Lyricist Santosh Anand who wrote the famous song ‘Ek Pyar Ka Nagma Hai,’ which was sung by veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar, broke down in tears while speaking about Lataji’s death on February 6. The hit song is from the film Shor (1972), which featured Jaya Bachchan and Manoj Kumar.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan visited late Lata Mangeshkar’s residence at Peddar Road in Mumbai on February 6 to pay his last respects to the veteran singer. Lata Mangeshkar will be creamted with full state honours at Shivaji Park in Mumbai at 6:30 pm on February 6.

Actor Punneth Rajkumar, who was a superstar in the Kannada film industry passed away on Friday, October 29.
The 46-year-old superstar died of cardiac arrest. At 11 am today, he was hospitalised in Bengaluru after complaining of severe chest pain. Punneth Rajkumar was the son of veteran Kannada actor Rajkumar.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai shared this news on his Twitter account.
He wrote, “I am deeply shocked that Kannada celebrity Shri Puneeth Rajkumar died of a heart attack. The death of Kannadigar’s favourite actor, Appu, hascaused enormous loss to Kannada and Karnataka and I pray that God will have mercy on his soul and give his fans the power to endure this pain.”