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The Indian music industry has opened a gateway of opportunities for talented Pakistani singers to climb the ladder of success.The current breed of playback singers in the country is widely dominated by cross-border musicians like Shafqat Amanat Ali, Mustafa Zahid, Ali Zafar and Atif Aslam amongst others. Ali Haider, the voice behind the single ‘Purani Jeans’ that made waves in the early era of 90's is one of the Pakistani singer who made his mark in the Indian pop scene.
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MUMBAI: Winner of two National Awards and multiple accolades for movies like ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ and ‘3 Idiots’, ace lyricist Swanand Kirkire is juggling several hats at the moment. Currently seen as judge on singing reality show ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar 2’, the lyricist cum singer will also be seen testing his acting skills in ‘Maximum’ and ‘Single Chal Riya Hoon’.
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After being lauded for her innovative compositions in Oye Lucky Lucky! Oye and Love Sex aur Dhokha, Sneha Khanwalkar is back with unique project MTV Sound Tripping. The youngest female composer of Bollywood industry will produce the sound sourced musical outtake conceptualized and owned by MTV. Lending an inventive approach to the well-versed day-to-day life, Sneha Khanwalkar with Radioandmusic.com’s Swagata Panjari shares her views on the unique format of the show and what the term sound sourcing means to her.
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Propelling Indian folk music to glorious pinnacles beyond city limits, Angaraag Mahanta a.k.a Papon has made an incredible mark in the music industry. His rendition of Pritam’s Jiyein Kyun in Dum Maaro Dum was inarguably one of the best musical debuts in Bollywood last year. Infusing new perspective in the cultural arena of Assamese music, the success has come in a small step for the singer, composer, programmer and producer has entered a whole new diaspora with hindi-pop album ‘Papon the story...so far’.
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Hailed as world’s No.1 DJ, French house music producer David Guetta is currently trending in India with his much awaited three-city tour for the second edition of Eristoff Invasion 2012 festival. The Grammy award winning producer who is nearly worshipped at dance music festivals across the world has kept his promise to lend one of its kind concerts in India by installing ‘Grand Festival set,’ which he used during international gigs.
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A familiar voice in Rahman’s composition Sujata Bhattacharya a.k.a Madhushree who shot to fame with her single 'Kabhi Neem Neem' (Yuva) has recently crooned a duet with legendary composer for Ekk Deewana Tha. The classical trained singer from Kolkata has earned gamut of bollywood hits like ‘In Lamhaon ke damaan mein (Jodha Akbar), Pal Pal Hai Bhaari (Swades), Tu Bin Bataye (RDB), Hum Hai Is Pal (Kisna) and more’.
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After winning best musical score at Golden Globe, Ludovic Bource's 2011 much talked about comedy drama �The Artist' has received nominations for great honours like The Oscar, Bafta and Cesar Awards. The film released under Sony Music has received ten accolades for The Academy and Cesar awards while 12 nods for Bafta.
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Inarguably one of the most successful and iconic Indie artiste Raghu Dixit has earned one of the greatest honours for Indian music industry by performing in Glastonbury music fest. Raghu Dixit's journey as a musician has been at peak with the recent surge of original music in the country.
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Marathi music composer duo Ajay and Atul Gogavale, who shot to fame with �Natrang' have hit big-time in Bollywood. After enthralling audiences with their compositions in Viruddh, Singham and My Friend Pinto, the National award-winning duo has revived their magic in Karan Johar's Agneepath.
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British singer-songwriter-producer Imogen Heap who loves to experiment with organic sounds and technology is quiet excited with her Indian ventures. Imogen has been touring India since last year and has been featured in several shows and fest of the country.
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With almost 20 million views within three weeks �Why This Kolaveri Di' has taken YouTube hostage and is alleged as the most infectious viral hit on the internet. For some the song is unique and to others its absolute nonsense, no matter what the views are, the track in no time has made actor/singer Dhanush and composer Anirudh Ravichander a global phenomenon.
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