‘As a person, she motivated me immensely and is an ideal icon of women empowerment’ — Arpita tells The Telegraph as she preps to play the inimitable Gauhar Jaan Arpita got into the Gauhar Jaan mood ...

Most people claim to be music lovers, but how many of us even know who was the first Indian singer whose voice was recorded on a gramophone? Very few from the millennial generation, indeed! And that’s ...

The stage comes alive with live renditions of Thumri and sepia-tinted photographs of Allahabad, Benares, Lucknow and Kolkata, offering a historical, political and cultural recap. A perfectly poised ...

Gauhar Jaan’s thumri is food for the soul, many people believe. One of India’s earliest female voices, Gauhar inspired many Indian singers, especially women, to take up music. A historical figure who ...

All this, and more comes alive in Bangalore author Vikram Sampath’s latest work My Name is Gauhar Jaan! — The life and times of a musician. Sampath’s evocative pen and comprehensive research vividly ...

On 25th October 2024, Mumbai will witness the grand launch of My Name is Jaan, a global premiere theatrical tour that brings to life the extraordinary story of Gauhar Jaan, a trailblazer in Indian ...

Mumbai, March 31 (IANS) Filmmaker Kiran Rao says she is keen to explore a film on the life and times of courtesan-turned-singer Gauhar Jaan, who cut a gramophone record in 1902. “Since a few years, I ...

In a time when the biggest singers in India charge lakhs for each recording and crores for concerts, it is hard to imagine a time when a few hundred rupees were considered 'princely sums' for one ...