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In celebration of Mothers and Mother’s Day Subhash K Jha lists the 10 most famous Mother’s film songs of all time!

1. Ai Maa Teri Surat Se Alag Bhagwan Ki Surat Kya Hogi — Daadi Maa:

It’s not easy to sing in praise of the Mother Figure without tripping into the territory of treacle. This amazing ode to Mom holds up after so many years thanks to Mahendra Kapoor and Manna Dey’s spirited singing and composer Roshan’s joyous tune that envelopes the maternal emotions like a warm blanket. But it’s Majrooh Sultanpuri’s lyrics that finally do the trick. ‘Ussko nahin dekha humnein kabhi par usski zaroorat kya hogi ae maa teri soorat se alag bhagwan ki soorat kya hogi’. Wah!

2. ‘Tu Kitni Achhi Hai’ — Raja Aur Runk:

In 1968, when Lata Mangeshkar was 39 years old, she sang for the 11-year-old child actor Master Mahesh. Lataji’s voice...

Mehul Kumar, the man who gave the cinegoers hits like Tirangaa, Krantiveer and others is a troubled man today. The reason? Well, he has been arrested after an Andheri Court issued a non-bailable warrant against him in a case of funds' misappropriation. The case cites back to the year 2006 when he was dragged to the court by Pen's Jayantilal Gada, after he allegedly misused a loan that was given to him in building a mall in Jamnagar, whereby he was supposed to utilize that money to make a feature film. Pen's lawyer Anjana Baxi said that the Supreme Court has already rejected Kumar's anticipatory bail application. Meanwhile, Jayantilal Gada said that they are happy that Mehul Kumar (who is presently lodged in Arthur Road jail) has been taken into custody.

Though there have been whispers galore of encounter-cop Pradeep Sharma being the hero of the new cop film Maximum, we now have it from a source extremely close to the film that Sonu Sood's character is based completely on Sharma and that in fact Sood and the Maximum director Kabir Kaushik have taken Sharma fully into confidence to get the details from the real-life 'encounter' cop's story right. But what's really a whammy of a revelation is that there's a character in Maximum based on a very hot and sizzling actress who shot to superstardom in the 1990s with a Ram Gopal Varma musical. Says our source, "Yes, there is definitely a lot about the film industry in the film. Anjana Sukhani plays Urvashi a hot sizzling actress of the 1990s and 2000s based very obviously on a leading heroine of the 1990s and 2000s. The likeness is unmistakable.

Anu Ranjan & Kiran Bawa hosted an all women party on the eve of International Women's Day, at the latter's Arabian themed cuisine restaurant in Juhu, Bistro Grill. A bevy of celebrities including Anushka Ranjan, Poonam Dhillon, Shweta Keswani, Meghna Mallik, Saumya Tandon, Bhagyashree, Teejay Sidhu, Deepshika, Shraddha Nigam, Karishma Tanna, Dolly Bindra, Tabassum, Anjana Mumtaz, bobby Darling, Kunika, Madhushree, Krushika Lulla, Eisha Koppikar, Alka Yagnik, Pooja Bedi, Rouble Nagi, Divya Dutta, Kamalika Guha Thakurta, Sandhya Shetty, Mansi Roy, Mauli Ganguly, Richa Soni, Narayani Shastri, Gauri Pradhan, Jasvir Kaur, Amita Nangia, Anju Mahendroo, Sara Khan, Shilpa Saklani and many others The women were dressed to the ocassion with a "dash of pink" in their outfits in accordance with the theme for the evening - Anu Ranjan was hopping around with the heel of her pink sandal which came off when she hit the dance floor, Tabassum and Alka Yagnik spent some time chit chatting,...

Pretty and petite actress and fashion designer Shama Sikandar showcased her Cocktail and Party collection from Saisha at Laughing Cavalier in Mahim. Celebs & friends Smilie Suri, Shweta Bhardwaj, Yuvika Choudhary, Sampade Vaaze, Pony Verma, Parull Choudhry, Sudeepa, Raavi Gupta, Sayantani Ghosh, Popi and Chez Shetty walked and sashay her designs on the ramp under the canopy of glittering stars. Other celebs seen at the fashion show were Ruslaan, Anjana Mumtaz, Ravi Behel, Munisha Khatwani, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Amir Ali, Shashi Ranjan, Shaheer etc.

"This season it is only about short dresses and gowns. Focus is more on styling and cuts because they really compliment a woman's silhouette. Colours are mostly solids like Whites, Blacks, Grey and auburn," says she. Shama, who has been walking the ramp for elite designers like Ritu Kumar, Nisha Jamwal, Shaina Nc and Neeta Lulla, has always been appreciated as a fashion connoisseur. Her impeccable dressing sense...