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Ganesh Vancheeswaran
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Music and lyrics: For Anand Bakshi, his life was his muse
The songwriter channelled his life-shaping experiences into some of the finest Hindi film songs.
Ganesh Vancheeswaran
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Music and lyrics: Laxmikant-Pyarelal’s story is as much about friendship as it is about their tunes
The partnership between Laxmikant Kudalkar and Pyarelal Sharma transformed Hindi film music.
Ganesh Vancheeswaran
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Music and lyrics: The other Bappi Lahiri who gets drowned out by disco and synth
Several lovely melodies by the maverick film composer remain undiscovered.
Ganesh Vancheeswaran
Trending
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Watch: Madhuri Dixit does the viral ‘My Money Don’t Jiggle Jiggle’ dance trend on Instagram
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Caste threads are spawning deadly conflicts in Tamil Nadu schools
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‘Nireeswaran’: A group of atheists plays a prank to mock religion. Things don’t go according to plan
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Kapil Sibal says he has quit Congress, files Rajya Sabha nomination with Samajwadi Party’s support
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Watch: ‘The Gray Man’ stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush and Ana de Armas
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Music and lyrics: You can never think of ‘Razia Sultan’ without thinking of Kabban Mirza
The All India Radio announcer was the surprise package in Kamal Amrohi’s Hema Malini-Dharmendra starrer.
Ganesh Vancheeswaran
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Music and lyrics: The Shiv-Hari partnership proves that quality always trumps quantity
Seven of their eight films were with Yash Chopra, including ‘Silsila’, ‘Chandni’, ‘Lamhe’ and ‘Darr’.
Ganesh Vancheeswaran
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Music and lyrics: How Shailendra gift-wrapped cosmic truths through his songs
Sought after by the best Hindi film music composers, directors and producers, he wrote about 900 songs in a career spanning 17 years.
Ganesh Vancheeswaran
Video
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‘Manchester United are rubbish’: BBC trainee learning how to write ticker text makes it to live TV
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Watch: How the mahua flower shapes the life and culture of tribal communities in Madhya Pradesh
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‘When will we do something?’: Basketball coach Steve Kerr’s angry outburst on US school shooting
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Watch: UP government official fires revolver in the air, claims it was a toy gun
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Watch: These ‘upside-down’ trains transport up to 82,000 commuters a day in Germany
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Music and lyrics: Composer Ajit Varman was a meteor in the firmament of Hindi cinema
His best work was with Govind Nihalani and Mahesh Bhatt.
Ganesh Vancheeswaran
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Music and lyrics: ‘Thodi Si Bewafaii’ and the magic of one-off collaborations
Gulzar and Khayyam joined forces for the 1980 movie, starring Rajesh Khanna, Shabana Azmi and Padmini Kolhapure.
Ganesh Vancheeswaran
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Music and lyrics: Songwriter Gulshan Bawra combined soul and depth with a sense of fun
Born Gulshan Kumar Mehta, but known by the name that captured his irreverent and freewheeling personality.
Ganesh Vancheeswaran
The Reel
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Watch: ‘The Gray Man’ stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush and Ana de Armas
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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ trailer: Christian Bale joins Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman
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‘Zollywood’ trailer: Marathi film about Vidarbha’s theatre scene is coming soon to cinemas
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Watch: Teaser of new ‘Mission: Impossible’ film ‘Dead Reckoning Part One’ is out
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The highs and highs of Jatin-Lalit’s Hindi film soundtracks