Music News

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  Designer Jean-Paul Gaultier attends Padmavati premiere in Paris

  The posh premiere on Friday night of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's opera Padmavati at the pricey Theatre Du Chatelet was attended by the who's- who of Paris.

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  A.R. Rahman launches first Indian orchestra

  After waiting for seven years, India's most famous contemporary music composer A.R. Rahman Wednesday launched his first full-fledged orchestra. It has been named "Global Music" and is the first homegrown orchestra.

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  Music Review: Jannat

  Bhatt brothers have been known for their taste when it comes to quality music. Meanwhile, Pritam too has rightly acquired the tag of hit machine in the music industry. Hence, when the team comes together again, it is time for great anticipation for something extraordinary to happen again.

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  "Jannat music would go down as a classic" - Emraan Hashmi

  "If you thought that the music of Gangster and Awarapan were great, look out for Jannat. It is out of this world and simply phenomenal,” declares Emraan Hashmi who would be seeing a film of his arriving at theaters after almost a year.

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  Vishal Bharadwaj hits gold with 'U, Me Aur Hum' music

  Vishal Bharadwaj has composed music for Ajay Devgan's directorial debut "U, Me Aur Hum" and the soundtrack is a pleasure to listen to.

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  "My songs in Jannat are not completely original" - Pritam

  Pritam never denies his sources of inspiration. Whether it is the successful songs in Awaraapan or Race, he accepts the inspirational charges with grace. But the charge that the chartbuster 'Yeh Ishq Haaye Jannat Dikhaye' in Imtiaz Ali's Jab We Met is ripped off from Indonesian singer Anggun's French number 'Etre une femme' has the habitually-calm composer frothing in indignance.

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  Legendary singer Mukesh's wife passes away

  The legendary singer Mukesh's wife Saral is dead.

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  Aadesh raps and sings bhangra with American sensation Akon

  On the night of January 9 in Hollywood Los Angeles, history was created as Bollywood's composer Aadesh Shrivastava spent a good two hours jamming on stage with American hip-hop and rap sensation Akon.

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  Indian singer Zubeen Garg enthrals Trinidad audience

  Well-known Bollywood singer Zubeen Garg, who hails from Assam, enthralled an overflowing audience at the Trinidad & Tobago capital with his latest hits, "Ya Ali" and "Subah Subah".

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  Music Review: U Me Aur Hum

  The moment one lays hands on the music album of U Me Aur Hum, one tends to exclaim 'Thank God'. And this happens even before one is through listening to the entire soundtrack. Reason? There is literally a draught of new music arriving in the market with the last notable arrivals being, Jodhaa Akbar and Race that came in January.

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  A.R. Rahman to stage Broadway-style musical in India

  Music composer A.R. Rahman, making a self-confessed "U-turn" after his success with the "Lord of the Rings" musical on London's West End, is now planning to bring a mega Broadway-style musical to India.

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  My singing potential untapped in Bollywood: Jaspinder Narula

  Singer Jaspinder Narula, who is back after a prolonged break from the playback scene, says her singing potential and versatility have not been utilised well enough in Bollywood.

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  I hope Indian music remains distinct: Hariprasad Chaurasia

  Internationally renowned flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia feels that in the midst of the IT savvy Indian youth, overtly charmed with western culture, Indian classical music is losing its sheen and so is our tradition.

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  India a hot destination for Pakistani rock bands

  The Indian music terrain is proving to be a huge draw for Pakistani bands, thanks to big money, fame and Bollywood prospects. And Indian listeners who find their music soul stirring are certainly not complaining.

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  Sukhwinder Singh to sing in a Spielberg film

  It had to happen one day or the other. Even as B-Town was placing its bets on the songstress Sunidhi Chauhan to be the first one to go international, it comes as a surprise to know that Bollywood's very own 'Chhaiya Chhaiya' man Sukhwinder Singh, who only recently Chak De'ed many a listener's heart with his chart-bursting songs in Chak De India and Om Shanti Om amongst others.

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  A.R. Rahman acquires land for his dream project

  Music maestro A.R. Rahman is ready to build a music conservatory in Chennai for young talents who want to learn Western classical music. He has already acquired land for it.

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  Old Hindi songs now remixed as Bollywood titles

  Popular Hindi film songs are never forgotten; they are recycled. Remixes have given a new life to many numbers and now film titles are inspired by them.

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  Padma Vibhushan for singing legend Asha Bhonsle

  Gifted with one of the most versatile voices in the industry, Asha Bhonsle has sung every genre of song, be it pop, club mixes, romantic numbers, bhajans and ghazals.

  Now the singing legend is all set to receive India's second highest civilian honour Padma Vibhushan Award for her contribution to the field of cinema.

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  Shah Rukh and Hrithik - B-town's new item boys

  In a unique experiment which is certainly one of it's kind, two top actors would be dancing to the tunes of the same song, though presented in different versions. The film in question is Krazzy 4 and the men who would be shaking their legs are Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan.

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  Original song in new 'Karzzz'

  Himesh Reshammiya's second outing KARZZZ continues to make news-n-noise, even though director Satish Kaushik and producers Bhushan Kumar and Kishen Kumar have yet to embark on a major shooting schedule of the reincarnation film in South Africa and Kenya. While a lot has been said, spoken and written about the remake of Ghai's KARZ, here's something you didn't know.

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  Saif 'Rocks' Mumbai, dedicates song to daughter

  Saif Ali Khan showed off his hitherto less known rock-star side to thousands of screaming Mumbaikars, as he performed along with rock band Parikrama at the Seagram's Royal Stag Mega Music concert in Andheri last evening (Jan 20).

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  Music Review: Jodhaa Akbar

  Now this one is supposed to be big. Really BIG! And why not? After all Jodhaa Akbar has:

  a) Ashutosh Gowarikar's labor of love finally getting ready to be unveiled after going through grueling shooting schedules,

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  Music Review: Superstar

  Films with glamour and entertainment industry as a backdrop are in vogue. If 2007 had Om Shanti Om and Khoya Khoya Chand with Bollywood as a backdrop, in 2008 we have already seen Halla Bol and My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves as the two releases that had liberal dose of Bollywood references to it. And upcoming films like Superstar, Mithya, and Fashion would only be taking this trend forward this year.

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  Mithun's and Bappi Lahiri's sons team up to create history

  GenNext has come of age. Their fathers rocked the film industry in the 1980s and now Mithun Chakraborty's son Mimoh and Bappi Lahiri's son Bappa have teamed up for an item song in "Jimmy".

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  Focus on Shaan as Kolkata set to host music carnival

  Bollywood playback singer Shaan is all set to entertain the music lovers of Kolkata at a daylong music festival to be held here Sunday.

  Gaan Mela, a famous musical extravaganza, to be held at Nicco Park Sunday, will feature Kolkata's own man with the golden voice Shaan besides versatile singer Pratik Choudhury and a whole array of Bengali bands, from Fossils, Lakkhichhara and Bhoomi to Cactus.