Sukanya Verma raises a toast to the amazing Alka Yagnik's solo song supremacy.
Alka Yagnik, who has given Bollywood so many chartbusters in her long career over four decades, shared some heart-breaking news with her fans on social media.
'Ek Do Teen gave me recognition, Aye Mere Humsafar brought emotional depth, Taal Se Taal Mila challenged me musically, Agar Tum Saath Ho connected me with the new generation.' 'Each song came into my life at the right time.'
For the year 2026, the President has approved the conferment of 131 Padma awards. The list comprises five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri.
When one of the most adored voices of India decided to hang up his boots as far as playback singing is concerned, fans and fraternity went in a tizzy. Sukanya Verma tells you why.
As Arijit Singh announces his plans for retirement from playback singing, we look back at his most popular Hindi film songs.
Readers Tejas Jaywant and Vipul Borkute send in their pictures.
Reader RP Singh has sent us a photograph.
Producer Ramesh Taurani hosted a musical get together for the singers and composers of Bollywood, and they made sure to attend.
B-town shows its support to Abhijeet.
Quite a few singers and musicians turned up.
The Roshans and their friends celebrated the success of the Netflix docu-series with a grand party over the weekend.
'I played five different versions of Woh Subah Kabhie Toh Aayegi for Raj Kapoor, only to be greeted with a totally blank reaction.' 'Thereafter, for 40 minutes, he disappeared, leaving us baffled.' 'But when he emerged, he couldn't stop appreciating our efforts!' 'He said Sahir Ludhianvi's writing was sheer poetry and since all my five tunes were equally wonderful, he would leave it to my discretion to chose the final tune.' 'What could be greater appreciation for an artiste?'
Sukanya Verma celebrates Hrithik Roshan's silver work anniversary with a playlist of 25 of his chartbusters.
'Romantic songs are my forte. Sadly, not too many of them are being created these days.'
Film and television stars made their way to the North Bombay Sarbojanin Durga Puja in Juhu, north west Mumbai, to celebrate Ashthami.
The Roshans is somewhat like leafing through a glossy coffee table book full of trivia -- no depth, but such a shiny collection of memories, observes Deepa Gahlot.
The dazzling ladies who stunned at the reception.
Film folk turned up in numbers to celebrate Bollywood Dream Girl Hema Malini's 75th birthday on October 16.
'The earlier you get your treatment done, the better the chance of recovery.'
Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan visited Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's home to attend Ganpati pooja on Sunday.
Subhash K Jha pays tribute to the late Shravan Rathod.
Twenty two years after it made history at the box office, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha spins a sequel and it is up for release on August 11.
There are a lot many gems he produced long before Naatu Naatu became a worldwide Oscar-nominated (and winning in all likelihood) sensation.
Shaan and his wife Radhika Mukherjee joined celebs including Alka Yagnik, Roop Kumar and Sunali Rathod for the Be With Beti charity walk.
Bollywood actress looked stunning as they walked the red carpet of Ramesh Taurani's Diwali bash.
A month after Khalnayak turned 30, its cast reunited yet again for the wedding anniversary of its Director Subhash Ghai and his wife, Mukta.
Karisma meets Maonj Bajpayee... Juhi wishes Alka Yagnik... Namrata enjoys a Parisian breakfast...
While Bollywood could not attend Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra's destination wedding in Rajasthan, they did line-up for another union in aamchi Mumbai.
While film folk paid tribute to the Disco King on social media, a few visited his residence.
'The sweetest, warmest and loving man ever, always smiling, very innocent and child-like.'
'If it's a good song, you will always see me singing it.'
Why is Shahid Kapoor promoting the American superhero television series, The Boys?
Celebrating Aamir Khan and his 55 popular songs on his 55th birthday
'Pankaj Udhasji took the Ghazal to the masses. He was a wonderful singer, but more importantly he was a wonderful human being.'
A look at the star arrivals.
Anu Malik reveals how Baazigar revived his career.
The Lakme Fashion Week is the perfect place to bump into your favourite celebrity.
Singer KK was cremated at Mumbai's Versova Hindu crematorium around 2 pm on Thursday, June 2, a kilometre away from his home.
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