MUMBAI: Over several decades, films by Rajshri Productions have acquired a reputation not only for clean entertainment and unique casting, but also for their chartbusting songs. And in keeping with the tradition, the music of their latest film, Love U Mr. Kalakaar - directed by S. Manasvi and starring Tusshar Kapoor and Amrita Rao - has also created a buzz in Bollywood. So it was quite expected that the media and Bollywood celebs would turn out in large numbers for the music launch of the film. And that is precisely what happened.
read moreMUMBAI: MTV Japan announced today that global superstar Lady Gaga will perform live at the MTV VIDEO MUSIC AID JAPAN on Saturday, June 25. Lady Gaga is the first performer to be announced for the MTV VIDEO MUSIC AID JAPAN, the tenth annual MTV Video Music Awards Japan (VMAJ) which is being staged as a live international music television event to benefit the Japanese Red Cross.
read moreMUMBAI: There was nothing more soothing, more charming for the ears and more euphoric for the soul than the stirring music set to the holy hymns of Sri Guru Granth Sahib by Daler Mehndi
read moreBangalore: Its year three in a row at the New York Festival for Nirupam Sonu, who launched his Creative & Production company, Idea Hub this year. In 2011, he is the only jury member invited from India to judge the Radio Programming and Promotions category. The NYF Radio Program & Promotion Awards are judged by award winning Directors, Producers, Writers, Reporters, Program Directors and various other radio professionals from across the globe who volunteer their time. Nirupam joins 31 others from across the globe on the panel
read moreMUMBAI: Music and entertainment company Saregama India Ltd and Radio City 91.1 FM launched the album Sarhadein: Music Beyond Boundaries, at a star-studded event on Tuesday. Comprising rare solos and a duet by Lata Mangeshkar and Mehdi Hassan, Sarhadein: Music Beyond Boundaries also boasts of renditions by Usha Mangeshkar and Rekha Bharadwaj. Additionally, the album has songs sung by Hariharan, Suresh Wadkar, Ghulam Ali and Sonu Niigaam. The lyrics are penned by Javed Akhtar, with the opening poem by Pakistan's famed Farhat Shahzad. The music is composed by Mayuresh Pai.
read moreMUMBAI: Reliance Communications introduced two services for its subscribers, Music Mania and Full2Music, targeted at youth consuming mobile entertainment and having a social presence on the internet. Through these services, introduced on Tuesday, 12th April, subscribers can listen to songs and share their recommendations with their friends on Face book and Twitter as well as download full songs not only through Web but through Voice Portal and R-World.
read moreMUMBAI: Red FM Pune gave 80 lucky listeners the chance to watch the first match of Pune Warriors against Kings XI Punjab at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday, 10th April, 2011. RJ Sangram, who is the latest addition to the Red FM Pune team and hosts the weekday show Morning No.1, started the activity on 7th April. For two days in a row, RJs across various shows had been informing listeners the station would be sending lucky cricket lovers to watch the first match live and urging them to participate through an SMS.
read moreMUMBAI: Asian Star Radio presenter Deepa has completed two years of presenting the Asian Star Radio Drive Time show which airs on weekdays, from 4 to 7pm on the Asian Star Radio network in the UK which serves Slough, Windsor, Maidenhead and Heathrow.
read moreMUMBAI: BBC World News is to travel the globe exploring the business world of the future in Horizons, a new series beginning on 6 May. Presented by the award-winning business journalist Adam Shaw, well-known in the UK to listeners of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 and viewers of Panorama on BBC television, the series will run for 20 episodes, visiting countries all over the world to find out about the business ideas and areas that could shape mankind's future.
read moreMUMBAI: The Asian Music Circuit and Baithak UK are delighted to announce a world-premiere co-production of Gitanjali. A specially commissioned audio-visual concert of poetry, music and dance, Gitanjali celebrates the 150th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore in 2011.
read moreMUMBAI: Feature enables people without credit card or debit cards to purchase music online Music Master, a Middle East-based music distribution business, today announced the launch of the wallet feature on their download site, www.music-master.com. The music download site was launched in March 2011 with over three million tracks from all four major music labels: Universal, EMI, Sony and Warner.
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