It is 1976. A song is being recorded for Kamal Amrohi's forthcoming production, which will be directed by Yusuf Naqvi. Mohammad Rafi is lending his voice for the actor Kanwaljit. In one of those whimsical decisions that film producers and directors ...

He was an upcoming music composer who had tasted success a few times, but was still struggling. She was from a wealthy zamindar family. One day in the early ‘50s, they were both walking on the foot overbridge outside Dadar railway station ...

Following his debut in Hindi films as a playback singer in Romeo & Juliet (1947) - I mentioned this in my previous post - word spread that here was a handsome young lad who also sang well. As a result, ...

Music composer Khayyam ran away from his village in Nawanshehar in undivided Punjab in 1937 or so. The urge to learn music and work in the film industry had taken root in his young mind. He made his way to ...

In the last week of August last year, my friend Sahana and I were talking about music composer Khayyam. The great man had passed on a week or so earlier, and we were saying how his work hadn't been recognised ...

I wrote this on 1 March, 2019. Coming to Pondicherry after 3 years, I find that the French quarter is home to many more pizzerias than ever before! There is one on every other street, its cozy interiors welcoming hungry souls in. We ...