finds out.
'You could be out of sight, out of mind but it may take just one song to bring you back and to let you know that your audience is still rooting for you.'
Dr M Madan Kumar, 45, shares some tips to sail through these troubled times.
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