'Today, when I look back, our journey together ajooba lagta hai.'
We continue celebrating Lataji's birthday, as Subhash K Jha picks 12 unknown but exquisite Lata songs
Subhash K Jha lists Holi songs that you have probably never heard.
Fitness and yoga is a big part of Bollywood and, on International Yoga Day, film folk show off their best asanas.
Before Kuttey's release, co-produced and co-penned by VB, Sukanya Verma takes a look back at the filmmaker's unique body of work.
Nasty surprises and quirky humour make Monica, O My Darling an intriguing, fun, watch, observes Sukanya Verma. Monica, O My Darling Review.
Biswajit, movie heart-throb of the 1960s, remembers The Legend.
India open FIFA women's U-17 WC campaign against USA with hope to get at least a point
'Mere Haathon Mein Nau-Nau Chudiya Hain showed how skillfully Shiv-Hari could weave into the commercial idiom.'
'In a super ambitious industry, you stood out for your unfilminess. Thank you for giving my films your iconic voice.'
Rahul Dev Burman's collaboration with Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar was unique, but he saved his best for Lata Mangeshkar.
Sukanya Verma celebrates The Legend's 25 distinctly different moods.
Sukanya Verma salutes most beloved Rishi Kapoor melodies.
Sukanya Verma lists 25 unforgettable Dilip Kumar melodies to love and listen to.
So should airlines play the keening, trance-like Siddi folk music from the Kutch peninsula? The Sufiana Kalam of Kashmir? Carnatic music? Rabindra Sangeet? Bihu melodies? Classical music from the Hindustani gharanas? Ghazals? Bhajans? Bollywood hits?... asks Kanika Datta.
'It's time we stop thinking only about ourselves.' 'Whether it is love or wealth, give generously.'
White is pure. White is powerful. And our movies just love to channelise its immaculate energy and enhance a visual's impact.
Lata Mangeshkar was my introduction, the beginning, the basic, the identity of film music. Sukanya Verma salutes The Legend.
S P Balasubrahmanyam sang songs about life and loss with enough soul to break your heart, notes Sukanya Verma.
The two veteran politicians seem to be enjoying themselves dancing to covers of 'Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche' and 'Gulabi Aankhen Jo Teri Dekhi' both originally sung by Mohammed Rafi in the late 1960s and 70s.
Where Laal Singh Chaddha succeeds most is heart, notes Sukanya Verma.
Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu read out an obituary reference after which MPs stood as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed.
Lata Mangeskhar did not eat or drink during the nine-hour nail-biter at Mohali which India won by 29 runs
Bappida's softer more creative work got buried in the noise, rues Subhash K Jha as he picks the late lamented composer's most soulful songs.
Sukanya Verma lists many more Rishi Kapoor chartbusters.
Bollywood has often celebrated Lord Krishna with lovely songs over the years. On the festive occasion of Janmashtami, Subhash K Jha picks his favourite Kanha songs.
Rajiv Kapoor did not do many films in his career but he is still remembered for his solid hit, Ram Teri Ganga Maili.
Critics of Hindi cinema are a disparate, colourful, bunch that evoke much derision and tut-tut among its own tribe, but Chup's distant understanding of their influence and idiosyncrasies fails to give the loathing any real impact, notes Rediff.com Principal Movie Critic Sukanya Verma.
Entertainment may be its raison d'etre but the tears brought about by cinema are no less significant.
In a year of overwrought spectacles that slavishly sucked up to the audience, I found refuge in a bunch of 'mainstream' Indian films that espoused such old-fashioned values as dedication to craft, close observation and casual bravery, explains Sreehari Nair.
The Republic Day parade, which will begin at around 1030 am, will be a unique mix of the country's military prowess and cultural diversity, depicting the country's growing indigenous capabilities, Nari Shakti and emergence of a 'New India'.
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.
Idiocy is the source of Heropanti 2's outdated thrills, observes Sukanya Verma.
The glass is always full when it comes to OTT. Sukanya Verma brings you everything you can catch on streaming platforms this week.
Puneeth Rajkumar was never trained in classical music, but he sang songs for his movies from the time he was a toddler!
Goodbye makes ordinary places, ordinary people and ordinary events become interesting, observes Mayur Sanap.
Javed Akhtar is among the millions who believe that Lata Mangeshkar's voice is therapeutic.
'Laxmi and I firmly believed that while working, the egoistic word 'Main (I)' never interferes.'
'...as much as in India, it's only because she sang for mankind, not the details on the passport.'
The haunting loneliness of Lag Ja Gale... the declaration of both love and war in the rebellious Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya... the song of freedom and aspiration in Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai... the naughtiness in love with Baahon Me Chale Aao...
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