Dinesh Raheja

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What Made Bappi Lahiri Such A Rage
Rediff.com27 Nov 2025

Bappi Lahiri realised disco was a winning ticket and escalated his game with several...

'I Want To Leave People With Hope'
Rediff.com26 Nov 2025

'It's far-fetched to say that human thinking will become subservient.'

Music In 2 Minutes: The Kalyanji-Anandji Story
Rediff.com26 Nov 2025

Music director duos are a unique Bollywood feature, and many have become iconic. In...

Dharmendra Was The He-Man Of Bollywood
Rediff.com24 Nov 2025

Dharmendra's demise means the loss of one of the biggest icons ever in the Hindi film...

What Made Geeta Dutt's Life So Tragic
Rediff.com24 Nov 2025

The song that best encapsulates Geeta Dutt's unfairly abbreviated life would probably...

Helen: The Lesser Known Actor
Rediff.com21 Nov 2025

After spinning into the spotlight with the hit song-and-dance number Mera Naam Chin...

'Humans Are Driven By Fear'
Rediff.com20 Nov 2025

'Rejection teaches you a lot of endurance, self-trust, and the ability to show up again.'

Music In 2 Minutes: The Laxmikant-Pyarelal Story
Rediff.com18 Nov 2025

Music director duos are a unique Bollywood feature, and many have become iconic. In...

Mera Sunder Sapna Beet Gaya... Kamini Kaushal's Memorable Songs
Rediff.com18 Nov 2025

Kamini Kaushal was one of the top three heroines of the 1940s, alongside Suraiya and...

The Kamini Kaushal You Didn't Know
Rediff.com17 Nov 2025

When Kamini Kaushal passed away at 98, she missed being a centenarian by just two...

Music In Minutes: The Shankar-Jaikishan Story
Rediff.com12 Nov 2025

In this special series, Dinesh Raheja explores prominent music duos, and the dynamics...

Sulakshana Pandit's Top 10 Songs
Rediff.com10 Nov 2025

Singer-actress Sulakshana Pandit, 71, passed into the ages on November 6 after a...

'Zarine Was The Unifier Of Our Family'
Rediff.com10 Nov 2025

'Zarine spent her last autumn this year with my sister in Kashmir.' 'There, almost as a...

Why Was Sulakshana Pandit So Famous?
Rediff.com7 Nov 2025

In 1973, several major leading ladies like Mumtaz, Raakhee, Jaya Bhaduri, Dimple...

S D Burman's Magical Aradhana, Abhimaan Music
Rediff.com5 Nov 2025

S D Burman is that unique composer who remained successful right up to his death with...

S D Burman's Magic Music For Guru Dutt, Dev Anand
Rediff.com3 Nov 2025

S D Burman enjoyed a productive partnership with Dev Anand's production house Navketan...

What Magic S D Burman Created With Bimal Roy!
Rediff.com3 Nov 2025

Can anyone forget S D Burman's classic songs in Devdas, Sujata and Bandini?

Om Puri's Life In Pictures
Rediff.com24 Oct 2025

Om Puri would have been 75 in October. We look back at his early years through these 16...

Asrani Kept Amitabh On His Toes
Rediff.com21 Oct 2025

Asrani may have never been a marquee name up in sparkling lights or on outsized posters...

'Gabroo, Chooza, Sometimes Nalayak'
Rediff.com20 Oct 2025

'On the set, he was this big personality, the great Om Puri. But at home, he was like a...