Sultan, Mohanjo Daro, and Pankaj Nihalani... Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us!
After conquering the hearts and minds of teenagers across America, Sanjaya Malakar of American Idol fame has turned his brilliant smile to India.
Originality and individual talent are at stake in this Tamil album. Premji Amaran will have to learn to stand on his own feet to become a successful composer.
Ritika Kochhar finds out how Indian miniatures, which were once buried in manuscripts, ended up drawing collectors the world over.
The spark Deepak showed in Malayalam is more or less missing in his Tamil debut.
Overall Black & White works forgettably, like the just-mentioned Jagjit Singh song: it makes you seek succour in Karz or Taal.
Sanjaya Malakar has a prominent role in the playm Freckleface Strawberry.
Yugendran is able to bring out feelings and emotions in his compositions. What is lacking though, is variety, originality and individuality of style.
The soundtrack of Bhool Bhulaiyaa, with a winner title ditty and other silvery moments, is truly enjoyable.
Every major awards ceremony in the West this year has seen celebrities talk about diversity, inclusion and politics, sometimes even mentioning US President Donald Trump and his policies by name.
Thillalangadi goes through its fair share of ups and downs and differing musical treatment, due to the fact that it features work by two composers.
Harnoor Channi-Tiwary weighs in on some unusual ways to celebrate Father's Day on June 20.
Pritam gives good music in this Priyadarshan comedy.
KK discusses his top songs with Rajul Hegde/ Rediff.com, and even sings some of them!
Barring the very heavy western feel, this Tamil album does have something going for it.
Some of the songs may yet work because of the film itself, but this is a very poor album.
Considering the romantic genre of the film, the composers have gone all out to produce heart-wrenching numbers with familiar tunes and a potpourri of oft-heard songs. Some of them are pleasing while others aren't. The overall effect strikes you as quite average.
'Our country has enough talent, writers and composers to create music.' 'The previous generation did their job and went.' 'I think we need to leave behind some things.'
Four summers ago when I spoke to Abbas Tyrewala -- the prolific writer of Munnabhai MBBS, Maqbool and Main Hoon Na, he appeared rather reluctant to direct a movie.
Dasavatharam is a good album. But one wonders about the possibilities for such an over-hyped film, starring Kamal Haasan. If only the music was composed by stalwarts like A R Rahman, Vidyasagar, Harris Jairaj, Vishal Bhardwaj or even youngsters like Yuvan Shankar Raja or G V Prakash, who are familiar with the Tamil ethos.
After playing a traditional bahu, telly star Sampada Vaze will transform into a trendy host!
Musicians may come and go but some live on forever. Ilaiyaraja is one of them.
Music director Pritam gives some good numbers and some outdated number in his new album.
This remake of the same name directed by Jeevan of Kaakha Kaakha and Thiruttu Payale fame fails to match up to the musical brilliance of the original.
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