Jatin-Lalit's music score for Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge is one of the best-selling soundtracks of all times and their Pehla Nasha is a song for the ages.
It was a sad day for the movies, as film folk grappled with updates on movie legend Dharmendra's health and also attended the prayer services for Zarine Khan and singer-actress Sulakshana Pandit.
'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.'
'Sandhya's life may have been far from perfect but does that give anyone the right to kill her?' the composer asks.
Veteran playback singer and actress Sulakshana Pandit passed away on Thursday evening after a prolonged illness, her family said. She was 71.
In 1973, several major leading ladies like Mumtaz, Raakhee, Jaya Bhaduri, Dimple Kapadia, Tanuja, had married and retired from films. Producers wanted a new heroine as a replacement. Many thought Sulakshana was a Mumtaz lookalike and was soon persuaded to sign on multiple films as a leading lady.
A screening of Anurag Kashyap's crime thriller Nishaanchi starring Aaishvary Thackeray, Monika Panwar and Vedika Pinto was held on Thursday night.
The growing list of Bollywood's new-gen actors gets fresh faces in Vyom and Saachi Bindra, who will make their big screen debut in the musical romance, Mannu Kya Karegga.
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'Panchamda created an exclusive theme music for Gabbar Singh, which is used throughout the film every time the dacoit makes an appearance, and in both concept and sound, is so eerie and evil.'
Kolkata native Manasi Ghosh, 24, has been declared the winner of Indian Idol 15. She takes home the trophy and a Rs 25 lakh prize money.
Yesteryear actor Deb Mukherjee passed into the ages on March 14.
Celebrities from the music fraternity paid their respects to Panditji at his State funeral in north west Mumbai.
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'Shreya (Ghoshal) ma'am said she hasn't heard a voice like mine before, and added that even in the future, there won't be another voice like mine.'
Pandit Jasraj's son, Shaarang Dev Pandit, performed the last rites, which were followed by a 21-gun salute at Vile Parle's Pawan Hans Crematorium.
'She has always amazed me and at times, shocked me!'
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.
'When Ghar Aaja Pardesi was recorded, we made Lata ji hear the song.' 'Lataji praised Pamji's singing and said, 'Aapko aur gaana chahiye, kitna achchha gaaya hai aapne.'
'I couldn't see the injury but I knew it was bad from the expression on Aamir's face.'
'The last month and a half has taken a toll on all of us, especially his wife, my sister Vijayta. She has endured a lot,' Lalit Pandit tells Subhash K Jha.
'Kishoreda was very close to our family and offered a lot of support.'
'Do you know the opening two lines of Mehndi Lagake Ke Rakhna -- Yeh kudiyan nashe di pudiya, yeh munde gali de gunde -- was not only written by Bakshisaab but also composed by him in one sitting on Yashji's request?'
Yash Chopra's wife Pamela Chopra passed into the ages on the morning of April 20, and film folk arrived at the Chopra residence to offer their condolences.
The shock of losing her husband to cancer is yet to sink in.
'He had a unique kashish in his voice which attracted the youth to hear him more and more.'
Sukanya Verma celebrates Hrithik Roshan's silver work anniversary with a playlist of 25 of his chartbusters.
Ramesh Taurani kick starts Diwali party season in Bollywood.
The music fraternity came together to honour the late legend.
Film folk, politicians and sports personalities joined hundreds of fans as they paid their last respects to Lata Mangeshkar.
The Race 3 crew celebrate Ramesh Taurani's birthday.
Ace photographer Dabboo Ratnani's mother Prabha passed away on November 28.
Take a look at the guests.
The closing ceremony of the 10th edition of the Jagran Film Festival was a glamorous affair in Mumbai.
Ishmeet Singh, who died in a tragic accident in the Maldives on July 29, was to make his debut as a playback singer in Bollywood in the Nana Patekar-starrer Horn Ok! Please.
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