Raga Symphony - A Classical Extravaganza launched
Raga Symphony - A Classical Extravaganza, produced by Times Music and composed by Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj and his son Shaarangdev Pandit was launched in Mumbai recently. The event was organised by Sangit Kala Kendra and Kiran V Shantaram, Rajashree Birla, Madhura Jasraj, Durga Jasraj, ex-cricketer Kiran More, Anup Jalota, Devaki Pandit, Niladri Kumar and Satish Vyas were present.
T-Series news Injunction against TV channel
T-Series (Super Cassettes Industries) has moved the Delhi High Court against Information TV Pvt. Ltd. , which runs and operates in the name of India News Channel. A notice was sent to India News Channel to stop using T-Series songs and copyright works for programming their contents.
However, when India News Channel did not take license and continued to use T-Series copyright works and infringed their copyright, T-Series was left with no option but to move the court. HMJ Shiv Narayan Dhingra of the Delhi High Court heard the arguments at length and issued notice to India News Channel and also granted an interim injunction restraining India News Channel from broadcasting and telecasting T Series contents in any manner till July 21, 2009. Praveen, Jagdish Sagar, Lawrence and K.K.Khetan represented T Series.
Audio rights of Maruti Mera Dosst acquired
T Series has acquired the audio rights of the children’s film Maruti Mera Dosst. The film is all about Maruti (Lord Hanuman) fighting the evil forces that are trying to harm Rameshwari, a very pretty and innocent eight year old girl.
Produced by Contiloe Pictures Private Ltd and starring Chandrachud Singh, Ritika Shrivastava, Erik A. Nanda, Sushmita Mukherji Bundela, Murli Sharma, Vindu Dara Singh and Shahbazz Khan, the film has music by Kartik Shah. Hariharan, Kailash Kher, KK,Shreya Ghoshal and Chandrachud Singh are the other singers.
Music documentary premiered
The Iron Maiden film Flight 666 will have its UK Premiere on April 20 with members of the band and crew in attendance. On April 21, will see the film simultaneously launched on over 450 screens in 41 countries in 2K digital and 5.1 surround sound, distributed by Arts Alliance Media, in association with Phantom Music Management and EMI Records.
Flight 666 is a full-length documentary film and follows on from Iron Maiden being crowned Best British Live Act at the Brit Awards 2009. The film was shot as the band embarked on the first leg of their momentous Somewhere Back In Time World Tour in February and March 2008, considered to be the most ambitious and adventurous tour in rock history.
The film is a revealing portrait of one of the world’s most successful rock bands and an inspirational and often humorous account of the chaotic world of a band on tour around the stadiums of the world.
The film has recently won the 24 Beats Per Second award for Best Music Documentary at the prestigious SXSW Film & Music Festival in Texas. It is a Banger Films, Phantom Music Management and EMI Music production in association with Arts Alliance Media.
Kamal Sabri’s Sarangi Funk
Sarangi exponent Kamal Sabri, son of sarangi legend Ustad Sabri Khan, has come up with his album Sarangi Funk on Music Today. The album is a bold and innovative attempt to exhibit an untapped aspect of the sarangi with a mix of jazz, folk and Western.
The sarangi has the rare versatility of suiting diverse musical forms like dhrupad, dhamar, khayal,thumri, dadra, kajri, chaiti, tappa, titivat, tarana, bhajan, ghazal, light and heavy classical and folk and film songs and lately has even dared to venture into jazz, contemporary and new-age music.
The myth that it is associated only with a sad mood persists despite this and Kamal Sabri has attempted to break it. Kamal hails from the Senia gharana (of Rampur) of Moradabad and was initiated into the sarangi from the age of five by his father.
