She's been regaling listeners across the globe with her voice for decades now- therefore it doesn't come as a surprise when huge honours are conferred upon singer Alka Yagnik. It has been announced today that she has been awarded the Padma Bhushan honour by the Government of India.
Alka Yagnik
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Reacting exclusively to HT City, she expresses her joy, “I want to thank the government for giving me this prestigious honour. And of course I really, really want to thank all my listeners for their unconditional love.”
Alka has been singing since she was four. She stepped into mainstream playback singing with the 1980 Hindi film Payal Ki Jhankaar. In the 46 years since then, she has crooned chartbusters such as Ek Do Teen, Agar Tum Saath Ho, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, among countless others.
Rishabh Suri is an Assistant Editor, film critic, and professional overthinker of plot points. He writes for HT City, keeping pace with an industry where news cycles expire long before the popcorn gets cold. He completed his graduation in English Honours from Kirori Mal College, followed by a Master’s degree in English Literature-effectively training his brain to over-analyse classic texts before applying those exact same skills to 3-hour Bollywood blockbusters. He got into the profession when he had barely graduated from college and has been at HT ever since. At HT, Rishabh reviews films with a simple rule: skip the dense academic jargon and get straight to the point. Beyond reviews, as Assistant Editor, he helps navigate the broader circus of showbiz, tracking everything from OTT shifts to sudden box office panics. In a beat driven by loud PR machinery and carefully scripted answers, Rishabh prefers cutting through the noise to focus on how stories get made and why trends shift. When he isn’t writing against a deadline, he is usually sitting in a dark theater, compulsively memorising dialogues. For Rishabh, analysing movies isn't just a day job- it’s a habit he couldn't turn off even if he tried.
