Ramesh Tendulkar, a Marathi novelist, named his son after his favourite music director, Sachin Dev Burman.
With Uttar Pradesh elections round the corner, the mood of the House was clearly reflected as members came prepared for the battle ahead. Shiv Sena members wore saffron scrafs in support of the Ayodhya cause.
'Rishi Kapoor was a complete original.' 'He dazzled the screen and stayed a livewire off it as well,' remembers Sukanya Verma.
''He was extremely gentle, humble, soft-spoken, down to earth, giving respect to senior musicians as well as to budding ones.'
Love, fear, sadness, and many more, seen through the filmi lens.
Utility vehicle-maker Mahindra & Mahindra, which agreed to buy 43.3 per cent stake in Punjab Tractors Ltd last week, on Monday made an open offer to acquire an additional 20 per cent in the company.
How many of these have aged well?
Composers Vishal and Shekhar use R D Burman's rhythms and orchestration into an original, contemporary tune.
Family sources said she was suffering from cancer, and was admitted to the SSKM hospital with respiratory illness.
The master batsman also loves music, cars and is deeply religious.
Mukesh Ambani remains the country's wealthiest promoter as his stake in Reliance is now worth Rs 3.25 trillion!
Kareena Kapoor is all set to play an expecting mum in Madhur Bhandarkar's Heroine.
The committee also picked 19 sportspersons for the Arjuna Award, including the likes of cricketers Ravindra Jadeja and Poonam Yadav, track and field stars Tejinder Pal Singh Toor, Mohammed Anas and Swapna Barman.
Dabur Foods said on Thursday that it was eyeing to more than double sales turnover at Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion) in two years on the back of increasing sales of fruit-based beverages.
Hindustan Motors Limited on Wednesday said it planned to produce this year 2,000 units of Ambassador Grand, the newest variant of Ambassador that has sleeker interiors and exteriors.
Hindustan Motors on Monday launched a new variant of its old workhorse Ambassador, which, it hopes, would increase sales of the car by nearly 29 per cent to about 18,000 units this fiscal.
Did you expect Kareena Kapoor to die in Udta Punjab?
'Amitabh practised Rang Barse well; the singing, movements, everything. And he got the inflections perfectly.'
India's cash-rich promoters are not the same as the wealthiest. For example, Mukesh Ambani is the richest Indian based on his stake in Reliance Industries, followed by Premji, the Adani family of the Adani group, and Radhakishan Damani of Avenue Supermarts.
Every single one of Parinda's magnificent frames is a masterclass in slick. Sukanya Verma tells us why.
The Central Excise Department said it has slapped service tax of Rs 6 crore on the Preity Zinta co-owned KPH Dream Cricket, which is part owner of IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab.
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's various terrace moments.
Rajkot-based bullion trader Pankaj Lodhya, who has been named by the Centre in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court in the black money case, on Monday denied having a foreign bank account and said he was shocked to find his name in the list.
People close to the erstwhile royal family underline that Jyotiraditya Scindia is neither as accessible nor as unpretentious as his father.
The 'NaMo wave' failed to influence voters in Tripura, which remained a Communist bastion with the Left Front retaining both the Lok Sabha seats with record margins and a vote share of 64.0 per cent.
According to GQ they are!
Sukanya Verma celebrates the acting legend.
The Ambanis are the only Indian family on the top 10 richest families list in Asia.
These videos are like butterflies in a case, says Sreehari Nair. They have neither aged badly nor grown over-familiar.
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