Sonu Nigaam composes song as tribute to Mumbai

November 14th, 2009 more images more imagesFilm: "3 Idiots"; Music Director: Shantanu Moitra; Lyricist: "Swanand Kirkire"; Singers: Sonu Nigam, Swanand Kirkire, Shaan, Shreya Ghosal, Shantanu Moitra and Suraj Jagan; Rating: *** It's a soundtrack that's sure to click. Shantanu Moitra, who had scored the music for Rajkumar Hirani's "Lage Raho Munnabhai", returns with "3 Idiots" and has churned out songs that are catchy, different and high on energy.

November 3rd, 2009 more images more imagesNEW DELHI - Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan recently joined the chorus for a special song as a tribute to the victims of the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai. "Sonu Nigam had asked me to participate in a song that he was doing for those whom we lost that fateful day.

October 19th, 2009 Film: "Kurbaan"; Music Directors: Salim Merchant-Sulaiman Merchant; Lyricist: Niranjan Iyengar; Singers: Sukhwinder Singh, Kailash Kher, Marianne D'Cruz Aiman, Salim Merchant, Vishal Dadlani, Sonu Niigaam, Shruti Pathak and Shreya Ghoshal; Rating: *** 1/2 Salim-Sulaiman have slowly emerged as creators of amazing and impressive music. With their next album for the movie "Kurbaan", which has Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan, they have proved their prowess yet again.

October 9th, 2009 MUMBAI - Singer Jermaine Jackson has fallen in love with Mumbai city and says he's planning a concert in his late brother Michael Jackson's memory here. "We'll do concerts in Michael's memory in various parts of the world, including Mumbai which is now one of my favourite cities," Jermaine, who's just had a taste of Mumbai and Bollywood and loved every bit of it, told IANS.

October 6th, 2009 Film: "Jail"; Music Directors: Shamir Tandon, Sharib Sabri and Toshi Sabri; Lyricists: Ajay Garg, A.M. Turaz, Sandeep Nath and Kumaar; Singers: Sonu Kakkar, Lata Mangeshkar, Sharib Sabri, Toshi Sabri and Neil Nitin Mukesh; Rating: *** After the success of "Fashion", Madhur Bhandarkar returns with "Jail", which stars Neil Nitin Mukesh and Mugdha Godse.

October 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - Singer Adnan Sami, who is collaborating with Jermaine Jackson for an album for T-Series, says his son Azaan was in a dilemma when the singer visited his house. "My son had a problem when Jermaine came home.

September 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - R.D. Burman's music continues to inspire today's filmmakers.

September 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - One of Bollywood's most talented playback singers Sonu Niigaam is hardly heard these days. He says that he has cut down his work because he doesn't want to sing sub-standard songs.

September 16th, 2009 MUMBAI - 'Gateway of India' in Mumbai came alive at night on Tuesday when the crew of the forthcoming Bollywood film 'Allah Ke Bande' descended upon the monument to shoot for a sufi song. The monument was abuzz with activity as the crew of the film set up equipment and arranged the props to shoot for a special song for the movie, sung by Sufi singer Kailash Kher.

September 15th, 2009 Ever since Main Aurr Mrs Khanna CDs have hit the stores, it's been selling like hot cakes. A source said, "What makes Main Aur Mrs Khanna unique is its variety.

September 13th, 2009 Film: "Blue"; Music Director: A.R. Rahman; Lyricists: Abbas Tyrewala, Mayur Puri and Raqeeb Alam; Singers: Kylie Minogue, Sonu Nigam, Sukhwinder Singh, Shreya Ghoshal, Vijay Prakash, Rashid Ali, Blaaze, Raqeeb Alam, Sonu Kakkar, Neha Kakkar, Jaspreet Singh, Udit Narayan and Madhushree; Ratings: *** 1/2 India's double Oscar winner A.R.

September 10th, 2009 Film: "Main Aurr Mrs Khanna"; Music Directors: Sajid-Wajid; Lyricists: Junaid Wasi, Suzanne D'Mello, Jalees Sherwani and Arun Bhairav; Singers: Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Suzanne D'Mello, Wajid, Sunidhi Chauhan, Raja Mushtaq, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Bappi Lahiri, Shaan and Neuman Pinto; Rating: ** 1/2 After "Wanted", composer duo Sajid-Wajid returns with the music of another Salman Khan starrer, "Main Aurr Mrs Khanna". The album cannot be considered a sure-shot hit but is decent in parts.

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.

July 30th, 2009 NEW YORK - Saying that internet is the future of entertainment, popular Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam has entered into a partnership with media and software company Cinsay to bring the star closer to his fans and consumers in the United States. "The Internet is clearly the future of entertainment, and I am very excited to be collaborating and working with such a progressive team as Cinsay," said Sonu Nigam announcing the partnership in New York City Tuesday.

June 19th, 2009 Film: "Short Kut - The Con Is On"; Music Directors: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy; Lyricist: Javed Akhtar; Singers: Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghosal, Javed Ali, Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik, Nikita Nigam, Kirti Sagathia and Hrishikesh Kamerkar; Ratings: **1/2 "Short Kut - The Con Is On" had everything going right for it - famous composers, best lyricist and talented singers like Alka Yagnik and Sonu Nigam going behind the mike. Yet the music of the film is not as interesting as one expected.