So when it came to Ramesh Sippy’s “Sholay,” the classic Western that transformed Hindi cinema, of course I started with the ...

Most films, even the biggest blockbusters, are forgotten with the passage of time. What often remains embossed in public memory are the songs. Sholay, which was released today 50 years ago, is an ...

In any given week, a quick scan of Spotify’s Top Artists chart for India shows legends such as Lata Mangeshkar, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Ilaiyaraaja, K. S. Chithra, Kishore Kumar, R.D. Burman, […] ...