k l saigal

NEW DELHI: Memories of the legendary singer-actor k l saigal will be revived at a concert on Monday to mark the beginning of his Birth Centenary year.

Here are some little known facts about KL Saigal the legend

Dr M Sayeed Alam, a veteran of Urdu theatre, makes it a point to perform in Mumbai at least once a year.

January 18 is legendary singer and actor k l saigal’s 68th death anniversary. City-based cartoonist Tushar Tapodhan has a relic attached to the superstar.

MUMBAI: Mukesh, whose mellifluous voice could leave many a person moist-eyed with its heart-wrenching pathos, was remembered on the legendary singer's 80th birth anniversary on Tuesday.

None can ever doubt Paresh Rawal's inherent acting skills that are displayed in his brilliant performance, that can enthral hold any audience. But imagine him as a singer.

NEW DELHI: Taking time off his busy schedule on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani spent the evening watching Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas.

MUMBAI: Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, who has lent her mellifluous voice to almost all great actresses of the Indian film world, Tuesday turned 75.

The only one to have composed for Hindi film superstars from K. L. Saigal to Shah Rukh Khan, he was skilful at seamlessly combining the melodies of Indian classical, the cadences of folk music from all over the subcontinent, and the harmonies of Western classical strains to entrance listeners, but Naushad had other accomplishments to his credit.

When the organisers of the Busan International Film Festival asked filmmaker-archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur to make a 52-minute film documenting the power of Indian cinema, he chose his favourite subject - its history.

A five-day festival of documentaries on eminent musicians and dancers of India concluded on Monday here.

NEW DELHI: Hectic lobbying has begun for the post of Delhi’s lieutenant-governor. Sources in the Union home ministry claimed that the government has decided to bring another retired bureaucrat to replace Vijai Kapoor, who has been the L-G here for five years.

If you're the sort whose music streams on the phone, or is stored neatly on your flash drive, it's unlikely that you've heard of 61, Akrur Dutta Lane. It's an unremarkable central Kolkata road, dotted with old buildings wrapped in faded memories and lucid dreams of the past.

Senior citizens will get a chance to relive their good old days with "Yadon Ki Kasak", an annual event organized by Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi in their honour.

NEW DELHI: At 82, Jamuna Devi, the original Paro of P C Barua's 1935 version of Devdas has fond memories of Indian filmdom, including her own 'Cinema days'.

He went through hell. First the financier of his film Bharat Shah was jailed, then fire on the sets was another setback.

On the periphery of Tardeo’s AC market in Mumbai, inside a climate-controlled vault in a large office building, Raj Kapoor’s Mitchell camera sits alongside k l saigal’s harmonium and P C Barua’s stopwatch.

A Krishna devotee, Lata Mangeshkar believes receiving love is the greatest thing. India's sonstress even loves Bond movies. Know more about her.

Composer and singer Anu Malik has recalled how he was invited by late singer Kishore Kumar to his house on 'The Kapil Sharma Show'.