REVIEWS

Hari Puttar (Hindi)

Hari Prasad Dhoonda (Zain Khan) lives with his mom and his dad, works for the Defence Forces on a confidential project at a top-secret location.

INTERVIEW

‘I am getting better!’

He’s inarguably at the top. But from here, so far as Sonu Niigaam goes, the road goes just one...

INTERVIEW

‘I am a newcomer in Hindi films’

Vidyasagar hasn't worked on musically-rich films to help him get a hold in Hindi films.

INTERVIEW

Pitching it right

Mahendra Kapoor has just been conferred the Phalke Samman by the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy.

INTERVIEW

‘Our egos are hurt!’

Babul Supriyo is full of beans despite a chequered career.

REVIEW

Pranali-The Tradition (Hindi)

Pranali (Nargis as an adult) is a beautiful village girl who is initiated during teenage into the Devdasi tradition by a lusty head-priest.

INTERVIEW

Different strokes

She’s a singer with a difference. For singer Ritika Sahni, emotions and love are not just the basics of music but also of life.

INTERVIEW

Poetic pitch

Chatting up Ajay Jhingran, whose recent work also includes Sonu Niigaam’s Classically Mild and songs for Mission Ustaad on 9x

TUNING IN

Three Musketeers

Best known as the first trio in Hindi film music. Shankar -Ehsaan -Loy have had a terrific 2007 and just got busier... In a rare S-E-L joint interview, at Purple Haze Studio, they get talking to Screen

INTERVIEW

'Many of my filmmakers coming back to me'

After 2006 in which his efforts went unrewarded and 2007 spent on relentless hard work with no releases to show, Anu Malik is on a comeback trail in 2008. “I want 2008 to once again be the year of Anu Malik,” says the man, candid and voluble as always

BEYOND THE FRONTIERS

In the fifteen years that he has been around, he has turned trends on their heads and reset music parameters. This year, A.R.Rahman has achieved the rare distinctions of winning both the Best Music and Best Background Music trophies for Guru and also opening an unique Music Conservatory in Chennai. In an informal chat, the elusive composer talks of - what else? - his music