One could be anywhere -- huddled around a transistor radio at home in the evenings, walking past a neighbour's house, or waiting at a bus stop and Lata Mangeshkar's voice would reach us. Aseem Chhabra pays rich tribute to The Legend.
Subhash K Jha doffs his hat to the musical genius R D Burman on his 30th death anniversary on January 4.
'If my brother was a criminal they could have filed a case against him and put him on trial. Why kill him?' This is not justice.'
From aadmi to andas, Bollywood songs dispense gyaan for every occasion. But nothing beats its obsession with pyaar.
Mahira Sharma creates her own Bollywood style tunes.
Ramesh, however, said it was too early to talk about all this right now as the Congress' first priority was the upcoming elections in Karnataka and the string of state polls this year.
'Pancham told me once, "It's very difficult to be taken seriously when there are stalwarts like Shankar-Jaikishan, S D Burman, Madan Mohan and Naushad... How do I make my mark?"' Amit Kumar salutes R D Burman on his 30th death anniversary on January 4.
'Pankaj Udhasji took the Ghazal to the masses. He was a wonderful singer, but more importantly he was a wonderful human being.'
'Even Aaradhya watches KBC,' Amitabh Bachchan tells us.
'You suddenly realise that in this entire big scheme of things, you're just one speck.'
We take a look at the movies where Reema Lagoo played dignified mom characters.
The very filmi Valentine's Day Special!
Police escorted the rally all the way, at one point standing in a row to prevent the rallyists from entering a side road where stood a huge mosque. Across the road, an old Muslim woman asked her Hindu neighbour what the rally was all about. The latter shrugged her ignorance, looking on in bewilderment at the young men with their saffron flags, all of them wearing Bajrang Dal T-shirts.
On Ashaji's 89th birthday on September 8, Subhash K Jha revisits some of her lesser-known classics.
Members of the BJP and the Shinde faction staged a demonstration in the Vidhan Bhavan complex on Thursday while holding banners which read: "AU kaun hain" (who is AU).
India Poochega -Sabse Shana Kaun? will start in March.
'We brought melody back to Hindi cinema and our songs which came straight from the heart, be it Papa Kehte Hain, Aye Mere Humsafar, Ghazab Ka Hai Din or Akele Hain To Kya Gham Hai, resonates even today.'
The composer had gems to his credit in his long career.
'I didn't expect much from him when he came on set.' 'But he was just jumping and flying around and I couldn't tell that this was his first action film!'
'I am proud to say she was my voice in all my best songs.'
'Today, when I look back, our journey together ajooba lagta hai.'
Javed Akhtar is among the millions who believe that Lata Mangeshkar's voice is therapeutic.
The best analysis of politics does not come out of air conditioned newsrooms, but from the voices on India's streets. Rakesh Kumar Singhal -- once an army jawan, then an ONGC employee, then a tea shopwallah -- reveals why he left the Congress for Modi.
The sixth edition of Kaun Banega Crorepati will air on Sony Television on September 7.
All the trivia about Salman and his directors.
Sukanya Verma celebrates The Legend's 25 distinctly different moods.
Twitter India launched a new emoji and asked everyone to list their favourite 1990s movie and tag their friends to continue the chain. Bollywood responded right away!
He flew down to Mumbai as a Congress troubleshooter with a mission to save the wobbly coalition government in Karnataka, but minister D K Shivakumar hardly found any support from the Maharashtra unit of his party in his task and was sent packing to his home state.
'If I had a chance to live it all again, I wouldn't change a thing.'
Star Plus's new serial Paanchvi Paas will be hosted by Shah Rukh Khan.
Deepa Gahlot lists the most popular Yash Chopra films -- the ones he directed, not produced (yes, so that means no DDLJ) -- that can be watched on OTT.
Fascism is knocking at India's door, Lalu Yadav charged.
In Apne Dharmendra reminds us why he is so special.
To mark World Whiskey Day, a toast to its memorable imagery in Hindi films.
SRK will be back on small screen with a new game show with kids. Made on the lines of 'Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader', this show will be aired on Star Plus.
Yadav denied any possibility for a post-poll alliance between the BJP and the Rashtriya Lok Dal's Jayant Choudhary.
'Today's result has changed them, not just people in our community but for entire India, it's an inspiration. For a girl of Muslim community to do so well, it gives others, not just our community, confidence that our girls can also do this.'
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