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Tamil producers adopt revenue-sharing model for big-budget films

The Tamil Film Producers Council on Sunday resolved that big-budget films will henceforth be produced on a revenue-sharing model, with actors and leading technicians required to share both profits......

What Indian Music Should Airlines Play?

So should airlines play the keening, trance-like Siddi folk music from the Kutch peninsula? The Sufiana Kalam of Kashmir? Carnatic music? Rabindra Sangeet? Bihu melodies? Classical music from the......

Deepfake Laws Are Coming: But Are They Enough?

Taming the animal called AI in its many avatars will clearly remain a work in progress. Kindly note that this illustration generated using ChatGPT has only been posted for representational......

Nita Ambani centre puts India Weekend in New York on hold

Amid escalating India-US trade tensions, Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre -- the tony cultural event outfit run by billionaire Mukesh Ambani's wife -- has postponed next week's theatrical event......

'All India Radio Is No Underdog'

'The largest listenership for Vividh Bharati outside the country is in Spain.''The labourers who go there for the tomato-picking season feel cut off from their country and listen to Vividh Bharati......

Music industry's lone hope: Cell phone

After waging a losing battle against piracy, a battered Indian music industry is pinning its hopes on the mobile telecom segment to salvage its sagging bottomlines. The industry's total revenues......

What's wrong with India's music industry?

On the surface, the Indian music industry seems peaceful enough, steeped in glamour, and a perfect blend of melodies. Look closer though and you'll see the rifts -- little faultlines that indicate......

India's new travel anthem: Go where the music plays, and tourism thrives

India’s live events scene is hitting a high note. With global performers adding the country to their tour maps and the government aiming to double the concert economy, hotels in key metro cities......

X'mas toys may get costly for US kids

For kids in the United States, the tariff imposed by the Donald Trump administration on countries like China may no longer be a child’s play, as toy prices are predicted to touch record highs......

Maestro A R Rahman's sound tips for Mahindra EVs

As auto major Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) became the number two player in the retail passenger vehicle segment for the first time in February, powered by its new launches, the company is setting its......

'He was a beacon of Indian music'

Photograph: Kind courtesy Pankaj Udhas/Instagram Renowned ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas, whose velvet smooth voice gave expression to the many colours of love, longing and heartache in songs such as......

'Throughout The Day, There's Music Playing In My Head'

'I played five different versions of Woh Subah Kabhie Toh Aayegi for Raj Kapoor, only to be greeted with a totally blank reaction.''Thereafter, for 40 minutes, he disappeared, leaving us......

Singer Arijit Singh To Turn Director

Photograph: Kind courtesy Arijit Singh/Instagram Superstar singer Arijit Singh is turning director. If all goes according to plan, Singh will start his yet-untitled film by the end of the year.......

The Bollywood Legend Who Almost Didn't Become One

'What do you think... those working in the film industry are illiterate people? Why don't you go and work with Bimal Roy?' IMAGE: Dharmendra and Nutan in Bandini. Gulzar says he did not envision a......

'I Was Passionate About Acting But...'

IMAGE: Kamini Kaushal in the film Radha Krishna (1954). Kamini Kaushal was one of Indian cinema's long-lasting actresses, who went from playing Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand's heroine to Manoj Kumar......

Listened to Bappida's 'yaad aa raha hai' several times: Tendulkar

The batting legend Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday said he used to listen to Bappi Lahiri's yaad aa raha hai song in the Team India's dressing room. Bappi Lahiri, the veteran singer-composer passed......