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Feroz Abbas Khan has done to K Asif’s timeless classic Mughal-E-Azam what Asifcould have never imagined.Speaking exclusively on the overwhelming response to the musical stage adaptation of Mughal-E-Azam, Feroz Khansays, “From the start…

Lata Mangeshkar worked with several father-son music composers: SD Burman and then RD Burman, Chitragupta and his sons Anand-Milind, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma and his son Rahul. But the one son whom she felt most protective about was Rajesh…

It's ironic that Anuradha Paudwal, who at one time during the 1990s, made a career out of doing cover versions of every Lata Mangeshkar song possible, is today miffed by remixes of her own song. There aren't too many of Anuradha's songs…

Nargis Dutt was the pillar behind her husband Sunil Dutt’s success. Together they constituted a force to reckon with in the film industry. Today, on Nargis' death anniversary, we look back at her life and persona through the past…

If Manna Dey had lived he would be 104. He lived a long and fruitful life. Embracing his art with a passion that belied populist considerations, Manna Dey belted out a spectrum of rangy tunes, from Phool gendva na maaro (Dooj Ka Chand) to…

First impressions, they say are the everlasting impressions. When Moushumi Chatterjee, who turns 75 today, was first seen in Hindi cinema as a blind girl in Shakti Samanta’s Anurag, she was singing the sublime sonorous Sun ri pawan and Daka…

On April 24 each year Lata Mangeshkar would be a nervous wreck. It was the day of her father the illustrious Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar’s death anniversary. Each year the Mangeshkar family honours artistes from various fields on this…

On 24 April at the Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar award function held at the Shanmukhananda Hall, Vidya Balan who was one of the recipients became emotional.An ardent fan of Lataji, Vidya revealed while receiving the award that she was wearing a…

Lata Mangeshkar sang quite a number of songs with Shamshad Begum. But the most memorable was Door koi gaaye dhun yeh sunaye from Baiju Bawra. The song had a history. On Shamshad Begum's death anniversary, we take a look at her association…

Legendary singer Asha Bhosle will be felicitated with the Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar award, the Mangeshkar family announced on Tuesday. The family and the trust instituted the award in the memory of Lata Mangeshkar, who died on February 6,…