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The Khumaar of Rafi and Shammi Kapoor

Bipin R Pandit | panditbipin@yahoo.com Shamsherraj Kapoor was the second son of the legendary Prithviraj Kapoor. While his father was a hugely respected theatre and film actor, his elder brother, Raj Kapoor, was an established superstar. But as luck would have it, almost all of Shammi Kapoor’s initial movies flopped—there must have been seven to...

Leslie Gudheno

Drums with Leslie Godinho

Leslie Godinho was a man with exceptional knowledge and skill in music. He was a drummer beyond the extraordinary. Not only was he popular in India but he made a name for himself worldwide. But did you know that it was Leslie Godinho who introduced drums to Indian music lovers? Isn’t that quite something. Let us...