MUMBAI: It definitely can't get bigger than this, after partnering with this year's super hit flick �3 Idiots', India's No 1 FM Station Network, BIG 92.7 FM draws the curtains on 2009 with Bollywood's biggest star Amitabh Bachchan doing the annual year-end roundup, exclusively on the radio station, offering listeners the best imagined aural treat to end the year. Playing the character of media magnet Vijay Harshwardhan Mallik from his forthcoming movie Rann, the newsmaker turns news anch...
MUMBAI: New Year's eve events at prominent venues in Mumbai may get jeopardised due to the issuing of legal notices by licensing body PPL to defaulting hotels and pubs for not securing licences for public performances for the scheduled events.
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MUMBAI: The much anticipated New Year's Eve is just a few hours away. Clubs, restaurants, joints are gearing up for the day which brings them business and keeps them on their toes. But the fun is going to be different in different metros around India.
Mumbai will party till 4 am on 1 January 2010 - and is the most fortunate city in this respect. Bangloreans will have to stop at 1 am, while Pune and Delhi around 12:30 am - that makes Mumbai the best place to party on Thursday evening. The city that never sleeps will also be a destination which will party while it's awake.
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MUMBAI: The news of Worldspace Radio shutting down has shocked its subscribers in India, a country that housed 95 per cent of its subscription base. Music lovers are aggrieved at the abrupt termination of the music service from 31 December.
It is the loss of music that the users are upset about most, over the monetary damages they will have to bear.
Says a Worldspace regular, "It was the only thing that kept the music alive to the best of quality and diversity. It really feels s...
MUMBAI: If the songs of 3 Idiots gave wings to your imagination when you first heard them, watching them on the big screen will complete the fantasy.
It's an awesome team that has put together the music of 3 Idiots and then woven it into the screenplay - Raju Hirani, shantanu Moitra and Swanand Kirkire - all of whom appear to have immersed themselves in the core concept of the film to craft lyrics, music and situations that blend in seamlessly with the story, not to mention create just...
BANGALORE: Kannada Sugama Sangeeth and theater artiste and film music composer C Ashwath's death on his seventy first birthday yesterday was followed by the demise of Kannada film thespian Vishnuvardhan in the early hours of Wednesday morning of cardiac arrest in Mysore. Vardhan was a film actor and a singer.
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MUMBAI: Oscar winning music maestro A R Rahmnan has been voted as the Indian of the year in a poll conducted by MSN for its readers. Winning with a thumping majority, among a line-up of leaders from politics, business and non-government sectors the ace musician got a clear public mandate securing 22 per cent of the votes leaving behind the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Gandhi, Nandan Nilekani and Madhavan Nair.
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MUMBAI: Fly Mobiles has announced the launch of its latest CDMA mobile phone, the C-250 in India. The phone, based on the 800Mhz CDMA frequency is being touted as an entry level device with a decent array of features.
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MUMBAI: The month-long Miss Siliguri, Mrs Siliguri and Smart Siliguri competitions, which are being organised by Uttar Anandabanga Patrika, in collaboration with Radio Misty 94.3 fm, the first and Number one fm station of North Bengal and Sikkim commenced last evening in Siliguri. There was huge crowd to witness the preliminary rounds. A total of 32 contestants from all over north Bengal and Sikkim made it to the finals of the contest, which are likely to be held in the third week of January ...
MUMBAI: After obtaining injunctions in Tier 2 cities in Karnatka and Tamil Nadu last week, Indian Music Industry's licensing arm- Public Performance License (PPL) is targeting venues in the national capital.
PPL on Tuesday secured an order from the Delhi High Court directing malls, pubs to pay the license fee before playing music on the occasion of New Year's eve. The court further directed that they would continue to pay the license fee fixed by the court in September 2005 along with a 15 per cent addition to it
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