MUMBAI: Vikram Bhatt’s latest offering, is the soon to be released Life Mein Kabhie Kabhie that stars Dino Morea, Aftab Shivdasani, Sameer Dattani, Nauheed Cyrusi, Koel Puri and a host of other stars. ...
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Saregama launches Hattrick music
Saregama has released the music of UTV Motion Pictures' next venture <i>Hattrick</i> on 2 March....
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Usha Uthup offers ode to cricket
MUMBAI: Veteran singer Usha Uthup wished Team India the best for the World Cup by signing on an 18 feet long ‘CEAT Cricket Ratings Billion Man Bat’ at the Inorbit Mall in Mumbai on...
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T-Series bags Shaka Laka Boom Boom music
T-Series has acquired the music rights of Suneel Darshan's <i>Shaka Laka Boom Boom</i>....
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INS Vikrant hosts 1971 music release
In a symbolic gesture, the music of Amrit Sagar's <i>1971</i> was released on board naval museum INS Vikrant....
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Singer Mahendra Kapoor hospitalised
MUMBAI: Veteran singer Mahendra Kapoor is currently recuperating from a knee replacement surgery at the Leelavati Hospital in Mumbai. According to his son, Rohan Kapoor, the 72 year old singer had knee replacement for...
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Music Review: Hattrick
Film: Hat Trick Music: Pritam Rating: 3/5 In tune: Ek pal mein is a great track, ideal to play on full volume while you cruise the city in your car with your friends. Sung...
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Music Review: Water
Film: Water Music: A R Rahman Rating: 4/5 A R Rahman’s music is distinctive. He has his way of mixing music and organising different layers to result in a splendid composition. The music of Water...
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DJ Jitesh wins War of the DJs
MUMBAI: Technical prowess on the turntables ensured that DJ Jitesh won the War of the DJs, organised by Times Music at the Yash Raj studios in Mumbai on 24 February 2007. The closely fought...
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Australian band sings for Heyy Babyy
MUMBAI: Producer Sajid Nadiadwala is currently shooting a Rs 15 million (Rs 1.5 crore) promotional song for his forthcoming film Heyy Babyy. The music video will feature an all girl Australian band named Girl...
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Saregama launches CDs of Sameer’s songs
Saregama launched a two CD pack with a compilation of popular songs penned by Sameer since 1983.
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Excel launches Oscar film festival on DVD
MUMBAI: In line with the 79th Annual Academy Awards, an Oscar DVD Film Festival is underway in leading bookstores, DVD and retail outlets across the country. The fest titled ‘Oscar Fever 2007’ is organized...
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T-Series sets sight on kids’ segment
T-Series has forayed into distribution & marketing of animation films with their target segment being kids....
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Contest rolled for dancers & choreographers
MUMBAI: Rising Wave Entertainment and the Western Dance Academy have organised a unique dance competition for aspiring dancers and choreographers in the film industry. The competition wil be held on 25 February 2007 at...
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Universal launches AR Rahman song
MUMBAI: Universal Music has launhced Pray for Me Brother, the first English rendition composed and sung by Rahman. “This is my first step in making music that is for the whole world as...
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Akademi introduces Bismillah Khan awards
MUMBAI: The Sangeet Natak Akademi has launched the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for young artistes. The objective of the award is to identify and encourage young talent in diverse fields of performing arts...
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Kavita Krishnamurti performs in Delhi
MUMBAI: Singer Kavita Krishnamurti performed recently at the Siri Fort Auditorium in Delhi at an event organised by the Circle of Animal Lovers. Krishnamurti sangs songs several numbers from Hindi films including ‘Om Namashivaya’ from...
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Music director Shravan receives award
MUMBAI: Music director and producer Shravan Rathod was honoured with the Shanti Prakash Agarwal Patrakar Puruskar 2007 award at a function held on 19 February 2007 in Mumbai. He received the award for his...
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Frankfinn Music to launch Pak singer’s album
MUMBAI: Frankfinn Music will launch Pakistani singer Ali Zafar’s album Masty on 20 February 2007. Ali Zafar, who has penned, composed and rendered the entire album, has won the Best Music Album at the...
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Saregama, Akademi revive classical music
MUMBAI: Saregama has tied up with the Sangeet Natak Akademi to revive the popularity of the works of legendry artistes that have been preserved by the country’s premier academy of performing arts. The Sangeet...
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Water music preloaded on 1GB iPod
The music of Oscar nominated film <i>Water</i>, directed by Deepa Mehta will be made available with an iPod....
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Veteran music director Khayyam turns 81
MUMBAI: Veteran music director Khayyam will turn 81 on 18 February 2007. Khayyam is best known for his melodious compositions for films like Umrao Jaan, Kabhi Kabhi, Trishul and others. Khayyam continues to be...
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Music Review: Big Brother
Film: Big Brother Lyrics: Sandesh Shandilya, Anand Raj Anand, Anil Pandey and Sameer Music director: Sandesh Shandilya and Anand Raj Anand Rating: 1.5/5 Big Brother is the forthcoming film that...
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Music Review: Delhi Heights
Film: Delhi Heights Music Director: Rabbi Shergill Lyrics: Rabbi Shergill Rating: 3/5 Delhi Heights is Rabbi Shergill’s first venture after his solo album Rabbi, which created a nation wide stir among music lovers....
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Sharon’s ‘Dilruba’ wins silver at NY Fest
MUMBAI: A music video from Sharon Prabhakar’s new album Dilruba has recently bagged the silver award at the New York festival. According to a release, the video, created by Rajtaru Studios and Sarra...
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Preeti Bhalla cuts new album
MUMBAI: Artistes Ustad Sultan Khan and Sukhwinder recently released Preety Bhalla’s new music album Tumhi Toh Ho. Penned by Sangeetam, the album has music by Sanjay – Jaideep Jaipurwale. The music video for...
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Mukta signs Rs 45 million deal with Ultra
Subhash Ghai's Mukta Arts Ltd has assigned India video rights of its five films to Ultra Distributors....
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Eros music on iTunes & Real Rhapsody
MUMBAI: Eros International has made available for download music tracks from its recent Bollywood releases including Omkara, I See You, Kudiyon Ka Hain Zamana and Namastey London on Apple’s iTunes on a worldwide basis...
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Hungama gets KBC song on mobile phones
MUMBAI: Hungama Mobile and T-Series have launched the Kaun Banega Crorepati title track, ‘Kar Le Kar Le Koi Dhamaal’, for mobile phones. According to the two companies, this is the first time in...
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Tips signs on Apache Indian
MUMBAI: Apache Indian has recently signed an international recording and management contract with the Tips Records label. Tips also featured the singer in its recent Punjabi film Dil Apna Punjabi, and has produced...
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Robbie Williams teams up with Asha Bhosle
MUMBAI : Robbie Williams and Asha Bhosle have teamed up for a duet and a remix version of the Williams’ hits Rock DJ and Better Man. Bhosle recorded her parts in India with instrumentalists...
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Vijayta Pandit releases debut album
MUMBAI : After spending decades in Bollywood, Vijayta Pandit has finally launched her debut album, in association with Times Music. Pandit, who started as a child playback singer in Mehmood’s film Jinny Aur Johnny,...
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Bharadwaj turns music director with Tanhaai
MUMBAI: Lyricist Praveen Bharadwaj has turned music director with Venus Record and Tapes’ romantic album Tanhaai. The album has eight original tracks and one remix track, penned by Praveen Bharadwaj himself. The songs...
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Pyarelal scores music for Om Shanti Om
Music director Pyarelal will compose the music score for Red Chillies Entertainment's <i>Om Shanti Om</i>....
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SRK’s KBC song snapped up by T-Series
Star India has sold the audio rights of the new KBC title song Karle Karle Koi Dhamal to T Series....
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Moser Baer to enter Kerala home video market
MUMBAI: Moser Baer India will be launching a new initiative in content distribution in Cochin, marking the extension of the company’s maiden foray into the entertainment industry, through the Indian home video market in...
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Liteon launches new 20x DVD writer
Mediatech India Distribution Pvt Ltd has launched a DVD Writer, which it claims is the fastest in the world: LITEON LH-20A1P – 20x Super All Write CD / DVD Re-Writer. This internal DVD...
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Music director O P Nayyar passes away
Veteran music director Omkar Prasad Nayyar passed away of a cardiac arrest on 28 January in Mumbai....
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Music Review: Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd
Film: Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd Music: Vishal – Shekhar Lyrics: Javed Akhtar Rating: 3.5/5 After the release of Don, Excel Entertainment is back with the release of Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd. The music of...
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Baba Arts inks deal with Moser Baer
MUMBAI: Baba Arts Ltd has inked an eight year agreement with Moser Baer to exclusively manufacture, market and distribute over 450 Telugu film titles of the company. The agreement will entitle Moser Baer to...
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Traffic Signal Music Review
Film: Traffic Signal Music director: Shamir Tandon Rating: 2.5/5 The music of Traffic Signal is nothing phenomenal; it’s a run of the mill soundtrack. What is rather clever about the album, however, is the...
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Music Review: Just Married
Film: Just Married Music Released by: T Series Music Director: Pritam Lyrics: Gulzar Rating: 3.5/5 The Gulzar – Pritam combination presents some hummable songs in Just Married. Thankfully, this album does not have the...
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Ghai sells music rights of 5 films to T-Series
Bollywood’s showman Subhash Ghai, who was until now been loyal to the Taurani Brothers – Ramesh and Kumar of Tips Music, has now turned to Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series. Ghai’s Mukta Arts Ltd has assigned...
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Madhuri releases music of Traffic Signal
MUMBAI: The music of Madhur Bhandarkar’s Traffic Signal, which is being produced by Percept Picture Company (PPC) was launched by Madhuri Dixit Nene on 10 January. Music director of Traffic Signal Shamir Tandon has...
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Saregama implements SAP solutions for intellectual property management
MUMBAI: Saregama India Ltd., will be implement the enterprise software solution – mySAP Business Suite and SAP Intellectual Property Management (IPM) module (Industry Solution-Media) for more effective revenue management through managing of its intellectual...
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Shemaroo releases kids’ film songs VCD
In this age, when the kids market is flooded with video games, rhymes & bed-time stories, animation films & educational CD-ROMs, Shemaroo has come out with the first-of-it’s-kind VCD of Children’s film songs titled...
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Music of BhagamBhag released
MUMBAI: The music of Priyadarshan’s latest film BhagamBhag, produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd and PopKorn Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd, has been released. Distributed by T-Series, the album has a medley of 12...
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Yash Raj releases Dhoom:2 music DVD
MUMBAI: For Dhoom:2’s music release, Yash Raj Films released the conventional audio CD and for the first time a MP3 of the film music as well. What’s more, Yash Raj has now come up with...
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Music of Mr. Hot Mr. Kool released
MUMBAI: The music of PArtho Ghosh’s Mr. Hot Mr. Kool was released recently in Mumbai. The film is being produced under the banner of Interworld Digital Ltd. The music launch also marked the entry of...
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YBR to launch its first music album
MUMBAI: On 27 November, music stores across the country will make additional space on their counters as Super Cassettes Industries’ new music label YBR will launch its first ever non-filmi music album ‘Ustad and...
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Yash Raj launches Kabul Express music
MUMBAI: The music of Yash Raj Films’ latest production Kabul Express was released last week. The film is directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Aditya Chopra. The film’s music offers the listener some...
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IPRS secures injunction against Hello FM
MUMBAI: The Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) Limited secured an injunction against Hello FM Radio (Malar Publications Limited) on 15 November, 2006, from the Delhi High Court restricting the station from playing music without...
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Radio City brings Asha and Friends
MUMBAI: Radio City 91.1 FM has taken yet another step in engaging its listeners. Radio City will now bring its listeners to a morning with Asha Bhosale, as she comes in and chats live...
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Composer Pritam to act in UTV’s Metro
MUMBAI: Composer Pritam all set to rock with a rock band for UTV’s upcoming film Metro. Pritam for the first time will be acting and performing in a film. He will part of four...
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Raageshwari to launch new music album
MUMBAI: After a six-year hiatus, Raageshwari is set to launch her new album in association with Music Today. The album featuring 10 songs has been shot in the vast majestic sand dunes of The...
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Annu Malek composes music for MTNL ad
MUMBAI: After music director A R Rahman’s appearance in Airtel’s television commercial, it’s now music director Annu Malek’s turn to do a feature in a commercial. Speaking to Businessofcinema.com from Delhi, where he...
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Airtel launches instant music on mobile
MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel today announced the launch of ‘Airtel SongCatcher’ – India’s first instant music on mobile. This service transforms the way mobile users can download songs of their choice. Anytime, anywhere an Airtel...
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UP IT minister launches music of Anwar
MUMBAI: Rajendra Singh Rana, IT Minister (UP) inaugurated and producer director Mahesh Bhatt released the audio CD of producer Rajesh Singh’s Anwar recently. The highlight of the launch was the authentic touch given...
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Anu Malik upbeat on his forthcoming films
MUMBAI: With Jai Santoshi Maa that released on 29 September, music director Anu Malik has bounced back with god’s grace literally. What’s more, he has some foot-tapping compositions lined up ahead starting with Zindaggi Rocks...
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Karan Johar release music of Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna
Karan Johar released the music of his forthcoming film Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (KANK) in Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge, London on June 11. One more official launch is scheduled at the International Indian Film...
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HMV launches Strings – Bound By Faith music
The music release of Jolly Verghese’s Sanjay Jha directed, Strings – Bound By Faith by HMV took place at Landmark at Infinity Mall, Versova yesterday at 6pm. Adam Bedi’s debut venture opposite Tannishtha Chatterjee...
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Hathway launches digital music channel
MUMBAI: The Rajan Raheja promoted Hathway Cable & Datacom, in which Star India has a 26 per cent stake, has launchd a dial-up interactive music channel I-TV through its digital services.The channel, which was...
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High music royalty will affect radio stations
The government has literally washed its hands off radio FM players’ plea on high music royalty fee. In the absence of a single collection agency for music rights fee from FM radio stations, the...
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Lucky Ali sings for Indian farmers
Lucky Ali did a performance at a concert in New Delhi last evening in Siri Fort Auditorium as a part of ‘Oxfam Make Trade Fair ‘ campaign, urging people to sign a petition to...
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GV Films to enter audio industry
GV Films Ltd will be entering into audio cassettes and CDs under brand name GV Sonic. The audio cassettes and CDs will be released by the company for its own production as well as...
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Low key music release for Krrish
MUMBAI: The music release of producer-director Rakesh Roshan’s film Krrish took place on a low key note following the death of Rakesh’s mother-in-law’s death.The event took place at the T-Series office in presence of...
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Sharon Prabhakar makes comeback after 12 years
MUMBAI : In 1994, Sharon Prabhakar sang Zindagi Dance Hai for the film Rock Dancer. Bappi Lahiri had composed the music for the film at that time. And strangely as Prabhakar registers a comeback...
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HMV acquires Jaana-Lets Fall In Love.
MUMBAI: Producer Tess Mirza’s JAANA-LETS FALL IN LOVE music rights have been acquired by HMV. The film is being directed by Sharukh and Farhan. The film stars Zeenat Aman along with debutants Rehan and...
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Music Review: Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Film: Bhool Bhulaiyaa Director: Priyadarshan Music Director: Pritam Lyrics: Sameer Producer: Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar Cast: Akshay Kumar. Shiney Ahuja, Vidya Balan. Paresh Rawal, Amisha Patel, Rajpal Yadav Rating: 3/5 Surprise, surprise… it sounds original! Coming from Pritam’s stable, one...
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Music Review: Darling
Film: Darling Cast: Fardeen Khan, Esha Deol, Isha Koppikar, Kota Shrinivas Rao, Zakir Hussain, Promodini, Upendar Limaye, Ritwik, Pubali Sanyal, Mukesh Bhatt, Shishir Sharma, Raghvendra Sharda Produced by: Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar Directed by:...
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