MUMBAI: Saregama India unveiled Ek Main Ek Tu – a debut album with the show’s winners Aishwariya and Ujjaini of Zee TV’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 semi-final episode.   The album,...

MUMBAI: After wrapping up his current film Khusboo directed by Rajesh Ram, Pahlaj Nihalani is now focusing on producing and direct his next project under his banner Chiragdeep International.   Confirming the development to...

MUMBAI: BIG Music has collaborated with Surendra Sharma and Vikram Bhatt’s ASA Films for the audio rights of two films, Mumbai Salsa and 1920.   The shooting of Mumbai Salsa has wrapped up and...

MUMBAI: BIG FM has flagged off a talent hunt in Kanpur, which is aimed to crown the whiz-kid of Kanpur. BIG Child Genius is a talent show in which 1200 students from more than...

MUMBAI: Padma Shri awardee Hariharan is back with his new album ‘Waqt Par Bolna’, the music of which was released on Sony BMG.   Sony BMG India managing director Shridhar Subramaniam said, “It has...

MUMBAI: Though Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag has received a lot of flak at the box office but one of its talent has been lapped up. Music director of Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag and...

MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment launched the music of their upcoming film Manorama – Six Feet Under. The music release was attended by the cast of the film comprising Abhay Deol, Gul Panag and Raima Sen....

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has joined hands with US based Asian FM, which serves the South Asian community. As part of the alliance, BIG 92.7 FM will syndicate content to Asian FM, which will...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM Network currently operational in 31 cities, has added another feather to its cap by walking away with the customer award for ‘Network Innovation’ from the prestigious Hughes Escort Communications Ltd...

Film: Mummyji   Director: Pammi Somal   Music Director: Aadesh Srivastava   Lyrics: Sameer   Cast: Divya Dutta, Kirron Kher, Jackie Shroff   Rating: 1/5   Aadesh Srivastava has for long been at the...

Film: Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag Director: Ram Gopal Varma  Producer: Ram Gopal Varma Music Director: Prasanna Shekhar   Lyrics: Bappi Lahiri, Ganesh Hegde, Amar Mohile, Prasanna Shekhar, Nitin Raikwar  Rating: 2.5/5 Remaking an epic...

MUMBAI: After crooning the popular Ya Ali number for the film Gangster, fame has known no bounds for Zubeen Garg. The singer has recently cut a fresh album with Universal Music titled Zindagi. Says...

MUMBAI: Saregama India Ltd. has added one more feather to its new media – digital kiosks. These kiosks can be sited in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai with close to 30,000 tracks. Around 25 kiosks...

MUMBAI: Sun TV Network’s subsidiary – South Asia FM Ltd (SAFL) has picked up a 48.9 per cent stake in Red FM by acquiring equity of the holding companies of Red FM at par....

MUMBAI: BIG Music and Home Entertainment launched the music of Sriram Raghvan’s Johnny Gaddar. An innovation promotional initiative of a ‘singles’ mini disc featuring only the title track of the film was released by...

MUMBAI: She has been successful in bridging the gap and blend classical music and popular pop music. Her style of fusion music has made her popular among both classical music lovers and pop music...

MUMBAI: The Bollywood Music and Fashion Awards will be held on 17 November 2007 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Bollywood Awards chairman Kamal Dandona said, “This year’s hottest singers, designers and models are all set...

Film: Dhamaal Director: Indra Kumar   Producer: Indra Kumar and Ashok Thakeria   Music Director: Adnan Sami              Lyrics: Sameer   Rating: 2.5/5   Music has always been the USP of an Indra Kumar...

MUMBAI: After launching in metros like Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Mumbai, BIG 92.7 FM has now launched its station in Agra. BIG 92.7 FM has designed utilities such as traffic, mandi, sarafa...

MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM in association with Nadiadwala Grandsons Entertainment announced the winner of the Heyy Babyy, catch me if you can, contest, at a romantic event held at “RA” the lounge bar...

MUMBAI: Sun TV Network launched its FM radio station at Tirupati on 24 August under the brand S FM through its subsidiary Kal Radio. This station can be heard at 93.5 MHz frequency in Tirupati....

MUMBAI: After Vadodara and Ahmedabad, Radio City has hit the airwaves in Surat. With this launch, Radio City 91.1 FM, marks its tenth station in the country. Radio City is regaling listeners in Surat with...

MUMBAI: Tuesday evening saw musical maestro A R Rahman unveiling singer Hariharan’s new album Waqt Par Bolna. The album will be released by Sony BMG India. Hariharan’s Waqt Par Bolna is a collection of...

MUMBAI: Veteran composer Bappi Lahiri recently released Venus’ latest musical album ‘Tauba Tauba’ of Aman Entertainment, where entire team was present along with Champak Jain of Venus and singer Altaf Rajaa.   The album,...

MUMBAI; In recognition of excellence and consistent high performance by Radio Jockeys (RJs) nationally, Radio City 91.1 FM has instituted The Radio City CEO Award for on-air talent. With the objective of enhancing skill...

MUMBAI: Cinemax celebrated the success of Agam Nigam’s recently launched album Phir Bewafaai. Nigam’s video stars Hansika Motwani. Also present at the event were model Suprita, actress Divya Khosla Kumar along with the music director...

MUMBAI: Music retail store chain, Planet M has completed eight years in the industry. Starting out as a super specialist music store, Planet M is now recognized as a one-stop destination for music, movies,...

MUMBAI: Eleven All India Radio (AIR) stations and 164 private FM radio stations are expected to go on air till the end of the year.   Of these, 27 are in Maharashtra, 17 in...

MUMBAI: Kaushik Roy’s forthcoming film Apna Asmaan showcased the title song of the film at Mumbai’s N.M College Umang 2007, organized by Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM. The evening witnessed the music director – Lesle...

MUMBAI: BIG Music is out with its first ever album dedicated to the Lord Ganesh with music from every corner of the country. The album’s central theme is all about celebration, celebrating festivals and...

MUMBAI: BGI FM has joined hands with Kanpur’s five star hotel – The Landmark to offer listeners a taste of the ‘Rajasthani Food Festival’.   This 10 day long festival commenced from 9 August....

MUMBAI: The Indian government has signed an agreement with the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for operationalisation of FM stations for education broadcast at 40 places.   Out of this, 26 are presently...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has launched its station in Indore. This marks the station’s second launch in the state of Madhya Pradesh. In the first phase of its launches, BIG FM set up stations...

MUMBAI: The music rights of Sony Pictures Releasing of India and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s forthcoming film Saawariya have been acquired by audio company Sony BMG. The music of the film has been composed by...

MUMBAI: Worldspace satellite radio has tied up with MSN India to offer its channels online at $9.9 per month. Now, music lovers can have 24 hour access to Worldspace’s radio channels online. The channels that...

MUMBAI: Even before its release, the album Jeevan Marann Chhe Ek has become first of sorts. It is the first-ever album of Gujarati ghazals by Jagjit Singh and also the first non-film music album...

MUMBAI: On the brink of the release of Yash Chopra’s Chak De! India, radio station 94.3 MY FM – Dil Se is all set to celebrate the spirit of hockey by organizing ‘Chak De’...

Film: Chak De! India Director: Shimit Amin Producer: Aditya Chopra Music Director: Salim-Sulaiman Lyrics: Jaideep Sahni Cast: Shah Rukh Khan Rating: 3.5/5 One can’t help but listen to Chak De! India’s spunky music, thanks...

Film: Dhokha   Director: Pooja Bhatt   Producer: Vishesh Films   Music Director: M M Kreem   Lyrics: Shakeel Azmi, Sayeed Quadri, Khushbir Singh Shaad and Bharat Bhushan Pant   Rating: 2.5/5   Neither...

MUMBAI: After launching the music album of Tamil film, Kireedam, Big Music is all set to venture in Punjabi films with the launch Mitti Waajaan Maardi, a joint venture between Adlabs and Punj-aab Movies...

MUMBAI: After reigning the music charts with her Kaanta Laga number, Shefali Jariwala has hardly been able to repeat the success of her first album. But, now the Kaanta Laga team is coming together...

MUMBAI: Radio One has launched the Chak De Gang of Girls contest in which 500 winners (all of them girls) will get a chance to watch the latest Yash Raj film Chak De! India....

MUMBAI: To commemorate India’s 60th Independence Day cellular brand Nokia in association with Routes 2 Roots, a Delhi based NGO with a chapter in Pakistan, have organized ‘Nokia Dil se Dil’- a musical extravaganza....

MUMBAI: Music major T-Series released the music of an animation film called Icy N Spicy. The company has bought the audio and visual rights of the film, which has been produced and directed by...

MUMBAI: In the times of fast emerging new markets, a novel and lucrative one is steadily growing and making its place in the ever flourishing Indian music industry. The music industry in India is...

MUMBAI: After a successful nine month run in the radio arena, Big FM goes further to justify its name by unveiling some big plans – an array of modifications in their programming. The station has...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has introduced a transparent, uniform rate card that brings with it the assurance of credibility and fairness to all clients. The rate card will come into effect from 6 August,...

MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has released original song videos under their Bollywood Stars Series, Music Café Series and Dual Series. Under Bollywood Stars Series, Shemaroo has launched King Khan Shah Rukh, Akshay Kumar and Raj...

MUMBAI: This August, as India celebrates its 60th Independence Day, Yash Raj Films’ stable will release Chak De! India, a film that salutes the nation’s national game – hockey. On 1 August the music of...

MUMBAI: After Criminal’s Tum Mile, Jism’s Awarapan Banjarapan and Zakhm’s Galli Mein Aaj Chand Nikala, the trio of Vishesh Films, Saregama and M M Kreem strike the right chord once again with the music...

Film: The Blue Umbrella Director: Vishal Bhardwaj Producer: Ronnie Screwvala Music Director: Vishal Bhardwaj Lyrics: Gulzar Cast: Pankaj Kapoor and Shreya Sharma Rating: 2.5/5 One may not expect much from this offbeat flick in...

Film: Marigold Director: Willard Carrol Producer: Charles Salmon and Tom Whilte Lyrics: Javed Akhtar, Truth Hurts Songs by: Shankar Ehsaan Loy Rating: 1.5/5 They say movies and music transcend boundaries; such is the attempt...

MUMBAI: Reliance Communications has launched a new album of the legendary playback singer late Mohammad Rafi exclusively on Reliance Mobile World.   This album titled Teri Ada.. Love Is In The Air, brings out the last...

MUMBAI: Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group’s (R-ADAG) BIG Music is on a roll. After the music launch of Marigold and Cash, the company is set to acquire music rights of the forthcoming film Dhamaal...

MUMBAI: Beetel has launched the first phone in India to be equipped with an FM radio with in-built speakers. The DB5900 FM phone, seeks to redefine entertainment avenues for customers by enabling them to...

MUMBAI: After lending his voice to almost all Amitabh Bachchan films, Sudhesh Bhonsle will repeat the act in Sujay Ghosh’s film Aladdin. In the film Big B will be playing the role of a genie....

MUMBAI: Radio City 91.1 FM has launched in Ahmedabad. This will be Radio City’s second station in Gujarat after the recent launch in Vadodara and the ninth in the country. Radio City made its...

MUMBAI: Times Music and BharatBala productions have launched Jana Gana Mana as India celebrates its 60 years of Independence. Jana Gana Mana is an exclusive rendering of the National Anthem by musical maestros from...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM premiered Die Hard 4.0, which stars Bruce Willis.   The premiere, which was attended by some of the Kollywood’s celebrities, was conducted at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai. BIG 92.7 FM...

MUMBAI: Total Sports & Entertainment India (TSEI) has exclusively singed up western classical pianist Timothy Birendra Marthand to organise a series of recitals by the maestro across Asia and the Middle East. Marthand has fascinated...

MUMBAI: It’s time for some stage activities! Radio City 91.1 FM will be seen setting up the stage with Evam Entertainment for Five Point Someone. The radio network has partnered with the leaders of...

MUMBAI: The new Pakistani singing sensation, Rafaqat Ali Khan, released his album Nishaan Rafaqat recently. The album was launched on Times Music and is an assortment of Punjabi, Hindi and Sufi music. Says Rafaqat,...

MUMBAI: The legend of devotional music, Anup Jalota launched his new album Krishna- Teri Baansuri with Das Music at Cinemax. Singer Anuradha Paudwal was the chief guest. The album, which comprises eight bhajans has...

Film: Heyy Babyy Director: Sajid Khan Producer: Sajid Nadiadwala Music Director: Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy Lyrics: Sameer and Anvita Dutt Guptan Cast: Ritesh Deshmukh, Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Fardeen Khan, Boman Irani Rating: 2.5/5...

MUMBAI: In keeping with their fun, young, urban brand proposition, Radio One FM 94.3 has launched an initiative for college youth. The event is presented by Coca Cola in association with MTV, Westside and...

MUMNBAI: The first Indian Idol Abhijeet Sawant is back with a new album. Titled Junoon the album is a synthesis of Sufi rock and contemporary music in every song. The music, which is on Sony...

MUMBAI: Nokia has launched the Nokia 5700 XpressMusic, tuned specifically for music enthusiasts. The Nokia 5700 XpressMusic features a twist design that switches between four modes – music player, two Megapixel camera, video call...

MUMBAI: Adlabs managing director Manmohan Shetty, BIG Music CEO Kulmeet Makkar and Salman Khan together released the music of Marigold yesterday. Since its inception, Marigold marks BIG Music’s third release, other two being Anubhav...

MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms has done it again! While last year, Zee Telefilms and ETC Networks were in the news for flouting intellectual property rights (IPR) of the film industry, which in turn led music...

MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM has launched in Varanasi. The station went on air in Varanasi with ‘Maa Tujhe Salaam.’ After the commencement of operation in Varanasi, Entertainment Network (India) Limited (ENIL) – Radio...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has teamed up with BIG Music for the Salman Khan starrer Marigold directed by Willard Carroll. The music album of the film was premiered today (16 July) on BIG 92.7...

MUMBAI: The music of producer Sajid Nadiadwalla’s Heyy Babyy, which is directed by debutant Sajid Khan was released recently in Mumbai. The music of the movie has been composed by Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy. The...

MUMBAI: Choreographers Bosco Caesar, who are known for films like Dus, Bluffmaster, Bunty Aur Babli, Salaam-e-Ishq, Shakalaka Boom Boom, Taxi No 9211, and Munnabhai MBBS have added another feather in their cap.   The...

MUMBAI: Singer Alisha Chinai is ready to roll out her new compilation titled Shut up N Kiss Me. Kicking off with a dance title track by the same name, the album is produced and composed...

Film: Cash Director: Anubhav Sinha Producer: Anubhav Sinha, Sohail Maklai and Anish Ranjan Cast: Ajay Devgan, Zayed Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Esha Deol, Shamita Shetty, Suniel Shetty, Dia Mirza Lyrics: Vishal Dadlani and Panchhi Jalonvi...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has launched in Asansol, which marks the station’s 23rd station in the country.   In the first phase of its launches, BIG 92.7 FM set up stations in the metros...

MUMBAI: Artists from India, Pakistan and the US have collaborated to bring an album that announces the debut of San Francisco based Indian singer – Devika. Music for this self-titled album has been composed...

MUMBAI: Live Earth a 24-hour, seven-continent concert series taking place today (7/7/07) that will bring together more than 100 music artists and two billion people to trigger a global movement to solve the climate crisis....

MUMBAI: Music giant T-Series has bagged the audio rights of Shah Rukh Khan starrer film Om Shanti Om. The film is directed by Farah Khan and is produced by SRK’s company Red Chillies. Despite...

MUMBAI: Radio City 91.1 FM has turned six and the station commemorated its anniversary in Bangalore.   Radio City 91.1 FM CEO Apurva Purohit said, “It is the feedback and patronage that our listeners share,...

MUMBAI: BIG Music has premiered the music video of the movie Cash on Zapak.TV.   Touted as the world’s first ever online music video premiere, Cash is directed by Anubhav Sinha and stars Ajay...

Film: Naqaab Producer: Ramesh Taurani and Kumar Taurani (Tips Industries) Director: Abbas Mastan Music Director: Pritam Lyrics: Sameer Cast: Akhaye Khanna, Bobby Deol, Urvashi Sharma Rating: 2/5 Barring the nerve-racking Tarzan: The Wonder Car,...

MUMBAI: Indians are the most passionate, television-driven music consumers in Asia with 71 per cent of Indians rating themselves as fairly to very passionate about music. The recent Branded, MTV and Synovate Music Matters...

MUMBAI: Zubeen Garg, who shot to fame with the foot-tapping Bollywood chartbuster ‘Ya Ali’, will perform at Assam 2007 – a get-together of the Assamese diaspora at Maryland near Washington, on 29 June 2007....

MUMBAI: Fun se bachke kahan jaoge? A new infectious language is taking over the country. Hot on the heels of its television campaign, Radio City 91.1 FM takes its ‘Fun ki nayi bhasha’ campaign outdoors,...

MUMBAI: Radio One FM 94.3, has fine-tuned its programming to serve listeners with their choice of entertainment in 20 minutes… every 20 minutes. Radio One conducted a survey in Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai and...

MUMBAI: Radio Choklate 104 FM has acquired the exclusive Oriya song rights of three Oriya music companies – Badshah, Sun and Savitri. The songs offered by them are available only on Radio Choklate 104...

MUMBAI: PDM-Entertainment launched its entertainment property – ‘India Music Week’ (IMW) at the London Calling festival held in Earls Court, London. London Calling features the international music industry, players and deal makers from over...

MUMBAI: Filmmaker Yash Chopra released a book on late composer Madan Mohan in Mumbai. The book was launched at a musical show held in memory of the late composer. Said Chopra, “I have been...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM unveiled a new generation Telugu music album Taramati, in association with RK Music. Play-back singer and musician Ravi Varma presented the first CD to a BIG FM listener. ‘Taramati’ is...

MUMBAI: Jupiter Capital’s Radio Indigo 91.9 FM has launched in Goa. In sync with the pulse of Goa, the station will play an array of genres of music from pop, classic rock, hip-hop, jazz,...

MUMBAI: Radio City 91.1FM has partnered with Music Academy of Chennai for Shobana’s first ever English dance theatre performance called Maya Ravan. Shobana will perform on 30 June, 2007 at the Music Academy in...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7FM’s Kolkata station will be paying a tribute to music maestro R D Burman on his 68th birthday. BIG FM will celebrate the birthday of Panchamda, as he is widely known in...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM will be the exclusive radio partner with BIG Music for Anubhav Sinha’s Cash. The film stars Ajay Devgan, Suniel Shetty, Ritesh Deshmukh, Zayed Khan, Dia Mirza, Esha Deol and Shamita...

MUMBAI: Sun TV Network Ltd has launched its FM radio station in Bhubaneshwar under the brand S FM from 28 June, 2007 through its subsidiary South Asia FM Ltd.   This station can be...

MUMBAI: Red FM has launched an interactive platform to reach their listeners. After the success of Gold cabs in Mumbai, RED FM leveraged the mass transit vehicle of Mumbai – auto rickshaws as the...

MUMBAI: Singer cum composer Shibani Kashyap, who has earlier given the hit songs Zinda and Sajna Aa Bhi Jaa, has specially composed and sung a song for Rohit Shetty’s Sunday. And dancing to her...

Film: Speed Producer: Harry Baweja Director: Vikram Bhatt Music Director: Pritam Lyrics: Mayur Puri Cast: Zayed Khan, Sanjay Suri, Aftab Shivdasani, Aashish Chaudhary,Sophie Chaudhary, Amrita Arora, Urmila Matondkar, Tanushree Dutta Rating: 1.5/5 Vikram Bhatt’s...

MUMBAI: Bow Street Blues performed last night to promote PNC’s forthcoming film Bow Barracks Forever. Director Anjan Dutt sang songs from the film and also a few numbers of Elvis.   His son Neel...

MUMBAI: On the occasion of World Music Day on 21 June, singer Lata Mangeshkar released her new album Saadgi, after a gap of 17 years. The chief guest for this evening was Jagjit Singh,...