Shailendra Singh
Udit Narayan, Anu Malik,Shailendra Singh, Mayuresh Pai, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy remember Pankaj Udhas
There was much more to Pankaj Udhas than the Ghazals and Chitthi ayee hai. One of the three singing brothers(the other two being Manhar and Nirmal) Pankaj Udhas sang lilting numbers like Teri Aashiqui meri zindagi hai in Ghaat and Kitaben bahot si padhi hogi tumne in Baazigar for composer Anu Malik. Says Malik, “I am saddened,shocked,anguished.The world has not only lost a great singer BUT a greater human being.We worked together on some songs .He had a terrific sense of poetry. He was always jovial and very witty.He always smiled.Spoke very sweetly.” Apparently Pan | Click Here...
Singers Udit Narayan & Shailendra Singh On Raam Laxman
Music composer Raam lLaxman was much-loved by all the singers who sang for him. Udit Narayan has the fondest words for the deceased composer. “He was a very talented man . And so much fun to be with! Songs were such chart busters. I think the first song I sang for him was a fun song in film called I Love You in 1992. The same year I sang a lovely duet for Raamlaxman with Lataji: Ruk bhi jao jaan-e-jaana. I think this was the first time I had the honour of singing with Lataji. I was not a part of Raamlaxman’s biggest films Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aaapke Hain Koun si | Click Here...
The rumour that I had a heart attack and died killed my career: Shailendra Singh
Main shayar to nahin in Bobby gave birth to two stars. Rishi Kapoor who lip-synced this timeless song, and Shailendra Sing who actually sang the tune to eternal fame. Singh, now 67, living alone in blissful isolation, blames his own poor networking abilities to his short-lived stardom. “I don’t speak about my past glory and when my friend Chintu (Rishi Kapoor) passed away I saw that wonderful phase in my life when we both dazzled the world come to a closure,” says the affable singer when I coax him into an interview. “I met him after he returned from his tre | Click Here...
How EDM became young India’s poison of choice
For the uninitiated, Electronic Dance Music, which is more popularly known as EDM, is a compilation of genres like Trance, House, Drum and Bass, and Dubstep. The electronic tracks are created on computers by making use of sound samples, mixing programs and synthesizers. There are only a handful EDM artistes that are dominating the scene and have found a global fan base. This is probably because EDM is a 360-degree music experience in the manner that it’s not just the DJ’s skill in patching and layering sounds that the audience hasn’t heard before. Since the DJ’s have to take | Click Here...