Penaz’s back!
When Penaz Masani decided to go pop, her decision raised many an eyebrow. How could a ghazal singer get into something as frivolous as pop, asked the staunch, orthodox followers of music, and some dismissed her album even before it was released. What they didn’t understand was everyone wants to reach out to the maximum people, and Penaz too wanted to expand her horizon.
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MTV ad raises a stink
“In the world of advertising each ad is targeted at certain group of consumers. As long as it can catch the fancy of that target group, others don’t make a difference to the creative team or the company for that matter. If the ad appeals to the target audience then it is successful," says the ad man and theatre personality Bharat Dhabolkar, when questioned about the whimsical and very childish Fart ad of MTV.Cont...

Queen of thumri
Girija Devi, the living legend in Indian classical vocal music, was recently in Calcutta, on her way to the US for a month-long tour. She offered some insights into her life, her music, her values. After nearly five decades in music, Girija Devi today, is one of the two most respected and widely known exponents of thumri, the light classical form of Hindustani music, the other being Shobha Gurtu. Cont...