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Anand Bakshi’s son SLAMS ‘Saat Samundar Paar’ remix credits in Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri; calls added lyrics “mismatch”

Rakesh Anand Bakshi, son of the late lyricist Anand Bakshi, has publicly criticised the makers of…
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Subhash Ghai praises Anand Bakshi; says, “He was even greater than Laxmikant-Pyarelal and A R Rahman”

Veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai recently appeared on the Game Changers podcast, hosted by trade…
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Trivia Tunes: When Anand Bakshi wrote a song that reflected his long struggle in Mumbai in Jab Jab Phool Khile

Songs and a film’s success Since time immemorial, songs have always added to a film’s success. But…
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Trivia Tunes: From Siddharth Anand reworking old lyrics with fresh tunes, to Anand Bakshi likening himself to a shopkeeper, and Javed Akhtar highlighting the uniqueness of Hindi cinema, here’s Bollywood music trivia for the month

Siddharth Anand’s movies rework old lyrics with fresh tunes While traditional or old popular…
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28 Years of Mohra EXCLUSIVE: “When Anand Bakshi told Rajiv Rai about ‘Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast’, we thought it’ll look cheap. However, Anand ji explained, ‘Yeh toh daaru ki bottle ke upar gaana hai’” – Shabbir Boxwala

Mohra, directed by Rajiv Rai, was released 28 years ago, on July 1. And even today, the popularity…
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Rakesh Bakshi opens up about his legendary father Anand Bakshi

If the great bade dinon ke bard Anand Bakshi had lived, he would have been 91 on 21…
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Lalit Pandit on working with Anand Bakshi in Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge

Lalit Pandit, one-half of the Jatin-Lalit duo recalls the experience of working with Anand Bakshi.…
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Celebrating 90th birth anniversary of legendary lyricist Anand Bakshi

India music industry has witnessed many memorable artists. One of them is the legendary lyricist…
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Small debuts: 25 Stars destined for better things

The immortal lyricist Anand Bakshi once said that “The real struggle of an artiste starts after he…
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The ever-young, addiction that was Anand Bakshi

July 21, 1930. That was the day a man was born who was to change forever the graph of the film…
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