Music composers Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, who are set to perform during the Delhi International Cultural Festival that will run in tandem with the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games, hope to lift with their performance the spirits of people miffed by the allegations of corruption surrounding the event.“On…

After working with Ranbir Kapoor in two films, director Siddharth Anand feels the young actor has the potential to follow in the footsteps of megastar Amitabh Bachchan as the “complete Hindi film hero”.“The day Ranbir does an action film and does it well, he…

Here’s a beauty queen with a difference. Like her peers, Miss India Worldwide Canada Amin Dhillon also wants to join Bollywood, but only as an item girl.Amin, 26, who is also a budding author, said she is “very keen on doing item numbers in…

A singer might be proficient at Sufi, rock, pop or jazz, but a music director can make him or her sing songs of every genre, feel composer duo Sajid-Wajid, who are set to judge Zee TV’s reality show “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar”.…

It was a carnival, no less as a laser show, a bevy of Bollywood stars, dancers donning elaborate feathered headdresses and furs, stilt-walkers and a mini parade float brought the curtain down on the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Sunday night.As…

Director-producer Ram Gopal Varma, whose films are mostly inspired by real life incidents, has started writing the script of his next film “God and Sex”, based on Swami Nityananda’s alleged sex scandal, which will take a hard look at the happenings in an ashram.“My…

After making her mark as MTV VJ, Anusha Dandekar has now launched an all-girl band, D Major, with sister Apiksha and Shibani.“When we were kids, we used to sing and dance and have lots of fun together. About four years ago, we thought about…

Oscar and Grammy-winning musician and composer A.R. Rahman is set to embark on a highly anticipated US tour in June to wow South Asian audiences in nine cities.Starting with a performance at the Nassau Coliseum in New York on June 11, the “A.R. Rahman…

He is the man behind the unforgettable lyrics “Dil cheez kya hai” from the 1981 classic “Umrao Jaan”. Urdu academician and poet Akhlaq Mohammed Khan ‘Shahryar’ has stayed away from film music for years and says he can never write for today’s songs as they…

After bringing to limelight unfulfilled desires of spirits in films like “Raaz” and “1920″, director Vikram Bhatt is back with his third horror outing “Shaapit”. Releasing Friday, it explores how a curse works through generations.Co-produced by Bhatt and Manmohan Singh, “Shaapit” is singer Udit…