MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM in association with Hyundai Motors’ newly launched i10 is hosting an endurance test– Chipak Ke Jeeto, which allows the contestant who remains touching the new Hyundai i10 for the longest...

MUMBAI: Saregama India Ltd has launched Ustaad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s first solo album in India – Charkha.   The album was unveiled by Harsh Goenka. Khan enthralled the audiences by his live performance....

MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has released their new song compilation pack titled ‘Vintage Black and White… Ateet Ke Jharokhon Se’. The six VCD pack consisting of 72 immortal melodies is a tribute to the golden...

MUMBAI: After witnessing the numerous innocent deaths by some unforgiving guns, Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM organized the ‘Delhi Give Up Your Guns’ campaign.   On 12 December, to support this public service initiative Bollywood...

MUMBAI: Red FM has recently supported -The Little Masters Challenge, a cricket tournament for 5000 underprivileged children. The radio station in association with the Salaam Mumbai Foundation organized this initiative to educate the youth...

MUMBAI: Radio personality Srabanti Majumdar marks her comeback with BIG 92.7 FM. She would be the on air partner for BIG RJ Gogol in the week ahead in BIG Chumuk 7am-10 am. Majumdar had...

MUMBAI: Starting 10 December, Red FM has kicked off a festival offer – Flat Kar De contest for their listeners, where by one can win cash prizes starting from Rs.935 -93,500 or a two...

MUMBAI: Goa State Aids Control Society (GSACS) will be hosting the Chak De Aids Awareness Entertainment Evening on 14 December at the Campal Football Ground, near Kala Academy, Panjim. Big 92.7 FM will be...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has launched its station in Jamshedpur adding the 39th station of the network. In the first phase of its launches, BIG FM set up stations in the metros of Delhi,...

MUMBAI: Sun TV Network Ltd has launched its FM radio station at Indore under the brand ‘S FM’ from 10 December, 2007 through the company’s subsidiary South Asia FM Ltd.  This station can be...

MUMBAI: Nokia Nseries launches Digital Playzone – the ultimate technology challenge.  Four short-listed ‘Technoholics’, chosen in a month-long online hunt, will immerse themselves in the ultimate tech life for three whole days in the...

MUMBAI: The music of E Niwas’ forthcoming movie My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves was released on Friday by Shah Rukh Khan.  The film stars newfound Nikhil Dwivedi opposite Amrita Rao, Mithun Chakraborthy, Anupam Kher,...

MUMBAI: Sun TV Network Ltd has launched its FM Radio Station at Kozhikode (Calicut) under the brand ‘S FM’ from 7 December, 2007 through its Subsidiary Kal Radio Ltd.   This station can be...

MUMBAI: After celebrating the completion of 300 projects last week, choreographers Bosco-Caesar are now busy directing a new music video for Hyderabad based pop singer Smita in which they will also be featured dancing...

MUMBAI: Bollywood music director, Pritam, who is for the first time judging a reality show – Saibaba Telefilms Amul Star Voice of India – Chhotey Ustad, was so impressed by the contestants that he...

MUMBAI: Music giant T-Series has bagged the 14th Lions Gold Awards 2007 as India‘s best Music Company Award this year.   Held in Vile Parle, Lions of SOL Mumbai felicitated T-Series at a function...

MUMBAI: Sun TV Network Ltd has launched its FM radio station at Pondicherry under the brand S FM from 4 December, 2007 through its subsidiary Kal Radio Ltd.   This station can be heard at...

Film: Welcome Director: Anees Bazmi Producer: Firoz A. Nadiadwala Music Director: Sajid-Wajid, Himesh Reshammiya and Anand Raj Anand Lyrics: Sameer, Shabbir Ahmed, Ibrahim Ashq, Anand Raj Anand Rating: 2/5 It may seem promising after...

MUMBAI: Post the issue raised by UP chief minister Mayawati on some objectionable lyrics in Yash Raj Films’ Aaja Nachle and the ban on the film for the same, the production house has apologised...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM celebrated World AIDS Day with the AIDS affected kids at Population Services International. The radio station hosted an interactive evening of games, song and dance which was graced by actress...

MUMBAI: The Uttar Pradesh government is pressing for a nationwide ban on Yash Raj Films’ latest release – Aaja Nachle, which also happens to be the comeback film of actress Madhuri Dixit. The film...

MUMBAI: The Bollywood Music and Fashion Awards 2007 were recently held at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City in New Jersey on 17 November 2007.   The performances at the event were delivered...

MUMBAI: FM, in association with Heroes Project India has initiated a week long HIV and AIDS awareness campaign to keep the public informed about the reality, myths and misconceptions about HIV and AIDS. The...

MUMBAI: The music of Firoz Nadiadwala’s upcoming release, Welcome has officially hit the market. However, the fact that three noted music composers – Himesh Reshammiya, Anand Raj Anand and Sajid-Wajid have been credited for...

MUMBAI: Saregama India has released its new album, Sada-e-Sufi by artiste Anita Singhvi, at the Vice President House in New Delhi.   The album was launched by the Vice President of India, M. Hamid...

Film: Khoya Khoya Chand   Director: Sudhir Mishra   Producer: Prakash Jha Productions   Music Director: Shantanu Moitra   Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire   Rating: 2.5/5   This one will acts like a tranquilizer, seriously….in...

MUMBAI: Nokia made two new additions in its XpressMusic portfolio – the Nokia 5610 and Nokia 5310 XpressMusic.   Both the handsets are optimized for an enhanced music experience. While the Nokia 5610 can...

MUMBAI: Virgin group’s CEO, Sir Richard Branson is in India to expand Fever 104 FM’s services in the country. Fever 104 FM is a collaboration between Virgin Radio and HT Media. Already present in...

MUMBAI: Radio station, Fever 104 FM kicked off the musical extravaganza of composer A.R. Rahman who performed live in the Raja Garden, West Delhi. It was a three hour long performance by Rahman and...

Film: Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal   Director: Vivek Aghnihotri   Producer: Ronnie Screwvala   Music Directors: Pritam   Lyrics: Javed Akhtar   Rating: 2.5/5   Pritam is certainly the musician of the year. Barring...

MUMBAI: Industrialist Pappu Pittie and producer Deepak Sawant hosted a party to celebrate Bhojpuri film Gangotri’s release. Interestingly, Gangotri’s music released post the film’s release.   The event was graced by the Bachchan family...

MUMBAI: Wife of T-Series head honcho Bhushan Kumar and actress, Divya Khosla Kumar is all set to direct ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas’s new album.   However, this is not her first shot at direction....

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has launched its station in Sholapur, which marks the launch of the 38th station of the network. In the first phase of its launches, BIG 92.7 FM set up stations...

MUMBAI: Delhi’s Radio City 91.1 FM has partnered ‘The Theme’ for the much awaited ‘Ustaad Ghulam Ali – Melodies across LOC’ concert being held on 17 November at the Siri Fort Auditorium. Organized by...

Film: Taare Zameen Par   Director: Aamir Khan   Producer: Aamir Khan Productions   Presenter: PVR Pictures   Music Directors: Shankar, Ehasaan and Loy   Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi   Rating: 2.5/5   This one...

MUMBAI: BAG Films & Media launched its radio station – Radio Dhamaal in Ranchi on 15 November, 2007. As part of the launch, Radio Dhamaal will also be hosting on air and ground events...

MUMBAI: Fever 104 FM’s Voice Hunt has witnessed a two week high-intensity drama of selections and rejections and five contestants have made it to the final round of the talent hunt. The finalists will now be...

MUMBAI: Music company Saregama India Ltd. will be loading close to 4.6 million sound tracks on its soon to be launched portal – www.saregama.com. This is apart from close to 300,000 music tracks that...

MUMBAI: BBC has inked a deal with 94.3 Tomato FM, wherein its programming has been specially tailored for India’s FM market. This will now be available to listeners in Kolhapur and will shortly be...

MUMBAI: Sun TV Network has launched two more FM radio stations in Lucknow and Bhopal under the brand S FM.   The new stations will go on air from 6 November, 2007 through the...

MUMBAI: Smirnoff is bringing 50 Cent live in concert on 18 November at MMRDA grounds in Bandra. The concert will feature all-time hits like In the Club, 21 Questions, Window Shopper, Candy Shop that...

MUMBAI: Lucknow Radio City’s RJ Vera, host of the ‘Radio City Breakfast Show’ will be featured in the 2008 edition of Limca Book of Records for being the longest serving breakfast show radio Jockey...

MUMBAI: The ITC Sangeet Research Academy (ITC SRA) is organized the Fifth ITC Sangeet Sammelan in Hyderabad on 2 – 3 November, 2007.  The two-day Sangeet Sammelan, which was held in Ravindra Bharathi Auditorium,...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has come forward to improve the traffic conditions in the city of Kanpur. BIG 92.7 FM along with Traffic Police – Kanpur, have initiated the – ‘TRAFFIC MONTH-NOVEMBER 2007’ –drive...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has made the latest edition to its kitty with the launch of its station in Mysore, making the city the 37th station in it’s network.   In the first phase...

MUMBAI: As part of Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM’s exclusive marketing tie-up with Om Shanti Om, a contest, ‘Karde Disco’ is being organized across 21 cities. Listeners have to simply tune into the radio station...

MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi, which broadcasts on a common frequency of 98.3 FM across the country, will soon be launched in Vizag. The radio station is currently operational in 24 cities in India including Mumbai,...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM will now be aired in Ranchi and Vizag taking the count of its stations to 35.   In the first phase of its launches, BIG FM set up stations in...

MUMBAI: BSNL, in its endeavor to improve its offerings on value added services (VAS), has now launched a subscription based service for its mobile subscribers with OnMobile, where subscribers can pay a fixed amount and enjoy...

MUMBAI: Red FM has launched a campaign ‘Red FM Dilli Ke Chamakte Sitaare’ as per which the radio channel plans to approach serious issues in a fun way, wherein it will promote social awareness...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7FM Bangalore has become the first radio station to Podcast on-air shows on its website. Through this new offering, Kannadigas from anywhere in the world can catch up with their favorite radio...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has joined hands with Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) to become the exclusive radio partner of its annual cultural festival Antaragni 07.  This four day long college festival, taking...

MUMBAI: Radio station 94.3 MY FM has now launched in Nagpur city.   This marks MY FM’s 13th station launch nationally. The group has four more launches – in Jodhpur, Kota, Jabalpur and Raipur...

Film: Aaja Nachle Director: Anil Mehta Producer: Aditya Chopra Music Director: Salim Sulaiman Lyrics: Jaideep Sahni Rating: 2/5 It’s advisable to expect the unexpected from filmi music these days. The more we tie hopes...

Film: No Smoking   Director: Anurag Kashyap Producer: Kumar Mangat and Vishal BharadwajMusic Director: Vishal Bharadwaj Lyrics: GulzarRating: 3.5/5 The promos of No Smoking may hint that it maybe one of those off beat...

MUMBAI: The music of Yash Raj Film’s forthcoming venture, Aaja Nachle has hit the markets. The film also happens to be the comeback vehicle of Madhuri Dixit after a hiatus of seven years post...

MUMBAI: The nominees for the Bollywood Music and Fashion Awards 2007 to be held on 17 November at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, have been declared.   This international event...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM and ICICI Bank Credit Card have affiliated to offer Diwali discounts to its listeners through their campaign – Sabse BIG Diwali.   The radio station will provide discounts ranging from...

MUMBAI: Babla, the youngest sibling and assistant to Kalyanji- Andandji also known for his Navratri stage shows has recently cut a folk based album – Babla Disco Dandia – Desi.   The album was...

MUMBAI: Percept D’Mark has launched its new proprietary property in the field of music – Metalfest, which aims to target the harder genre of music between hard rock and heavy metal. Metalfest would have...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM Rajkot has honoured the members of the Patel community who have made a remarkable difference to the society by celebrating the Powerful Patels Week. As part of the event, BIG...

Film: Mumbai Salsa   Director: Manoj Tyagi   Producer: Surendra Sharma, Amita Bishnoi, Bhagwati Gabrani   Music Director: Adnan Sami   Lyrics: Sameer   Rating:  1.5/5   With a title like Mumbai Salsa, there...

MUMBAI: Sun TV Network is all set to launch two FM radio stations at Madurai and Tuticorin under the brand Suryan FM from 5 October through its subsidiary Kal Radio Ltd.   These stations...

MUMBAI: Music company Saregama India has released its new album – ‘Remembering Mahatma Gandhi’ by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan.   The album was launched by Dr. Karan...

MUMBAI: Music Today has released its latest album, Yaara with ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas who has rendered the compositions of legendary sarod player Ustad Amjad Ali Khan for the first time ever. The album...

MUMBAI: The Association of Radio Operators of India (AROI) has announced the formation of an Advisory Committee for creation of self-regulatory Content Code for private FM radio broadcasting in India. Ensuring that the collective interests...

MUMBAI: On 27 September, the music album of ASA Film ‘s Mumbai Salsa, directed by Manoj Tyagi was released in alliance with BIG Music. This film also marks the debut of eight new faces....

MUMBAI: Big 92.7 FM station, celebrated the first anniversary of its 1st FM station on the 24 September in Delhi. The network which is already present in 33 cities across India in less than one...

Film: Bal Ganesh   Director: Pankaj Sharma   Producer: Shemaroo Entertainment   Music Director: Shamir Tandon             Lyrics: Rajendra Mehra, Shabbir Ahmed, Vibha Singh,   Rating:  3.5/5   It’s packed with energy, spunk, melody...

Film: Jab We Met Director: Imtiyaz Ali Producer: Dhillin Mehta   Cast: Shahid Kapur and Kareena Kapoor   Music Director: Pritam   Lyrics: Irshad Kamil Rating: 3.5/5   With a fleet of movies in...

MUMBAI: Music directors Siddharth – Suhas of the track ‘Sinine Sinine’ fame for Emran Hashmi’s Jawani Diwani, have six upcoming releases.    The first of them is Dil Dosti Etc, which is due for...

MUMBAI: BIG FM’s Hyderabad station will be the exclusive radio partner of South star Mahesh Babu’s upcoming Tamil movie Athidhi.   Big FM has on-air and on-ground plans to create buzz around the film...

Film: Saawariya Director: Sanjay Leela Bansali Music Director: Monty Sharma Lyrics: Sameer Producer: Sanjay Leela Bansali Films / Sony Pictures Cast: Salman Khan, Rani , Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Rating: 3.5/5 Saawariya carries the...

Film: Om Shanti Om Director: Farah Khan Music Director: Vishal-Shekhar Lyrics: Javed Akhtar Producer: Gauri Khan Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Shreyas Talpade, Arjun Rampal and Kirron Kher Rating: 3/5 They are here...

MUMBAI: Music director Anu Malik has a dozen films in the pipeline. The music director has been flooded with offers after giving hits like No Entry, Kalyug and Jaan-e-Man.   Malik has signed films...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM’s brand ambassador Upendra celebrated his birthday for which BIG 92.7 FM, Bangalore hosted a bash both on-air and on-ground for its listeners. The radio station took 927 listeners to Upendra’s resort...

MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM has commenced its operation now in Kolhapur to the sound of ‘Maa Tujhe Salaam’ anthem. After going on air here, Entertainment Network (India) Limited (ENIL) – Radio Mirchi will...

MUMBAI: Soon after Fardeen Khan released the music of his film Darling on Zee’s musical show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Kareena Kapoor seems to have followed suit. Reportedly the actress is all set...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has partnered with the third season of celebrity reality dance show Nach Baliye 3.   With the third season underway, the show will be telecast on Star Plus every Friday at...

MUMBAI: 94.3 MY FM – Dil Se!, the Bhaskar Group’s radio station, has become a hit with the listeners in Indore with the success of its first on-air property mela – ‘Ashiyana’. Keeping in...

MUMBAI: The music of Shah Rukh Khan’s much awaited movie Om Shanti Om was released officially today, in the presence of the cast and crew of the film. Music directors Vishal and Shekhar have...

MUMBAI: BIG FM Delhi has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with MTV. BIG FM will share MTV’s songs content and permission to use them as a source for the radio station’s 100 chartbusters....

MUMBAI: SPE Films India and SLB Films in alliance with Sony BMG unveiled the music of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya. The event also witnessed Salman Khan and Rani Mukherji introducing the much anticipated actors...

MUMBAI: Come 15 September and the much touted debutants of this year in Bollywood – Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor – will first be seen on Channel [V]. The music channel will air the...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has launched its stations in Udaipur and Ajmer.   In the first phase of its launches, BIG FM set up stations in the metros of Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore...

MUMBAI: Music director Shantanu Moitra has been roped in as the music director for Munnabhai series director Rajkumar Hirani’s next film starring Shah Rukh Khan. Moitra upcoming releases for which he has provided the...

MUMBAI: BIG Music released the music of RGV’s upcoming flick Go. Scheduled for release on 28 September, the film stars Nisha Kothari, Kay Kay Menon, Rajpal Yadav, Ravi Kale and Sherveer Vakil and is...

Film: Lagaa Chunari Main Daag Director: Pradeep Sarkar Music Director: Shantanu Moitra Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire Producer: Aditya Chopra and Pradeep Sarkar Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Konkana Sen, Kunal Kapoor, Jaya Bachchan and Anupam...

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM, Chennai has entered into radio partnership with Kollywood movie Tamil Ma, starring actor Jeeva and newcomer Anjali. The music album of Tamil Ma was premiered on 7 September on FM’s Breakfast...

MUMBAI: Yash Raj Films Music has rolled out four separate compilations of its hit movies, each in their instrumental version. The first collection is one of Love Themes (Mohabbatein Love Themes), featuring romantic numbers...

MUMBAI: Starting 9 September, 2007 Raghav Bahl’s TV18 Group will be rechristened as Network18. The new corporate identity for the Group, which today has a market capitalization of over $ 2 billion, was unveiled....

Film: Manorama Six Feet Under   Director: Navdeep Singh   Producer: Ketan Maru   Music Director: Jayesh Gandhi and Raiomond Mirza   Lyrics: Manoj Tapadia, Rowdy, Irfan Siddiqui and Surendra Mish   Rating: 3/5...

Film: Apna Asmaan   Director: Kaushik Roy   Music Director: Leslie Lewis   Lyrics: Mehboob   Cast: Rajat Kapoor, Shobna, Irfan Khan, Anupam Kher   Rating: 3/5   There was a time when music...

Film: Dhol   Cast: Sharman Joshi, Tusshar Kapoor, Kunal Khemu, Tanushree Datta, Rajpal Yadav and Payal Rohatgi   Director: Priyadarshan   Producer: Percept Picture Company   Music Director: Pritam   Lyrics: Ashiesh Pandit  ...

MUMBAI: The usage of ringtones on mobiles has peaked significantly in recent times. Riding on this wave, Saregama India Ltd has launched an innovative proposition that allows mobile users to download songs and also...

MUMBAI: Radio station BIG FM has roped in famous designer Neeta Lulla to host their morning show Friday Fashion along with RJ Lavanya. However the concept is not limited to the designer, the strategy...

MUMBAI: Sahara has launched its state-of-the-art music studio facility catering to recording, editing mixing and mastering of music under one roof. Studio Nysa is equipped with mixing console SSL 9000K series. A limited edition product,...

MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has launched the music of its first kids’ 3D CGI animation film called Bal Ganesh. The music for the movie has been composed by Shamir Tandon (of Page 3, Traffic Signal...

MUMBAI: After lying low on the music front, actor-turned pop singer Vikas Bhalla recently released his latest album titled Mehek Teri under Frankfinn Music. Featuring seven original songs and three dance mixes, the album...

MUMBAI: Universal Music unleashed Enrique Iglesias’ second single / video Tired Of Being Sorry from his fourth English album – Insomniac, simultaneously on MTV and VH1. Universal Music India managing director Rajat Kakar said,...