On his 90th birthday, Sukanya Verma highlights a fraction of the legend's marvelous versatility in this curated list of his 25 unique moods.
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.
On RD Burman's 75th birth anniversary, Lata Mangeshkar pays rich tribute to him.
Sukanya Verma lists 25 unforgettable Dilip Kumar melodies to love and listen to.
'The credit for giving me my first major break goes to Master Ghulam Haider.'
'To keep laughing is the most important thing in life.'
She sung a song for every mood, every situation. Sukanya Verma dives into Asha Bhosle's magnificent repertoire and pulls out gems on her 85th birthday.
'She was not just a fan; she knew the game and could differentiate between a good cricketer and a great cricketer.'
Sukanya Verma presents a playlist of 100 Lata Mangeshkar songs from different decades of Hindi films -- songs that make me sing, smile, sob and sigh.
'If I had a chance to live it all again, I wouldn't change a thing.'
Long before she won royalty rights for playback singers, there was an undisclosed incident in Lataji's life where she not only put a male colleague in place, but also refused to sing with him thereafter.
'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?'
Film music flourished in the 1970s. Some old masters did some great work, but it was also the decade of new composers.
Hrishida's Abhimaan captured the real life pair Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan's dazzling chemistry in the many stages of the husband-wife relationship, observes Sukanya Verma.
'Today, when I look back, our journey together ajooba lagta hai.'
'If I had a chance to live it all again, I wouldn't change a thing.' Lata Mangeshkar looks back at her life.
'Kishore Kumar lived like a king and knew that he could get away with anything. It's as simple as that.'
Christopher Nolan's next, Gulzar's gussa, Shyam Benegal's Shivaji and RD's Lawrence of Arabia connection, catch all this and more in Sukanya Verma's super filmi week.
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