Rap, rock and Abhijeet
Anu Malik uses them all in good measure in Baadshah, the latest Shah Rukh Khan starrer More
Oh oh it's from London!
Kamaal Khan's Suno To Diwana Dil shares the orchestral finesse of Disco Deewane, but perhaps not so much its teenage charm More
Style king's silver bash
Rajnikanth entered cinema 25 years ago, and his fans will enter the millennium with an album of his songs, besides other commemorative merchandise More
Dream girl, real boy Mast is about star craze. Sandeep Chowta makes light-hearted tunes, and is most comfortable with pop graces More
United we stand, united we sing!
Sooraj Barjatya, director of the wild hit Hum Aapke Hain Koun, is back with another multi-star drama, Hum Saath Saath Hain. 'Family values' rule not only on screen but in the songs as well More
A family ventures into Indipop
They sound a bit like the Colonial Cousins, but they're actually real brothers! Saavariya is the debut offering of a group called 3 Brothers and a Violin More
My anna and his violin Special!
Lalgudi Jayaraman, for many India's greatest living violinist, has just turned 70. His sister talks about their childhood, his quest for perfection, and his love of steamed beans More
Six songs for Ganesha
Balamurali the singer fails Balamurali the composer in his just-released Sarvasri More
Poetry from the PM's pen
An over-rich, '80s film style orchestra accompanies Atal Behari Vajpayee's poetry in Nayi Disha. It's mostly ruminations on life and death More
Satyajit Ray, legendary film director, also composed music. In his book Our Films Their Films he writes about the rigourous discipline it takes to achieve artistic expression, and admits to an admiration for Bombay's film music composers
