Rahul Dev Burman's collaboration with Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar was unique, but he saved his best for Lata Mangeshkar.
The 10-member jury was headed by filmmaker Vipul Shah. The awards were announced by jury member Dharam Gulati.
Hindi lyrics are no bar to the global appeal of his music.
Many believe Kishore Kumar serenaded the ladies better than any other iconic playback singer.
Aseem Chhabra highlights 10 films that moved him, films that may show up in theatres near you.
Abhijith Gopinath aka A.B.I was mocked through school and college. He found solace in hip-hop and chose love over hate.
After winning awards at Sundance and Cannes, Director Shaunak Sen's All That Breathes has now been nominated for an Oscar in the Documentary Feature Film category.
The Rings of Power has a visual distinction and vibe entirely of its own, observes Sukanya Verma.
Has a distinguished poet's memory been sullied, asks K Kunhikrishnan?
There's too much going on in Anek, and a lot of it is terribly disjointed, complains Sukanya Verma.
Sikandar Kher's Nishikant Adhikari is a solitary poet by the corner, trying to remind us that the honest plans of honest people don't always come to respectable ends, observes Sreehari Nair.
A year marked by more lows than highs for Hindi cinema, here's a recap of the best and worst in 2021.
'I knew one day I will explode if I don't get some sanity with making music.'
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.
Meena Kumari's classic film released 50 years ago, on February 4, 1972.
Why everyone must attend one Lucky Ali concert before they die!
'I have failed many times before getting the songs that you have been hearing since 2012. Go Go Govinda was my first song. Before that, there was a lot of struggle for eight-nine years. I faced only rejection and failure then. When you fail, you have more willpower and hunger to do good work.' But for now, singer Aman Trikha is riding on a wave of success.
'Dad may act casual about it, but he's as excited about our new home as my mother.'
Dimaark kharaab looks like a winner already!
Yes, it's all mumkin in Amin Hajee's world!
The video has incorporated some old footage of Dhoni in the Chennai Super Kings' dressing room, at training sessions, bonding with teammates' children and signing autographs for young fans.
An evergreen song is recreated, and lands in instant controversy.
Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 1980s and 1990s, has died following multiple health issues. He was 69.
Goodbye makes ordinary places, ordinary people and ordinary events become interesting, observes Mayur Sanap.
'KK had an emotional bandwidth which echoed all the seasons of the heart.'
Composer D Imman catches the mood really well in Romeo Juliet, writes Lakshmikanth Jaganmohan.
A look at the winners of the 89th Annual Academy Awards.
Thar fails to ignite any excitement on screen, sighs Sukanya Verma.
Ponniyin Selvan has everything going for it, yet, there is something missing for a wholesome film experience, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
'It was one of the most difficult and complex songs of my career.'
While Pa Ranjith proved yet again to be the salt of the earth in his land mafia film, Zoya Akhtar took a haphazard route to make something that was hardly rooted in Asia's biggest slum, feels J Jagannath.
'I was attracted to Javed because he was exactly like my father.'
'I always feel I speak best through my silences.'
To mark World Whiskey Day, a toast to its memorable imagery in Hindi films.
'Today, as a film personality, he is bigger than Dharma Productions.' 'But he is still warm and loyal to his friends from school, college and work.'
Titled Sangbaaz (stone-pelters), the song expresses solidarity with the youth of Kashmir.
'Our song Jayatu Jayatu Bharatam will hopefully provide that hope.'
