The late legend would have turned 90 today.
While the Mughals seems to be receding from text books and memory, the stage presentation of Mughal-e-Azam is spreading its message of love in North America.
Lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar on Friday said his comments on the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks during his recent visit to Pakistan have become "too big" but he had to set the record straight on certain things while he was there.
'I was amazed at how lightly he wore his fame.'
There is no record of Hridaynath Mangeshkar being sacked by the AIR, Raut said.
The actrss pays tribute to the late legend in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani.
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'...we got it from the West Indies dressing room!'
'There are hardly singers who could put life into a song the way Mohammad Aziz did.' Lata Mangeshkar, Alka Yagnik, Rajesh Roshan and Anu Malik remember the versatile singer who passed into the ages on November 27.
'If a hero wanted Mr Rafi to sing for him, naturally it had to be him.' 'Then if it was Dilip Kumar, who is a soft-spoken man, he naturally wanted Talat Mehmood.' 'Raj Kapoor wanted only Mukesh. Now you tell me, where did I stand a chance?'
'When she called to ask why I was depressed, my depression flew out of the window.'
'There were no singers like Lata, Kishore, Rafi or Mukesh. And until now, there is nobody. Nobody with that kind of voice, nobody with that kind of brain to learn. Not only to learn, but to improvise. We improvised music, we improvised the songs. Nowadays, they just listen and copy.'
'Bhupinderji was an amazing singer, a unique voice which had romance and nostalgia.' 'It was soothing, caressing, sentimental, soulful, all rolled into one.'
The veteran actress died on June 4 at the age of 79.
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'During Karma, Sridevi's dancing style was south dancing style.' 'She had to adapt to Bollywood.' 'She was hard working, and would rehearse a lot.' 'On the day of the shoot, she would get all her moves right.'
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'Laxmi was insistent that our homes should never have name-plates, because the name Laxmikant-Pyarelal should never be separated!'
Subhash K Jha doffs his hat to the musical genius R D Burman on his 30th death anniversary on January 4.
'Pancham was way ahead of his times. Picture chale na chale, RD's music was damn good.'
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As Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! completes 27 years on August 5, Subhash K Jha gives us some fun facts.
'There was this music director who approached me for a song. He called me to his house for practice.' 'I took my mother with me and I felt he did not like that.' 'It took me a while to gauge his intentions.' 'That really scarred me.'
Coming down heavily on the UPA government, Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi accused the Congress of having broken its promise. Modi also lambasted the Congress for avoiding media.
One of India's greatest music legends, Pandit Jasraj leaves behind a storied legacy spanning almost eight decades.
'A simple boy from Gurdaspur, whom I caught glimpses of when he was sitting alone in his penthouse, reflecting on life and how far he had come.'
This visit by the prime minister comes weeks ahead of the 'pran pratishtha' or consecration ceremony of the Ram temple.
Tejas Mangeshkar tells us how he is creating waves in the realm of design.
The much-awaited Ram temple consecration will be held in Ayodhya on Monday in a grand ceremony with Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending the rituals, following which the shrine will be opened for the public a day later.
Invitees to the 'pran pratishtha' consecration ceremony at the Ram temple started arriving Sunday in Ayodhya -- once a sleepy town now resplendent with new infrastructure and gripped by heightened religious fervour on the eve of a seminal event in India's political and religious history.
S P Balasubrahmanyam sang songs about life and loss with enough soul to break your heart, notes Sukanya Verma.
Tabu, David Dhawan and many others from the film industry turn up to support the family.
'The credit for giving me my first major break goes to Master Ghulam Haider.'
'Mere Haathon Mein Nau-Nau Chudiya Hain showed how skillfully Shiv-Hari could weave into the commercial idiom.'
'Full credit goes to the aam junta of India, the common man for bringing this amazing change of governance in the country.' the Nightingale raves.
The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday asked the Kejriwal government to rename 40 villages with "Mughal era names" after freedom-fighters, artistes, and "martyrs" including Ankit Sharma and Ratan Lal who were killed in communal riots in the city in February 2020.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
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