Khayyam

Jagjit Kaur was best-known for singing Dekh Lo Aaj Humko from Bazaar, Pehle To Aankh Milana from Shola Aur Shabnam

Khayyam died following a brief illness on Monday

Legendary music composer Khayyam left behind an unforgettable legacy

Five years after a halt, it was time for Khayyam's solo break. He scored music for 1953 hit Foot Path, starring Dilip Kumar and Meena Kumari.

Khayyam was a recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Padma Bhushan

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the birth anniversary of Persian mathematician, astronomer and poet Omar Khayyam. The Iran-born mathematician was known for his work on the classification and solution of cubic equations.

It's been a bad few days for Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. Fortunately, one has a 56-inch chest and the other ample shoulder-space for each to lean on the other and cry. But, alas for them, Omar Khayyam's "Moving Finger" has written - and not all their "tears can wash out a word of it". So, while the nation waits with increasing skepticism for their...

Her groom is reportedly a Pakistani businessman settled in Abu Dhabi

Mahesh Bhatt's Janam didn't just create a furore; it also made an impact. The story of an 'illegitimate' son trying to be acknowledged by his father had something raw and real.

The music maestro behind music of films like Kabhi Kabhie and Umrao Jaan, Khayyam says although the standard of music has deteriorated in Bollywood, "talented young" musicians and writers have the capability to do "wonders".

Through the 1950s and 60s, she worked with the best music directors in the film industry, collaborating with S D Burman, Shankar Jaikishan and Khayyam for movies that starred screen legends like Sunil Dutt, Nargis and Rajendra Kumar. Today, she is an impoverished 70-year-old, living in a one-bedroom house in the Mumbai suburb of Jogeshwari. With he...

Jagjit Kaur was best-known for singing Dekh Lo Aaj Humko from Bazaar, Pehle To Aankh Milana from Shola Aur Shabnam

Khayyam died following a brief illness on Monday

Legendary music composer Khayyam left behind an unforgettable legacy

Five years after a halt, it was time for Khayyam's solo break. He scored music for 1953 hit Foot Path, starring Dilip Kumar and Meena Kumari.

Khayyam was a recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Padma Bhushan

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the birth anniversary of Persian mathematician, astronomer and poet Omar Khayyam. The Iran-born mathematician was known for his work on the classification and solution of cubic equations.

It's been a bad few days for Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. Fortunately, one has a 56-inch chest and the other ample shoulder-space for each to lean on the other and cry. But, alas for them, Omar Khayyam's "Moving Finger" has written - and not all their "tears can wash out a word of it". So, while the nation waits with increasing skepticism for their...

Her groom is reportedly a Pakistani businessman settled in Abu Dhabi

Mahesh Bhatt's Janam didn't just create a furore; it also made an impact. The story of an 'illegitimate' son trying to be acknowledged by his father had something raw and real.

The music maestro behind music of films like Kabhi Kabhie and Umrao Jaan, Khayyam says although the standard of music has deteriorated in Bollywood, "talented young" musicians and writers have the capability to do "wonders".

Through the 1950s and 60s, she worked with the best music directors in the film industry, collaborating with S D Burman, Shankar Jaikishan and Khayyam for movies that starred screen legends like Sunil Dutt, Nargis and Rajendra Kumar. Today, she is an impoverished 70-year-old, living in a one-bedroom house in the Mumbai suburb of Jogeshwari. With he...