The voice of iconic Hindi film songs like “Main jat yamla pagla deewana” sung with verve for an animated Dharmendra, the full-throated “Chahe mujhe koi junglee kahe” for the rollicking Shammi Kapoor, ...

Pakistan has entered the new year with cautious economic optimism after having narrowly avoided a financial collapse. While the government of Mian Shehbaz Sharif deserves appreciation for stabilising ...

As the world marks the 101st birthday of Mohammed Rafi on December 24, one man at Tirur celebrates it as a deeply personal festival. Saifullah Cholakkal does not merely listen to Rafi. He lives with ...

The recently released Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026 have reminded us of both progress and paralysis within our higher education system. The 2026 THE rankings included ...

It is hardly an overstatement to say that Mohammed Rafi’s voice became the defining sound of Hindi film music along with Lata Mangeshkar across the 1950s to the 1970s. His range from soft romantic ...

From scoring Pakistan’s first Test run to carrying his bat in Lucknow, Nazar Mohammad helped lay the foundations of the national team before a tragic accident cut short his brilliant career azar ...

Mohammad Rafi's son, Shahid Rafi, recently broke his silence on how the late Lata Mangeshkar and her sister, the legendary singer Asha Bhosle, tried to sabotage his father's career. Tagging them as ...

Shahid also stated that Lata Mangeshkar "intervened" when Rafi was to be honoured by Guinness Book of World Records Legendary playback singer Mohammed Rafi crooned several evergreen songs both with ...

Javed Akhtar shared his admiration for the legendary Mohammad Rafi while also revealing his unfulfilled wish to have written songs for the iconic singer. Akhtar was speaking at a special event, Rooh-E ...

He had a voice as soft as velvet. His singing brought out the emotion of every song that came his way. Mohammed Rafi remains one of India’s most loved singers. On his 45th death anniversary (July 31), ...

This time, let Trivia Tunes begin on a ‘Vishal’ (which means big, size- or stature-wise!) lighter ‘note’ (pun intended). In the past, we had two composers sharing a name, Shankar Raghuvanshi of ...