Bollywood
Joker Music Review
GV Prakash Kumar makes his Bollywood debut dragging some heavy baggage along with him: he’s the nephew of the universally esteemed maestro, A.R. Rahman. Inevitably, his work is going to be judged (fairly or unfairly) as to how well it stacks up against his famous uncle’s. Joker isn’t a perfect soundtrack: it comes along with [...]
In Conversation with Music Artist Brooklyn Shanti: “Music has just been in my soul”
If you haven’t heard Brooklyn Shanti’s gorgeous track ‘Rani Rani’, stop reading now, and remedy that straight away. But don’t stop there! The Brooklyn based Bengali has been making music for nearly his entire life– just check out www.brooklynshanti.com for a taste of his back catalogue. With a track (‘Pyaari Pyaari’) in the upcoming family [...]
“Unfilmable” Film Makes a Splash on The Web
Yann Martel’s book – an international bestselling, magical realist novel beloved by thousands – has long been described as “unfilmable”. A few days ago, as the official trailer for Ang Lee’s film adaptation of Life of Pi hit the web, all the naysayers were definitively proved wrong. The trailer has been out for less than [...]
From Sydney With Love Music Review
From Sydney With Love is the Golden Jubilee revival project for Pramod Films – the production house known for films such as Ziddi, Love In Tokyo, Nastik, Deedar and Barood. The film marks the film debut of production house head Pramod Chakravorty’s grandson Prateek, who also wrote and directed the film. From Sydney With Love [...]
Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum Music Review
Sachin-Jigar don’t often go wrong – and the effervescent, fun, poppy soundtrack to upcoming release Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum (the sequel to the surprise hit, Kyaa Kool Hain Hum) just proves the composer duo are still fully on their game! All the promos for the forthcoming adult comedy (described as a “sex-com”) have been [...]
Bol Bachchan Music Review
Yes it’s a Himesh Reshammiya soundtrack – and he’s back to turning his hand at composing, something he usually does very well. With a mere four tracks (and four remixes) the Bol Bachchan soundtrack is very brief. But is it any good? The title track Bol Bachchan opens with some nonsensical dialogue, very reminiscent of [...]
Ferrari ki Sawaari Music Review
Vidhu Vinod Chopra is a name associated with quality popular filmmaking, and Pritam is a name associated with mass chartbusting hits – and they come together with the soundtrack to VVC’s new film, the sports themed Ferrari Ki Sawaari (the first Hindi film to be allowed to shoot at Lords cricket ground in the UK). [...]
Jannat 2 Music Review
It seems every time a film is due out from the Bhatt camp – especially one starring Emraan Hashmi (is there any other kind?) – the anticipation for the soundtrack goes through the roof. The pressure, every time, seems to grow exponentially, because if there’s one thing the Bhatt camp seems to have a lock [...]
Saif Ali Khan and Aditi Singh Sharma perform at Radio Mirchi Music Awards
The reception for spy thriller Agent Vinod in the theatres has been mixed, but one thing is for sure, the soundtrack is pretty rocking! Fans tuning in to the 2012 Radio Mirchi Music Awards screening April 1st on Colors will be thrilled to see star of the film Saif Ali Khan take the stage to [...]
Indian music band Agnee sings theme song for Avengers the movie
The Indian release of Disney’s The Avengers will be accompanied by a touch of homegrown desi flavour, with the big-budget superhero flick being given its very own official Hindi theme song! The honour of performing the theme song – especially written for the Hindi release goes to popular Indian band Agnee, who beat out close [...]
Saif Ali Khan makes statement about alleged assault
Actor Saif Ali Khan has been booked by the Mumbai police for the alleged assault of a South African based businessman, following an altercation that occurred shortly after midnight on Tuesday. The incident occurred at a restaurant at the Taj Mahal Hotel where Saif was dining with a group of friends including fiancée Kareena Kapoor, [...]
Top 10 Music Albums of 2011
2011 has been all about variety. A run-of-the-mill, do it by the numbers soundtrack just won’t cut it anymore, not with an abundance of fresh talent injecting life and creativity into the industry, and pushing the veterans to try harder. This year it was hard to narrow the list down to just 10 great albums [...]
Top 10 Underrated Films of 2011
In a year that boasted some huge family friendly blockbusters and multiple films from some of the biggest stars, it was pretty easy for smaller films with tiny budgets, no big name stars or controversial subjects to fly a little under the radar. Here are ten of the best films that may have been appreciated [...]
“I have been very lucky to have recorded super slamming songs with all the super heroes in the music industry…” – Aditi Singh Sharma
You probably first heard her name when she made a splash into the Hindi film music industry with her first solo playback song for DEV.D ‘Yahi Meri Zindagi’. But Aditi Singh Sharma leads a not-so-secret double life – juggling a blossoming career as an in-demand film playback singer, with life as a bona fide rockstar [...]
Players Music Review
If you’ve seen any of the promos for Players, you’ll already know that the film – a remake of the classic heist flick “The Italian Job” – has been given a thoroughly slick makeover by the directing duo Abbas-Mustan, who appear to have created one of their characteristic thrillers with a cyber-cool techno edge. With [...]
Special Review: Sita Sings The Blues
Sita Sings The Blues is an 82 minute animated film by Nina Paley, whose animation experience prior to this was apparently a 4 minute short film. Paley is an American woman who became aware of the Ramayana story when she was visiting her husband who was posted on a work assignment in India. As a white [...]
Govinda talks about film promotion
Comedy veteran Govinda, who is now attempting his second run at Bollywood success following a brief detour into a short lived political career, says that though the nature of the Hindi film industry has changed since he started out, he wants to “remain an actor all my life”. One of the major things the actor [...]
The Dirty Picture Music Review
The Dirty Picture is the upcoming biopic of sensual 80s screen siren, Silk Smitha, starring Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Tusshar Kapoor. When a film is called “The Dirty Picture” and is set in the 1980s, a decade not entirely reknowned in Bollywood for films filled with good taste and high artistic aspirations [...]
Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge Music Review
Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge is the latest project from Yash Raj Films’ offshoot youth oriented studio Y-Films. The story is a romantic comedy set in the very modern world of social networking – following what happens when two social outcasts, Vishal and Preity, fake their identities online to capture the hearts of their dream partners, Malvika [...]
Aazaan Music Review
Aazaan is an upcoming thriller based around biological warfare, starring newcomers Sachiin Joshi and Candice Boucher in what has already been labelled the most expensive Bollywood film ever made. But what about the soundtrack? Have they gone over the top with that too? Fortunately, no. The Aazaan soundtrack is short and sweet – four original [...]
Damadamm Music Review
Himesh Reshammiya has a tendency to divide listeners into the love him or hate him camp with that distinctive voice of his – so if you already know you’re not a big fan of Himesh and his characteristic nasal delivery, you might be wise to steer clear of the super-sized Damadamm soundtrack, since Himesh provides [...]
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