Poi Solla Porom's music is a peppy, enthusiastic and just plain feel-good if unoriginal offering. Perhaps the picturisation will add some zest to the general musical ambience.
Four music directors, declares the album. Regretfully, barring a horror number, it looks like the composers have decided to deliver the most basic compositions.
'The sweetest, warmest and loving man ever, always smiling, very innocent and child-like.'
An interview with Guru Kiran, the current music sensation in Kannada cinema.
As Rajinikanth turned 73 on December 12, fans gathered outside his residence in Chennai to celebrate his birthday.
Three different invitations were sent out for the wedding and the receptions with top-run guests being sent a large red box that contained an intricate chest incorporating a mini silver temple featuring gold idols of various Hindu deities, including Lord Ganesh, Radha-Krishna, and Goddess Durga.
Indian telecom operators are tuning in to digital music as an alternative revenue stream, with income from traditional modes starting to dry up.
The Kannada film's music album has been selling like hotcakes across Karnataka.
Film music flourished in the 1970s. Some old masters did some great work, but it was also the decade of new composers.
'Diljit and Prabhas are so similar -- very humble, down-to-earth, extremely shy introverts and at the same time, extremely talented guys.'
'The film-literate public in Kerala are not happy watching run-of-the-mill movies.'
Lady Gaga brings cabaret to Paris opening ceremony on the Seine
'Pancham told me once, "It's very difficult to be taken seriously when there are stalwarts like Shankar-Jaikishan, S D Burman, Madan Mohan and Naushad... How do I make my mark?"' Amit Kumar salutes R D Burman on his 30th death anniversary on January 4.
Long before she won royalty rights for playback singers, there was an undisclosed incident in Lataji's life where she not only put a male colleague in place, but also refused to sing with him thereafter.
Digital ghosts have opened a new can of worms for digital experts.
Every Vijay movie has created an electric buzz, and in combination with Prabhu Deva, with whom he's delivered Pokkiri, a blockbuster, its only to be expected that Ayngaran International's Villu, their next project with Nayanthara in tow, will be productive of keen interest.
The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2023, held at Mumbai's Taj Land's End hotel, saw some Bollywood and television stars in attendance.
From the dingy units copying cassettes, the action has now shifted to organised IT units, manufacturing top quality CDs and passing them off as originals to consumers, causing the economy losses to the tune of Rs 650 crore (Rs 6.5 billion).\n\n
'A face like this cannot go wrong,' Salman Khan endorses Punjabi actor Gippy Grewal at the trailer launch of the latter's new film, Maujaan Hi Maujaan.
On Hema Malini's 75th birthday, the star and her daughters -- Esha and Ahana Deol -- hosted a birthday bash in Mumbai, and invited friends from the industry for a musical night.
National-award winning actor, producer, hotelier, ex-politician, cricket team owner, philanthropist, highest tax payer, reality show judge, animal lover and, above all, people's hero -- Mithun Chakraborty -- who has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award -- is truly a force of nature, notes Sukanya Verma.
Thuppakki's music is a rehash of Jeyaraj's earlier tunes.
The global billionaires list witnessed as many as 94 new entrants from India, stated a report by Hurun India on Tuesday. Following a net addition of 84, the country's billionaire tally touched 271 with their combined wealth at $1 trillion, noted the report. Mukesh Ambani, chairman & managing director of Reliance Industries, is the only Indian to make it into the top 10 of the Hurun Global Rich List 2024, a ranking of billionaires in US dollar terms.
'I am old school and want what my parents have. They have been together for 35 years and still go on dates.'
We asked colleagues, present and past, to reflect on a man who has made such a difference to their lives and careers. Here it is then, a rich collection of memories that offer enchanting glimpses of the enigmatic Ajit Balakrishnan.
'It hasn't wrinkled because truth doesn't wrinkle. It's like fire; it burns every time you touch it.'
Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel has now become India's biggest music company, overtaking the industry leader Saregama, on the back of its music-related value-added mobile services, a top executive has said.
'Padmini and I are very different people.' 'Our acting styles are very different. She's from a different era.'
'In India, I'm able to work with the biggest stars on creating a scene, creating that emotion, without being too hung up on their persona.'
'I'm already grateful for whatever's happened in my life and I'll continue to be grateful for whatever life holds for me in the future.'
'You treat me like eye candy and I will leave you like you're a wrapper.'
'There are a few things you never forget about people, especially when you make them happy with the smallest of gestures, and for Shashi ji, it was a packet of Shrewsbury Biscuit.'
For those who hoped for melodious numbers, this one might prove a dampener.
Allu Arjun is the first Telugu actor to receive a National Award for Best Actor.
When Aamir Khan parties, he makes sure the entire film industry parties with him!
'Technology cannot breath life into a rendition,' says the legendary singer at the launch of his music institute in Thiruvananthapuram.
Postings to places at an altitude above 1,000 metres but less than 1,500 metres, between 1,500 and 3,000 metres, and above 3,000 metres entail different rates of allowances -- the higher the location, the bigger the allowance, reveals Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Anu Malik reveals how Baazigar revived his career.
