Mumbai, June 24 (IANS) Bollywood stalwart singer and music composer Shankar Mahadevan, who is all set to bring his Bhakti music experience with Anandam, spoke about his association with devotional music. Reflecting on his love for devotional music, Mahadevan said in a statement: “I’ve been doing devotional concerts for many, many years now, almost for the last 30 years, I’m doing devotional concerts.”“And even if you see the basic fundamentals of Carnatic classical music, which is the …
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Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) It is more than four decades now that India’s noted pop-singer Usha Uthup first rendered the celebrated lines in her ode to Kolkata (then spelt Calcutta), calling the city “beautiful” despite the several challenges and obstacles that its residents have been facing through the times.The song mentions the city then hosting incessant political rallies and marches, hawkers blocking footpaths, frequent power cuts, environmental and traffic problems, handcarts and rickshaw…
Mumbai, May 14 (IANS) Veteran playback singer Usha Uthup has reacted to the ongoing controversy surrounding her rendition of the Arabic song ‘Didi’. Earlier, a social media user had shared a video of the singer’s live performance in which she can be heard singing a Bengali song inspired by ‘Didi’. The user alleged that the singer was taking shots at the recently dethroned Chief Minister of West Bengal.The user wrote on X, formerly Twitter, “In celebration of Didi leaving Bengal, Usha U…
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) Veteran actress Zeenat Aman, who is dubbed as the Queen of Instagram, has shared an anecdote from her iconic song ‘Dum Maro Dum’. On Monday, the actress took to her Instagram, and shared a clip of the song in which her character can be seen under the complete influence of marijuana.The actress also penned a long note in the caption, as she reminisced about the song, and shared that the song was originally meant to be sung by the Bharat Ratna awardee, Lata Mangeshkar, …
Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) Veteran singer Usha Uthup blended the English classic ‘500 Miles’ and ‘Jab Koi Baat Bigad Jaye’ from the film “Jurm”. Sharing a glimpse of what’s to come, the singer hinted at reviving a familiar emotion tied to distance, love and reassurance, promising a rendition that aims to reconnect audiences with a feeling they never truly lost.She took to Instagram, where she shared a glimpse of her singing the two tracks and wrote: “Tomorrow… we bring back a feel…
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Bollywood hunk Akshay Kumar recalled his mother-in-law Dimple Kapadia’s helpful warning for him as he was getting married to Twinkle Khanna.In his latest social media post, Akshay revealed that back in 2001, when he and Twinkle were getting married, Dimple told Akshay to be ready to laugh at the most weird situations, as it is something Twinkle does not shy away from doing.Now, after 25 years of being married to the ‘Mela’ actress, Akshay can say with some certainty that hi…