In November 2007, Anees Bazmee's Welcome kicked in a new trend in Hindi film music. No longer do multi star cast films mean an impressive line-up of stars, they also imply an equally august roster of music composers. Sunday, Mission Istanbul and Jimmy followed Welcome. Pahlaj Nihalani's Khushboo and Kumar Mangat's Haal E Dil were next, and C Company and EMI were children of the same trend.
read moreIn November 2007, Anees Bazmee's Welcome kicked in a new trend in Hindi film music. No longer do multi star cast films mean an impressive line-up of stars, they also imply an equally august roster of music composers. Sunday, Mission Istanbul and Jimmy followed Welcome. Pahlaj Nihalani's Khushboo and Kumar Mangat's Haal E Dil were next, and C Company and EMI were children of the same trend.
read moreMUMBAI: A contestant of Chak de performed on the song tera sarafa and the performance was based on student's love for his teacher. This performance reminded Sandip Soparkar, one of the judge, about hisschool days. He said, "It reminds me of the time when I was in school and i used to eye a lot on my teachers." Manoj Tiwari dressed as a Sadhu with a kamandal in his hand which acted as a lie detector. He keeps that lie detector aka, kamandal on all the contestants' hand to bring out facts.
read moreMUMBAI: 2008…During this festival of lights, BIG 92.7 FM, Bangalore's No 1 FM station is offering a bouquet of surprises specially gift-wrapped for its listeners which includes winning BIG Bonus – both in cash and gifts every day during this Diwali. Apart from giving away cash and gifts on-air, the station initiated a social campaign where every listener got the opportunity to bring light into someone's life during this festive season.
read moreGenerations Label - Big Music Artistes - Ghulam Ali, Asha Bhosle, Aamir Ghulam Ali Not all non-film music albums have a shelf life of more than six months, but 'Generations' - the work of Aamir Ghulam Ali (composer), Ghulam Ali and Asha Bhosle is mix of light classical music and ghazals. The 12-track album has three remixes, despite having classical purists like Ghulam Ali and Asha Bhosle at the album's helm. However, the album can do equally well even without the remixes.
read moreMUMBAI: In line with its objective to enrich Rediff.com services with third party applications, Rediff.com India's leading online community portal today went live with third party applications on its video and music platform Rediff iShare. With the addition of these new applications, Rediff iShare has now become a platform that can support any app that is Compatible with the Facebook Markup Language, thereby opening the gate to tens of thousands of app developers in the world to Rediff.com large community of users.
read moreMUMBAI: The album features a treat to its listeners and others as Shobhaa D?© herself reads few passages from her book, and the proceeds of the album will be donated to the Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA)
read moreMUMBAI: Unbelievable but true: there is a Lata Mangeshkar gem, sung along with Kumar Sanu, that music lovers have never heard before. Well, now they can, in the soon to be released album from YRF Music called Tum Paas Aa Rahe Ho.
read moreMUMBAI: In a scenario when independent bands are struggling to sustain themselves, Onstage foundation, an organisation formed by Radio VeRVe co-founder Gaurav Vaz and Counter Culture Records co founder Vijay Nair, provides interest free loans to independent bands for their financial needs. Says Vaz, Bands have to strive to record their songs by performing at small gigs and fests to garner funds. We wish to step during these initial stages and provide the bands with finance which they can pay back when they earn it back....
read moreMUMBAI: Young crooner Sippy Gill, who hails from the soils of Punjab has made a come-back with T-Series' new music album "Bachelor". Sippy Gill was first seen in his debut album "Jhumka" in 2005.
read moreMUMBAI: Radio City has appointed Sheetal Mehra who joins Radio City as National Sales Head – Activations, Radio City Connect. Reporting in to Ashit Kukian, Executive Vice President and National Head – Sales, Sheetal will spearhead Radio City Connect which comprises a robust, national team of over 35 professionals.
read moreTata Indicom has announced the launch of the first ever CDMA AM/FM enabled mobile phone – the Tata Indicom Radio Phone. This new handset comes with a radio-inspired design with volume boosters for clarity of sound even in noisy environments. Along with the FM frequency channels, the handset comes equipped with AM too, a first amongst CDMA phones.
read moreMUMBAI: Diwali, the season of lights has arrived and to make it even more special, Chennai's Hottest Radio Station, Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM has lined up an interesting day for its listeners. On Diwali, Radio Mirchi will break away from its usual format and have a �No Jock Day'. Called as Nakshatra Diwali, it will be a star-studded affair with celebrity guests hosting shows for the entire day. Every celeb will have a two hour slot starting from 5am. Celebrities will share their memories and experiences associated with Diwali.
read moreMUMBAI: Rajshri Media, the digital entertainment arm of the 60-year old Rajshri group has struck an alliance with music label T-Series. As a part of this deal, Rajshri Media will promote the Bollywood titles of T-Series on its video-on-demand Web streaming platform www.rajshri.com, making the latest T-Series promotional clips available to a global online audience 24/7. Confirming the move, Rajshri Media managing director Rajjat A. Barjatya says, T-Series is a content powerhouse and one of
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