Dinesh Raheja looks back at Manoj Kumar's brilliant 1964 thriller Woh Kaun Thi, and explains just what made it an audio-visual treat.
'Finally it was S D Burman who brought us together.'
We will continue to be enthralled by your golden oldies we grew up with, notes Shreekant Sambrani.
Amitabh Bachchan was honoured with the Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award at a ceremony in Mumbai's Dinanath Mangeshkar Natyagrih.
From sultry cabaret numbers to soul-stirring ghazals, Asha Bhosle crafted a sonic universe where boldness met beauty and mischief mingled with melancholy. Her voice didn't just soundtrack cinema, it liberated expression, challenged norms and gave generations permission to feel, flirt, ache and celebrate without restraint. Sukanya Verma salutes the legend.
A 40-feet-long Veena -- the Indian classical music instrument -- weighing 14 tons, arrives in Ayodhya on September 16, 2022 to be installed at Lata Mangeshkar Smriti Chowk.
'While I personally the baseless news amusing, it was quite sad to see how disturbed my family felt.'
'Ek Do Teen gave me recognition, Aye Mere Humsafar brought emotional depth, Taal Se Taal Mila challenged me musically, Agar Tum Saath Ho connected me with the new generation.' 'Each song came into my life at the right time.'
Biswajit, movie heart-throb of the 1960s, remembers The Legend.
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.
'As a new actress, I was watching Lata Mangeshkar with awe at an event. Later, I mustered the courage to call her. I heard her divine voice on the phone, she sent me a sari home and it was a boon to me.'
'We cannot thank her enough for what she has done for us.'
A great admirer of Raj Kapoor's film songs, senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai says his all-time Raj Kapoor favourite song is the magical duet Pyar Hua Iqrar Hua.
'I just offered her a rose. She said thank you. And I took a photograph with her.'
Film folk, politicians and sports personalities joined hundreds of fans as they paid their last respects to Lata Mangeshkar.
Superstar Aamir Khan turned up at a private award function after 16 years!
'Today's girls are freer than the earlier generation. They perform more freely.'
'Didi would always say, 'Why would these young talented singers want to do my songs? Originality has very long legs.' I wonder what she would have to say about this new technology that threatens to tamper with the voices of the singing greats.'
'Lata didi's voice was as pure as a bell that rings in a temple.'
Subhash K Jha remembers Dilip Kumar on the screen legend's first death anniversary, July 7.
'There is absolutely no rivalry between us.' 'I've always wished her well.' 'And she has always looked up to me as her elder sister.'
Sukanya Verma remembers the Boss in 30 of his underrated, overlooked gems in Hindi film music.
Pictures and tributes keep pouring in, reminding everyone how much she was loved.
'She was the last of the diggaj kalakaars after Lataji, Kishoreda, Rafi saab and Mannada and with her demise, the golden era of Hindi film music has truly ended.'
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.
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.
Lata Mangeshkar was my introduction, the beginning, the basic, the identity of film music. Sukanya Verma salutes The Legend.
The 79th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) were held at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
Lata Mangeskhar did not eat or drink during the nine-hour nail-biter at Mohali which India won by 29 runs
'Madhubala stipulated in her contracts that she wanted only me to do her playback singing.'
The stars turned up in support of Asha Bhosle, who makes her acting debut with Mai.
'Whose blessings should I take, whom should I tell my troubles?'
The awards ceremony, coincides with the death anniversary of Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar, also commemorated by his family as Smriti Din.
'We knew we would miss her, but we never knew it would be so hard.'
'Many have tried to imitate her. They've fallen flat on their faces.'
In 1991, The Guinness Book of Records listed Lata Mangeshkar as the most recorded artist in the world with not less than '30,000 solo, duet and chorus-backed songs' recorded in 20 Indian languages between 1948 and 1987.
'She is the gorgeous Lata, the love of my life.'
