Mumbai, June 1 (IANS) As the last rites of the veteran playback singer Suman Kalyanpur were held in the city, the music and the film industry largely skipped her farewell. Only playback singer Suresh Wadkar showed up to pay his final respects to the departed soul, while both the industries largely remained absent. Her last rites were held at the Pawan Hans crematorium on Monday. She is survived by her daughter, Charu.The singer was given full state honours as her mortal remains were draped in th…
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Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) The late music composer O. P. Nayyar’s grand-daughter Niharica Raizada, who is receiving a lot of positive response to her work in ‘Mercy’, has shared that the composer was never formally trained in music. Niharica shared that O. P. Nayyar’s father was a pharmacist, and wanted him to learn medical science. The composer was born in Lahore, and migrated to India after the Partition of India.She told IANS, “So, he was never taught music and he was always curious ab…
Mumbai, Jan 16 (IANS) Veteran Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff remembered legendary music composer O. P. Nayyar on his 100th birth anniversary, paying a tribute to his timeless contribution to Indian cinema. Remembering the musical maestro, Jackie took to his Instagram Stories to share a photograph of O. P. Nayyar, widely regarded as one of Indian cinema’s most rhythmic and melodious music directors.Along with the post, the actor added the iconic song “Deewana Hua Badal” from the 1964 film“…