Jagjit Singh (Punjabi: ਜਗਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ, Hindi: जगजीत सिंह) (February 8, 1941 – October 10, 2011) was an Indian Ghazal singer, composer, music director, etc. He breathed his last at 8 a.m., on Monday, Oct 10, 2011 at the age of 70. He was admitted to Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital on Sep 23 after he suffered brain haemorrhage.

Popularly known as “The Ghazal King” he gained acclaim together with his wife, another renowned Indian Ghazal singer Chitra Singh, in the 1970s and 1980s, as the first ever successful duo act (husband-wife) in the history of recorded Indian music. Together, they are considered to be the pioneers of modern Ghazal singing and regarded as most successful recording artistes outside the realm of Indian film music. He has sung in Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Sindhi and Nepali languages. He was awarded India’s third highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan, in 2003.
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There are stars and there are makers who make those stars. Raj Khosla is one of those directors who made actors like Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman, Sadhana, etc stars. Raj Khosla is known for bringing in ‘neo-noir’ & style in Indian cinema since black & white times. He is also called as a “women’s director” because he showcased actresses at their best. (more…)

Kishore Kumar a name that is synonymous with the yodelling that started out in the music world many many years back when only classically oriented singers were giving the playback in the films. 4th Aug, 2006 was 77th birthday of the third side of the triangle he formed Mohammed Rafi and Mukesh. Big Three would be a better description. Rafi was essentially a singer. So was Mukesh. But Kishore was a singer,actor, director and composer, rolled into one. His was also a comic spirit, both on the screen and off it. He even indulged in clowning. But a clown is not all laughter. There is a pang in his heart, a sob in his throat or a tear in his eye. If Kishore could rattle off Main hoon jhumroo, he could also chant movingly Door gagan ki chhaon mein

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Rajendra Kumar, a.k.a Rajender Kumar, was one of the prominent bollywood actor in 50s & 60s.
Born in Sialkot(currently in Pakistan), Rajendra Kumar made his film debeut with Jogan (1950) in which he starred opposite Dilip Kumar and Nargis. Popularly known for too good, innocent and navie characters, Rajendra Kumar portrayed from a desi boy to rich drunken brat successfully in more than 80 films in his whole film career.

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No rise or fall of a star has been as quite as dramatic or spectacular as that of Rajesh Khanna. From 1969 to 1972, the Rajesh Khanna phenomenon swept Bollywood off its feet and the hysteria he generated was unlike anything seen before and after.

Rajesh Khanna had 15 consecutive hits between 1969 to 1972, which is still an unbreakable record in Indian film

From evoking mass-hysteria, the once upon a time superstar is slipping into an invisible existence only to re-surface in projects that degrade him and everything he stood for.

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Nargis (Hindi: नर्गिस, Urdu: نرگس) is one of the greatest Indian actress, best known for her role as Radha in the Oscar-nominated film Mother India. Starting her career as baby Rani, she reached the crescendo by represeting an ideal Indian womenhood with Mother India in 1957.

We, at musicNmovies pay a tribute to this actress of the millenium [Stardust, 2001].

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The original founder of todays most popular webportal – Yahoo !. Surprised ?
Well, was just kidding, but the word ‘Yahoo’ was actually derived from one of Shammi Kapoor most popular song – Yahoo !. Koi Mujhe Junglee Kahe (Junglee). Popularly known as Indian Elvis Presley in the 1960s, Shammi Kapoor was the first to introduce swing musicals in bollywood. On 21st Oct, this year he celebrated his 75th birthday and we wish good health & happiness to the ONLY swing king of bollywood till date !

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Got a sad news the veteren filmmaker – Hrishikesh Mukherjee, popularly known as Hrishida, passed away today, 27th August 2006. He was suffering from severe illiness for pretty long time. The void created in Indian Cinema by his departure, could never be filled up.

Some of the memorable films made by him are;

Musafir (1957), Anari (1959), Anuradha (1960), Asli Naqli (1962), Anupama (1966), Ashirwad (1968), Satyakam (1969), Anand (1970), Budha Mil Gaya (1971), Guddi (1971), Bawarchi (1972), Abhimaan (1973), Namak Haram (1973), Chupke Chupke (1975), Mili (1975), Alaap (1977), Golmaal (1979), Khubsoorat (1980), Rang Birangi (1983)

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