CONTENTS
Chapter 1
The First Footfalls of Musical Stardom
Chapter 2
Top Spots Up for Grabs
Chapter 3
A Price to Pay for Being Number One
Chapter 4
A Super Hero in the House
Chapter 5
Inside the ‘Ashiana’ of His Dreams
Chapter 6
Javed Akhtar Calling and Recalling We Go
Chapter 7
The Voice of ‘The Girl Next Door’
Chapter 8
Shamshad Scores: Lata Soars
Chapter 9
A Journey So Talismanic, So Poetic
Chapter 10
The Ego of Being from Lucknow
Chapter 11
When Composer Was King
Chapter 12
Classic Legend and Rude Reality
Chapter 13
The Murky Scene behind the Silver Screen
Chapter 14
Upfront No Longer as the Backlash Comes
Chapter 15
Rafi as Our Maestro’s Singer Extraordinaire
Chapter 17
Those Instrumental in Crafting Our Ace’s Tunes
Chapter 18
The ‘Background’ to Meena Kumari as Pakeezah
Chapter 19
The Mirage of Going High, Higher and Still Higher
Chapter 20
Musings of ‘The Last Mughal’
Chapter 21
His Shadow Never Grew Less …
Appendix 1: A Career Record to Play Back
Appendix 2: From the Shadows into the Limelight