Category: Arts
Naseeruddin Shah play at Shimla theatre festival
Shimla : A play by Naseeruddin Shah will be the highlight of a weeklong national theatre festival which will take place in Shimla’s gaiety theatre from April 24 to April […]
94 films for Shimla Film Festival
Organisers of the first Shimla Film Festival are excited by the good response and have received 94 film enteries .The two day event kicks off on April 12 ,orgainsers said […]
Himachal village temple robberies on the rise
Shimla :Incidents of village temple idols , antiques and valuables being stolen is constantly increasing across Himachal Pradesh’s countryside in the past few years ,worrying followers and the police. The […]
The voice of god : Hemant Kumar
There could not have been higher praise. And this ultimate praise came from the music composer Salil Chowdhary who famously said , “If God decided to sing , he would […]
A tribute to Chetan Anand’ s film songs
He was the man who gave hindi cinema memorable movies like Haqeeqat , Heer Ranjha , Hanste Zakm Aakhri Khat and Hindustan Ki Kasam . And here we have this […]
The deadly Rafi and O P Nayyar pair and their immortal songs
These two highly gifted men from the Punjab together gave some of the most lilting and melodious songs of hindi cinema’s golden era with a special Punjabi flavour . Often […]
Wait on for Shimla’s town hall restoration
Work has been further delayed to start work to renovate the Town Hall a majestic colonial era monument on Shimla’s Mall road due to a row between two Himachal government […]
Meena Kumari the tragedy queen sings soulfully
She excelled playing grief stricken and tragic roles. And these roles were heightened by the great songs she sung on screen . This Saregama MP3 collection has some of her […]
O Mere Sona Re with Asha Parekh
Asha Parekh ruled the big screen in the sixties till the early seventies . She is regarded by many as one of the most successful and influential movie actresses of […]
Chocolate heroes of the 60s : Joy Mukherjee & Biswajeet
Both Bengalis , one spoke chaste hindi and the other with a slight Bengali accent , one slightly built the other tall and well built . But above all both […]