Special Reports
To Rahman Sir with Love
MUMBAI: Musicians who work with him call him 'Rahman Sir' and technicians in his studio refer to him as 'Boss'...
Terror ripples in Music Industry
Pakistan's alleged involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks has given rise to conflicting opinion's about Pakistani artistes who have been...
The reality behind music talent shows
MUMBAI: The ripple that started in 2005 has become a flood now, and shows no sign of abating. Year after...
‘Silenced’ Bangalore reverts to sleepy town image
Bangalore seems to be doing immense justice to its reputation of sleepy town. For many months now, the city has...
Going for a song
The rules of the music rights game in the Hindi film industry are changing at light speed. When music wizard...
Multi-composer films – Making light work, or spoiling the broth?
In November 2007, Anees Bazmee's Welcome kicked in a new trend in Hindi film music. No longer do multi star...
The surefire success formula
The trend started with Kailash Kher's soulful rendition of Allah ke Bande, followed by Rahat's heart tugging Lagi man ki...
World Music Day- A time to Celebrate
World Music Day, coinciding with the summer solstice on 21 June every year, is supposed to celebrate non-western popular forms...
RJs: The GenX agony aunts
If you have a confession to make and are feeling guilty about it, you have an easy option now -...
Pop goes the music video
In the beginning of the cable TV era in the country, was the pop music video that caught the fancy...
