The pistol allegedly used by Varsha Bhosale for ending her life belonged to her mother and legendary singer Asha Bhosale, who had lost it nearly three decades ago, police said on Wednesday.
Kinshuk Mahajan, better known as Ranbir from the show Bidaai is a very happy man these days. Originally from Delhi, Mahajan is on cloud nine since he has just finished shooting a music video with legendary singer Asha Bhosle. The video will be out on September 8, Asha's birthday.
Mohammed Siraj shared a heartwarming Raksha Bandhan moment with Zanai Bhosle, granddaughter of legendary singer Asha Bhosle.
The singer performed on Thursday at Carnegie Hall to an audience who gave her a deafening ovation, again and again throughout the three hour show.
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The veteran singers attended the annual Hridaynath Mangeshkar awards where the senior Mangeshkar presented the award to Asha in the presence of rest of the family.
Master Dinanath Smruti Pratishthan was held on April 23.
The singer entered the restaurant business a decade ago by setting up the first outlet in Dubai.
The singign diva celebrates her 79th birthday today.
Do you know Ashaji crooned a seductive night club song, Zooby Zooby Je L'aime Vous for An Evening In Paris?
Legendary sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, who honoured the musicians with a citation and a shawl, said he was delighted to be the one giving the awards.
At 77, the legendary singer turns actress with Maee.
The singing who turns 79 over the weekend, celebrated her birthday with the launch of her acting debut film Mai.
The veteran singer made a dazzling appearance at the end of Manish Malhotra's show.
Bhosle's family is worried about the toll the tragedy has taken on her frail health.
Shreekant Sambrani tells himself over and over again, don't lose heart in these dire times, there is asha (hope) still, in the divine voice of Asha Bhosle.
The legend talks about her favourite singers. Syed Firdaus Ashraf listens in.
Kamini Kaushal was one of the top three heroines of the 1940s, alongside Suraiya and Nargis. Dinesh Raheja lists 10 songs that defined her career.
The Bollywood veteran celebrated her birthday on Sunday, September 8.
Overjoyed with the news of her Gulzarbhai's selection for the Dadasaheb Phalke award this year, the legendary playback singer traces her steps to her early memories of working with the veteran.
S D Burman is that unique composer who remained successful right up to his death with his creative engines never running on empty.
'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge was the highest point of our life,' Lalit Pandit tells Subhash K Jha.
The song that best encapsulates Geeta Dutt's unfairly abbreviated life would probably be: Yaad Karoge, Yaad Karoge, Ek Din Humko Yaad Karoge. On her 95th birth anniversary on November 23, Dinesh Raheja pieces together the life of this talented singer.
Sania Mirza is breaking stereotypes and busting moves in her latest Instagram reel.
How cybercriminals used the names and likenesses of celebrities to trick people into scams.
'Social media and AI are tools; they can amplify, archive, and connect, but they cannot replace emotion, discipline, or the years of riyaaz that go into becoming a musician.'
At Friday's 'Rising India - She Shakti' event, which acknowledged, honoured and celebrated women achievers in New Delhi, the Rashtrapati, who turned 65 on June 20, must have astonished to see the verve of a lady 25 years older.
Veteran music composer Khayyam revisits Umrao Jaan.
Legendary singer Asha Bhosle, who turned 90 on September 8, 2023, found herself in a 'golden' mix-up when she congratulated hurdler Jyothi Yarraji for winning a gold medal at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
Can anyone forget S D Burman's classic songs in Devdas, Sujata and Bandini?
'If I'm proud to be single it's because Lata was so blissfully single.'
'Once when he was on a flight, the plane hit an air-pocket.' 'The turbulence outside caused it to see-saw violently which caused a lot of panic inside. While his co-passengers were crying and praying for their lives, Salil kaku was writing a song in his head.'
'Whatever we are today, if playback singers are here even today, and that includes me, it is because of Didi.'
S D Burman enjoyed a productive partnership with Dev Anand's production house Navketan for two decades, but their collaboration reached its apogee with Guide.
Twenty four years after it first released in 1981, Rekha's Umrao Jaan re-releases in theatres on June 27.
Dinesh Raheja celebrates Lata's 96th birth anniversary on September 28 by picking some choice examples of her non-typical songs that are tinged with a rare eroticism.
Bappi Lahiri realised disco was a winning ticket and escalated his game with several more dancefloor perennials. Soon, every film producer and music director in town was down with disco fever. On what would have been Bappi Lahiri's 73rd birthday this November 27, Dinesh Raheja rewinds to the late music composer's halcyon days.
'For many years, we didn't speak. But then family is family. We made up.'
'It was Kishoreda who suggested to Sulakshanadidi that she should become an actress and sing her own songs in her films. This transformed her life and career.'
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