Mumbai: Actress Raakhee Gulzar spent weeks learning how to play the sitar from the maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar himself. It was for her role of the unfulfilled housewife in Aparna Sen's Paroma.

Rishabh Rikhiram Sharma, a renowned contemporary Indian Sitarist, has gained immense popularity through his 'Sitar for Mental Health' series. Combining traditional Indian Classical music with mental ...

At the advent of Technicolor, movie posters were plastered with enthusiastic phrases like “Technicolor Triumph,” and “Now in brilliant Technicolor!” Iron & Wine’s discovery of musical instruments ...

“Norwegian Wood” is the first song featuring George Harrison playing the sitar. John Lennon wrote the 1965 Rubber Soul track, which is a Bob Dylan-influenced track with a blend of Indian music.