'Rafi Saab was such a skilled singer he could create any mood through his voice.'
Where Shamshad Begum was charging Rs 900 for a song, Lata was prepared to settle for Rs 50 as she came on the scene. Raju Bharatan recalls yet another memorable incident from Lata Mangeshkar's incredible life.
Sukanya Verma salutes most beloved Rishi Kapoor melodies.
I spent almost all my life trying to figure out how anyone could express so many shades of human feeling in her voice, wonders Subhash K Jha.
We celebrate Kishore Kumar's 90th birth anniversary on August 4 with Amit Kumar's 10 favourite Kishore Kumar songs.
While about 8,000 people are in the long list of invitees, the select list features 506 A-listers, including prominent politicians, leading industrialists, top film stars, sportspersons, diplomats, judges and high priests.
From SRK to Big B, many actors have played a double role in the movies.
Look at the wedding pictures!
'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.'
Bhupinder's magical legacy lives on in the musical masterpieces he left behind.
Sukanya Verma makes a playlist of 15 profound Rajesh Khanna ditties.
In these pandemic stricken, music bereft times, what can be more joyous than a playlist of 25 golden melodies?
On his 90th birthday, Sukanya Verma highlights a fraction of the legend's marvelous versatility in this curated list of his 25 unique moods.
'I just offered her a rose. She said thank you. And I took a photograph with her.'
Much, much, much before Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani fussed over What Jhumka, Asha Bhosle trilled in her alluring voice and teased us with tantalising details about the events leading to her precious Jhumka's loss. Sukanya Verma celebrates the singing legend who turns 90 on September 8.
On his 40th birthday on September 28, Sukanya Verma draws up a playlist of 40 riveting Ranbir songs.
'There was no other Lata Mangeshkar, there is none and there won't be any. I will celebrate her life, today and always.'
Kishore Kumar didn't become a legend overnight. And even when he did, he had many unfulfilled dreams.
Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood.
Film music flourished in the 1970s. Some old masters did some great work, but it was also the decade of new composers.
Sukanya Verma presents a playlist of 100 Lata Mangeshkar songs from different decades of Hindi films -- songs that make me sing, smile, sob and sigh.
The incomparable Mohammed Rafi would have turned 93 today, December 24. Raju Bharatan salutes the legend.
'When it came to S D Burman, a Guide song was completely different from a Tere Mere Sapne song which was completely different from a Sharmilee song. Except for their quality, there is nothing to link them together.' 'Lata was his ultimate voice. He felt there was nobody like Lata. "Give me a harmonium, give me Lata and I will make music," he said.'
'I guess if I was chosen to be his wife, I must be special.'
'If you look at its melody, it's nothing.'
Celebrating Aamir Khan and his 55 popular songs on his 55th birthday
'Today, when I look back, our journey together ajooba lagta hai.'
Sukanya Verma celebrates The Legend's 25 distinctly different moods.
'She was not just a fan; she knew the game and could differentiate between a good cricketer and a great cricketer.'
Though not memorable, Lekar Hum Deewana Dil can't be dismissed either, writes Joginder Tuteja.
What did Sukanya Verma's Super filmi week look like? Read on...
Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav is among six personalities chosen for this year's Padma Vibhushan.
If Kishore Kumar were alive today, he would have turned 90 on August 4.
A look at B-town stars who turned die-hard fans onscreen!
'Her death has left a small hole in me. That little space that her songs and her screen image always filled in me. She had not worked in films for years, but somehow I always sensed she was there, somewhere in Bombay where movie magic is made.'
'As the burkha-clad beauty Husna in Mere Mehboob, she inspired Shakeel Badayuni to compose Mere Mehboob Tujhe Meri Mohabbat Ki Kasam/Phir Mujhe Un Nargisi Aankhon Ka Sahara De De. Hasrat Jaipuri showered epithets like Nargis-e-Mastaana and Phoolon Ki Rani, Baharon Ki Malika on her in Arzoo.'
'To keep laughing is the most important thing in life.'
Do actors really look like the real life people they portray on screen? It's time to have *your* say!
Sukanya Verma looks at the many, many reasons for marital discord reported in Hindi movies.
Bollywood doesn't care for the fading star, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
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