Having started in the mid-1960s, Vaali went on to pen nearly 10,000 songs in his five-decade-long career.
'Towards the late '60s and early '70s, it was a given that if it was Shankar-Jaikishan, it had to be Sharda for Shankar.'
A quick look at the winners of the 94th Annual Academy Awards.
A look at the star arrivals.
There's an award for everyone at the Sansui Colors Stardust awards!
Death of a princess, deadly Godzilla and detectives galore on OTT this week.
Music Composer Aravind talks about composing music for National award winning documentary A Far Afternoon and much more!
Bollywood loves number games. And not just the rat race kind. There's a slew of movies with numbers in their title.
The official list of contestants is not out yet, but Namrata Thakker digs out some names that are in contention.
Rocky Aur Rani delivers a king-sized entertainer that blends old charm with fresh ideas. It is a win for Karan Johar whose conviction works big time to satisfying results, asserts Mayur Sanap.
'He was an extremely naughty child, always in trouble and creating trouble.' 'He wanted to fly a kite at night, and sometimes, bunk school.' 'When I insisted on sending him, we could get a call from school that he had fainted.'
Girish AD doesn't make romantic comedies so much as he elevates the genre, observes Sreehari Nair.
What matters is that you live the moment and remain strong. It doesn't matter which form of music you love. Irrespective, one must spread music because music has the power to spread love and peace, says sensational pianist Stephen Devassy
The Zee Cine Awards Telugu honoured a lot of film folk over the weekend, even as they got together for a red carpet party. Here's looking at moments from the awards night.
'I told Shah Rukh I wanted to sign him for our film, Deewana.' 'He responded by saying that he had no dates.' 'I was shocked because he hadn't had a single release till then.'
None of R D Burman's collaborations was as rewarding and resplendent as with Gulzar, who turns 89 today, August 18, 2023, says Subhash K Jha.
People move on, get attached to other people, ending a close bond. But we rarely see that on screen, observes Aseem Chhabra.
A quick look at winners in the major categories.
A R Rahman, Mahesh Babu, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan and Sania Nehwal among others were part of the farewell party on Sunday.
'When you sing, you have to be in the song. You have to feel it or else, don't do the song.' 'That's why I haven't delivered a bad song in my career.'
The complete set of winners on Oscar night!
He is producing Swapna Waghmare Joshi's film Laal Ishq.
Tamannaah Bhatia and Riteish Deshmukh's rom-com is blah, complains Namrata Thakker. Plan A Plan B Review
'Many people pointed fingers at me.' 'They would ask, "Why did you sing such a song? Why did you do this 'double-meaning' song?"' 'My mother also asked, "Yeh kya gaaya?"'
It is a tough task to put together a theme-based soundtrack for a film and make it interesting and entertaining enough to find an audience. Amit Trivedi and Shellee make it happen with Udta Punjab, writes Aelina Kapoor
This isn't a hatchet job, and my excuse for the exercise is my feeling that when you invert some of the clichés mentioned here, you might just arrive at the portals of genuine movie-making energy, says Sreehari Nair.
Charlie Chopra and the Mystery of Solang Valley is fun in parts, discovers Deepa Gahlot.
Its success script: Investing more in local content ecosystem; growing its partnership footprint.
Meena Kumari's classic film released 50 years ago, on February 4, 1972.
'Watching the world cheer for an Indian film is a dream come true.'
Pritam's music in Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobara are good enough to be played on loop.
'I worked with a lot of stylish handsome actors like Shammi Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna and Feroz Khan. Lekin Devsaab ki toh baat hi kuch alag thi.'
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R... Rajkumar starts off well with Gandi Baat and Saree Ke Fall Sa catching your attention. But there is an overdose of this sound, and a couple of ordinary numbers dilute the effort to some extent.
'I cannot be confined to just one or two kinds of music.'
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
