Yet another honour for Javed Akhtar.
'I kept thinking the bedroom door would open any minute and Didi Atya would step out...'
'We, the Mangeshkar family, don't wish to be drawn into this controversy and this controversy should end and politics on Didi's name must be stopped.'
'She is the gorgeous Lata, the love of my life.'
The 92-year-old singer tested positive for Covid with mild symptoms and was admitted on January 8 to Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital.
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.
'The key to her cupboard is with me. People have been requesting me to open it.' 'I've made it very clear. Nothing in her room or cupboard will be touched as long as I am there.'
Regaling fans since decades with her brand of charm and charisma, Bollywood's eternal diva has channelled lot of these attributes in her chartbuster songs.
'While we conversed in Marathi, she would always make it a point to ask me in English, "Are you okay? Have you eaten?"' 'I sorely miss that care and concern.'
Sunday's IPL final between the Chennai Super Kings and the Sunrisers Hyderabad was a memorable one for Sachin Tendulkar.
Rahul Dev Burman's collaboration with Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar was unique, but he saved his best for Lata Mangeshkar.
'I somehow escaped the difficulties that a majority of working girls face.'
'His Dil deewana in Maine Pyar Kiya came to me at a time when I was thinking of retirement.'
This is the first time she has been hospitalised in 20 years, says Subhash K Jha.
'There was no other Lata Mangeshkar, there is none and there won't be any. I will celebrate her life, today and always.'
'What Raamlaxmanji did with Sooraj Barjatyaji in Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hain Koun was beyond a miracle.'
Superstar Aamir Khan turned up at a private award function after 16 years!
'Listen to my songs if they make you happy at home.'
'There was no time to do all the normal things that children do as they grow up.' 'One day, I was playing with dolls.' 'The next day, I was on a train looking for opportunities to sing at various recording studios.'
'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?'
From kicks to cuts, Subhash K Jha gives the latest Bollywood buzz...
'Asha atya remains down-to-earth and frank.' 'If she likes something, she will tell you to your face.' 'Ditto, if she doesn't.' 'She is full of life and energy, I have never seen her brood.'
On RD Burman's 75th birth anniversary, Lata Mangeshkar pays rich tribute to him.
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.
The Bollywood veteran celebrated her birthday on Sunday, September 8.
'I faced difficulties, but today when I look back, it all looks mazedar (fun).'
R D Burman has passed away before Lata Mangeshkar recorded the song.
'She had shown some signs of improvement, but then she went into multi-organ failure.'
There are so many patriotic songs that make us proud to be Indians.
'Even after Awaara Hoon and Mera Joota Hai Japani, between 1946 to 1963, there were plenty of upheavals in his career. My parents had moved into two rooms of a chawl, with an attached bathroom, by then, but life was hard, and often there was no food at home.'
'There is so much division in the country. People are getting more and more into 'Main Hindu hoon woh Mussalmaan hai'.' 'This climate of suspicion and hostility must stop,' The Legend, 92 today, tells Subhash K Jha in an exclusive interview.
'I've never allowed success to go to my head.' 'I've seen many artistes fall because of their pride.'
Much, much, much before Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani fussed over What Jhumka, Asha Bhosle trilled in her alluring voice and teased us with tantalising details about the events leading to her precious Jhumka's loss. Sukanya Verma celebrates the singing legend who turns 90 on September 8.
'To keep laughing is the most important thing in life.'
Subhash K Jha picks 5 Hindi films that celebrate sibling bonding.
On her 65th birthday, Sukanya Verma looks at the diva's 10 definitive songs.
'The thing about Balaji was that he brought his own special flavour and energy to every song he sang.' 'In that sense, he was like Kishoreda.'
Renuka Shahane celebrates the movie's silver anniversary.
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