Later this month, October 30 marks the death of Begum Akhtar in 1974. Fifty-one years later, when ghazals are mentioned, her name is among the top, maybe even the first, that comes up. Her story is ...

Lucknow: Ghazal, thumri and dadra were presented in a programme organised in the memory of Padma Bhushan Begum Akhtar by Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya at Kala Mandapam in the city on Tuesday.

The film discusses the various aspects of Begum Akhtar’s life. She was also known as the “Gazal and Thumri Queen”. An intimate portrait, the film presents her in the domestic set-up of her home and as ...