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Sur, saaz and rockstar: When music is Bollywood’s muse

Music is an almost inseparable part of Indian films. And over the years, Bollywood has taken the association further by making it an integral part of its scripts through films like “Abhimaan”, “Sur”, “Rock On!!” – and the upcoming, much-awaited

New Bollywood hybrid music coming – Canadian composer

The fusion of Bollywood and Canadian music is set to create a new genre of music, according to famous Indo-Canadian music producer Vikas Kohli whose concert at the IIFA Awards here drew over 10,000 people. The award-winning composer, who produced

Britain biggest Bollywood music downloader abroad

New Delhi, Britain has become the top country to download Bollywood music abroad while A.R. Rahman has been declared the most downloaded Indian artist, according to a new research. Bollywood tracks have found particular favour with listeners in Britain, where

Bollywood tunes in to music bands

New Delhi, Move over albums and live shows. Bollywood is the newest platform for music bands to belt out their best. Be it Kailasa or Midival Punditz, they have been roped in to create film music that is “different” and

Bollywood takes liberty with Sufi music: Hans Raj Hans

New Delhi, In the fields of Punjab where he grew up, farmers would sing Sufi songs – even his family sang. That is how popular singer Hans Raj Hans learnt his music. Today, he believes, Bollywood takes liberty with the

Indian-American to study Bollywood music’s effect on Mumbai youth

Washington, Tina Wadhwa, an Indian-American graduate of Columbia University, has bagged the prestigious Fulbright-mtvU scholarship to create a documentary exploring the impact and influence of Bollywood music on underprivileged youth in Mumbai. Wadhwa, who graduated in 2007 with a BA