Singer Hariharan worked quite a few times with santoor player Shiv Kumar Sharma, who passed into the ages on May 10, and flautist Hari Prasad Chaurasia.
'Wonder of wonders we finished the Janmashtami song and can you believe it within the next few days it so happened that Dilip Sahab walked into my life, gazed into my eyes and asked my grandmother and mother for my Hand in marriage.'
Uttam Ghosh pays tribute to the Incomparable Legend, Lataji Mangeshkar, Bharat Ratna.
You know the celebrated Raksha Bandhan songs. Subhash K Jha lists the ones you don't.
Biswajit, movie heart-throb of the 1960s, remembers The Legend.
'Many have tried to imitate her. They've fallen flat on their faces.'
Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi made a lightning visit to Mumbai on Sunday evening to pay homage to Lata Mangeshkar.
Javed Akhtar is among the millions who believe that Lata Mangeshkar's voice is therapeutic.
'The source of our music, the very notes of music itself have fallen silent.'
'She was not just a fan; she knew the game and could differentiate between a good cricketer and a great cricketer.'
'His Dil deewana in Maine Pyar Kiya came to me at a time when I was thinking of retirement.'
Lata Mangeshkar has never tasted alcohol. Yet, she has sung some extraordinary songs about intoxication.
There is no conclusive clarity on how many songs Lataji has actually sung.
'I am writing two films. Something very different from Rocky Aur Rani.' 'I know I'm back on the set next year.'
We continue celebrating Lataji's birthday, as Subhash K Jha picks 12 unknown but exquisite Lata songs
'Gulzarsaab's words are lucid and singing them is like painting a picture.'
'I would like to feel that he had a special place in his heart for me as I do in my heart to this day.'
'In just a couple of years, she proved herself the best cook in the Mangeshkar family.'
'One cannot play a Goddess as deep and resonant as Sita Maa without being affected.'
Pancham, like his father, was besotted by Lata Mangeshkar's voice and his career's finest songs were reserved only for her.
If Rajesh Khanna was the greatest star of Hindi cinema, the songs played a major part in his superstardom.
'I don't think my troubles would have happened if she was with me. I kind of lost my way after she was gone,' Sanjay Dutt once told Subhash K Jha about his mother Nargis, the legendary actress who passed away this day 41 years ago.
Theek nahi lagta, a song written by Lata Mangeshkar's favourite lyricist Gulzar, was believed to have been lost.
'Mere Haathon Mein Nau-Nau Chudiya Hain showed how skillfully Shiv-Hari could weave into the commercial idiom.'
Just how much do *you* know about Lataji?
'For many years, we didn't speak. But then family is family. We made up.'
'This birthday, I wish all his troubles to vanish.'
'It's time we stop thinking only about ourselves.' 'Whether it is love or wealth, give generously.'
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'Many people pointed fingers at me.' 'They would ask, "Why did you sing such a song? Why did you do this 'double-meaning' song?"' 'My mother also asked, "Yeh kya gaaya?"'
On Lata Mangeshkar's birthday, Prachita Baban Patil sings for the legend.
Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu read out an obituary reference after which MPs stood as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed.
The Lata Mangeshkar rendered title song in Karan Johar's Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham will be re-structured as an orchestral item by American composer Kris Bowers to be part of the narrative.
Bollywood has often celebrated Lord Krishna with lovely songs over the years. On the festive occasion of Janmashtami, Subhash K Jha picks his favourite Kanha songs.
'When she called to ask why I was depressed, my depression flew out of the window.'
Not one to mince words, Asha Bhosle is expected to drop a few hot potatoes, which may embarrass her illustrious Mangeshkar family.
'If I had a chance to live it all again, I wouldn't change a thing.'
On the occasion of Pandit Ravi Shankar's birth centenary, his biggest fan, Lata Mangeshkar, pays tribute to one of Indian classical music's greatest legends.
Apparently, the number and the style in which it will be shot will echo the chiffon-in-the-snow style of Karan's mentor, Yash Chopra.
'There is absolutely no rivalry between us.' 'I've always wished her well.' 'And she has always looked up to me as her elder sister.'
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