As fate would have it, when Asha Bhosle met R.D. Burman, fondly called Pancham, in the 1950s, Hindi film music had entered into a new era. Asha ji was a well-known name in the industry already, and ...

This is the story about how a Hindi lullaby traveled from Connecticut to Delhi, and somehow found its way into the score for “Only Murders in the Building” four decades later. It sounds like a non ...

Ahmedabad: The humongous task of restoring songs dating back to the era of India's first talkie, ‘Alam Ara' (1931), demands ...

There isn’t anything Arijit Singh can’t sing. Give him a ghazal, and he will make it sigh. Or a Mohammed Rafi-singing-for-Shammi-Kapoor pastiche, where he will channel old-school playback. He will do ...

Several iconic Hindi film songs released in the 1950s and 60s, many of which remain deeply embedded in popular culture, are now completing their statutory copyright term and entering the public domain ...