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Asha Bhosle awarded the Akshaya Mohanty Sanman
Legendary playback singer Asha Bhosle has been awarded with the Akshaya Mohanty Sanman 2011 for her contribution in the Indian music industry. On October 12, on the occasion of the birthday of great Oriya singer and musician Akshaya Mohanty, the award was presented with a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh. Previously, this award had been bestowed upon singer Manna Dey, filmmaker-lyricist Gulzar and music composer Ilaiyaraaja. Asha Bhosle started her career in music in 1943 and established her unique style. She has sung in about 18 Indian and some foreign languages. Throughout her career, Ashaji has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan and the Dadsaheb Phalke Award, along with several Filmfare awards and also the National Film Award.
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Rauf Ahmed, former editor of Filmfare, remembers Gautam Rajadhyaksha
The ace photographer brought in a new dimension to how celebrity portraits were shot
Gautam Rajadhyaksha, Bollywood’s most celebrated photographer, passed away after a massive heart attack in the early hours of the morning on Tuesday, September 13. Rauf Ahmed, former editor of magazines like Filmfare, Zee Premiere, Screen, etc, was one of the photographer’s closest associates and among the first to recognise his talent. Rauf says, “When I took over as the editor of Filmfare in 1986, it was a very old-fashioned magazine and I revived it. Gautam had a very important role in this. He brought in a pictorial quality very rare in film magazines. Earlier, there was more focus to show the person’s achievement rather than how the picture was.” Click here to read moreHappy birthday, Sadhana!
The veteran beauty turns 70 today
We wonder if today’s generation knows that the ‘Sadhana cut’, meaning fringes, was made famous in India by one of Hindi cinema’s most beautiful actors. Her name is Sadhana and she celebrates her birthday today. Known for her lovely eyes, the sparkling beauty was born in Sindh in Pakistan in 1941. Her family migrated to India after Partition. Sadhana was ‘discovered’ in a college play by some producers when she was just 15. Click here to read moreAfter Shammi Kapoor, his art director is no more
Dadasaheb Phalke Award-winner Shanti Das also passed away on August 14
As Bollywood mourned for Shammi Kapoor on August 14, not many knew that an art director who was first noticed in the actor’s film, Junglee, too passed way. Shanti Das, a Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner, was one of the most preferred art directors in the ’60s and ’70s. Click here to read more
