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 Academy Award winner Resul Pookutty is one dedicated sound designer. Recently, he along with his team returned from the Bahamas, not after a vacation but after capturing ‘real underwater sounds’ for the film, Blue. Blue is an underwater action film; the first of its kind in India and most of it has been shot in the Bahamas. That’s why Resul thought it would be good to record on location to make it seem authentic.
 Young singer Akriti Kakar is exuberant! Well, she’s got a pretty good reason to be and that naturally gets her tickled pink! Akriti recently finished recording the revamped version of ‘Meri Desh Ki Dharti’ along with Daler Mehndi, for the upcoming film Kisaan. The original being sung by Manoj Kumar in the film ‘Upkaar’, was a big hit and almost became as famous as our National Anthem!
 Les Paul, 84, father of electric guitar died on August 13. As reported to the Rolling Stone, Paul’s manager confirmed that the guitar legend was suffering from sever pneumonia and passed away in a New York hospital due to respiratory failure.
 ishQ Bector, the Aye Hip-Hopper cutie from our very own Bollywood tickled the audience funny bone in a 3 day IFC (Independent Film Channel) special series called ‘Bollywood Hero’. The series was well received by the critics and the fans alike. ishQ shared screen space with Hollywood funny man Chris Kattan and Neha Dhupia. ishQ’s character of a gay Bollywood choreographer was a hit and the fan mails haven’t stopped coming in since
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 Oscar winner A.R. Rahman is reportedly developing an album in memory of entertainment icon Michael Jackson, which will include musicians from all over the world.
 Oscar winner musician A. R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Middlesex University of United Kingdom (UK), focusing on blending Asian and Western music styles.
 Kitty, Daisy & Lewis are the most talented three-piece band, each of them are multi-instrumentalists, they can play guitar, piano, banjo, lapsteel guitar, harmonica, double bass, ukulele, drums, trombone, xylophone and accordion. After a while, they also have included their dad (Graeme) on acoustic guitar and then later mum (Ingrid) on double bass.
 In today’s world of remix culture, the pure essence of soulful music, non-synthetic sound has been lost in oblivion. BIG Music is bringing back the eternal melodies, magical compositions seamlessly weaved in filmmaker Amol Palekar’s latest creation ‘SAMAANTAR’, a BIG Pictures production that is all set to release on September 4, 2009. The music for this Marathi magnum opus starring AMOL PALEKAR and SHARMILA TAGORE was released amid much fanfare at Cinemax Versova on Wednesday, August 12, 2009.
Small cause or big reasons our Bolly-celebs just need any reason to party. And if there are multiple reasons to celebrate, then there are no bounds to partying. Recently, Tejwant Singh Lamba of Talant Abuzz and Cheers Music, not only released the audio of the album ‘Chase Da Passion’, but also announced 40 shows of DJ Sumit Sethi. He also cut the cake with music director and singer Sachin Gupta, as both share their birthday.
 Oscar winner musician A. R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire) will deliver a free concert in Sydney (Australia) to make a “statement of peace” in view of recent racial attacks on Indian students in Australia.
 Amol Palekar’s film ‘Samaantar’ promises to bring the pure essence of Marathi music in the film. Film is about two parallel lives crossing each other in the twilight of life. Similarly, the melody of the songs is in parallel with the narrative of the film, having its own significance.
 A funeral gone horribly wrong can only be a laughter riot for those who are not part of it, that’s the upcoming film ‘Daddy Cool’ that releases worldwide on August 28, 2009. BIG Music released the music of the film today at Cinemax-Versova, amid much fanfare and a mesmerizing rendition of hit number ‘Daddy Cool’ by the film’s music composer Raghav Sachar. From the makers of Masti and Dhamaal, Indra Kumar and Ashok Thakeria’s ‘Daddy Cool’, is a co-production between BIG Pictures and Maruti Pictures.
 Musician-singer turned actor Raghav Sachar turned 27 recently. Not very old in the industry Raghav still seems to have a good friend circle. No wonder, bolly-celebs from all arenas were present at the birthday bash of the talented man.
 Producer Indra Kumar is all geared up with his yet another comedy Daddy Cool. And the entire cast of the film along with the director K Murali Mohan Rao teamed up again at the music launch of the film.
 Ooh la la la… Do you have music in you– was an opportunity that both excited and challenged the ‘Best of the next’ Tamil and Telugu bands. It beckoned every musician who aimed to make it big and enthrall one and all… And out they came, performed and conquered.
 Music-composer Pritam is heard to be brain-storming over the music of Parmeet Sethi’s untitled directorial venture under Yash Raj Productions.
 To impress Sanjay Leela Bhansali is no cakewalk, considering the fact that he is not at all a peoples’ man and is also, very out-spoken when it comes to calling a spade a spade. And to top it all, everyone is well acquainted and petrified of this. No wonder the debutant singer Jhanvi Shimnakar was quite nervous when Bhansali singled her out to sing for him.
 Shilpa Saklani and Apurva Agnihotri are returning on small screen after a long gap, and for the first time the duo will be seen together in a reality show called Pati Patni Aur Woh. The duo had been happily married for many years, but still there is no woh (baby). They still want more time to extend their family. But that surely won’t stop them from trying their hands at parenting, even if it means taking a baby on udhari!
 By Subhash K Jha
 Vanessa Hudgens pictures are surfacing again on the internet. And you may be wondering, didn’t she learn enough last time when her naughty pictures were leaked all over the internet?
 KAILASH KHER tells JYOTHI VENKATESH there is no longer the need for mautajgiri for singers and actors as far as films are concerned
 This playback singer does not need any introduction. His magical melodious voice takes everyone in trance. Nothing succeeds like success, then be it Kajra Re, Jash-E-Bahara or Guzzarish he has proved he is here to stay. Winning IFFA and Radio Mirchi awards for the best playback singing says it all for this ultra-talented singer. Javed Ali in an interview talks about his experience so far and of course, about his latest achievements IFFA and Radio Mirchi award.
 Yes we are talking about the upcoming flick of Imtiaz Ali- ‘Love Aaj Kal’. The songs of the movie have already topped the charts, now Pritam reveals one secret behind the success of the songs in the flick.
 Well the movie has all the dance moves, so the music was surely something to look forward to and well, we were surely left impressed!
 Salman Khan is one man who loves to be in the good books of everyone. Recently, he was invited to a music launch of the forthcoming film Shadow. The film is a suspense thriller directed by Rohit Nayyar.
 Producer Anjum Rizvi of A Wednesday fame is all set with his next venture Fast Forward. The film directed by debutant Zaigham Ali Syed is slated to release on August 21. Recently, the cast and crew of Fast Forward teamed up yet again for the film’s music launch.
 Bollywood has witnessed the success of many duo music-composers. Joining the bandwagon of Jatin-Lalit, Vishal-Shekhar, Nadeem-Shravan are the debutants Imraan-Vikram.
 Music Director Pritam is quite popular for often getting ‘inspired’ by musical notes and tunes. Nevertheless, Pritam being Pritam, does not mull-over too long in guilt over such trivial copyright issues, as the guy is blessed with a chronic case of forgetfulness!
Mithoon-Onir duo is all set to recreate the magic of music. After garnering loads of applauds for Tere Bin- from Bus Ek Pal, the director-music director duo did not do any more films together. But if sources are to be believed, Mithoon has taken a voluntary step to lend music to Onir’s next venture AFIA.
 Well, Mr Hudson’s PR agency contacted us today to share with us this cool video of his upcoming album Straight No Chaser due to release in October 5. We know no better way but to share with you folks. Here is one very beautiful video track from that, Supernova with Kanye West. Enjoy.
 By Joginder Tuteja
 Oh! Calcutta was a totally different idea a blend of creativity, nudity and dance, backed up by excellent choreography by Margo Sappington. It was a landmark on sexual revolution.
 First winner of Indian Idol, Abhijeet Sawant is all set for his new journey in the political world. The singer cum actor has joined the Shivsena party today in presence of Uddhav Thackeray.
 Indian hip-hop prince ishQ Bector is back with his new solo track– ‘Chal Be Shane’. The new track was released on Thursday, July 23.
 Jungle se aaya mera dost IshQ Bector has now really become shana. His task mantra is out to rock the hip-hoppers, and make plea for his second chance in Malaysian jungle.
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