‘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 ...

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 ...

The tour promises to be an unmissable experience, celebrating the life and legacy of Gauhar Jaan while shining a light on her contributions to the global music. On 25th October 2024, Mumbai will ...

From a time when a few hundred rupees was considered a significant amount, to now, where singers charge millions for a recording, the journey of India’s first crorepati singer is truly remarkable. One ...

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 ...

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 ...

Arpita Chatterjee is all set to bring alive the magic of Gauhar Jaan on stage. “The journey is really great as I prepare for the play. I am trying my best to reinvent myself as a person and as an ...

In August 2018, Projit Bihari Mukharji, professor at the University of Penn and Head of the Department, Professor of History, Ashoka University wrote a fascinating piece on the Ellahie family which ...