How Mere Desh Ki Dharti Happened

IMAGE: Manoj Kumar in Upkar.   Manoj Kumar remembers how Meri Desh ki Dharti was conceived. "Meri Desh ki Dharti happened when lyricist Gulshan Bawra and I gone to a shrine to pay our......

Bobby to Amar Akbar Antony: Super Rishi songs

A Rishi Kapoor song has an identity of its own. Brimming in carefree emotion and youthful courtship, its exuberance regaled listeners in the tradition of romance icons like Dev Anand and Rajesh......

Tere Sur Aur Mere Geet: When Music was King

Film music flourished in the 1970s. Some old masters did some great work, but it was also the decade of new composers.A fascinating excerpt from Amit Khanna's Words. Sounds. Images: A History Of......

'Nargis, Meena Kumari, Madhubala, Suraiya... they all loved me'

'Madhubala told me that of all the addictions, the biggest addiction is make-up; once you put it on, you can never leave the limelight even if you want to,' Tabassum tells Patcy N. The petite......