NEW DELHI, (IANS) – It is one of Hindi films’ most cherished and eternal romantic songs, featuring the urbane Guru Dutt and the ethereal Waheeda Rehman, but the dream-like music for “Chaudhvin Ka ...

For a self-taught musician, it is rather impressive how his melodies underscored popular culture for a range of occasions in late 20th century India – be it children’s lullabies “Chandamama door ke” ...

Bollywood composer Ravi Shankar Sharma, whose tune “Darshan do Ghanashyam” was used in “Slumdog Millionaire,” died March 7 in a Mumbai, India, hospital where he was admitted after two heart attacks.