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.
IMAGES from day 3 of the 1st Test between Bangladesh and India played in Chottogram on Friday.
It seems outsourcing is going to be the litmus test for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the run up to the 2008 United States Presidential elections.
Kudos to Akki for taking up such a hatke role and playing it with confidence, notes Namrata Thakker.
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'If you want to see sex, just go watch porn. You don't need to watch a film or a Web series for that.'
Barcelona wasted a golden opportunity to extend their lead at the top of LaLiga as they were shocked 1-0 at lowly Almeria on Sunday thanks to a first-half strike by El Bilal Toure.
Rahul Dev Burman's collaboration with Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar was unique, but he saved his best for Lata Mangeshkar.
Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam is a masterpiece, and like most masterpieces of the cinema, it's a great act of folly, observes Sreehari Nair.
Kangana Ranaut ticks off all the boxes of the poker-faced spy model in Dhakaad, observes Sukanya Verma, but the the movie needs real rescuing.
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'I sang... God knows how many songs I sang for him! Most definitely, 50-100 songs.'
Owaisi said, 'Srinagar is a ghost town. Yeh kya kar diya hai (What have they done)? The people are very angry. It moved us to see that people were searching for milk. We were told that since last three months children were not going to school, medicines or proper food have been in short supply. They said they were being tormented.They can't bear the torture of their youth."
Beloved movies, brand new shows, must-watch documentaries and feel-good fare, it's all there on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma offers a peek.
The mystery over incidents of chopping of braids in Delhi and other states continued as more such cases were reported.
After making Bombay Talkies and Lust Stories, Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap give us Ghost Stories, a film consisting of four short stories. It will stream on Netflix from January 1. A special screening was held in Mumbai, and the cast members made sure to attend.
Schools, public transport and other government offices remained shut after several organisations, including the Asom Gana Parishad, called for a bandh to protest police brutality in the Golaghat district. Anurag Kashyap reports
Expectations from the Indian male shuttlers will also be high, given their exploits in recent months.
Vinicius Junior's second half tap-in steered Real Madrid to a 1-0 victory over Liverpool in the Champions League final on Saturday.
On Valentine's Day, Sukanya Verma looks at some dream destinations in Bollywood style.
White is pure. White is powerful. And our movies just love to channelise its immaculate energy and enhance a visual's impact.
Their detention outside the US enables CIA interrogators to apply interrogation methods that are banned by US law, said Haaretz.
Wherever Bollywood celebs go, the cameras follow.
'The Indian dishes I am most excited to taste are the ones I haven't encountered before.'
Amit Panghal will be eager to exorcise the ghosts of disappointing Tokyo Games
On January 27, B Muralidhar Reddy, a distinguished journalist with The Hindu was taken to the war zone of Mullaithivu, along with other Sri Lankan journalists by the Sri Lankan defence ministry.
As a self-confessed scaredy-cat, I have to say I was dreadfully exhausted by the end and noting the sloppy visual effects and continuity glitches in Janhvi's ghostly makeup.
A summary of Saturday's action in the UEFA Nations League.
Journalists don't usually spare even the best of cricketers in their criticism. And most cricketers take the criticism sportingly.
The US and European markets account for 35 per cent of export revenue and a big portion of volumes.
'If a horror movie does well at the box office, it doesn't mean people like to scared these days. People might like to get scared on one Friday, fall in love on other, and laugh on the next.'
An early goal from Pablo Sarabia earned Spain a 1-0 win in Switzerland on Thursday, their first victory of this year's UEFA Nations League.
Critics are baffled by the plot for Christopher Nolan's latest film.
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'My film will not only be a reminder for all of us who have gone through these hellish two years, but also a reference point for future generations and for the four-five year olds who would have forgotten everything by the time they grow up.'
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Madhya Pradesh humbled domestic powerhouse Mumbai by six wickets in a one-sided final to win their maiden Ranji Trophy crown, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru on Sunday. It was an achievement of sorts for coach Chandrakant Pandit, who exorcised the ghosts of losing one at the same venue 23 summers ago. It was a record sixth national title for Pandit as a coach.
Liverpool survived a first-half scare to reach the Champions League final with a 3-2 win at Villarreal on Tuesday that secured a 5-2 aggregate victory after the night had threatened to turn sour for Juergen Klopp's side.
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