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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Ruddy-cheeked and light-eyed, Raj Kapoor was unmistakably Destiny’s blue-eyed boy. As a romantic actor, his onscreen romance with Nargis, fuelled by larger-than-life stories of their off-screen relationship, was a glorious chapter in the cinematic history of Hindi cinema. Raj Kapoor first showed his scene-stealing abilities in Mehboob Khan’s Andaz (1949), where he costarred with Nargis and Dilip Kumar. Kapoor played Nargis’s flamboyant but suspicious husband with aplomb. Flamboyance was his forte in other early successes like Dastaan and Sargam as well. Although, he was paired with Nargis from his first produced-directed and acted movie Aag(1947).

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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)

May his soul rest in peace. Watch his last rites video inside (courtesy: ANI)

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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The finale of the trilogy tribute to great music legend - Mohd. Rafi . In this part take took into some of the memorable moments in his life through pictures, along with his filmfare acheivements. The great legend, who never let his pain be felt in his soulful romantic songs, left the world stunned on 1980.
We lost one more voice … -Awaz Mein Na Doonga…

Whenever there used be a fusion of Naushad’s music, Shakeel Badayuni’s lyrics and Rafi’s voice, that number would become super-duper hit. These three were quite a team then. Rafi sang more than 26,000 songs in all the national languages in his forty years long career in the film industry. He master of all forms of songs. He could sing ghazal, qawwali, geet and bhajan within equal ease. The range of Rafi’s voice was very very high. This is noticeable from the number O Duniya Ke Rakhwale from the movie Baiju Bawara. Rafi revealed a golden voice of unrivaled tonal quality and range, which had the power to pitch lyrics from the lowest modulations to high soprano.

Tere aane ki aas hai dost,
sham phir kyon udas hai dost,
mehki-mehki fiza yeh keh rahi hai,
tu kahin aas paas hai dost…

Rafi Saab, is indeed the best singer of all times. Today, 25 years after his death, he lives on eternally. His songs today are just as popular as they were during his lifetime. Mohammed Rafi sung over 26,000 songs in a career spanning 40 years, most of those spent as the undisputed King of Bollywood playback singers.

When Mohammed Rafi was a little boy, a fakir used to wander by his house in Lahore singing songs. Captivated by the beautiful sounds, the little boy would follow the holy man and sing along. So began the musical journey of Rafi, a magical trip that would lead him to Bombay, the blossoming Bollywood film industry and immortality as, arguably, the greatest ever male Hindi playback singer.