MUMBAI: Singer Udit Narayan, whose name had been nominated for the civilian honour Padmashri this year may find himself out of the list.
The official version now is that since Narayan was born in southern Nepal, he is ineligible for the honour bestowed by the Union Government of India on exemplary citizens.
Brushing aside the rumours, Narayan stresses that he was born in Baisi village in Bihar, a fact that is denied by the Biharis themselves. Narayan claims that he has been ...
Lyricist: Prasoon Joshi,
Music Director: A R Rahman,
Music Label: T-Series,
Rating: 4/5
In Dilli 6, Rahman teams up with Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra – do you remember the enchanting score of Rang de Basanti? Well, Dilli 6 has an equally colourful footing on sufi, pop, hip-hop, classical, devotional and folk genres. Undoubtedly, Rahman delivers what is expected – anything more than this will sound jaded.
Here's the bottom line – simply add ...
MUMBAI: Big Music announced the launch of its latest spiritual album Mahamritunjay Mantra... by Jagjit Singh.
The Mahamrityunjay Mantra, which is addressed to Lord Shiva is a centuries old technique of connecting one to pure consciousness and bliss. The mantra is said to rejuvenate, bestow health, wealth, a long life, peace, prosperity, satisfaction, immortality and contentment.
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MUMBAI: One of the most popular contestants ever to appear on American Idol gives his fans an all-access pass to the wildly successful television show - and opens up about how becoming an Idol star changed his life forever.
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MUMBAI: Mumbai was up and running on January 18, 2009, in Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon. After the dastardly attacks on 26/11 a strong message sent out to the world Mumbai is safe.... �Mumbai runs to secure its future' campaign is an attempt by Radio Mirchi 98.3FM to motivate and guide all its listeners to participate in the great run.
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MUMBAI: iPhone application, Talk Radio, will audio stream Barack Obama's historic Presidential Inauguration, Tuesday, January 19, 2009. At the request of both customers and news agencies, Talk Radio will add a special host program for the inauguration. Users of the application will now be able to participate in this historic event by audio stream from anywhere in the world where their phone has a network connection.
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MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi's website, www.radiomirchi.com has been adjudged the most popular Radio and TV website of 2008 in the recent survey conducted by Metrix Labs and AC Nielsen.
Organized by Metrix Labs and AC Nielsen since 2004, the Website of the year 2008 awards aim to capture the framework and user understanding that the site has embodied in its design, deployment of technology and content.
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MUMBAI: Green-and-gold bangles jingling to the rhythm of the dance, traditional gold-lined ghagras and salwar suits, red-and-green parandas' marked the celebration of Lohri,the Punjabi harvest festival at Siliguri. Radio Misty 94.3 fm, the First and Number one fm station of North Bengal and Sikkim partnered with Punjabi Biradari of North Bengal for Lohri Punjab Di.
Famous Punjabi Troupe Ranguwal and Party performed folk and modern songs. Traditional dances were performed on stage. People could have the taste of Maaki ki roti, sarson ka saag and other Punjabi cuisine.
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MUMBAI: Colorado-based author Laura Faeth recounts the healing power of music in her new release, I Found All the Parts: Healing the Soul Through Rock �n' Roll (Wyatt-MacKenzie, November 2008). According to Faeth, rock �n' roll makes spiritual transformation possible.
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MUMBAI: The Kannada film industry and Karnataka's music fraternity were in deep shock Saturday over the death of 39-year-old renowned musician and actor Raju Ananthaswamy at a hospital here. Ananthaswamy was suffering from a kidney problem for many months and was under treatment.
He is survived by his mother Shantha and two sisters who live in the US. He was divorced many years ago.
Ananthaswamy was a renowned music composer and singer of Kannada Sugam Sangeet (light music).
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