How’s the music Scene in Saudi Arabia. Is it really frowned upon? Read more here. Young musicians in Saudi Arabia risking everything for music For young musicians in Saudi Arabia, rocking and rolling can mean risking everything. The last three years have seen an explosion in the kingdom’s underground music scene, with bands playing everything […]
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Singer Abhijeet was sidelined because he raised his voice against SRK, and against Pakistan?
Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya likes to talk straight without mincing his words. Here’s Abhijeet talking on a wide range of topics – Bollywood mafia, nationalism, and his singing journey. Abhijeet Bhattacharya and Shah Rukh Khan At one time, singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya sang several hit songs for Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan – Chaand Taare, Badhi mushkil hai, […]
Best Bollywood Holi Songs: Fun & Masti to Celebrate the Festival of Colours
List of the best Bollywood Holi Songs: Have fun & masti with your friends/family and celebrate the Festival of Colours dancing to this melodious holi songs, some of these will definitely make you nostalgic (especially the oldies). Badrinath Ki Dulhania Holi track Latest holi track featuring Alia and Varun that will force you to dance. […]
Oscar Award Winning Song ‘Jai Ho’ was Actually Composed for Salman Khan’s Yuvvraaj
Oscar Award winning ‘Jai Ho’ song from Slumdog Millionaire was actually composed for Salman Khan’s film Yuvvraaj, directed by Subhash Ghai. Film making is a risky business, and besides the fact that a lot of money is at stake, its possible for even the most accomplished filmmakers to make a wrong judgement (occasionally). And that’s […]
Trending Tunes: Top Music for the Week
Top hindi songs from the week. Its weekend, so time to check out the latest tunes toping the charts. There are a few new songs that feel like a breath of fresh air. We have listed a few from recent movies. Take a look. Watch: Do You Love Me song from Baaghi 3 | […]
Bollywoods Top 10 Belly Dances
Having originated in the Middle East, Belly dancing is now quite popular in various parts of the world including India. Belly dancing has been shown in Bollywood films when Helen was the dancing diva and still continues to be a part of Bollywood songs and dance sequences, and viewers definitely seem to be enjoying it […]
FIR against Yash Raj Films for allegedly ‘pocketing’ Rs. 100 crore in music royalties
An FIR has been was registered against Yash Raj Films Company and its directors (Aditya Chopra and Uday Chopra) for allegedly pocketing Rs. 100 crore by collecting music royalties of members of the Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS). The FIR was registered by Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police, says this report. The […]
‘Chand Tare’, the song that listed SRK’s dreams, and guess what, all of them have come true
‘Chand Tare’, the popular song from Yes Boss (1997) had lyrics that spoke of the heroes desire to conquer the world. And guess what, all of them have come true for the ‘Baadshah’ of Bollywood. The song had powerful lyrics (written by Javed Akhtar) and had words like – Jo Bhi Chaahon Woh Main Paaon, […]
YouTube hits back at Critics, paid $1 billion to the music industry through advertisements
Musicians, major labels have always maintained that YouTube was “built on free, stolen content”, and that it paid peanuts to musicians for their music. But now YouTube says that it has paid $1 billion to the music industry through advertisements alone in the last 12 months. The company has indeed hit out at the critics […]
“Umrao Jaan, Razia Sultan closes to my heart,” music composer Khayyam
National Award-winning music director and Padma Bhushan awardee Mohammed Zahir Hashmi, renowned as ‘Khayyam,’ was cremated with full state honours at a Muslim cemetery in Mumbai. The legendary music composer passed away at the age of 92 following a brief illness. Full Name: Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Born: 18 February 1927 (Star Sign: Aquarius), Died: 19 […]