'She brought so much craft, skill and spontaneity to her songs, it was almost impossible for me to match up to her voice on screen.'
Subhash K Jha picks songs to celebrate Maha Shiv Ratri.
As we mark the 34th death anniversary of Shankar -- of the legendary Shankar-Jaikishan duo -- Subhash K Jha selects five evergreen songs from their greatest hits.
'Just a day before the Pulwama attack happened, one of my songs had released. It's called Baarishein, featuring Atif Aslam. However, it was pulled down the very next day. See, when it comes to standing with the nation, I will. Even when the makers decided to take that song down, I supported them. Atif and I are artists but we cannot be bigger than our nations.'
Basu Chatterjee's films have wonderful songs, 10 of which Joginder Tuteja lists here.
'His shocking demise is a reminder to us to take life slow.'
'If I had a chance to live it all again, I wouldn't change a thing.'
Many believe Kishore Kumar serenaded the ladies better than any other iconic playback singer.
Anu Malik reveals how Baazigar revived his career.
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.
'It's very difficult, almost impossible, to select my favourite duets with Kishoreda.'
'I still can't process that he is gone. It feels like a bad dream.'
In a career spanning 30 years, Urmila Mantodkar has played everything from a killer to a stalker to a rape survivor.
The 53-year-old makes his return as a leading man in the upcoming Aa Gaya Hero.
Biswajit, movie heart-throb of the 1960s, remembers The Legend.
'What Raamlaxmanji did with Sooraj Barjatyaji in Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hain Koun was beyond a miracle.'
Happy Birthday AR Rahman
Sung and written by Kavi Pradeep, Dekh Tere Sansar Ki Haalat is a wistful commentary on the human condition and how it has only deteriorated over time.
'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.'
'I will always remember her as a very beautiful human being.' 'God seems to summon such people a little quickly.'
S P Balasubrahmanyam sang songs about life and loss with enough soul to break your heart, notes Sukanya Verma.
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.
'Basuda hardly spoke, but he had a sense of humour and that showed in his films.'
'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 other Lata Mangeshkar, there is none and there won't be any. I will celebrate her life, today and always.'
Subhash K Jha remembers the flamboyant star, 12 years after he passed away.
Anu Malik's daughter Anmoll tells us what it is to be a daughter of a famous daddy.
The Adelaide Oval was 'under virtual siege' as Indian fans took complete control of the city, outnumbering their Pakistani counterparts in Sunday's marquee clash between the arch-rivals in the ICC World Cup.
'My chacha's music is sweet and intoxicating'
'If there is one thing our politicians, especially those with their ear to the ground, understand, it is the reality that their voters want three things from their children's schooling: English, English, English', notes Shekhar Gupta.
'We don't make films which have scope for great music anymore.'
'Laxmikant-Pyarelal called upon Abba to ask him to sing this ghazal. "Please sing this ghazal for us. The producer is keen that only you should sing this ghazal, so that it will have the desired effect. But he doesn't have money enough to pay you".' Abba's heart was bound to melt on hearing this. He consented immediately. His daughter-in-law Yasmin K Rafi remembers the legendary Mohammed Rafi who would have been 91 today.
The way Dilip came to the porch to receive Lata, you would never have guessed something was amiss between the two. Raju Bharatan's many wonderful insights into Dilip Kumar's life.
This is why we love watching Sallu on Bigg Boss!
'We used to have beautifully crafted, witty and touching duets which taught the genders how to speak and romance each other.' 'Where else would we get the genius of Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle from?'
'It is because of him I am in India,' says the Bollywood superstar's rumoured girlfriend.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
