Lata Mangeshkar was the axis around which the music of composer Madan Mohan, whose birth centenary is this year, revolved. (Photo: madanmohan.in/Twitter) “Honey-dipped melody” is how film-music ...

In the stillness of the night, play on your speaker, Lag jaa gale. Nothing will soothe your senses more and make you feel serene. Lag jaa gale is one of India’s most popular songs. Look at the ...

Lata Mangeshkar christened Madan Mohan ‘Ghazal ka Shehzaada’ and once admitted that she would find his compositions difficult to master, and more complex than many other composers she had the fortune ...

TUM jo mil gaye ho, toh yeh lagta hai, ki jahaan mil gaya. Any talk of music director Madan Mohan will invariably bring up reference to this song, written by Kaifi Azmi and sung by Mohammed Rafi and ...

One morning, this Bollywood music composer was called up by none other than “Malika-e-Ghazal” Begum Akhtar, who was so taken by one of his compositions that she insisted on singing it fully to him — ...

To mark music director Madan Mohan’s birth centenary on June 25, Mumbai hosted some well-attended tribute concerts. Between June 22 and 29, two were held at the Dinanath Mangeshkar Hall in Vile Parle ...

Madan Mohan was born on 25 June 1924 in Baghdad, where his father Rai Bahadur Chunilal Kohli was an Accountant General with the Iraqi Police forces (part of British territory). Later, the family moved ...

On his 50th death anniversary this July 14, we revisit Madan Mohan’s overlooked gems from the 1970s—proof that his genius went far beyond ghazals, embracing bold and soulful experimentation TUM jo mil ...