New Delhi: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has denied any action against Indian music composer Ismail Darbar for alleging that A.R. Rahman "bought" his Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire in 2009. "The Academy does not plan any action relative to Mr. Darbar's comments. It is simply not possible to 'buy' an Academy Award. While some individuals might disagree with the results of our voting processes, the Academy stands...
02:00 PM, Jun 10, 2011
Chennai: The South Indian movie music world shared the grief of noted playback singer KS Chithra, who lost her eight-year-old daughter in a swimming pool accident in Dubai on Thursday. "The family came back from Dubai this (Friday) morning and the funeral was held in the evening," Chithra's manager Krishna Kutty Menon told IANS. A person in Chithra's household told IANS that the entire household was in tears. Chithra had...
01:15 PM, Apr 16, 2011
New Delhi: Ace composer A.R. Rahman expressed his condolences after hearing of the demise of playback singer Malaysia Vasudevan. Vasudevan died on Sunday afternoon at a private hospital in Chennai. He was 66. "Malaysia Vasudevan Sir, Rest In Peace... You were one of the few who believed in me and gave me my first break as a music producer for the album 'Disco Disco' in 1987 (sic)," Rahman posted on...
05:49 PM, Feb 21, 2011
The romantic comedy, Jhootha Hi Sahi, directed by Abbas Tyrewala, will now release Oct 22, confirms producer Madhu Mantena. It features Tyrewala's wife Pakhi as John's love interest. She has also written the script of the film. "It's true that we have decided to release Jhootha Hi Sahi on the 22nd of October instead of the 15th of October. It's only good as we will utilise this extra time in...
11:57 AM, Oct 06, 2010
New Delhi: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will not be performing at the 3rd October opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games (CWG), organisers said on Tuesday. "Shah Rukh is definitely not performing at the opening ceremony. However, I don't know if he is planning to attend the event or if he has received any invite from the organising committee. But he is not performing," Viraf Sarkari, director of Wizcraft International...
01:16 PM, Sep 28, 2010
Here's a sneak peek at the Commonwealth Games' official theme song. ...
07:39 PM, Sep 23, 2010
Bollywood music composer Vishal Dadlani is defending Oscar winner A.R. Rahman against all negative comments for the latter's composition
"Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto", which is the official song for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. "The only infallible one is God, who sends music to us all. Everyone else is human, including Rahman. We're all allowed off days. Be nice. All you doubters, and haters, please understand that Rahman has done more...
04:57 PM, Sep 07, 2010
AR Rahman has been asked to re-do the CommonWealth Games anthem that cost 5 crores, Katrina and Salman are getting back together, and scenes from SRK's upcoming Ra. One are online! All that and more in our Bollybuzz section... ...
06:47 PM, Sep 02, 2010
New Delhi: For Hyderabad boy Sreeram Chandra, this Independence Day couldn’t have been more special. He realised his dream of winning music reality show
Indian Idol 5, and can't wait now for his next dream -- of singing for Bollywood and Oscar-winning music composer A.R. Rahman -- to come true. "My next dream is to make it big in Bollywood," Sreeram, who was declared the winner of
Indian Idol 5...
05:23 PM, Aug 16, 2010
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