Why Lata Mangeshkar cancelled song recordings

Bollywood's music industry has a truckload of interesting stories yet to be told. Raju Bharatan, an assistant editor at The Illustrated Weekly of India, Asia's oldest English magazine till it......

The real reason why Guru Dutt's marriage collapsed

In the first part of our three-part special, Raju Bharatan revealed an impish side to the great Lata Mangeshkar among other little-known stories about Bollywood's music industry. Bharatan, an......

After Lata Arrived, Others Melted Away

She came like a whirlwind to wipe out, in one stroke, practically all female singing competition, recalls Raju Bharatan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Lata Mangeshkar/Instagram Maybe it is saddening......

Tell us: Did Rafi get his due?

Last week, a Bangladeshi musician claimed that Mohammad Rafi was not given his rightful due in India. We decided to find out if this was true. Rafisaab's son Shahid Rafi believes his father was......

When luck favoured Viv in India

IMAGE: Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, a true batting legend. Photograph: Viv Richards/Twitter   'I remember the first time we played, we played in Bangalore, and I never forget this... just......