It would be unfair to tag him as just another choreographer as Ganesh Hedge is one of those few people who take the business of music and dance seriously and passionately. He is the man who is well credited to give item numbers a respectable status in Bollywood and somehow a must in every film that is launched. With his first music video ‘Main...

Abhilasha Chellam is her name. And she has won over the judges with her pristine renderings of Lata Mangeshkar’s numbers. When the girl recently auditioned for Zee’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, judges Vishal -Shekhar were so bowled over they immediately decided Abhilasha is the voice of tomorrow. The girl who has sung in front of and been praised by...

The thing about shallow people from the beau monde is that they shouldn’t be played shallowly when brought to the screen. Sonam Kapoor in a ‘tailor’- made role(where more moolah seems to have been spent on tailoring her chic outfits than on exploring the locations, sound sights scents and, yes, sense of this embarrassing world of...

Another morning’s newspaper. The headline reads – ‘Dabangg trailer opens with a bang. The twitter world going ga-ga about the trailer.’ A quick shower and off I head to meet the debutant director of Indian cinema’s most talked about film releasing this Eid. When I enter Abhinav Kashyap’s just done up office in Andheri,...

After a relatively quieter first half of 2010, prolific composer Pritam is back in the limelight yet again. He has just delivered a chartbuster soundtrack in Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, the songs of which can be heard from all nooks and corners. Moreover, he has a jam packed second half of the year ahead, what with biggies like Action Replayy, Golmaal...

After a relatively quieter first half of 2010, prolific composer Pritam is back in the limelight yet again. He has just delivered a chartbuster soundtrack in Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, the songs of which can be heard from all nooks and corners. Moreover, he has a jam packed second half of the year ahead, what with biggies like Action Replayy, Golmaal...

With the advent of the multiplex culture, Bollywood has been witness to a lot of unconventional kind of cinema. Walkwater Media’s forthcoming venture Tere Bin Laden is one such hatke film. The film is a tongue-in-cheek comedy about an ambitious young news reporter from Pakistan (Ali Zafar) who is desperate to migrate to the US in pursuit of the...

EXPECTATIONS Despite the name Pritam staring from the credit details of Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, you are not overtly enthused about what the music would have to offer. Despite the fact that most Milan Luthria films (Kachhe Dhaage, Taxi No. 9211) have boasted of good music, you are not really sure if there would be something similar this time around....

After creating magic with their earlier film Guru, the team of Mani Ratnam, Abhishek Bachchan, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan once again join hands to bring one of the most eagerly awaited films of this year- Raavan. The film, which opens worldwide on June 18, also stars South superstar Vikram, Govinda, Ravi Kissen, Nikhil Dwivedi and Priyamani in important...

Music is what feelings sound like for Nikhil Dwivedi. When he talks about Raavan and its music, you can make out his feelings for the film and its soundtracks. He doesn’t take sides; he stands by it and firmly. He is a true music lover and a strange one too. Because his all time favourite song is from the film Satte Pe Satta called ‘Dilbar...