Film songs don’t make sense any more: Asha Bhonsle

September 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Jennifer Connelly believes that sex scenes are mostly uncomfortable, but insists they're nowhere near as bad as everyone make them out to be. She told Britain's Guardian newspaper: "Sex scenes are incredibly awkward, they're always uncomfortable.

September 18th, 2009 Priyanka-Hurman’s rashee crosses once again and they are back in Ashutosh Gowariker What’s your Rashee in spite of their last film 2050 LOVE STORY fell flat at the box office. “When I was young I use to read my horoscopes in newspaper.

September 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Queen of Bollywood playback music Asha Bhosle's songs are synonymous with the compositions of Rahul Dev Burman aka Pancham who gave her the maximum number of hits at the peak of her career. "I loved all his songs.

September 14th, 2009 LONDON - Late Beatle legend John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has revealed she barely knows the band's songs and only realised their music is "special" when she recently revisited their back catalogue. Avant-garde artist Ono met Lennon in 1966 at the height of the Fab Four's fame and was wed to the rock legend until his death in New York in 1980.

September 10th, 2009 Mast boy Aftab Shivdasani has come a long way in the industry. He is through with the roller coaster ride of ten years in the meanest industry.

September 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - From yesteryears' actresses Madhubala, Helen and Asha Parekh to the new-age heroines like Urmila Matondkar and Kareena Kapoor, are all bound by a common thread - the evergreen voice of Asha Bhosle, who turns 76 Tuesday. Considered one of the most versatile singers of all times, this Padma Vibhushan awardee has crooned more than 12,000 songs.

September 6th, 2009 AGRA - Oscar winner Resul Pookutty is an exception. Sound engineers take away rough edges from flat voices, add pauses and oomphs to songs, but hardly ever get credit for their work, rues Satish Gupta who gave his magical touch to hits like "Bheege honth tere", "Sandese aate hain" and "Kaho na pyaar hai".

August 22nd, 2009 MUMBAI - Apart from casting him as Ringmaster, a blend of rogue and angel with a touch of the supernatural, director Sujoy Ghosh has managed to make Sanjay Dutt sing a song for his film, but is now in a dilemma about where in the film he should place the item number. "'Alladin' is already complete.

August 20th, 2009 By Subhash K Jha Truthfully Ayesha Kapoor tells you she doesnt watch too many Bollywood movies and doesnt know any Hindi. So when for her second film Sikandar she had to speak in Hindi and Urdu, she found an easy way out.

August 14th, 2009 LONDON - American pop singer Kelly Clarkson is keen to find love with someone who isnt famous because it would help keep her grounded. "I dont know if I could go out with a celebrity.

June 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A number of fans and music enthusiasts celebrated the 70th birth anniversary of legendary Bollywood music composer R.D.Burman on Saturday in the national capital. Various performers, on this occasions, sang late R.D.

June 25th, 2009 Album: "Tere Bagair..."; Music Director: the late Madan Mohan; Lyricists: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Naqsh Lyallpuri, Rajinder Krishnan, Prem Dhawan, Indeevar; Singers: Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Talat Mahmood, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Balbir and Brij Bhushan Rating: *** 1/2 A rare treasure, a glimpse into the unseen, an unexplored world of legendary composer Madan Mohan, call it what you want. "Tere Bagair..." is a collection of 15 songs, all composed and recorded by the composer that remained unreleased until now.

June 20th, 2009 Film: "Yodha"; Cast: Darshan, Nikitha, Sreenivasa Murthy, Ashish Vidyarthi, Avinash, Sadhu Kokila, Lokanath, Padma Vasanthi; Director: Om Prakash Rao; Rating: **1/2 "Yodha" adds to the list of ever increasing remake films that are hitting the Kannada screen these days. A remake of Tamil film "Bose", "Yodha" has some interest and expectations among the audience mainly because of Darshan.

May 29th, 2009 MUMBAI - At least 34 years after Madan Mohan passed away, his son Sanjeev Kohli has put together a number of unsung compositions of the genius in an album "Tere Baghair". With the release of album on June 25, on the occasion of Madan Mohan's 85th death anniversary, the creator's unsung work will get a chance to get noticed decades after his demise.

May 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There was a time when folk songs were part and parcel of Bollywood films, but now popular rustic tunes seem to have gone missing from movies even though composers are experimenting with different genres far more than they used to. One still remembers the melodious Bhojpuri number 'Nain lad jayiye hai' from the 1961 film 'Ganga Jamuna' and other folk songs like 'Bichua' from 'Madhumati' (1958), 'Chalat musafir' in 'Teesri Kasam' (1969) 'Dil ka bhanwar' in 'Tere Ghar Ke Samne' (1963) and 'Ohre taal mile' from 'Anokhi Raat' (1968).