She sung a song for every mood, every situation. Sukanya Verma dives into Asha Bhosle's magnificent repertoire and pulls out gems on her 85th birthday.
Slumdog Millionaire has bagged five prestigious prizes including Best Composer award for Indian music maestro A R Rahman at Broadcast Film Critics Association's 14th annual Critics Choice Awards.
For Rahman, who had never attended college, the event hosted by the Berklee College of Music must have seemed humbling.
Pinch your nerves, and trust the ghoul -- blood will be spilled; women, children, and grouchy old men will be dismembered! observes Sreehari Nair.
'I didn't know how I would say all the loving, romantic bits.'
The musician has been nominated for excellence in musical scoring by the International Film Music Critics Association for his work in Couples Retreat.
The film deserved all the recognition that has come its way, writes Paresh C Palicha.
Despite being predictable and sluggish at some places, Saina seems like something Parineeti Chopra would be proud of, notes Prateek Sur.
We take a look at the major winners.
'My entire house turn their backs on me when a cricket match is happening.' 'The minute I look at the TV screen, an Indian player gets out.' 'So if I do enter the room, I have to sit with my back to the TV.'
'Today, a four-year-old child knows how to go on YouTube and see everything.' 'What are you going to control and what are you going to tell them? Nothing.' 'This is the generation we are living in.'
As cinemas remain shut and watching movies on big screen still a distant dream, OTT platforms are keeping us distracted from the pandemic with its steady supply of content.
The 44-year-old singer-composer had won his first Golden Globe in 2009 in the same category for Slumdog Millionaire, the Mumbai-based potboiler, which was again directed by British filmmaker Boyle.
The influence of EDM was seen in Bollywood songs throughout the year.
A look at the big winners of the night!
He's a serial entrepreneur, has delved into politics and a fitness freak.
If Kishore Kumar were alive today, he would have turned 90 on August 4.
'We are talking about history, about things that transpired.' 'If we don't know our history, we will never be able to evolve as individuals.'
'Deepak's character is not an out and out sexual predator.' 'I liked the way it was done because I felt it was more real, rather than a more dramatic take where a girl feels that oh, I must fight for my rights.'
The way Dilip came to the porch to receive Lata, you would never have guessed something was amiss between the two. Raju Bharatan's many wonderful insights into Dilip Kumar's life.
With comic Kenny Sebastian, you don't just get a stand-up act, you get a performance.
Sudhir Mishra's Iss Raat Ki Subah Nahin is relevant even today.
It was Dev Anand's dream to put Indian cinema on the world map and he thought Guide was the perfect film for it.
Music composer-singer Bappi Lahiri offers a sneak peek into what to expect in his US concerts this month.
Cinema screens bring in over 60% of the Rs 19,100 crore that Indian films earned in 2019. The reception a film gets in theatres impacts the price of every other revenue stream -- TV, OTT, overseas. Vanita Kohli-Khandekar explains why the theatre business is not doomed and why OTT won't become the first window of release.
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