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MUMBAI: Shah Rukh, Karan Johar, Kajol and Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - and not necessarily in that order - can be a potent combination if blended well in a feature film. In My Name is Khan, Kajol glitters, Shah Rukh engages in parts, Karan does a good job of serving the NRI community well again, but SEL don't lift the film above the level we have now come to expect as standard stuff from the trio.
read moreMUMBAI: Indian social networking site, ibibo.com has become one of the highest spenders on radio in the online portal category with its ongoing two month long campaign across FM radio stations. Ibibo.com senior manager marketing Nilay Arora states, We wanted to come out of our earlier positioning of being a entertainment based social network and establish the new positioning of being a social gaming destination. We have invested 10-20 per cent of our advertising spend on radio....
read moreMUMBAI: Radio City 91.1 FM has partnered Idea Cellular for their innovative environment campaign, �Use Mobile, Save Paper'. In a joint endeavor between Idea Cellular and Radio City, the FM station will convey to its listeners the effective usage of different mobile phone applications which can help in saving paper.
read moreMUMBAI: BBC Asian Network has announced the launch of what it calls the world's 'first Official Asian Download Chart'. The three hour extended show starting 27 March will be presented by DJ Bobby Friction from 3pm - 6pm. The Official Charts Company (OCC), which publishes the mainstream UK top 40, will also compile the new chart. This is the first time an Asian radio station will have official data backing its on-air chart.
read moreNEW DELHI: President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has stressed the need to make access to news and entertainment affordable and universal. She said in her address to Parliament at the start of the Budget session today that in addition to notifying guidelines for providing Headend in the Sky services, the digitalization of both All India Radio and Doordarshan was on the anvil. The Commonwealth Games 2010 will be covered in High Definition format by Doordarshan for the first time.
read moreMUMBAI: The United Nations Foundation is partnering with Fox's music-based reality show American Idol for an episode on 25 February dedicated to Haiti. Former show winner Kris Allen will perform and will share footage of his trip to Haiti with the UN Foundation to raise awareness and funds that will benefit the United Nations as it works with Haitians to help rebuild the country. In India the show airs on Star World.
read moreTellyChakkar earlier reported about Abhijeet Sawant, Indian Idol 1 winner hosting the next season of Indian Idol. Prajakta Shukre will join Sawant to co-host the show. We also reported about Anu Malek, the resident judge of Idol, Shreya Ghoshal and music composer Loy Mendonsa of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy being the three judges. But now we hear Shreya and Loy have been replaced by Sunidhi Chauhan and Salim of the Salim-Suleiman duo. A source informs, "Anu will be joined by Sunidhi and Salim. Apparently things didn't work out with Shreya Ghoshal and Loy."
read moreNEW DELHI: When a successful Indian who has lived overseas most of his life returns to the country of his birth to turn to his first love, it may not surprise anyone. But when the Indian turns out to be a carpet exporter and is over sixty years of age and the passion that drives him back to India is music, it does come as a surprise.
read moreMUMBAI: JMD Telefilms, a regional player in the domestic music market, has launched its music portal www.jmdmusic.com on 15 February in Jaipur. The music portal will showcase all titles of the JMD group, totalling about 12,000 across genres and languages. The same will be available to the portal user to listen and watch music videos for free.
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MUMBAI: After a brief hiatus, lead vocalist of Indi-pop band Palash Sen is all set to liven up the music circuit with several projects tucked in his kitty. The singer will be seen as lead actor in Manish Jha's Mumbai Cutting along with crooning an eight minute song for it. He was earlier seen acting in Meghna Gulzar's Filhaal. He is also singing for Rahul Dholakia's Bipasha Basu starer 'Lamha'. The singer will also be seen venturing into regional music singing for a Malayalam film called 'All The Best'
read moreMUMBAI: Eros Music Publishing, part of Eros International, and EMI Music Publishing have entered into a strategic partnership to create new opportunities for the companies' songwriters. Under the new deal, Eros will represent EMI Music Publishing's extensive catalogue of 1.3 million songs in India. Under a new exclusive set of sub-publishing deals, EMI Music Publishing will represent Eros' catalogue of Bollywood and South Asian composers on a worldwide basis (excluding India).
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Hosted by RJ Rani, the four-week campaign will focus on insightful conversations on varied topics...read more
MUMBAI: The vibrant city of Guwahati is all set to host the Rongali Music Connect, an integral pread more
MUMBAI: In a power move in the music artist management landscape, the Music Division of Dharma Cread more
MUMBAI: Junglee Music, a division of Times Music is excited to release "Maar Udi," the first track from the highly anticipated movie "Sarfira."...read more
MUMBAI: National Crush Triptii Dimri has become one of Bollywood's sought-after talents following the success of the blockbuster film Animal....read more
MUMBAI: Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment’s multi-Platinum artist Chris Janson, known as one of the most exciting live performers in...read more
MUMBAI: The track, produced by Max Martin, is available to stream worldwide here. feelslikeimfallinginlove is the first song to be released from the...read more
MUMBAI: Future global pop superstar Henry Moodie releases his incredible new single, ‘bad emotions’, out now via Robots & Humans (UK) and...read more
