Superstar Aamir Khan turned up at a private award function after 16 years!
'If I'm proud to be single it's because Lata was so blissfully single.'
The 73th edition of the annual awards were recently held in Mumbai.
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has detected 22 suspected cases of Guillain-Barr syndrome (GBS), an immunological nerve disorder, in the city. Samples from the affected patients have been sent to ICMR-NIV for testing. Most of the cases were detected in the Sinhgad Road area. According to doctors, GBS is a rare condition that causes sudden numbness and muscle weakness. While the condition is prevalent in both pediatric and young age groups, it does not lead to an epidemic or pandemic. The PMC has constituted a committee of experts to investigate the outbreak and conduct detailed surveillance of the patients. The civic health department has assured that there is no need for panic as of now.
Amitabh Bachchan was honoured with the Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award at a ceremony in Mumbai's Dinanath Mangeshkar Natyagrih.
Atre, a torch-bearer of the Kirana Gharana of Hindustani classical music, had been honoured with all three Padma awards by the Indian government.
Shreekant Sambrani tells himself over and over again, don't lose heart in these dire times, there is asha (hope) still, in the divine voice of Asha Bhosle.
The awards ceremony, coincides with the death anniversary of Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar, also commemorated by his family as Smriti Din.
'We knew we would miss her, but we never knew it would be so hard.'
On her 90th birthday on September 8, Ashaji hopes to perform at a live three-hour concert in Dubai.
Lata Mangeshkar was closely associated with the controversial Hindu nationalist and freedom fighter.
The actor-turned director will receive a special award from Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Smruti Pratisthan for his contribution to Indian cinema.
The Shiv Sena supremo was caught in a good mood, as he sat on stage.
Union ministers Prakash Javadekar and Giriraj Singh, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Maharashtra Governor B S Koshyari were among those who got the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on the fifth day of the second phase of vaccination on Friday.
'Asha atya remains down-to-earth and frank.' 'If she likes something, she will tell you to your face.' 'Ditto, if she doesn't.' 'She is full of life and energy, I have never seen her brood.'
'The first thing that I learnt from my mother was to never , never ever, tell a lie.'
The event was organised by the Shiv Sena.
Lata Mangeshkar looks back at the people who influenced her the most.
The award function will be held in Pune.
The iconic singer has some awecome songs to her credit.
After actor Amitabh Bachchan vowed not to leave Mumbai in the wake of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena campaign against him, party chief Raj Thackeray on Friday said that he had never asked the actor to leave Maharashtra. Raj's remarks came in the wake of Bachchan's comments three days ago, stating that he was not an outsider in Mumbai and that he would not leave the city.The actor had made the remarks as he was hurt by the campaign that was unleashed by the MNS against him.
'I just offered her a rose. She said thank you. And I took a photograph with her.'
It's not often that you sport Aamir Khan at an award's function.
Actors and singers such as Padmini Kolhapure, Manoj Joshi, Sudha Chandran, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari, Anup Jalota, Kumar Sanu, Deepika Chikhalia and Shabbir Kumar would be among the prominent figures who would perform during 'Atal Geet Ganga', a poetry event to celebrate Vajpayee's 91st birthday
'There was no other Lata Mangeshkar, there is none and there won't be any. I will celebrate her life, today and always.'
'With his going, my relationship with the Kapoor family has ended.'
Just how much do *you* know about Lataji?
Lata Mangeshkar was my introduction, the beginning, the basic, the identity of film music. Sukanya Verma salutes The Legend.
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'I kept thinking the bedroom door would open any minute and Didi Atya would step out...'
'He was a poet at heart and a saint by nature.'
The legend talks about her favourite singers. Syed Firdaus Ashraf listens in.
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'There were no singers like Lata, Kishore, Rafi or Mukesh. And until now, there is nobody. Nobody with that kind of voice, nobody with that kind of brain to learn. Not only to learn, but to improvise. We improvised music, we improvised the songs. Nowadays, they just listen and copy.'
Veteran actress, television personality and anchor, Tabassum, who has completed 67 years in the industry, shares her insights about the stars of the past.
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