Shahrukh Khan’s Billu Barber directed by Priyadarshan sees Pritam Chakraborty encroaching into Vishal-Shekhar’s territory. In an attempt to make the most of his big chance, the composer has gone all out in an album that’s loaded with 15 tracks; of them eight are remixes of the originals.
The album blends several genres ranging from western styles, bhangra, rap, sufi and folk. The album doesn’t lack energy and is high on beats like most of Pritam’s songs. However, Pritam sticks to the tried and tested formula.
The first song Marjaani is a peppy, …

As the first Indian musician to pick up the prestigious award for Best Original Score, AR Rahman has sure got us in the Chhaiya chhaiya mode. And the singer of the number, Jai Ho, a song of celebration that has snapped up the award for Rahman, is already “jumping with joy”. Sukhwinder Singh is all set to raise a toast, but is waiting for the composer to come back from Los Angeles.
“I’m yet to call up Rahman. It’s all because of the time difference. I can’t wait to give him …

Aah, now this one is a huge film. For a 10 year old who may still be wondering what’s the fuss about the coming together of Shah Rukh Khan and Aditya Chopra, a trip to Maratha Mandir, Mumbai, is mandatory to check out Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge which is still running there for 13 uninterrupted years. And for the grown-ups, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi hardly needs an introduction. Of course, the music of any Yash Raj Film is special because regardless the fate of some of their recent films, …

Javed Sheikh will play a Pakistani intelligence agent collaborating with Indian forces to eliminate a gang of international terrorists in his next Bollywood movie, ‘Das’.
The actor-turned director has been active in Bollywood for the last year and a half. ‘Das’ will be his second Indian movie after ‘Sitam’. He will star alongside Sunil Shetty, Abishek Bachan, Shilpa Shetty, Gulshan Grover, Esha Deol and Sanjay Dutt.
He was scheduled to leave for Canada on Tuesday to start shooting for ‘Das’. Anu Bhavsinah, known for his film ‘Tum Bin’, is directing the film. …

This one is third in the row for Vivek Oberoi. No, not a third consecutive hit but third movie with an assistant turned director. After Rajat Mukherjee’s (Assistant of RGV) Road, then Saathiya for Mani ratnam’s Assistant Shaad Ali and now Dum for E Niwas who has assisted RGV in many a flicks now !!! Dum is produced by Morani and Soorma who have earlier given super hits like Arjun, Vardi, Damini, Raja Hindustaani amongst others. Dum is another social-action-darama produced by them which surprisingly has a VERY GOOD score …

Producer: Tinu Verma
Director: Tinu Verma
Music: Ismail Darbar
Lyrics: Mehboob
Starring: Karishma Kapoor, Sunil Shetty & Dino Morea

Karisma Kapoor is making her first big screen appearance of the year alongside the likes of Dino Morea, Jackie Shroff and Sunil Shetty in Baaz. This thriller has music by Ismail Darbar, well known for the successful music scores of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and India’s Oscar hopeful Devdas. However Ismail Darbar’s efforts in other soundtracks haven’t met with the same level of success and he hopes to break that jinx with this soundtrack.
1. Aey …