As a festive spirit prevailed in Ayodhya, there was an emotional outpouring among residents of the holy city as the consecration of the new idol of Ram Lalla was held on Monday and said they indeed feel they are living in a divya (divine) Ayodhya, navya (new) Ayodhya and bhavya (grand) Ayodhya.
This letter comes after a number of prominent celebrities, Tendulkar and legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, tweeted in support of the Centre on the microblogging platform Twitter.
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A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The late legend would have turned 90 today.
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'Namaste behno aur bhaiyo, main aapka dost Ameen Sayani bol raha hoon'
The actrss pays tribute to the late legend in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani.
'I was amazed at how lightly he wore his fame.'
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.
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.
There is no record of Hridaynath Mangeshkar being sacked by the AIR, Raut said.
Here's a look at top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'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?'
'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.'
'When she called to ask why I was depressed, my depression flew out of the window.'
'...we got it from the West Indies dressing room!'
The veteran actress died on June 4 at the age of 79.
'Bhupinderji was an amazing singer, a unique voice which had romance and nostalgia.' 'It was soothing, caressing, sentimental, soulful, all rolled into one.'
'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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'Pancham was way ahead of his times. Picture chale na chale, RD's music was damn good.'
'Laxmi was insistent that our homes should never have name-plates, because the name Laxmikant-Pyarelal should never be separated!'
Subhash K Jha picks songs to celebrate Maha Shiv Ratri.
Here's a recap of the events from the past 24 hours.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities:
A 5,000 song music directory of Hindi film classics in a retro avatar.
Subhash K Jha doffs his hat to the musical genius R D Burman on his 30th death anniversary on January 4.
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.
As Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! completes 27 years on August 5, Subhash K Jha gives us some fun facts.
One of India's greatest music legends, Pandit Jasraj leaves behind a storied legacy spanning almost eight decades.
Tejas Mangeshkar tells us how he is creating waves in the realm of design.
Tabu, David Dhawan and many others from the film industry turn up to support the family.
S P Balasubrahmanyam sang songs about life and loss with enough soul to break your heart, notes Sukanya Verma.
'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.
'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.'
'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.'
Narendra Modi on Monday attacked the Congress-led UPA government over lack of a war memorial as he targeted the massive constituency in the armed forces, minutes after felicitating melody queen Lata Mangeshkar on the 51st anniversary of her memorable song 'Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon'.
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