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Topic: Shailendra

When Kishore Kumar left behind his comic persona to make ‘Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein’

Kishore had to handle multiple roles in the production of ‘Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein’ due to financial pressures caused by the mounting medical expenses of his ailing wife, Madhubala.

Shailendra — Everyman’s lyricist who turned into Raj Kapoor’s ‘Pushkin’

Shailendra's lyrics echoed the struggle & pain of poverty, but also held out a promise of love & hope for the future. He gave Raj Kapoor some of his biggest hits — ‘Awara hoon’ & ‘Mera joota hai Japani’.

Shailendra — the Leftist poet and Dalit genius whose lyrics define beauty of simplicity

Shailendra, the prolific lyricist, who straddled the worlds of communism and Bombay’s film industry, wrote over 900 songs.

Teesri Kasam: When Raj Kapoor played perfect foil to Waheeda Rehman’s heartbreaking grace

A commercial failure, Teesri Kasam won National Award for best film but its heartbroken and financially broke producer Shailendra had passed away by then

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.