Tag Archives: Birthday

Like Bollywood artistes have several memories associated with their movies, I have some associated with the people I have met. One of them is Kavita Krishnamurthy. Kavita like most of us know is the singer who sang, Bijli girane main hoon aayi… and Tu cheez badi hai mast mast… I ...

Today is the birthday of late music director Naushad Sahib. He was one of the last icons of the old tradition – making music for lyrics rather than the other way round. And he would form his songs around Hindusthani Ragas. The first and only time I was in touch ...

It is my favouritest singer Mohammad Rafi Sahab’s birthday today. And it is the right time that I am reminded of his song Mere desh premiyon aapas mein prem karo… because it is not only the Christmas Eve today, but also the month of Rajjab going on and also Poornima ...

Akhiyonse goli mare… sang Vividh Bharati just some time ago. It is Actor Govinda’s Birthday, they reminded me. The song also reminded me of the time we used to live in Goregaon, Mumbai and there were two little kids – big fans of Govinda. The younger girl, Dolly, would most ...