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Monday, November 4, 2024
TopicMajrooh Sultanpuri

Topic: Majrooh Sultanpuri

Majrooh Sultanpuri—Unani doctor who Raj Kapoor paid 4 times to compose songs for his films

Majrooh mostly worked with R.D. Burman, Laxmikant-Pyarelal and O.P. Nayyar. With over 250 films, the 'wounded soul' became a celebrated colossus.

Jailed for anti-Nehru poem & celebrated for Bollywood songs, Majrooh Sultanpuri had it all

He may have written the most memorable Bollywood songs, but Majrooh Sultanpuri was a revolutionary poet first.

On Camera

Royal Enfield bikes are the new rage in Bangladesh. What happens to ‘boycott India’ now

Royal Enfield has launched four 350cc models—Hunter, Classic, Bullet, and Meteor—priced between Bangladeshi Taka 3.4 lakh and 4.35 lakh in Bangladesh.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.