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On the occasion of legendary music-composer-singer Rahul Dev Burman (Panchamda)'s 76th birth anniversary this Saturday (27th June), a rare special commemorative Rs 5/- Postage Stamp featuring two pictures of the mahaan genius sangeetkar (music composer) is being sought after by his loyal die-hard fans. The "Rs.5/-" value matches Pancham's mascot No. 5 as he considered No:5 lucky. As is known, Pancham means the 'Fifth Musical Note' and even his favourite car registration number was 1139 which adds up to 1+ 4 = '05'. The icing on the cake is that his name Rahul also has 'five' letters!

One of the color pictures on the stamp clicked by senior showbiz journalist Mr. Chaitanya Padukone (Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award winner 2012 for film journalism) has Pancham-da striking a 'pose' on the synthesizers. Not many are aware, Chaitanya, who is otherwise an ardent Rdb fan, had the privileged opportunity to attend dozens of Pancham da's song recordings,...

On the occasion of legendary music-composer-singer Rahul Dev Burman (Panchamda)'s 76th birth anniversary this Saturday (27th June), a rare special commemorative Rs 5/- Postage Stamp featuring two pictures of the mahaan genius sangeetkar (music composer) is being sought after by his loyal die-hard fans. The "Rs.5/-" value matches Pancham's mascot No. 5 as he considered No:5 lucky. As is known, Pancham means the 'Fifth Musical Note' and even his favourite car registration number was 1139 which adds up to 1+ 4 = '05'. The icing on the cake is that his name Rahul also has 'five' letters!

One of the color pictures on the stamp clicked by senior showbiz journalist Mr. Chaitanya Padukone (Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award winner 2012 for film journalism) has Pancham-da striking a 'pose' on the synthesizers. Not many are aware, Chaitanya, who is otherwise an ardent Rdb fan, had the privileged opportunity to attend dozens of Pancham da's song recordings,...

Mumbai, March 27: Yesteryear actress Saira Banu remembers Nanda as "gentle, soft spoken and so unassuming" and added that she saw a lot of her mother's traits in the late actress.

"I met her very late. We began interacting when my husband worked with her in B.R. Chopra's "Mazdoor" in 1982. But we struck an instant rapport," said Saira Banu.

"Nanda baaji, that's what I called her, was a Capricorn just like my mother. I saw a lot of my mother's beautiful traits in Nanda baaji. She was gentle, soft spoken and so unassuming.

"She would always say, 'When I have to go, I want to go without getting in a hospital.

B. R. Chopra's Baghban (2003) was a super hit film and brought laurels to Amitabh Bachchan for his histrionics. However, do you know that B. R. Chopra had planned this movie way back in the 80s with Dilip Kumar in the lead? But destiny had something else in store for Chopra. In fact except Naya Daur (1957) whenever Dilip Kumar and B. R. Chopra came together the result was a failure. Remember Dastaan (1972) and Mazdoor (1983)? Hence, Amitabh Bachchan proved a right choice. Howeve...

Ravi Chopra, the well known Indian movie maker and producer was hospitalized at the Breach Candy hospital due to s severe lungs ailment. Mr Ravi Chopra is the son of the legendary producer – director Mr. B.R. Chopra. He is known for directing the famous Indian television series of Maha Bharat and later on the miniseries of Ramayan that was aired in 2002. Ravi has directed famous movie like The Burning Train, Mazdoor, Dahleez, Baghban and Babul to name a few. His movies gained approval and accolades for the exceptional work that was put into them in terms of the strong story, script, direction and the cinematography. Rav...