Most people claim to be music lovers, but how many of us even know who was the first Indian singer whose voice was recorded on a gramophone? Very few from the millennial generation, indeed! And that’s ...

The stage comes alive with live renditions of Thumri and sepia-tinted photographs of Allahabad, Benares, Lucknow and Kolkata, offering a historical, political and cultural recap. A perfectly poised ...

Gauhar Jaan’s thumri is food for the soul, many people believe. One of India’s earliest female voices, Gauhar inspired many Indian singers, especially women, to take up music. A historical figure who ...

Today, India’s big singers charge lakhs for a recording and crores for a concert. In such a situation, it is difficult to imagine the time when a few hundred rupees for a recording were considered a ...

A sports enthusiast who enjoys good food and movies as well. She was India’s first singing superstar and was called the ‘Gramophone girl’. But she was not born under the name that made her famous. Her ...

On 25th October 2024, Mumbai will witness the grand launch of My Name is Jaan, a global premiere theatrical tour that brings to life the extraordinary story of Gauhar Jaan, a trailblazer in Indian ...

In a time when the biggest singers in India charge lakhs for each recording and crores for concerts, it is hard to imagine a time when a few hundred rupees were considered 'princely sums' for one ...

From a time when a few hundred rupees was considered a significant amount, to now, where singers charge millions for a recording, the journey of India’s first crorepati singer is truly remarkable. One ...

A Historic Recording In November 1902, a woman entered a makeshift recording studio located in a hotel in Calcutta, adorned ...

Gauhar Jaan deserves the importance she has got over the years with books and movies being made on her life. In August 2018, Projit Bihari Mukharji, professor at the University of Penn and Head of the ...

Jio Studios and Aamir Khan Productions’ Laapataa Ladies, directed by Kiran Rao, is just a few days away from its theatrical release in cinemas. The film narrates the tale of India's heartland, and the ...