Music News

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  Rahman makes it to Billboard Hot 100 Singles

  As the Pop is growing stronger, will Classical fades away? No! It'll never fail. Also, he'll never fall; he's the so called 'Master' of the world...

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  Farah Khan choreographs Kylie's song for free

  Farah Khan surprised debutant director Anthony D'Souza not just by agreeing to choreograph a song in his film "Blue" with Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue but by insisting on doing it free for her "dear friend".

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  'Sikandar' music a mix of various influences

  Director Piyush Jha's "Sikandar" has a soundtrack that has woven together different influences - Sufi, folk and even soft rock - as it brings together several composers and lyricists.

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  Music Review: 42 kms

  This is one album that one picks up with absolutely zero expectations. A project that has been in making for long (it was earlier titled 'Marathon'), 42 Kms is releasing at a time when the word 'marathon' is becoming more and more identifiable, at least in the metros.

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  Music Review: Jai Veeru

  There wasn't much that one was looking from the music of Jai Veeru with a relatively new composer at the helm. However, it turns out to be a much more than just a decent album with at least two numbers - 'Sufi' and 'Tennu Le' - that can go all the distance.

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  Music Review: Aa Dekhen Zara

  Aa Dekhen Zara ends up giving a listener what he/she expected in the first place. None of the songs in the album are a bad hear at all with a couple of them ('Aa Dekhen Zara' and 'Mohabbat Aap Se') turning out to be the pick of the lot. Moreover, if promoted aggressively, even 'Gazab' has good potential. A decent soundtrack.

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  Kylie's great, but working with Akshay nostalgic: Farah Khan

  Director-choreographer Farah Khan says Australian singer Kylie Minogue was "a dream to work with" in forthcoming film "Blue", but she was even more excited to work with Akshay Kumar after a year's gap.

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  Don't be obsessed with international awards: Anoushka Shankar

  She was awarded the House of Commons Shield in London and nominated for the Grammy awards in 2003. But sitarist Anoushka Shankar believes one should not be "too obsessed" with international honours.

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  Akshay teams up with Bohemia for a song in 8x10 Tasveer

  Akshay Kumar, it seems, has taken a fancy for international singers of late. After Chandni Chowk To China, the actor has again teamed up with US-based desi hip-hop and rap star Bohemia for a peppy song and music video for his forthcoming film 8X10 Tasveer.

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  Mahie Gill dances through the pain for 'Gulaal' mujra number

  Dancing for the mujra track "Ranaji" in Anurag Kashyap's "Gulaal" was a pain for Mahie Gill. Literally! She was in severe pain due to a back injury, but she still shot for the song with a smile on her face and wrapped up the shoot in eight hours flat.

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  Frenzy in Kerala village over Oscar winner Pookutty's arrival

  A grand welcome awaits Oscar winner Resul Pookutty, who will arrive here Friday. A cavalcade of over 100 vehicles will take him to his village, where a reception will be hosted in his honour - the first of a series of felicitation events in Kerala for the Mumbai-based sound technician.

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  Sexy '13B' song lands in censor trouble

  In 1994, when Alisha Chinoy sang "Sexy, sexy, sexy mujhe log bole" for the Govinda-Karisma Kapoor starrer "Khuddaar", the censor board took umbrage and the song had to be changed to "Baby, baby, baby". History seems to have repeated itself as a number, "Sexy mama", in forthcoming horror film "13B" has now landed in trouble.

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  Music Review: Gulaal

  Films made by Anurag Kashyap have more often than not boasted of a defining soundtrack. We saw it recently in Dev D and a couple of years back in Black Friday. Even the music of Paanch was ahead of it's time and if re-released today could do wonders with rock genre finally finding acceptance in Bollywood flicks.

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  Music Review: Dhoondte Reh Jaoge

  From a movie like Dhoondte Reh Jaoge, one expects a situational score, the kind where you won't hear any love songs but instead a few comic numbers that would keep popping up through the narrative.

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  Neil Nitin Mukesh and Bipasha Basu join the band ADZ-The Rising

  No folks we are not talking about the duo changing their profession and taking to crooning, instead we are referring to their upcoming film Aa Dekhen Zara.

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  Kylie's song in 'Blue' not completely ready, says director

  Kylie Minogue is ready to rock for Anthony D'Souza's "Blue". But her song is not ready! At least not as ready the director wants it to be.

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  Gulzar, Ilayaraja come together after 26 years for 'SRK'

  The last time they worked together was in the 1983 movie "Sadma". Now, after 26 years, Gulzar is once again teaming up with Ilayaraja for "SRK" and says the music maestro's ability to create "perfect harmony" is still intact.

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  Music Review: Aloo Chaat

  Aloo Chaat is a good album and succeeds in creating an overall fun mood, something which goes with the genre and treatment of the film as well. There is not a single dull moment in the soundtrack of Aloo Chaat and though there isn't any experimental music per se, it is good enough to ensure that proceedings only get lively once the numbers play in the narrative.

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  Vishal and Vishal come together for Shahid and Shahid starrer Kaminey

  It appears to be Angoor moment in the making. Kaminey, the film which features Shahid Kapoor in the double role of Charlie and Guddu, also sees another double role of sorts (at least as a namesake) in the crew details.

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  Kylie Minogue lands in Mumbai, has lunch with Akshay

  Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue arrived here Thursday morning and one of her first appointments was lunch at Bollywood star Akshay Kumar's residence.

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  Rahman dedicates Oscars to younger generation

  India's double Oscar winner A.R. Rahman dedicated his awards to the younger generation as he returned home to a hero's welcome here Thursday with ace drummer Sivamani and his troupe providing a pulsating backdrop, and a large crowd of thousands dancing to the chant of "Jai ho".

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  Kylie Minogue to shoot a music video with Akshay Kumar for Blue

  A.R.Rahman just couldn't have had it better. While he is on an all time high courtesy the Oscars, he is all set to put the listeners on an all-time high, by having none other than Australian pop sensation Kylie Minogue to sing for his forthcoming film Blue.

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  Sajid Nadiadwala spends 1.5 Crores on a song in Kambakth Ishq

  Kambakth Ishq now has two faces...rather voices. There was an item song by that catchy title that Sandeep Chowta had composed for Ram Gopal Varma's Pyar Tune Kya Kiya. Urmila Matondkar and Fardeen Khan had danced that track into the charts.

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  Rahman got one Oscar and then the other one was a bonus: Gulzar

  "The Rahman-Gulzar jodi can truly be captioned 'Jai ho'", says an overjoyed Gulzar after the "Slumdog Millionaire" song won the coveted Oscar trophy at the 81st Academy Awards.

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  Rahman to be felicitated by south Indian musicians' union

  Over 1,500 members of the Cine Musicians' Union (CMU) here will be among the first to felicitate Oscar-winner A.R. Rahman upon his return to the country on March 1, the body's chairman S.A. Rajkumar said Wednesday.