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Farooq Shaikh was an Indian actor and television presenter. His major contribution was in Parallel Cinema or the New Indian Cinema.

A very popular actor, Farooq Shaikh acted with so much ease, portraying the characters so well, that he seemed to fit into each role, perfectly. He gives the due for this for having worked with the directors that he did in his initial films. He talks about this in detail.

So, learn about this and much more about the late actors’ journey, about his many films, so many memories, today on our show.

This conversation goes back many years back with Farooq Shaikh Sahaab. Do listen – in to it, for sure, today, 6th March, on our Hindi Radio Show, From our Archives, on MeraSangeet Gold at 2:00 PM EST and on MeraSangeet USA at 5:00 PM – EST

Padmini Kolhapure is an Indian actress, who works primarily in Hindi films. She began her acting career in 1972 at the age of seven, and her early works include Zindagi (1976) and Dream Girl (1977). She had her breakthrough with the film Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978), starring as the young Roopa. She is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards.

At the age of 15, Kolhapure won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the revenge drama Insaf Ka Tarazu (1980), and at the age of 17, won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the musical romantic drama Prem Rog (1982), thus becoming the second-youngest actress to win the awards in the respective categories. She was also nominated for the Best Supporting Actress for her role in Souten (1983) and also received another Best Actress nomination for Pyar Jhukta Nahin (1985). Courtesy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmini_Kolhapure

Do listen – in to this wonderful conversation, from many years back, with Padmini Kolhapure, on our show, From our Archives, today, 25th February, on MeraSangeet Gold at 2:00 PM EST and MeraSangeet USA at 5:00 PM – EST.

Sonu Kakkar is an Indian playback singer, songwriter and television personality. She is the elder sister of Bollywood singers, Neha Kakkar and Tony Kakkar.

One of Sonu’s most popular songs is Madari which she performed in Coke Studio with Vishal Dadlani. It was composed by Clinton Cerejo. Sonu Kakkar’s recent songs include ‘Sun Baliye’ sung by Gajendra Verma, Sonu Kakkar.The music video features Gajendra Verma And Apoorva Arora. Courtesy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonu_Kakkar

Do listen – in to this very peppy conversation with Sonu Kakkar, on our show, From our Archives, today, 17th February, on MeraSangeet Gold at 2:00 PM EST and MeraSangeet USA at 5:00 PM – EST.

Master Saleem, also known as Saleem Shahzada, is an Indian singer who is known for his work as a devotional singer and also as a playback singer in Bollywood films, like Heyy Babyy (2007), Dostana and Love Aaj Kal (2009). He has also released several private albums of Punjabi Music and Sufi music.

Master Saleem was born as Saleem (Saleem Shahzada), in Shahkot, near Jalandhar, Punjab. He is the son of the famous Sufi singer Ustad Puran Shah Koti, who was also the guru of folk singers, Hans Raj Hans, Jasbir Jassi, Sabar Koti, and Diljaan. At the age of six Saleem also became his disciple and started learning to sing. Courtesy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Saleem

This conversation is simply not to be missed – You will love the way Master Saleem tells us about his journey, his family, his friends and so much more – Tune – in for sure on our show, From our Archives, today, 13th February, on MeraSangeet Gold at 2:00 PM EST and MeraSangeet USA at 5:00 PM – EST.

Ila Arun is an Indian actress, and singer. She has appeared in many prominent Bollywood movies such as Lamhe, Jodhaa Akbar, Shaadi Ke Side Effects and Begum Jaan.

has sung numerous film songs in Hindi and quite a few South Indian languages such as Tamil and Telugu. Her most famous film song to date has been “Choli Ke Peeche” sung along with Alka Yagnik for the film Khalnayak starring Madhuri Dixit, for which they won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer.  Courtesy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ila_Arun

Tune – in for sure, for this wonderful conversation with Ila Arun – on our show, From our Archives, today, 4th February, on MeraSangeet Gold at 2:00 PM EST and MeraSangeet USA at 5:00 PM – EST

Sonu Sood is an Indian actor, film producer, model, humanitarian, and philanthropist who works predominantly in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films.

In 2009, Sonu Sood received the Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Award for Best Villain and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu for his work in the Telugu blockbuster Arundhati. In 2010, he garnered the Apsara Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role and the IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role for his performance in Bollywood film Dabangg. Courtesy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonu_Sood

In this conversation recorded many years back, we talk to Sonu Sood about his journey, the films he worked in, his childhood days and much more – So, tune – in for sure, for this wonderful conversation – on our show, From our Archives, today, 30th December, on MeraSangeet Gold at 2:00 PM EST and MeraSangeet USA at 5:00 PM – EST

Pankaj Udhas is a very popular Indian ghazal and playback singer. After his success as a ghazal singer, he was invited to appear and sing for a film by Mahesh Bhatt, Naam. He did playback singing for many Hindi films after that. In 2006, Pankaj Udhas was awarded Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian award. Courtesy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pankaj_Udhas

On the show, Pankaj Udhas talks about his growing-up days, about his father, his brothers – how music just became his first love, home, and much much more. This conversation was recorded many many years back but is as fresh as today – So know your favorite singer, and hear him talk about so many memories – as he does so, he also sings along – and we also play many many of his super hit nos.

The date and time to save is – our show, From our Archives, today, 9th December, on MeraSangeet Gold at 2:00 PM EST and MeraSangeet USA at 5:00 PM – EST