MUMBAI: Positioned and envisioned as the Grammys of India, the Uninor Mirchi Music Awards 2010 Powered By Karbonn Mobiles brought together the leading lights of contemporary Bollywood Music under one roof. The winners were delighted on bagging these prestigious awards. Here is what some of them had to say:...
CHENNAI: The South Indian Music Companies Association represented by its secretary, J. Swaminathan, has filed a writ petition challenging provisions of the Copyright Act. The writ seeks a direction from the court to declare sections 11 and 12 of the Copyright Act, 1957, and rule 3 of the Copyright Rules, 1958, as ultra vires of Articles 14, 19(1)(g), 21, 50, 245, and 300-A of the Constitution of India, reports lawetalnews.com....
MUMBAI: Distinguished percussionist Ranjit Barot along with Sridhar Parthasarathy performed at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Saturday, the 29th of January. The duo performed at an India-centric weekend gala called �India Inclusive,' at the Swiss ski resort. They presented a composition inspired by three ragas -- Desh, Charukeshi and Yog -- to showcase the millennia-old musical legacy of India and its relationship with the West. The eight-minute symphony followed by a five-minute...
MUMBAI: Radio Misty 94.3 FM, the first and Number one fm station of North Bengal have teamed up with Siliguri food festival committee to organise the fifth Food and Tourism Festival will be held at Kanchenjunga Stadium at Siliguri from 9 to 13 January. This festival draws huge crowd from all over region. Various competitions are held during this event.
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MUMBAI: 94.3 Radio One, the joint venture between Mid-day Multimedia and BBC worldwide, has recorded exceptional growth in revenues and EBIDTA (earnings before interest, depreciation, Tax and Amoritzation) for Q3 as compared to the same period in the previous year. Revenues were at Rs.12.31Cr for Q3 2010-11 -- 70% higher from Rs.7.23Cr for the same quarter last year....
MUMBAI: 92.7 BIG FM announced its final winner of the �Constitution of music' on 27th January 2011 at studios. Kids across 45 cities from India participated in enormous numbers to sing the unplugged version of our national song �Vande Mataram'. 3 lucky contestants across each city got the opportunity to sing at the studios of 92.7 BIG FM on the 26th of January. The final selected 19 children across the nation were called to Mumbai to be a part of �Constitution of music.'
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MUMBAI: At a glittering live-music entertainment extravaganza in Mumbai on Thursday, the Who’s Who of the Music and Entertainment Industry of Bollywood witnessed stars from the movies and music fraternity hand out the honours to the best achievers across as many as 22 categories in the third and biggest edition yet of the Uninor Mirchi Music Awards 2010 Powered by Karbonn Mobiles....
Shashin Devsare, Executive Director, Karbonn Mobiles, in conversation with Pavan R Chawla about Karbonn Mobiles' sponsorship of Uninor Mirchi Music Awards 2010 powered by Karbonn Mobiles. Excerpts.
What do you think about the Mirchi Music Awards – as a tribute to the best and most popular Bollywood Music in India?
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Sadhna Sargam, popular playback singer and member of the Jury of Uninor Mirchi Music Awards, tells Pavan R Chawla that she has loved being associated with the awards ever since they began three years ago.
You have been on the jury of Mirchi Music Awards for three years in a row, right from its inception. Why did you choose to get associated with the Mirchi Music Awards?
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