MUMBAI: Concerts like ShiVHari happen but rarely – and when they happen, it's better not to miss them.
The most awaited concerts of the year - ShivHari- A jugalbandi by Pt Shivkumar Sharma and Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia - on 27 February - was nothing less than mesmerising – for those who attended, this would still mean like an understatement.
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MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government plans to start an three music festival named after Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, to be held at three venues annually, including Mumbai.
State minister for cultural affairs Harshvardhan Patil on Thursday announced several initiatives in the field of Indian classical music, including the establishment of a gurukul to teach the Kirana gharana style, a cash award for stalwarts and a festival name after Joshi.
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MUMBAI: It seems the experimentation genome is spreading wildly among Indian rock bands. So far, listeners have loved comedy rock bands like Khiladi and Workshop for their wit, stage acts, and costumes and of course, the whacky lyrics. Now the concept has made its way into a play as well.
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MUMBAI: Alternate Brand Solutions COO Sameer Sainani will take over as national ad sales head for Radio Mirchi on 1 April 2009.
Sainani, who has been with ENIL since 2003, replaces Kaushik Ghosh, who put in his papers mid February. Ghosh had been with the company for eight years.
Confirms Radio Mirchi CEO Prashant Panday, " Sameer Sainani will take over from 1 April."
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MUMBAI: The Punjab Government on Thursday formally constituted an anti- piracy cell headed by I-G (Crime) here at Police Headquarters to ensure proper coordination and multi- pronged action against audio/video piracy, fulfilling a commitment made to the entertainment industry recently, says PTI report.
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MUMBAI: Resul Pookutty, the first Indian to get an Oscar for sound mixing for a film returned to a hero's welcome at the Mumbai airport with the Oscar statuette clutched in his hands in the early hours of Thursday.
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MUMBAI: The Slumdog Millionaire track �Jai ho' has almost become an anthem in the country with composer A R Rahman picking up many awards for the compositions, the most recent being the coveted Oscar.
Basking in the glory of the song is Vijay Prakash, the singer who has rendered the full throated �Jai Ho' at regular intervals in the track.
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MUMBAI: Justin-Uday are the latest in the line of professionals who have crossed over from the advertising world into the lanes of Bollywood with elan.
With Sikandar, they make their big debut soon. Shortly after, they will begin work on Kunal Shivdasani's next project and also on a movie titled Fishbowl... which will have a complete seventies feel to it. The duo own twin studios -Riversound and Backwaters- designed by Didier Weiss, who also designed A R Rahman's studio.
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