Music of Antharathma does well

November 24th, 2009 Music maestro Ilaiyaraaja, who composed music for Pazhassi Raja, made his displeasure regarding the lyrics written by ONV very clear. According to music composer Ouseppachan, Ilaiyaraaja made those statements only because the music of the film has failed to do well.

November 23rd, 2009 Top music composer Ilaiyaraaja who has given the music for Pazhassi Raja, recently faced flak for it as audiences feel that this wasn’t the best of his work and was a major letdown, even though the songs are chart-scorchers. At the music launch of the Tamil version, the maestro stated that he felt the lyrics by ONV Kurup weren’t up to the mark, unlike the lyricist’s usual work.

November 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Singer Rihanna admits that she still misses her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown and loves listening to his music. The singer was left bruised in February this year after Brown attacked her in his car following a row that led to their break-up, but Rihanna has now revealed she can't escape the rapper's memories, reports thesun.co.uk.

November 10th, 2009 Director SD Aravind’s film, Jugari, had its music launch recently. The audio was released by SR Puttanna Kanagal’s wife Nagalakshmi, who felt that films need to keep being made in order to keep the olden times in mind.

November 7th, 2009 A music festival has been held to honour musician Philip V Francis, who passed away last year after he met with an accident. Inaugurated by music directors Ignatious and Benny, the three day festival has been organized in Thrissur by Piano.

October 16th, 2009 Director Om Saiprakash’s Devaru Kotta Thangi had its music launch recently. The event was organized in a different way by the director.

September 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Acclaimed playback singer Asha Bhonsle does not want to make any new albums of film songs as she says Bollywood music has lost its "soul". "Film songs do not make sense any more because the television channels in the country do not want to show anything else barring Bollywood music.

September 12th, 2009 Director duo Paramesh and Premkumar’s Jeeva had its music launch recently. K Manju released the music.

August 31st, 2009 Director Kiran Goyi was keen about the music of his second film, Sanchari. He wanted the music of the film to be completed before the shooting started.

August 14th, 2009 Director Yogaraj Bhat’s Manasaare had its music launch recently. The music of the film is by Mano Murthy.

August 13th, 2009 LONDON - Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman has joined hands with Britain's Middlesex University for a programme focussing on blending Asian and Western music.

July 24th, 2009 CHENNAI - Composer-singer duo Hariharan and Leslie Lewis, popularly known as 'Colonial Cousins', have composed music for Tamil film "Modhi Vilayadyu", and they interacted with music and cinema buffs at a mall here to promote their new venture. The two, who came out with the hit album "Colonial Cousins" in 1996, have now created the musical score for the film by director Saran.

July 23rd, 2009 After winning two Academy awards for his score in Slumdog Millionaire, music maestro A R Rahman has captured the world’s attention and has made India proud on the international platform. This Oscar-winning music composer is now expected to sign a multi-million dollar deal with Universal Music Publishing Group pretty soon, through which he aims to bring out his music to people across the world.

June 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - They give Bollywood music buffs their regular doses of sounds, melodies and beats that take not only the country but the world by storm. Recent example being the double Oscar for Indian music director A.R.

June 5th, 2009 LONDON - American singer Mandy Moore, who did not stick to formula singing, says her music is different from Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears. The Candy singer shot to fame at the same time as her pop rivals did, reported contactmusic.com.