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MUMBAI: After two introspective and low-key albums, Ed Sheeran is back in familiar territory with a vibrant new pop single, Azizam. This shimmering track blends his signature style with rich Middle Eastern influences, inspired by producer Illya Salmanzadeh’s Persian roots.
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BANGALORE: Vishishta Productions launched the music of its first feature film - a Kannada movie titled Accident, that stars Ramesh Arvind and Pooja Gandhi. The film will be released in Karnataka on 4 April. The production house has tied up with Bangalore based Anand Audio Video for use of its infrastructure in distribution and marketing of the music. The music copyright has been retained with the producers for the present, and depending on the success of the movie, Anand Audio's Mohan Chhabria will take a call about acquiring the music rights.
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Mumbai: 'Venus' has recently released its latest video album "Hey Chhorie" sung by Sapna Awasthi. Hey Chhorie is a mix of Haryanvi and Rajasthani folk music with a touch of Pop music. The album has eight earthy and naughty numbers and features Bangla beauty Survi Chatterjee. The music for the latest video album by Venus Records and Tapes Pvt. Ltd. has been composed by D.J. Sheizwood and choreography done by Master Arvind while Video Direction by Navin Batra.
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MUMBAI: Lesle Lewis of the Colonial Cousins duo is set to launch five new talents in the music industry with his own music compositions.
read moreMUMBAI: Big FM, which recently got singer Sonu Nigaam to create a track specially for the radio station, now presents a singing contest 'Sing with Sonu' to be held across Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata and Chandigarh.
read moreMUMBAI: Radio City 91.1 FM has launched its 17th station at Akola in Maharashtra. It needs to launch in three more towns to complete its kitty of 20 stations across India. Radio City CEO Apurva Purohit said, Combining our musical expertise, innovations and creativity, Radio City brings to Akola compelling content and a music mix strategically planned to uplift the mood of its listeners.The Akola Radio Citys programming includes Whatte Fun Mornings followed by City Spice which will address issues coupled with solutions and interesting contests.
read moreMUMBAI: Music major T-Series has hit back at filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma by filing an FIR against him in Delhi, accusing him of fraud and criminal breach of trust, the latest in a long chain of claims and counter claims that both have been involved in for the last few months.
read moreMUMBAI: Musical duo Nadeem-Shravan has been roped in to score the music for Vashu Bhagnanis next. The film will be directed by David Dhawan, and will star Govinda. The film will hit the floors soon, say industry sources.The two were recently turned down by Vishesh Films for the sequel of Raaz, music for which had been composed by them. Pritam has now been finalised for the same. Talking about the music for Bhagnanis film, Shravan says, We are elated. Since the film features Govinda, the music will be chirpy and peppy. Soon we will start work on it.
read moreMUMBAI: Times Groups subsidiary Mirchi Movies live action film Hari Puttar has signed on music composer Aadesh Shrivastav. The film has 85 minutes of live action and four minutes of animation, and is scheduled for a mid-2008 release.She title track of the film is being choreographed by Ganesh Acharya. Ace singer Shaan and long lost vocalist Neha Bhasin who shot to fame with Channel V's Popstars will be heard crooning together. Says Mirchi Movies COO Munish Puri, Its an ambitious project for us. Hence the music is well spent on. We are gung-ho about the title track.
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MUMBAI: For those who love some firangi presence in item songs, here's something to sink their teeth into. Brazilian model Mariah will be seen in Bollywood flick. 'Hijack' as the main lead for a promotional song. The song introduces the characters in the movie and was shot at Poison in Mumbai last week. Hijack is a high paced action thriller presented by Eros entertainment, produced under Aleya motion magic and is ad filmmaker Kunal Shivdasani's debut film as director.
read moreMUMBAI: Worldspace Satellite Radio has opted for LivehelpGenie software to provide immediate online customer support to its customers. LivehelpGenie is Live Chat Software for live help, live support, visitor tracking, and proactive sales support that allows Companies to communicate, or chat, in real time with visitors. According to Worldspace , LivehelpGenie not only reduces the overall cost of providing customer service via toll free telephone support lines but also provides excellent customer satisfaction.
read moreMUMBAI: Pan-Asian broadcaster Star has appointed Eddy Tan as VP (programming) of Channel [V]. Based in Hong Kong, Tan will officially join on 31 March and report to Star Entertainment president Todd Lituchy. In his new role, Tan will oversee the programming development of Channel [V] International, while also working with other Channel [V] properties in Asia on cross-channel initiatives including concerts, events and acquisitions.
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MUMBAI: Spotify has rolled out a suite of new advertising tools at its Spotify Advance event in read more
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MUMBAI: HMD has introduced two new music-focused feature phones—the HMD 130 Music and HMD 150 Muread more
MUMBAI: Axar Patel, one of India’s finest all-rounders, has consistently impressed cricket fans wread more
MUMBAI: WhatsApp has rolled out a new feature that allows users to add up to 15 seconds of musicread more
MUMBAI: Miley Cyrus continues to build anticipation for her upcoming visual album Something Beautiful with the release of her latest single, “End of...read more
MUMBAI: Have you been tuning into Netflix’s latest gem, When Life Gives You Tangerines? We know we’re here to talk about Benny Blanco, but before we...read more
MUMBAI: After two introspective and low-key albums, Ed Sheeran is back in familiar territory with a vibrant new pop single, Azizam. This shimmering...read more
MUMBAI: Justin Bieber is facing backlash online after fans accused him of subtly throwing shade at ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez with a recent...read more
MUMBAI: Jazz-inspired drummer and composer Tarun Balani’s upcoming album Kadahin Milandaasin is his most emotional record to date, capturing a...read more
