Nida Fazli -- The Tarkieb of good poetry

Since the last year or two, Nida Fazli has been increasingly in the news on merit. He won the Sahitya Akademi award for Literature for 1998, penned the Sarfarosh chartbuster Hoshwalon ko khabar kya in 1999.

ARYANS
The new melody makers

After their first hit Aankhon mein, the Aryans are back with their second album Yeh Hawa Kehti Hai Kya. Though the trio of Jai, Sadu and DJ sport a very western look, their music has an Indian flavour.

Reviews

HAR DIL JO PYAR KAREGA
T-Series, Rs. 55
With Anu Malik in great form, every music score of his is looked forward to with great expectations. His music for this film may not be counted among his exceptional scores but it has its moments. Though Anu isn’t in his elements here he comes up with easy-on-the-ears compositions.

Forgetting Laxmikant-Pyarelal

I am touched. A company which did not market a single album of theirs and consequently did not earn a penny from their work - Sony Music - brought out a lovely concert-based compilation under the moving title - I Remember Laxmikant - By Pyarelal.

Kamaal Khan sings for Hrithik Roshan

The O o jaane jaana singer Kamaal Khan recently recorded a song for the current heart-throb Hrithik Roshan for Pantaloon’s Na Tum Jaano Na Hum.

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Fast Forward

Rock solid
Musical Theatre has over the last few decades occupied centre stage and often enough seen as the longest running live act across the world.

Snap shot

Aditya Sounds launched with Tere Liye
A new music company Aditya Sounds was launched with the release of the music of the film Tere Liye, on June 16, at a grand function, in Mumbai.