NEW DELHI: Eminent vocalist Girija Devi and dhrupad maestro Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar received the highest honour of Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (Akademi Ratna Sadasyata) for their contribution to the culture of art and music.
The music maestros were honoured with cash of Rs 3,00,000, an angavastram and a tamrapatra. Mridangam vidwan TK Murthy was also conferred with the fellowship. Culture Minister Kumari Selja was present on the occasion.
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BANGALORE: 92.7 Big FM Hyderabad launched a new show �Big Charminar' with back to back four songs throughout the day.
The station also started a 10 day contest �Charminar lo Bangaru Varsham' played during RJ Shekar and Ravi show which airs from 7-11 am and 6-9am respectively. The contest winners will receive 1 gm gold.
The occasion was graced by actor and comedian Sunil and Tollywood popular singers Bhargavi Pillai, Sai Shivani, Nihal and Venu who sang four live unpl...
MUMBAI: Voice of McDonald's,is a worldwide singing competition for its crew and managers. The entries for Voice of McDonald's India were called across 6 states, and 120 restaurants.
The entrants were provided with music training session, art of singing workshop, personal grooming, complete makeovers and stage presence grooming. The contest was judged by renowned musician Milind Ingle, Kailash Kher and Hard Kaur.
McDonald India director Seema Arora Nambiar and singer Kailash Kher has announced �Prajitha Annedath' as the Voice of McDonald's India.
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MUMBAI: Actor Roberta Reardon was re-elected as the national president of 63rd National Convention of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), by member delegates' unanimous acclamation.
Reardon was awarded a two year term along with other re-elected national officers by over 300 convention delegates elected from union's 32 locals and chapters by AFTRA members.
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MUMBAI: Singer Carrie Underwood the winner of American Idol season four, has been declared as the top-earning ex-American Idol contestant by Forbes magazine.
According to Forbes, Carrie has earned an estimated $20 million between May 2010 and May 2011. The said sum is equivalent to five most successful Idol alumni combined.
The singer who won five Grammy awards became an instant Broadway star after the release of her two albums which was ranked as hot seller of the year and certified as platinum album. Carrie made her feature film debut with Soul Surfer in 2010.
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MUMBAI: Maxx Mobiles has unveiled an innovative series of �Khamoshhh…' handsets which include bar phone �MX401' and QWERTY handset �MQ601'.
The handsets are enhanced with SAM technology that curtails external background noise and employs an innovative signal processing technique to suppress ambient noises and echoes. The phones displays a dedicated key to activate the Noise Suppression feature, the desired level of noise suppression can be pre-set through the â€...
MUMBAI: Grammy award-winning soul singer Amy Winehouse, who had been struggling with an addiction problem, was found dead in her London flat in Camden on Saturday 23 July.
Reports suggest that the 27 years old singer went on a 36-hour binge session the day before her death, and consumed a cocktail of class �A' drugs and alcohol.
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MUMBAI: Fever Entertainment's Fever Unplugged series charmed its Delhi audiences with a live concert by the very melodious Mohit Chauhan The suave singer best known for some of his romantic hit numbers like �Tujhe Bhula Diya' and �Guncha' amongst many others enthralled the audiences with his inimitable voice at the Sirifort Auditorium.
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MUMBAI: Anushka Manchanda the bold, vibrant singer known for her devil may care attitude has left an indelible mark on music industry after delivering some sensational songs including Golmaal, Naughty Naughty, Alisha and Dum Maro Dum.
The pop diva will croon for the untitled project of Midival Punditz and will also collaborate with music directors Jigar and Sachin. The rockstar hasn't limited herself only to playback singing, Anushka fronts a newly formed independent electro-pop band S...
MUMBAI: As part of their drive to further raise the profile of the Seychelles islands and create awareness, the Seychelles Tourism Board's CEO, Alain St. Ange, and Tourism Copywriter and Consultant Glynn Burridge met with Patrick Ward, Strategy Manager for MTV Networks Africa, the world-famous cable music channel, to work on a number of exciting projects.
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