4 days ago
Scarcity of songs spells doom for 'Yeh Khula Aasmaan' soundtrack
Film: 'Yeh Khula Aasmaan'; Music Director: Anand-Milind; Lyricist: Ravi Chopra; Singers: Kunal Ganjawalla, Gayatri Ganjawalla, Soham Chakraborty, Suresh Wadekar, Swapnil Bandodkar, Raghubir Yadav and Amey Date; Rating: ** 1/2There are times when you're served with an overdose of songs in an album. But it is rare that you come across a soundtrack that doesn't have enough on the platter to keep you ... read more

22 days ago
Shortcomings abound, 'Tezz' soundtrack still leaves a mark
Film: 'Tezz'; Music Director: Sajid-Wajid; Lyricist: Shabbir Ahmed and Jalees Sherwani; Singers: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Mohit Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal, Shaan; Rating: ***Making a music album for an action-packed Bollywood thriller is a tough task but composers Sajid-Wajid have managed to hold it together even with very few songs in the soundtrack of 'Tezz'.The album boasts of two me ... read more

Mumbai | 2 months ago
Ali Zafar journeyed from portraits to musical dreams
Mumbai, Feb 28 - Pakistani singer Ali Zafar says that in his initial days he used to draw portraits to earn enough money to record his first music album.I started my career with painting portraits in a hotel lobby - 20-minute sketches. I was 18 then. I collected money by doing this so that I could record my album, the 31-year-old said here while painting his London, Paris, New York co-star Aditi R ... read more

Chandigarh | 2 months ago
'Balle Punjabis' - a family affair
Chandigarh, Feb 22 - Baba Honey's Balle Punjabis is a family affair as his family members feature in his debut album.The music album and video was launched recently by Hanish Kaushal aka Baba Honey, who hails from Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur town.Launched under the banner of family production house, Kavisha Entertainment, the album - has four out of six songs written, composed and sung by Baba Hon ... read more

Agra | 4 months ago
Rahman unveils romantic album at Taj Mahal
Agra, Dec 21 - What better than the symbol of love, the Taj Mahal, as the backdrop to the launch of a romantic music album for the film 'Ek Deewana Tha', says Oscar-winning music composer A.R. Rahman.'The movie has so many romantic songs, so what can be the perfect way to project my songs with Taj as a backdrop. I always want people to recognise my music and this is what I am trying to do -,' Rahm ... read more

New Delhi | 4 months ago
Youthful songs, fresh compositions ruled the charts
New Delhi, Dec 20 - No item numbers, but original peppy compositions - that was the hallmark of Bollywood music in 2011. The first big hit was 'Darling', in the powerful resonating voice of Usha Uthup in 'Saath Khoon Maaf', while the loud and boisterous Bappi Lahiri composition 'Oh la la' in 'The Dirty Picture' gave partygoers something to gyrate on at New Year parties.Some of the chartbusters bro ... read more

New Delhi | 5 months ago
Two Grammy winners to perform in India for AIDS awareness
New Delhi, Dec 1 - Two Grammy award winning musicians - Vishwa Mohan Bhatt from India and Toumani Diabate from Mali - will perform at a benefit concert here Dec 3 to help raise awareness about AIDS and fight against the disease.The concert, to be held at Nehru Park, is a collaboration between the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Indigo Live and UNAIDS.'The vision of ICCR is to enhance and pr ... read more

London | 6 months ago
Pattinson gives up music album dreams
London, Nov 12 - Actor Robert Pattinson doesn't want to bring out a music album for the fear of being criticised.'Doing movies, I can handle the criticism because you can always blame somebody else. There are hundreds of people to blame. But, with music, as soon as you're putting something out there, you're basically only putting an album out there for people to judge it,' contactmusic.com quoted ... read more

New Delhi | 6 months ago
Bhupen Da an incredible voice: Onir
New Delhi, Nov 6 - Director Onir, who started his film career with Bhupen Hazarika, says he will always remember the late singer-composer for his incredible voice.'Very sad to hear about the demise of Bhupenda. I started my career in the Hindi film industry by working in 'Daman' with Kalpana Lajmi and Bhupenda.'Remember Bhupenda for his warmth and love and the incredible voice and melody. - Will r ... read more

New Delhi | 6 months ago
Puneet Issar returns to direction with 'I Am Singh'
New Delhi, Nov 6 - Seven years after the release of Salman Khan starrer 'Garv', actor-director Puneet Issar has wielded the megaphone once again for 'I Am Singh', which deals with discrimination and racism faced by Indians abroad.Known for his portrayal of Duryodhan in B.R. Chopra's TV epic 'Mahabharat', Puneet has not only directed 'I Am Singh', but has also written it.The film is about young, co ... read more