'Gulzarsaab's words are lucid and singing them is like painting a picture.'
Legendary playback singer Lata Mangeshkar on Thursday expressed concern over Sena chief Bal Thackeray's ailing health and re-scheduled a music event.
Glimpses of The Legend from our archives.
'My mother, who was a simple woman, retorted, "Aur main Indira Gandhi bol rahi hoon".' 'We had a good laugh over that one, you and I.' On her second death anniversary, February 6, Subhash K Jha remembers his beloved Lata Didi.
When Kapil Dev lifted the 1983 World Cup at the Lord's balcony, the erstwhile BCCI president and one of the powerful ministers in the Indira Gandhi cabinet, late NKP Salve had a different worry.
In his memoir One Train Later, Andy Summers, the guitarist for the legendary rock band The Police, recounts how he was mesmerised by Piya Tose Naina Lage Naa, sung by Lata Mangeshkar in the 1965 classic movie, Guide.
'If I had a chance to live it all again, I wouldn't change a thing.' Lata Mangeshkar looks back at her life.
'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.'
Lata Mangeshkar looks back at the people who influenced her the most.
An excerpt from an interview with the legendary Lata Mangeshkar, by singer Sonu Nigam.
Her Bollywood mates picks their favourite 5 songs sung by her
Here's looking at Lataji's priceless 2013 calendar.
Here's what your favourite celebrities are tweeting.
The veteran singers attended the annual Hridaynath Mangeshkar awards where the senior Mangeshkar presented the award to Asha in the presence of rest of the family.
We continue celebrating Lataji's birthday, as Subhash K Jha picks 12 unknown but exquisite Lata songs
Dinesh Raheja celebrates Lata's 96th birth anniversary on September 28 by picking some choice examples of her non-typical songs that are tinged with a rare eroticism.
Lata Mangeshkar has never tasted alcohol. Yet, she has sung some extraordinary songs about intoxication.
Bollywood stars tweet their tributes for the late superstar.
'The first thing that I learnt from my mother was to never , never ever, tell a lie.'
Javed Akhtar is among the millions who believe that Lata Mangeshkar's voice is therapeutic.
Lata Mangeshkar urged India wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni to not think about retiring anytime soon as the country still needs a cricketer like him.
'It was one of the most difficult and complex songs of my career.'
'If I'm proud to be single it's because Lata was so blissfully single.'
'I will always remember her as a very beautiful human being.' 'God seems to summon such people a little quickly.'
A division bench of Justices F I Rebeillo and S J Vazifdar directed Kolhapur district's additional collector to re-calculate the surplus land after deducting the 2,000 sq metres that can be retained by Mangeshkar.
Lata Mangeshkar looks back at her long association with the late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray.
As Lata Mangeshkar turns 84 on September 28, we take a look at her illustrious career.
Rahul Dev Burman's collaboration with Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar was unique, but he saved his best for Lata Mangeshkar.
The film industry doyenne turns 82 today!
Lata Mangeshkar pays tribute to Gautam Rajadhyaksha.
After Prime Minister Modi performed the bhoomi puja for the Ram temple, Lata Mangeshkar picked her favourite Ram bhajans.
'It's very difficult, almost impossible, to select my favourite duets with Kishoreda.'
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
When you are the Ambanis, you can get even Mata Saraswati to bless you.
'A month before he died, he rang me up to say he wanted to meet me. I was alarmed by the tone of his voice.'
Here's a look at the top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
In this special series, Dinesh Raheja explores prominent music duos, and the dynamics that went into the making, and the unmaking.
On the occasion of World Music Day, five important tips from The Legend.
S D Burman is that unique composer who remained successful right up to his death with his creative engines never running on empty.
Titled Substance And The Shadow, the book will release on June 9.
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