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  • Day 1 to release fourth studio album by Franz Ferdinand on August 26th, 2013

    Chennai : Day 1,  the independent music initiative by Sony Music India , will be releasing the fourth studio album by Franz Ferdinand from Domino records on August 26th , 2013. This exuberant, unencumbered record is the first from the Glasgow band since 2009’s Tonight. They seem to have rediscovered the imagination, vitality and fun […]

    LENOVO-MTV CO:Lab declares Karan bedi from India as Asia Pacific’s most talented musician

    Karan emerged as the winning participant for his stand-out project submission portraying the theme ‘Pulse of Your City’. From a total of 212 submissions and 28 country winners, Karan displayed exceptional craft, skill and creativity in the campaign, which was launched on February 25, 2013. Lenovo-MTV CO:LAB is an integrated social platform that enables Millennials […]

    Anupam sets a milestone – Staged 300th show of his play ‘KUCCH BHI HO SAKTA HAI’

    Mumbai : Anupam Kher’s one-man autobiographical play, Kucch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai, completes a landmark 300 shows which was staged at NCPA, Mumbai on 19th  May 1 2013; a record no other actor has achieved. Also present on the occasion were Anupam’s Mother, brother Raju Kher, Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, Shobha De, Sushma Reddy and many […]

    Hariharan receives MP govt’s Lata Mangeshkar Award

    Madhya Pradesh government conferred 28th Annual Lata Mangeshkar Award on well-known playback singer and Padma Shri recipient Hariharan at a function in Indore yesterday.   Hariharan has sung songs in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bhojpuri and Telugu films. The state government instituted the Lata Mangeshkar award in 1984. Well-known music composer Naushad was the […]

    “I only remember my birthday…not my age”

    By Sachin Murdeshwar Mumbai : Acclaimed theatre and mini-screen  star Ashiesh Roy  knows how to work hard and party even harder! A Page 3 party regular himself, Ashiesh threw a grand and glitzy get-together  on Saturday night at a well known suburban club to celebrate his birthday. The  who’s who from the Mumbai tinsel world […]

    Festival of Traditional Music of Punjab’ ends in ‘Kheyal’ style

    By Our Correspondent New Delhi:  Veteran Punjabi classical singers from Pakistan Ustad Badar-uz-Zaman and Ustad Qamar-uz-Zaman brought alive the Pakistani tradition of the art of Punjabi Kheyal music in the National Capital. Eminent Punjabi vocalist from India Nivedita Singh gave the Zaman brothers good company as the trio enthralled the Delhi audience with their renditions. […]

    Fox Star studios and Phantom come together to create “Bombay Velvet”

    By sachin Murdeshwar MUMBAI:  Fox Star Studios  has announced its partnership with Phantom Films to produce Anurag Kashyap’s next film, Bombay Velvet. The film, which stars Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma, will go on floors in  July this year  and is slated for a worldwide release on 25th Dec 2014.  The first film of a […]

    Govt committed to make India an attractive filming destination, says I&B Secy

    The Information & Broadcasting Secretary Uday Kumar Varma has hailed the unique cinematic approach of Indian Cinema and its global acceptance. Speaking during a panel discussion in the India Pavilion of Cannes Film Festival he reiterated the Ministry’s objective to make India an attractive filming destination. He said that the Ministry is setting up a […]

    ‘Indian Cinema’s success lies in cinematic approach’

    The Information & Broadcasting Secretary Uday Kumar Varma has hailed the unique cinematic approach of Indian Cinema and its global acceptance. Highlighting the initiatives taken to make India an attractive filming destination, Secretary of I&B Ministry Uday Kumar Varma said at a discussion organised in Cannes that the Ministry was setting up a ‘Single Window […]

    Rajan Verma’s Zindagi 50-50 Started With A Real Life Ruckus

    By Sachin Murdeshwar Rajan Verma  can turn the tide in his favour, let it be any filmy charector. Right from  portraying the ruthless Kasab in a realistic and gritty film Ashok Chakra to getting embroiled in a rickshaw fight on the very first day of the shooting of Zindagi 50-50. The tinsal star tells about some […]