MUMBAI: Michael Jackson's Moonwalker has been released by Big Home Video. Priced at Rs 599, the DVD holds a collage of short stories apart from the movie.
The DVD also features live concert footage and his performances at the Grammy Awards. Also included is a wild adventure film written by Michael Jackson himself that gives audiences a glimpse into his creative mind.
Moonwalker, released by Michael Jackson in 1988, is named after the popular dance technique known as the 'Moonwalk' that was one of Michael Jackson's trademark moves.
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MUMBAI: T-Series has acquired the music rights of the Vipul Shah directed film London Dreams.
After Action Replay, this is the second film directed by Shah. The film stars Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan, Asin and Om Puri.
Says T-Series head honcho Bhushan Kumar, "As a company we want big films, producers and banners to sign on with us. This year, thanks to all the corporate deals, our marketing strategies and relations and also with the digital marketing strength, every producer and banner is looking to have a contract with us."
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MUMBAI: The session- �It's all about music' revolved around the old Bollywood versus film music issue as also regional music markets hooting for independent music.
Sony Music managing director Shridhar Subramanium observed that regional music will find national identity in the coming times and there will be industry consolidations with music labels merging with larger footprints in the country.
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MUMBAI: India comes a close second after Korea in terms of paying for music downloads, according to the just released Music Matters Synovate Survey 2009.
19 per cent of Indian youth claim to have paid to download music, just behind Korea's 20 per cent of paying public, ranking ahead of China where only 12 per cent claim to pay for music downloads. Interestingly, only 21 per cent of Indian youth claim to have opted for illegal downloads in the last one month as against 55 per cent Chinese youth who claim to have preferred unpaid downloads.
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MUMBAI: The Nokia Music Store was officially launched in India, during the day long Nokia Music Connects conference at the Taj Lands End in Mumbai on Wednesday.
The Music Store has launched with a library of three million songs across 20 genres and in a variety of Indian languages. The service will be available on key devices during 2009 and will be extended to other Nokia devices by 2010.
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MUMBAI: Innovation and out of the box thinking are the buzzwords that will help propel the Indian music industry to pinnacles of success. This was the essence of the range of panel discussions that marked the landmark day long conference Nokia Music Connects held in Mumbai on Wednesday.
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Its official. Rock legends Mr. Big would be performing in India coming October 2009 as a part of their highly anticipated Reunion World Tour. According to their official page mrbigsite.com, the band is scheduled to perform in Bangalore (10 Oct), Shillong (12 Oct) and Mumbai (14 Oct), however, the venues are yet to be announced. The band would feature the original lineup of Eric Martin (vocals), Billy Sheehan (bass), Paul Gilbert (guitar) and Pat Torpey (drums). Mr. Big Reunion Tour also marks...
MUMBAI: 'Slumdog Millionaire' has not yet ended its award winning spree.
After eight Academy awards and four Golden Globes, the Mumbai based film is leading the nominations for the 9th World Soundtrack Awards. At the 9th World Soundtrack Awards, composer A R Rahman, has collected threemore nominations at the World Soundtrack Awards, reports Variety magazineonline.
The celebrated composer has already won two Oscars for his work in the Danny Boyle-directed 'Slumdog Millionaire'.
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MUMBAI: Indie music's popular portal Myband.co.in was recently in the news for tying up with leading venues across the country to launch MyBand Nights which aimed at promoting indie bands.
The website has now gone a step ahead and added a new feature which allows users to upload their tracks, price them, and sell. So far, some 800 bands have been registered at the site.
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