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She was noted for her wide range of roles in a career that spanned six decades of her career but she is remembered the most for playing mother to many of Hindi cinema’s biggest stars, including Amitabh Bachchan.

Here’s our pick of seven films where Hindi cinema’s longest-serving mother was at her best.

1. ‘Faraar’: A 1975 crime drama directed by Shanker Mukherjee, ‘Faraar’ starred Sulochna as Amitabh Bachchan’s mother. The film follows the story of a middle-class man, Rajesh, essayed by the Big B, who avenges the rape and murder of his sister. The film also stars Sharmila Tagore, Sanjeev Kumar, Sajjan, Agha and Bhagwan Dada. Priyadarshan remade the movie in Malayalam by Priyadarshan as ‘Parayanumvayya Parayathirikkanumvayya’.

2. ‘Prem Nagar’: The 1974 Hindi-language romantic drama directed by K.S. Prakash Rao has Sulochana playing mother to Hema Malini’s character. The film follows Karan Singh (Rajesh Khanna), who...

Day 1 of the Indian edition of the multi-genre music festival Lollapalooza was a musical extravaganza in the truest sense. Wooing the audience on the first day were some of the most sought-after global and homegrown artistes; but the fest also saw Bollywood actors Hrithik Roshan, Sussanne Khan, Kajol, Rajkummar Rao, Patralekha and Huma Qureshi enjoying the music.

The international sounds that set the mood of the evening began with Chelsea Cutler and Japanese Breakfast bringing in fresh sounds. The power packed rock genre had fans grooving in the grand arena with the iconic Greta Van Fleet. The rock legends were a crowd favourite, their all-time classic ‘Highway Tune’, was sung in unison by the crowds and the acoustic rock was a fitting end to one of the most loved performances of the day.

Japanese Breakfast was a visual and audio treat for the audiences and many who were new to the music joined the crowds,...

‘Brown Munde’ hitmaker AP Dhillon suffered from a bad throat due to constant travelling but that did not affect his Lollapaloza performance even one bit. The Punjabi synth-pop sensation, who is the voice behind hit tracks like ‘Brown Munde’, ‘Excuses’, ‘Insane’ and several others, took to the stage at the multi-genre Lollapaloza India music festival on Saturday and needless to say, he set the house on fire with his livewire performance along with his buddy Shinda Kahlon.

Sometime during his performance, Dhillon took a pause and said, “The constant travel has f*****d our health and throat but be rest assured Mumbai this will be a night to remember.”

The two Punjabi artistes performed on hit numbers such as ‘Tere Te’, ‘Faraar’ but their most loved songs like ‘Summer High’, ‘Excuses’ and the legendary ‘Brown Munde’ came during the last leg of their performance. Talk about saving the best for the last!