13 days ago
'Aashayein' essentially a pack of love songs
Film: 'Aashayein'; Music Directors: Pritam Chakroborty, Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant and Shiraz Uppal; Lyricists: Sameer, Kumaar, Shakeel Sohail and Mir Ali Husain; Singers: Neeraj Shridhar, Shaan, Tulsi Kumar, Shiraz Uppal, Zubeen Garg, Shafqat Amanat Ali, Shreya Ghoshal, Mohit Chauhan and Shankar Mahadevan; Rating: ***Director Nagesh Kukunoor's 'Aashayein' generates quite a lot of interest ... read more

New Delhi | 17 days ago
New music awards for Indian music fraternity
New Delhi, July 28 - Star Global Indian Music Awards -, a joint initiative of Wizcraft International Entertainment and Star Television Network, aims at honouring talent across film and non-film music and its varied genres on a global platform.The inaugural edition of the Star GIMA will be presented at an exclusive ceremony in October 2010, said a press statement. 'We are happy to announce a new mi ... read more

Mumbai | 1 month ago
India gets its own music awards
Mumbai, June 30 - India is finally getting its very own music awards. The Indian Music Academy - has joined hands with Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd to create awards that will be a celebration of all music genres.At an event that had panelists like Shivkumar Sharma, Jagjit Singh and Salim and Sulaiman Merchant among others, the creation of Big IMA Awards 2010 was announced. 'We have many awards i ... read more

New Delhi | 2 months ago
Salim-Sulaiman to perform at FIFA World Cup
New Delhi, May 24 - Indian music composers Salim and Sulaiman Merchant, who collaborated with South African singers Loyiso Bala and Eric Wainaina to record the anthem for FIFA World Cup 2010, will perform at the opening and closing ceremonies of the football event.'It's definitely an honour to get the opportunity to perform at such a huge platform. In fact, besides this anthem, we are also going t ... read more

New Delhi | 5 months ago
Rancour, spats - the royalty issue no music to anyone
New Delhi, March 4 - First there was an altercation between Aamir Khan and Javed Akhtar and now a spat between Sonu Nigam and Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The royalty issue that has gripped Bollywood is getting bigger with each passing day. However, both the music fraternity and the producers are standing firm on their respective stands.'This issue about the royalties was long overdue. We had to stand for ... read more

6 months ago
'Teen Patti' soundtrack offers dark, edgy music
Film: 'Teen Patti'; Music Director: Salim Merchant-Sulaiman Merchant; Lyricist: Irfan Siddique, Asif Ali Beg and Ajinkya Iyer; Singers: Sunidhi Chauhan, Naresh Kamat, Salim Merchant, Sonia Saigal, Abhijit Vaghani, Anushka Manchanda and Joe Alvares; Rating: ***Composer duo Salim and Sulaiman Merchant have crafted an apt soundtrack for director Leena Yadav's suspense thriller 'Teen Patti' starring A ... read more

New Delhi | 6 months ago
Bollywood cheers as Rahman scoops double Grammys
New Delhi, Feb 1 - The Hindi film industry is elated after music maestro A.R. Rahman triumphed at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards by scooping two golden gramophones. From Gulzar and Javed Akhtar to Shyam Benegal and Subhash Ghai, all feel he has taken Indian music places and made the country proud.Members of Bollywood praised the dedication of the 44-year-old, who is also a double Oscar winner. This ... read more

1 year ago
Imran Khan's 'Luck' promises death-defying stunts
New Delhi, July 20 - He became popular right after his hit debut, but his last film 'Kidnap' didn't do him much good. Now Bollywood's latest heartthrob Imran Khan is hoping to hit the bull's eye with the edge-of-the-seat thriller 'Luck', which releases Friday. The film is important for not only Imran but also director Soham Shah and its debutante leading lady Shruthi Haasan. Shah, who disappear ... read more

1 year ago
'8x10 Tasveer' music has rap, rock and soul
Film: '8x10 Tasveer'; Music Director: Salim-Sulaiman and Bohemia; Lyrics: Irfan Siddique, Sameer and Bohemia; Singers: Vishal Dadlani, Mohit Chouhan, Tulsi Kumar, Neeraj Shridhar and Bohemia; Rating: *** Riding high on the success of 'Fashion' and 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi', the musical duo of brothers Salim and Sulaiman Merchant are ready with the soundtrack of Akshay Kumar-starrer '8x10 Tasveer' a ... read more

Mumbai | 4 years ago
'Krrish' gave us new high: Salim-Sulaiman
Mumbai, June 14 - Actress Ayesha Takia is looking forward to Nikhil Advani's 'Salaam-E-Ishq' in which she is paired with favourite co-star Akshaye Khanna once again.Background score specialists Salim and Sulaiman Merchant are geared up for the release of their next big release, 'Krrish', one of the most anticipated films of the year. The music of the film has not clicked in a big way but the backg ... read more