Music News

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  Yash Chopra releases an unheard song of Lata Mangeshkar from Dil To Pagal Hai!

  It's a quiet Diwali for 'the Nightingale's' at home with the family. No special plans after the celebrations earlier during the week when her brother Hridaynath Mangeshkar turned 72 on Sunday.

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  "Yuvvraaj has been a creative challenge for me" - A.R. Rahman

  If there is one person who truly symbolizes the age-old saying, "Actions speak louder than words", he has to be A.R.Rahman. The music composer is known to be quite shy and hence prefers to let his work (read music) do all the talking.

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  Video: A R Rahman Speaks About 'Yuvvraaj'

  A R Rahman's melodious music will be heard next in the forthcoming film 'Yuvvraaj'. Rahman in this interview speaks about the different types of music forms he used in the film 'Yuvvraaj' and also he briefs about what the film is all about.

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  Video: Malaika Arora Khan's hottest dance performance ever?

  Malaika Arora Khan's hottest dance performance ever? Check the video yourself and comment below!

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  Imran Khan asks Shruti Hassan to sing in Luck

  Imran Khan and his Luck co-star Shruti Hassan go back a long way. Shruti, her younger sister Akshara and their mom Sarika were regular house guests in the Khan household at the time when Sarika was based in Chennai and was a frequent visitor to Mumbai

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  'Dasvidaniya' music launched!

  One More Thought Entertainment, in association with Lemontea Productions, released the music of their forthcoming film DASVIDANIYA, which has Vinay Pathak in the lead role. The music of the film is available on Junglee Music.

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  Adnan Sami nite in London this weekend

  Musician-singer Adnan Sami returns to Britain after three years and promises to wow Londoners this weekend when he performs with his full live orchestra Oct 18 and 19.

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  Subhash Ghai, A.R. Rahman, and Gulzar unveil the music of Yuvvraaj

  Showman Subhash Ghai is known to do things in style. However, when it came to launching the music of his latest magnum-opus Yuvvraaj, the filmmaker preferred to have a more private musical (afternoon) gathering rather than a star-studded affair.

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  "Music of Raaz - TMC has surpassed Raaz" - Mukesh Bhatt

  Popular music and Vishesh Films go together. In fact, it is nothing but an aberration when music of a Mukesh Bhatt film doesn't find it's way into the catalogue albums for the music company.

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  Music Review: Heroes

  On the face value, Heroes is a huge project. After all, it isn't every day that one finds Salman Khan, Sunny Deol, Mithun Chakravorty and Preity Zinta sharing a common platform.

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  Sunidhi Chauhan, Kunal Ganjawala to perform in Dhaka

  Indian popular playback singers Sunidhi Chauhan and Kunal Ganjawala will perform for the first time in Bangladesh at a concert titled "Live Music Dhamaka by Sunidhi and Kunal" next Friday.

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  Nostalgia tinged with concern as Lata meets Bhupen Hazarika

  Bhupen Hazarika, the 82-year-old veteran Assamese composer whose health has been rapidly declining, had an unexpected surprise on his birthday. He received a message from Lata Mangeshkar saying she wanted to meet him.

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  Vishal-Shekhar taste success down South!

  Vishal and Shekhar are seeing their stocks grow with every passing quarter. Om Shanti Om was their highpoint in the year 2007 while in 2008 the music of Tashan and Bachna Ae Haseeno continues to find an audience for themselves in spite of quite a few weeks gone by since the albums hit the stands.

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  Music Review: Dostana

  Expectations from a soundtrack belonging to a Karan Johar film are straight forward - It has to be nothing but superb. With the kind of music that his films have boasted over the years (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Kaal, Kal Ho Na Ho, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai), there is no reason why Dostana should be any different.

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  Music Review: Roadside Romeo

  Originally scheduled to arrive in summer of 2008, Roadside Romeo finally gets set to release in theaters this Diwali. Though the film's teasers have been on for close to a year, it is only now that the audio has hit the stands.

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  Playback singer Mahendra Kapoor dies

  Mahendra Kapoor, popular Hindi film playback singer of yesteryears, died here late Satrurday following a cardiac failure. He was 74.

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  Reliance BIG Music ties up with Paramount

  BIG Music & Home Entertainment (BMHE), part of the Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has entered into a licensing agreement with Paramount Home Entertainment of HOllywood, the company announced Saturday.

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  Lataji's work is beyond awesome: Javed Akhtar

  As India's melody queen Lata Mangeshkar enters her 80th year Sunday, noted writer and poet Javed Akhtar says that she is the only artiste to have achieved perfection and that her body of work is "beyond awesome".

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  Shibani Kashyap gears up for international tour

  After enthralling audiences in Tanzania and Bangkok last month, singer Shibani Kashyap is all set to enthrall audiences in New York and Hongkong.

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  "Brand Golmaal belongs to Vishal-Shekhar" - Pritam

  "I happened to be associated with Golmaal Returns by chance. However, brand Golmaal will always belong to Vishal and Shekhar. They are the ones who got the initial set up in place and I am only taking it forward. The title song created by them was fantabulous and I enjoyed rest of the soundtrack too.

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  Music Review: Golmaal Returns

  2 years back, Golmaal was just another comedy multi starrer that had hit the screens and turned into a success. Circa 2008 and suddenly one finds its sequel, Golmaal Returns, being elevated to the status of being a potential blockbuster.

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  Check out Ash shooting for a song with Rajnikanth for Robot!

  The moment one mentions of the word Robot, the first thing that comes to mind is that of gadgets and gizmos. But the south India based ace director Shankar has vowed to change it all, for he is making a movie with the same name and stars none other than…hold your breath... Rajnikanth and Aishwarya Rai! OK...you can breathe now.

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  Music Review: EMI

  These are exciting times for Bollywood. In a matter of two months, we are seeing diverse films like Rock On, Phoonk, A Wednesday, Saas Bahu Aur Sensex, Welcome To Sajjanpur and now EMI hitting the screens. The kind of films which break the prototype.

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  Now Priyanka teams up with Shah Rukh for item song

  After Deepika Padukone and Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra has been chosen as the third heroine to make a special appearance in Priyadarshan's "Billoo Barber" and shake a leg with Shah Rukh Khan.

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  Music Review: Fashion

  Fashion is the biggest project for Madhur Bhandarkar. Majority of his films have been low budget affairs (no, we are not counting Aan - Men At Work), whether it is Trishakti, Chandni Bar, Satta or Traffic Signal.