Indian Music News

From the Ramayan to Rahman, that’s the journey that according to Gulzar Saab, the phrase Jai Ho has made. “It’s not as if I coined it on the spot for Slumdog Millionaire,” says Gulzar Saab after hearing that Jai Ho has been nominated on Thursday in prestigious category of ‘Best Song Written For A Motion Picture’ at the Grammys.

She has won every award worthy of her stature including the highest civilian honor the Bharat Ratna in our country. Yet when the French displaying impeccably good taste as always decide to confer their highest cultural award the Officier de la Legion d’honneur on Lata Mangeshkar she humbly bows to another acknowledgement of God’s generosity.

Dismissing the 'fatwa' by Jamait-e-Ulema Hind against Vande Mataram, renowned lyricist, poet and film scriptwriter Javed Akhtar says, “This controversy is old and obsolete. Vande Mataram is part of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s novel Anandamath. All the villains in this novel are Muslims.

Famous Gujarati singer, Jaydeep Swadia is soon to release a Hindi album. The album is themed to be devotional and is thus named Prayers.

Team ‘Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani’ recently launched its music on World Smile Day. Director Raj Kumar Santoshi is making a comeback in the genre of comedy with ‘APKGK’ after almost 15 year.

It was a magical evening for the cast and crew of 'Aladin'. Everyone associated with the film could not withhold them from raving about Amitabh Bachchan and to share the stage with the legend for the first time was like a dream come true for everyone.

For those who yearned to catch the sensational moment of live concert of ‘Madras Mozart’, here comes the grand fiesta. MARG in association with Shakthi Foundation brings A.R. Rahman in a live concert on October 11, MARG Swarna Bhoomi, East Coast Road, Chennai.

Nightingale of the century the veteran Lata Mangeshkar has glorified the country’s name with every song she has sung. This Queen of melody completes her 80th birthday on September 28. On this prestigious occasion, Saregama decided to pay tribute to this living legend. The music company has compiled a new collection of eight CDs comprising all her resonant songs.

The ‘formula’ works equally effectively across the cultural divide. If in Bollywood Rahman was expected to do a series of Rukmani rukmani after Roja, in the West they want more Jai ho from this composing genius after Slumdog Millionaire.

Although it’s a delight to see Hurman Baweja surrounded by twelve Priyanka’s in the title song, it has also equally amazed the audience. She is seen with him in the same frame in varied avatars, convincing the audience to believe the presence of twelve different girls.

After making it big with internationally acclaimed ‘Elizabeth: The Golden Age’, filmmaker Shekhar Kapoor and A.R. Rahman have come together for ‘Passage’. This, first ever short film directed by Shekhar Kapoor has Rahman delivering 4 musical tracks with a song crooned by Indian singer. The film is produced by Swarovski Entertainment and is shot entirely in Argentina.

The music launch of UTV and Sohail Khan Production’s Main Aur Mrs Khanna was held on 8th September at Novatel, Juhu. The film cast and crew, Salman Khan, Sohail Khan and Kareena Kapoor, along with Bappi Lahiri, music directors Sajid-Wajid and director Prem Soni officially launched the music of their much-awaited romantic amidst fun and humour. The much talked about movie is all set to sizzle on screen on 16th October 2009.