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Topic: Bollywood music

Javed Akhtar, Shankar Mahadevan launch Goongoonalo app—artists own the songs, not labels

The launch on 17 January saw the presence of stalwarts like Prasoon Joshi, Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam, Sameer Anjaan, Shaan, Papon, among 40 others.

‘Loveyapa Ho Gaya’ is this year’s Valentine’s Day anthem. It’s not cringy

If you’re a die-hard Mohammed Rafi fan, you might roll your eyes and label the song “senseless.” But, ‘Loveyapa Ho Gaya’ mirrors the unfiltered energy of today’s dating culture.

Singer Mubarak Begum went from poverty to Bollywood & Lollywood. Then her ‘wings were cut’

‘Kabhi Tanhaiyon Mein’ singer Mubarak Begum, who died on 18 July 2016, worked with some of the biggest names in Bollywood in the 1950s & 60s. But her career took a nosedive.

Bollywood’s female lyricists are reimagining item songs, nationalism. Now, they want credit

With the community being so small, there is no sense of cutthroat competition. But for Anvita Dutta, Kausar Munir, and Priya Saraiya fighting for recognition has been an uphill battle.

80 years of qawwali in Bombay cinema — one man is archiving Hindi music’s crown jewel

Archivist Yousuf Saeed says that even hardcore movie buffs may only be able to name 10 qawwalis. The Cinema Qawwali Archive lists over 700 songs.

Hasrat Jaipuri, the former bus conductor who wrote some of Raj Kapoor’s best songs

Along with fellow lyricist Shailendra, Jaipuri was part of Raj Kapoor's dream team for more than two decades and wrote songs that are loved to this day.

OP Nayyar’s music turned Howrah Bridge from a movie to a whole mood

Madhubala and Ashok Kumar-starrer Howrah Bridge has music as a character.

C.I.D. to Naya Daur — 8 soundtracks that are testament to OP Nayyar’s genius

One of Bollywood’s biggest musical influences, O.P. Nayyar created some of the most addictive and memorable songs.

From Ikk Kudi to Ek Do Teen — the best & worst of Bollywood music this decade

The decade saw a sea change in the kind of music Bollywood produced, courtesy a more discerning audience.

Naushal Ali—8 classics that show how he changed the landscape of Hindi film music

Naushad introduced classical music into mainstream cinema in a way that got Indian audiences hooked to his fusion compositions.

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Indian welfarists destroyed right to property by guaranteeing rights to life, liberty

A welfare state grows out of mutual co-operation and spontaneity, not through measures thrust forcibly upon the masses, wrote G Jayachandran in 1959.

Maharashtra Budget: Fadnavis hands farmers another loan waiver even as 6 lakh await benefits of 1st one

Other key promises in the budget include AI- and other technology-enabled services for farmers and continuation of the Ladki Bahin Yojana, which will have the same outlay. 

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.