music

Resul Pookutty -s Oscar Experience

Resul expresses a sense of disappointment about the experience of attending the Oscars for the second time. “I realized unless you’re nominated there’s no fun in attending the Oscars. This time I was just a spectator and to that extent I got to meet a lot of interesting people including the best-actress and best-director winners Sandra Bullock and Katheryn Bigelow who were absolutely charming.”

Jyoti Jalaile- an Instant Hit

Devotional songs in Bollywood films have, off late, started becoming more and more popular, as the professional renditions of traditional songs give it that extra touch to make it extremely sweet on the ears. Numbers like ‘Ik Onkar’ from Rang de Basanti, ‘O Palanhare’ from Lagaan, are commonly heard at prayer meetings, temples, poojas at home, and even as ringtones and caller tunes of every third person. The latest song to join the club, is the upbeat number ‘Jyoti Jalaile’ from Warner Bros. Pictures and Wide Frame Films’ comedy movie ‘Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?’ that closely resembles the hit song ‘Beedi Jalaile’ from Kumar Mangat’s previous blockbuster ‘Omkara’ itself.

Akon Rescues Aadesh At Aqeel-s Club

It isn’t often that we see two entertainers stand up for one another in public.

At deejay Aqeel’s club Hype on Wednesday night Akon attended to wave to the crowds. A rather ugly situation was averted when the personnel at the Club tried to stop composer Aadesh Shrivastava from accompanying Akon to the podium.

A R Rahman-s Journey Home

India’s most celebrated music director, Oscar and Grammy Award winner A R Rahman, has planned a music tour to salute Bollywood and Indian music. He has reportedly teamed up with producer Deepak Gattani and creative director Amy Tinkham, who is famous for creating live musical concerts for Britney Spears, Back Street Boys and Mariah Carey.

Pyarelal jigs to Western music

The legendary Pyarelaljji, who started his career first as an arranger, then a conductor and went on to become one of the most noted composers of our time, feels that in this day and age, only a musician who can adapt and accept all different styles of music can become a great musician. Even though he himself has always composed within the arena of Indian music, Pyarelalji concedes that he is a great lover of western music and musicians, and especially of classical symphonies.

Ustad Zakir Hussain-s Masters of Percussion

India’s noted percussionist Zakir Hussain will get together with percussionists Taufiq Qureshi, Navin Sharma, Sridar Parthasarathy, the Motilal Dhakis from Bengal, sarangi player Sabir Khan and the violin duo of Ganesh and Kumaresh at the event organised by World Music Institute in New York this week.

I am a little fish in a big pond– Jaidev Kumar

Jaidev Kumar, the music director, who garnered fans on the strength of his most celebrated song, Dil Le Gayi Kudi, now offers his latest work – Sukhmani – Hope of Life. He promises listeners a variety of flavours in his numbers, taking Punjabi music to another level. Overwhelmed by the fact that he was working with personalities like Gurdaas Maan and Juhi Chawla, Jaidev cannot thank them enough for their support.

I-m planning to start a music academy- Pyarelal

We were shown into a tastefully done hall with a great sea view that boasted of very comfortable sofas, a big piano and of course 7 Filmfare awards resting on a showcase. Fragrant and auspicious fumes of dhoop indicated that a pooja was on and soon we had the musical virtuoso Pyarelalji entering the hall in a neatly pressed kurta- pyjama with a smile on his face that immediately gave the impression of a happy man at peace with himself. Next three hours were absolutely spell- binding as he narrated several stories from his childhood, learning years, illustrious career as well as personal life all of which he holds very close to his heart. One of them was how his father Pandit Ramprasad Sharma (known as Babaji in the industry), a renowned trumpeter created hundreds of musicians out of people from very ordinary backgrounds – son of a driver, a gate- keeper, or a studio watchman- all were given education in music. One interesting story is once when he was admitted in a hospital, he taught music to the hospital staff and nurses. While narrating this story Pyarelalji’s eyes gleamed with pride and he added that such dedication and selfless service is rare to find nowadays.

T-Series signs five film music deal with Ashtavinayak

T- series and Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision cemented their relationship further yesterday by signing the deal which gives T- series music rights to five films Shree Ashtavinayak is producing.

Aditya Narayan-s musical gift to Vikram Bhatt

The new kid on the block, Aditya Narayan, is all set to hit the silver screen with his debut movie ‘Shaapit’.