But casting Dimple was not an easy feat, or so it is said. Dimple was just 16 when she married Rajesh Khanna. She had imagined that he would sing love songs to her, but reality sank in pretty quickly.

However, casting Bachchan was no easy task, as producers initially preferred the reigning superstar Rajesh Khanna for the role. “The 1970s was the period when you needed somebody to create heroes who ...

In one scene in Netflix’s new documentary series The Roshans, the music directors Sachin-Jigar, Rajesh Roshan’s former assistants, recall his feedback on some of their work: “This is a good ...

It’s just that the term could be applied there very easily,” said historian Manu Pillai during an insightful discussion about his latest book Gods, Guns and Missionaries at the Hindu Lit for Life 2025 ...

Manu Pillai’s latest book, Gods, Guns and Missionaries traces the making of the modern Hindu identity under the influence of colonialism. In this interview, he speaks about the Hindu-Christian ...

In a special session commemorating 40 years of Frontline, titled “The Rise and Rise of The Hindu Right”, historian and author Manu Pillai discussed his latest book “Gods, Guns and ...

Launched on October 10, 2009, Muscat Daily is now the largest selling broadsheet newspaper in the Sultanate of Oman with 33,500 daily copies and 28,000 subscribers.. Muscat Daily provides unrivalled ...

Muscat: A mild earthquake measuring 2.5 on the Richter scale was recorded in Muscat at 02:43 pm on Sunday, which was also felt by residents of the Ruwi, Wadi Kabir, Muttrah, and Sidab areas. According ...

Mammootty's 'Yavanika' features a sub-inspector solving a musician's disappearance, and 'Vettah,' directed by Rajesh Pillai, captivates with its storytelling despite some flaws.

I have been thinking about this book [Gods, Guns and Missionaries] since 2011 when I did my masters dissertation on Hindu nationalism. It was in 2019 that I finally had my own views on the ...

Listen to Story Netflix's The Roshans explores Bollywood's Roshan family legacy It focusses on musician Roshan Lal Nagrath and his descendants Rajesh, Rakesh and Hrithik Roshan The docu-series is ...

In Thoda Hai Thode Ki Zaroorat Hai, the spotlight shifts to Rajesh Roshan, whose journey as a music director is outlined with dutiful reverence. The episode emphasizes his mother, Ira Roshan’s ...