The changing notes of Hey! Ram

Kamal Haasan’s ambitious period piece Hey! Ram has been in the news ever since its inception. The film was talked about for its controversial theme, for its multi-star-cast, and for its music.

Making music for the millennium

1999 belonged to him, with hit songs in Biwi No.1, Haseena Maan Jaayegi, Soldier (a late 1998 release), Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain, Baadshah and Jaanam Samjha Karo, whose audio broke current norms by selling very well despite the film’s failure.

The Composers’ Composers

In a fiercely competitive world, music directors do not - especially today - take pains to praise colleagues, or rivals as they are considered nowadays. At the same time, it is also true that each composer does hold specific composers in high esteem. Most of these are their seniors.

Reviews

MILLENNIUM’S BEST - VOL - 1
DANCE 2000
Tips, Rs. 55
Tips has come up with a bonanza for music buffs in the form of compilation albums under the category of millennium’s best. Vol. 1 which is titled Dance 2000, features the very best of dance numbers like Taal se taal (Taal)

Split Screen

What a joke!
Misinformation on the electronic medium particularly pertaining to cinema and music is like a rapidly spreading disease. On STAR News while doing an altogether admirable story on an Oriya film called Bishwaparakash the dusky correspondent safely commented,