I’m often called the voice of Katrina Kaif: Akriti

New Delhi: Akriti Kakkar, who has sung songs like “Dekhoon tujhe toh”, “Aanan fanan” and “Inshallah” that were picturised on Katrina Kaif, says people often call her the voice of the Bollywood actress.

“I am often called the voice of Katrina Kaif since I have sung for her in films like ‘Namastey London’, ‘Apne’ and ‘Welcome’ and my voice suits her personality. However, my dream is to sing for Rekha and Madhuri,” Akriti told IANS over telephone from Mumbai.

 

Mumbai attacks inspired value of unity: Amjad Ali Khan

Kolkata:The Mumbai terror attacks that shocked the entire nation last year also inspired the “value of togetherness” among Indians, sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan said here Tuesday.

“What happened in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, shocked the whole world. After this incident everyone realised the value of togetherness, peace and united action,” Khan told reporters.

 

Adnan’s wife files for divorce, complains against loud music

Mumbai: Musician Adnan Sami’s domestic travails have reached a flashpoint. His estranged wife Sabah, who stays in the same house, has filed for divorce complaining that he plays his “music too loud”. Confirming this dramatic development in his domestic drama, Adnan told IANS:

 

Twin Awards!!!!

New Delhi: India triumphed on the global arena with two of its music maestros – composer A.R. Rahman and tabla wizard Zakir Hussain – bagging two coveted international awards, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and Grammy respectively.

 

Will Delhi 6 release be postponed because of AR Rahman?

Mumbai: The melodious songs of “Delhi-6″ have already won the hearts of music lovers, but master composer A. R. Rehman is still busy working on its background music, less than two weeks before the scheduled release.

Rahman, whose schedules went haywire due to the commitments in Los Angeles for the Golden Globe award for his score in “Slumdog Millionnaire”, has apparently been working frantically in his Chennai studio. Mehra flew to Chennai Thursday night for portions of the background music. There are rumours that the film’s release may have to be postponed, but the filmmaker is confident about Rahman’s musical genius and is sure all deadlines will be met. “As far as I’m concerned we re on.

 

Italian guitarist fuses Indian ragas with jazz, flamenco

New Delhi, Feb 6:  Celebrated Italian guitarist Giuliano Modarelli left Delhiites spellbound with his unique fusion of classical jazz and Mediterranean sounds with traditional Indian music, which he presented at the East Meets West concert here Friday.

Modarelli, who has been studying Indian music for the last two years in Kolkata and southern India, collaborated with santoor maestro Sandip Chatterjee, mridangam player N. Shankar and tabla exponent Soumen Sarkar for the concert.

 

Neil Mukesh Follows Step of His GrandFather?

Neil Nitin Mukesh, grandson of the late veteran singer Mukesh and son of Nitin Mukesh has realized and one cannot go against their genes. If one would refresh their memory, Mukesh saab came to Mumbai to become an actor but it was singing that he ultimately took to.

 

‘Rahman should popularise ghazals’ – Jagjit Singh

Melody Junction recently posted an article of Jagjit Singh where he questioned the Ghazal knowledge of AR Rahman. Now, Jagjit Singh seemed to be a bit upset as he felt it had been misunderstood by a section of die-hard AR Rahman fans. He referred to the reaction to his remark at the release of cricketer Kiran More’s wife, Raavi More’s ghazal album, Ishq Mein Aksar which has bhajan samrat Anup Jalota staging his ‘comeback’ in the realm of ghazals.