After wooing music lovers in Pakistan, “Coke Studio” is now going to India where it will bring together 45 musicians from different parts of the country who are experts in various genres such as folk, classical and qawwali.
The Indian version is called “Coke Studio@MTV” and will air on MTV next month.
“We have such a rich musical heritage. It’s surprising that we don’t have a platform to bring this heritage out and show it to the common man. Film music has taken over completely,” Aditya Swamy, who heads MTV India, told …

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, …

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, …

Ramgopal Varma’s latest production ‘Road’ is a gritty thriller featuring Vivek Oberoi, Antara Maali and Manoj Bajpai. Its music, by Sandesh Shandilya (of K3G fame), is in keeping with the film’s theme.
However, film’s director Rajat Mukherji roped in as many as five different songwriters – Khilesh Sharma, Jaideep Sahni, Nitin Raikwar, Makrand Deshpande and Taabish Romani – to pen the lyrics.
‘Road’ opens with the titillating number Makhmali Ye Badan, rendered zealously by Sonu Nigam and honey-voiced Sanjeevani. The song is a romantic number with sensuous lyrics from Khilesh Sharma. The …

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 …

Ram Gopal Varma is directing a music video featuring Usha Uthup for his forthcoming film Bhoot. The video supports an album that will feature the music inspired by the film.
Salim-Suleiman, Anand Raaj Anand and Amar Mohile composed a song each, of which two are now being made into music videos for television with Usha Uthup and Sunidhi Chauhan.
Ram Gopal Varma hopes to set the trend with film-inspired albums which he feels is beneficial not only to him, but also to the music companies.

After Shakti, another flick from the house of Boney Kapoor is about to be released – Khushi. Remake of a Tamil movie by the same name, it is directed by the same director – S.J.Suryah and stars Fardeen Khan and Kareena Kapoor (in the title role). Music is by Anu Malik and Sameer writes the lyrics.
‘Aaja Piya’ has Sunidhi Chauhan in her ‘nasheela’ best and has sung it on a different pitch altogether which has not been witnessed before from her. A little bit of shade of ‘Piya Piya’ from …

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.
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It is music composer duo Nadeem-Shravan’s forte to churn out the romantic melodies. Their music score for Tusshar–Kareena starrer Jeena Sirf Merre Liye is medley of catchy and trite numbers.
The album opens to the romantic mood with the title song Jeena Sirf Merre Liye which bears a stark resemblance to SRK-Kajol number Tujhe Dekha To Yeh Jaana Sanam. Yet, a commendable effort is made by female singers Alka Yagnik and Kavita Krishnamurthy to bring some freshness to the track, while the vocal rendition by Babul Supriyo is plain mediocre.
Then follows …