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Remembering Mehmood: The comedy legend gave Hindi cinema its first horror-comedy that balanced fear and farce
September 29, 2025 1:59 pm
Before Bhoot Bungla (1965), Hindi cinema had only seen two horror films — the supernatural psychological classic Mahal (1949) and Madhumati (1958). Both were serious attempts at horror, crafted with the sole intention of unsettling and spooking their audiences.
The Asha Bhosle song that worried her driver enough to take her to the hospital; RD Burman had to audition to grab the gig as Shammi Kapoor 'behaved like a king'
September 08, 2025 11:28 am
Asha Bhosle and RD Burman worked together on many memorable songs. But Teesri Manzil's 'Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyaar Tera' was special in more ways than one. Asha Bhosle turns 92 today.
'I wrote a dirty song': Asha Bhosle recalls lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri leaving the studio out of embarrassment as she recorded 'Piya tu ab to aaja'
August 06, 2025 10:04 pm
Asha Bhosle revealed that she once confronted RD Burman for consistently giving her bold songs to sing, while all the ‘nice’ songs would go to her sister and iconic singer Lata Mangeshkar.
When Rajesh Khanna lashed out at singers for remixing RD Burman’s songs: 'Pancham ke geeton ko kharab mat karo'
July 04, 2025 10:32 pm
Sudesh Bhosale calls out Bollywood producers and composers for remixing old songs without giving credit and respect to the original composers.
'Humiliated' by Bollywood, how RD Burman created 1942 A Love Story; teared up when music was called 'bullsh*t'
June 27, 2025 7:28 pm
As iconic as RD Burman was in the 1970s, the composer went through a rather rough patch in the 1980s when his contemporaries left his side and he struggled to find employment.
‘A miser like me is playing for free, and you’re saying you can’t play?’: Flute maestro Pandit Ronu Majumdar on how Kishore Kumar helped him find humour in music and life
February 05, 2025 4:04 pm
Recently honoured with Padma Shri, Pandit Ronu Majumdar talks about his four-decade journey as an Indian classical musician and his association with legends such as Zakir Hussain.
'RD Burman was jobless for five years, his famous music room was dirty', shares Abhijeet Bhattachaya: 'I don't have work'
December 21, 2024 2:18 pm
Abhijeet Bhattacharya recently recalled RD Burman's lowest phase, when the legendary composer had lost most of his work to Bappi Lahiri and Laxmikant-Pyarelal.
MM Keeravani recalls when RD Burman got credit for his composition: 'Ram Gopal Varma told me that Pancham da will get the credit'
June 25, 2024 5:56 pm
MM Keeravani said that his composition for Ram Gopal Varma's film was credited to RD Burman but he willingly agreed to let go of the credit.
'Javed Akhar wrote 'Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh' in 5 minutes, RD Burman composed the music in 5 seconds': Farah Khan
June 11, 2024 3:38 pm
An unprepared Javed Akhtar wrote the lyrics for "EK Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga" in five minutes and RD Burman only took five seconds to come up with the tune of 1942: A Love Story song.
'Amitabh Bachchan to those who serve chai, everyone cried when RD Burman died': Kavita Krishnamurti says Pancham was termed 'flop', never saw 1942 A Love Story success
January 29, 2024 3:59 pm
Singer Kavita Krishnamurti recalled the time music director RD Burman struggled with the 'flop' tag. She also discussed the success of posthumous hit 1942: A Love Story.
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Unknown facts about RD Burman
June 27, 2018 6:40 pm
RD Burman birthday: On Pancham Da's 79th birthday, here is remembering the music icon by unveiling some lesser known facts about his life, his work, and his musical journey.
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