Nochiketa Mohanty

This is the story of a rare Rafi version of the song "Dukh Sukh ki har ek mala". This is a tale of the battle of egos of two movie industry stalwarts  Chetan Anand (director) and Rahul Dev…

Ever wondered why when you take public transport or a walk, you almost always find someone playing a song from the 90s or why so many contemporary composers are rehashing and remixing songs…

Bappi Lahiri was one of the most prolific and sought-after music composers of Bollywood in the early and mid-1980s but Filmfare Awards eluded him until 'Sharaabi' happened. All the songs in…

The singing moon “Paadum Nila” is no more! Indian music lovers across the globe were distraught by the news of the demise of the legend, S P Balasubrahmanyam, on September 25. Considering…

While Kishore Kumar was not your everyday music composer, the versatile and immensely talented singer and the actor tried his hand at composing more than once for his home productions and…

When the COVID19 pandemic fear has emptied streets globally with institutions, private and public, asking their employees to work from home, there is one group that is unitedly and…

While one would want every average Indian citizen to be a ‘Proud Indian’ everyday, there are few things and days that grip the nation in a patriotic fever for certain – Cheering for India in…

The scions of successful composer of the 90s Shravan Rathod (of the duo Nadeem Shravan), Sanjeev Rathod and Darshan Rathod, made their Bollywood debut as composer duo Sanjeev- Darshan in…

Malaika is possibly the most famous of all Swahili love songs in the entire East Africa including Kenya and Tanzania both of which claim its origin. Malaika, which means "angel" in Swahili…

Released in 1989, Maine Pyar Kiya was a landmark movie in more than one way. It was the highest grossing Indian film of the decade (1980s) and is still considered as one of the 10 most…