'... their love was jinxed.' 'His celluloid path to his partner's heart was seldom smooth; it had to contend with greedy relatives and indecisive sweethearts, who were more ready to sacrifice than woo and wed.'
On her 65th birthday, Sukanya Verma looks at the diva's 10 definitive songs.
Bhaiyaa Mere Rakhi Ke Bandhan Ko Nibhaana from Chhoti Bahen is popular on Raksha Bandhan even today.
The Shiv Sena supremo was caught in a good mood, as he sat on stage.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Amitabh Bachchan has been awarded the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award.
Bollywood is doing all it can to keep busy during the national lockdown.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The stars turned up in support of Asha Bhosle, who makes her acting debut with Mai.
Kumkum, who featured in some of the most memorable songs in Hindi cinema, passed away on Tuesday. She was 86.
Almost the entire film industry turned up!
Hasmukh just doesn't make you laugh and that's its biggest tragedy, complains Moumita Bhattacharjee.
'There is so much you learn on a Mira Nair set.'
Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to.
'There were no singers like Lata, Kishore, Rafi or Mukesh. And until now, there is nobody. Nobody with that kind of voice, nobody with that kind of brain to learn. Not only to learn, but to improvise. We improvised music, we improvised the songs. Nowadays, they just listen and copy.'
Several Bollywood stars remember the late singer.
'He was a fighter, a stunt man and an action director, the master of all things rugged. Yet, he had the softest heart.'
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
Dhoom 3 boasts of more noise, more bikes and a whole lot of scowling from Aamir Khan.
Here's what your favourite celebrities are tweeting.
"I hate all those who advocate ideology of hate, including Taliban, and I won't allow the Hindu version of Taliban to succeed in India," Singh said on Twitter.
A 5,000 song music directory of Hindi film classics in a retro avatar.
Artistes across the spectrum on Wednesday mourned the demise of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh describing him as a national treasure and a global ambassador of India's cultural heritage.
Renuka Shahane celebrates the movie's silver anniversary.
A fun excerpt from Diptakirti Chaudhuri's Bollygeek: The Crazy Trivia Guide to Bollywood.
'These days you are the main inspiration for a lot of young film-makers. They are mimicking your films.'
Kishore Kumar didn't become a legend overnight. And even when he did, he had many unfulfilled dreams.
Narendra Modi, Vilasrao Deshmukh, Pratibha Patil, Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle took blessings of him.
'Crores are spent on Martyrs Day and on lighting candles, but people don't respect living soldiers who are heroes.'
'The easiest recording experiences have been with Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. They ensure that the atmosphere in the studio is light, not just for me, but even my team of musicians, who may want to make a correction or express a critical point of view and are free to do so. And they obey as a new singer would.' Composer Shamir Tandon charts out the milestones in his Bollywood journey.
Calling him a man of great "grit" and "conviction", Bollywood celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Lata Mangeshkar and Ajay Devgnn condoled the demise of Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray on Sunday
Reader Rohit Sardesai has sent us a photograph.
The music composer looks back at his long and successful career, and also sings in his trademark style.
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