Bollywood's OG Dancing Superstar Sandhya passed into the ages on October 4. Dinesh Raheja lists her 12 best songs.
Subhash K Jha celebrates Raakhee's birthday month by looking at her superb playlist.
Missed any of the 2026 Golden Globe-winning movies or series? Namrata Thakker has you covered, as she lists where you can watch the winners.
'At a time when there was little awareness of world music, playing western tunes on eastern instruments like the flute and the dholak, blending vocal polyphony with Indian folk and contemporary styles, Salilkaku created a new musical genre in Bengal called Gana Sangeet.'
Melodies that stayed on in the mind and memory are too few and far between. Except the ones that do make an impression are definitely worth celebrating for their refreshing style and substance.
'Panchamda created an exclusive theme music for Gabbar Singh, which is used throughout the film every time the dacoit makes an appearance, and in both concept and sound, is so eerie and evil.'
As singer Hariharan turns 70 on April 3, we take a look at his best songs.
Sonu Nigam may not have guessed that his latest concert at the East Point College in Bengaluru would get controversial.
The incident occurred during a live concert on April 25 at a college in Bengaluru. Nigam paused his performance when someone from the audience loudly demanded that he sing in Kannada. Frustrated by the repeated shouts of "Kannada, Kannada," the singer responded sharply from the stage.
Popular singer Sonu Nigam has reiterated his love for the Kannada people but said he was "threatened" by a group of young men at a recent concert in Bengaluru over language issues. Nigam said he was "threatened" by a group of young men who demanded he sing in Kannada at the concert. He said he will cooperate with police authorities in Karnataka and will accept their verdict.
Manjulika, Bajirao Singham, Squid Games, it's an action-packed end to 2024 on OTT this week.
As we continue grappling with an irrepressible pandemic, music is both a refuge and source of comfort.
Having started in the mid-1960s, Vaali went on to pen nearly 10,000 songs in his five-decade-long career.
It's no wonder several of her hit songs have made a comeback in remixed avatars.
Shailendra's songs were attuned to Raj Kapoor's explorations of the themes and dreams of the Everyman.
Sukanya Verma remembers some of his greatest solo numbers in our fondly curated playlist.
Sukanya Verma lists her favourite songs of the year.
On the iconic musician's 19th death anniversary, Sukanya Verma shares her 30 favourite RD compositions.
Sukanya Verma lists her favourite songs of 2018. Are these on your playlist too?
Sukanya Verma lists her top 15 songs of the year.
Sreehari Nair attempts to bring you up-close the pleasures of Javed Akhtar's poetry.
Singer Billie Eilish moved everyone to tears when she performed the Barbie soundtrack, What Was I Made For?, at the Oscars 2024.
'Madhubala stipulated in her contracts that she wanted only me to do her playback singing.'
She is the first person to win Album of the Year four times, with her latest prize for Midnights.
Ram Charan and his wife Upasana gave the world a glimpse of their newborn baby girl, as they stepped out of the Apollo hospital in Hyderabad.
In the biggest surprise of the night, Emma Stone grabbed the Best Actress trophy for the complex portrayal of a Frankenstein-like character Bella, in Yargos Lanthimos' electrifying and most original film Poor Things. Aseem Chhabra recaps the 96th Annual Academy Awards.
Bhaiyaa Mere Rakhi Ke Bandhan Ko Nibhaana from Chhoti Bahen is popular on Raksha Bandhan even today.
Here's a tribute to the legendary singer as we look at some of his finest performances.
The actress's hit songs have survived time and have become the go-to source for hit remakes.
Love them, hate them but the Oscars have a way of sneaking up on you.
Ram Charan has left for the US to join M M Keeravaani for the Oscar ceremony in Los Angeles on March 12.
'If you look at my work, you would probably like my songs in other films more than Baahubali or RRR.'
M M Keeravaani, who could win an Oscar for Best Song for RRR's Naatu Naatu, is getting ready to perform live at the Academy Awards on March 12 in Los Angeles.
Set to tune by celebrated music composer A R Rahman, Jai Ho received an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards in 2009, and also won in the category of 'Best Song Written for a Motion Picture' at the 52nd Grammy Awards in 2010.
He then broke into a riff on the Carpenters hit song Top Of The World and sang, 'There was only one wish on my mind... RRR has to win, pride of every Indian... and must put me on the top of the world.'
The singers' live performance at the 95th Academy Awards was a goose-bump moment with American dancers doing justice to the track.
'Every award that Naatu Naatu is getting is special, but the Critics Choice Award is more special since RRR also won in the Best Foreign Language Film category.'
'The show -- one friend described it as a desi Lion King -- was stunning to watch. The lights, set design, sound, the selection of songs was simply quite spectacular.'
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