When Kapil Dev lifted the 1983 World Cup at the Lord's balcony, the erstwhile BCCI president and one of the powerful ministers in the Indira Gandhi cabinet, late NKP Salve had a different worry.
The film industry doyenne turns 82 today!
Subhash K Jha lists Holi songs that you have probably never heard.
'Lataji, Ghalib, Beethoven and Shakespeare are far removed from the normal chain of human civilisation.' 'If they were just role models, how come no one was able to achieve an iota of their perfection?' 'They are a kind of intruders who come as reminders of the rule of mediocrity that prevails.'
The award function will be held in Pune.
'There was no other Lata Mangeshkar, there is none and there won't be any. I will celebrate her life, today and always.'
'Salilda and my brother Hridaynath would deliberately make my compositions tough.' 'Their logic was, "You can do it, so why should we not compose accordingly?",' Lata Mangeshkar, who would have turned 94 today, September 28, 2023, once told Subhash K Jha.
'If I had a chance to live it all again, I wouldn't change a thing.'
Subhash K Jha picks songs to celebrate Maha Shiv Ratri.
'She was not just a fan; she knew the game and could differentiate between a good cricketer and a great cricketer.'
'It will remain my one regret that Lataji didn't sing for me in Meera.'
A lowdown on what's happening in the Tamil film industry.
'I never asked the lyricist Majrooh Sultanpurisaab nor the composer Raju (Rajesh Roshan). I just sang it the way it was given to me. How was I or anyone to know that Mungda would become such an iconic song?'
'I came to hear you sing Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon. I am glad I have heard you sing.'
'It's time we stop thinking only about ourselves.' 'Whether it is love or wealth, give generously.'
We take a look at his life through his pictures over the years.
'If I were to live a thousand years, I could not repay the gratitude I feel.' 'To receive love is the greatest thing.' 'What more in life could you wish for?'
"The Congress in a way is in the grip of urban Naxals. That is why its thought has become negative," Modi alleged in his 90-minute speech.
You know the celebrated Raksha Bandhan songs. Subhash K Jha lists the ones you don't.
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'I've never allowed success to go to my head.' 'I've seen many artistes fall because of their pride.'
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.
On his 90th birthday, Sukanya Verma highlights a fraction of the legend's marvelous versatility in this curated list of his 25 unique moods.
'Sometimes the cast wouldn't come together; sometimes I wasn't in a position at the box office to make this film. But I didn't give up,' Sanjay Leela Bhansali tells Avantika Bhuyan after Bajirao Mastani won 7 National Awards.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Amitabh practised Rang Barse well; the singing, movements, everything. And he got the inflections perfectly.'
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