GENERAL DISCUSSION TOPIC OF SHREYA

I wonder what Shreya is doing now hope we get to see her on TV or in concert soon

Shreya looks so cute

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VICKEY LALWANI

Himesh Reshammiya believes in having his cake and eating it too. He will soon sign up for a music reality show where he will compete with prominent Bollywood singers such as Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal, Shankar Mahadevan, Mohit Chauhan and Mika. And hold your breath. Himesh has apparently demanded a whopping Rs 8 crore to shoot for only 20 days. Himesh had made it clear to the channel that he wouldn’t be part of the reality show for anything less than the aforementioned amount.
A friend of Himesh says, “Himesh had to switch the channel he had been working with over the years just to be part of this new show. Naturally, he clearly laid down his terms and conditions.”
The channel didn’t think twice before agreeing to his demands, “Himesh is an entertainer and the channel is heavily banking on him and this show to get more eyeballs over the weekends,” adds the friend.
The show is expected to launch in December. It was earlier titled Music Premiere League but will now have a different title.
Anupma Mandloi, content head of the channel and Himesh remained unavailable for comment.

wow Shreya is coming to a reality show it should be good

Shreya is the sixth captain on Maha Mukbla

Friday, November 20, 2009, 11:07 [IST]

Yes we are talking about the new reality show, Music Ka Maha Mukbla which will soon roll out on Star Plus. Today in a press conference only 5 captains were introduced which includes Himesh Reshammiya, Shaan, Mika, Mohit Chauhan and Shankar Mahadevan.


Buzz up!“The channel and production house has decided to reveal the sixth captain in the first episode of the show which will be going on air in mid December. Also channel is planning to get Shreya Ghoshal on the bench,” chirps the source.


They are still in talking terms with the singer. “Yes things are still in the process with regards to Shreya thus they haven’t finalized on any names. Shreya is a good and a known singer who is loved by all age group. They are trying hard to get her on the board but nothing can be said as of now,” adds the source.

When asked of when is the show going on air our source replied, “Its going to be somewhere in the mid December and will be given a prime slot. Though it is yet to be decided of whether it will be a weekend or a weekday’s slot.” Lets wait and watch of whether Shreya gets her share in the show or some else takes the cake.

Star Plus to air Musical Maha Muquabla in December

Posted On: 22-Nov-2009 13:30:31 By: Anant Paliwal

Star Plus is now going to pull up his shocks on the music shows too.It is going to launch the reality musical show titled 'Maha Muqabla' to woo the audiences and take a fight from Zee TV who is alredy airing its show ' Mega Challenge'. Viewvers are going to see a lot of programmes based on music from next month. The 'Maha Muquabla' is going to air from next month.

The show is having said to be a unique format where six well know singers from the industry will have their own teams and they will be named as captains, all these singers or composers will have already heard voices in their teams which will compete with each other, further like other reality shows there will be surely a twist in the tale.

Shankar Mahadevan, Himesh Reshammiya, Shaan, Mika Singh and Mohit Chahuan are going to represent different states with their team which contains three singers of different reality shows. The sixth member of the captain panel will be exposed in the first episode with his team. However, it is said that National award winner singer Shreya Ghoshal will join this all male captain’s panel as a sixth captain.

Every week there will be competition between two teams and it is not only contestants who will have to perform in the show but also captains depending on the nature of the competition. Further the show will also add one more team mate in their team by conducting nation wide auditions, captains for all team will go to respective cities and select one new voice that will get a chance to perform in the show.

Various teams of the his Music Ka Mahamuqabla includes teams like Himesh’s Warrior,Mika’s Blasters ,Mohit’s Fighters,Shaan’s Strikers,Shankar’s Rockstars ,the show is hosted by Ayushman Khurrana and it is expected to start next month on weekend slots.It includes singers like Debojit Saha, Harshit Saxena, Amey Date, Toshi-Sharib, Swapnil Bandokar, Raja Hasan, Himani Kapoor, Aishwarya Majumdar, Vineet Singh and many others.

that is great thanx

Cerebral Melody

Screen chats up with Shantanu Moitra, Swanand Kirkire and director Rajkumar Hirani on how the thematic score of 3 Idiots was conceived
The vibe we got after hearing the 3 Idiots album is that unlike with Anu Malik’s Munnabhai MBBS and Shantanu’s Lage Raho Munnabhai this time the score has been created strictly for the subject without any thought for commercial prospects.
Rajkumar Hirani: I have known two kinds of songs - those that are attached to the scripts and others that may or may not be melodious but are detached from the film. I like a song to be of the former kind with popular appeal - a song cannot have a life in isolation. There are songs today that are designed for promos and have hooks and beats - and it is perceived that such songs work best, but we - my music team and I - disagree. I would rather make a good song that sticks to a story.
Shantanu Moitra: I think that everyone does create songs from the memorability point of view - that’s part of your system as a film composer and does not really need any extra effort. Now whether it translates into what we aim at depends on several factors. To some extent, I agree with your vibe if it’s the case of a song like Jaane nahin denge tujhe. Having said that, I also did not worry about popular endorsement in a song that was absolutely needed like Bande mein tha dum in Lage Raho Munnabhai.
Swanand Kirkire: The director’s virtue is very important. We create only according to his sensitivity, and the reason why we could make such music was because Raju was so clear about what he wanted.

Still, how did the process of song creation go?
Shantanu: If the story does not move or there are no new shades coming in, our work will reflect that. Raju, however, works on the music even as the script is being developed. Jaise jaise script banti gayi, the songs kept coming. In the beginning, Abhijat Joshi and Raju when writing the script wanted a song to set a mood, so I composed Give me some sunshine where the English lines are written by me. It just came as I was strumming away on the guitar, just as I would make songs in college.
Swanand: We never suggested specific situations, but we brainstormed together. For example the lines Murgi kya jaane ande ka kya hoga/Life milegi ya tawe pe fry hoga came because I told Raju about a post on Facebook that showed an egg looking at an omlette and saying, “Is that you, brother?” There is a philosophy there, So it was about poetic interpretation in a different angle. And I must say that songs like All is well or even Jaane nahin denge are not just situational alone - they will be remembered on their own steam as well. So according to me it is a great situation that creates great poetic expression and great melody, unless of course there is a personal angle, as was the case with Bawra man in Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi.
Shantanu: I recently attended a school reunion and as we went down memory lane on that day we realised that some of the most memorable lines were spoken in a college canteen by teenagers in rubber chappals who were no Karl Marx-es! Some of those casual statements were so profound ki bees saal ke baad bomb phat-ta hai! When I watch a film today, I get a shade apprehensive - do I watch a song that is stuck to it by some glue or has it been woven into the story? A song must be a part of a storytelling process. And the ‘thought’ is paramount.
Swanand: So the songs just kept happening, saath saath, and it’s not possible to pinpoint where the tune came first and where the words did.

Behti hawa sa tha woh is a giveaway of sorts to the plot.
Shantanu(Laughs): After he heard the song, Vinod Chopra called up Aamir Khan and mischievously told him, “Aamir, this is the song that will be played during your funeral on television channels!” But jokes apart, I must say that this is the most simple, uncomplicated score that I have ever done and quite unconsciously at that.
Swanand: That’s true for me too. My lyrics are straight from the heart and there is no ornamentation. It is important to crack the sound for any film, once that’s done, it’s simple. Like Parineeta needed a romantic lyricism.
Shantanu: Even for the background score, I have used a symphonic feel with strings and wind instruments. If you ask me “Why?”, I’d say that the nature of this film seemd to point towards this. I had taken a similar approach in Khoya Khoya Chand but that was a subject in which I had to do it. But I was waiting for a contemporary subject where I could use this approach.

It’s time to talk about your internal tuning, with reference to this film as well.
Swanand: All is well was a case in point. I kept writing without any concern for metres. And Shantanu was clear that good lines that were right for the film could not be rejected just because they were not fitting into the metre. He did not want to be selfish. So he tweaked the song, and used those words like a kafiya.
Shantanu: But that’s what I am supposed to do - that’s my craft as a composer. Otherwise why should I be in films? The question is no longer about whether Swanand writes to my metre or I tune his words. By now we have an unseen metre because of our comfort level - things just fall into place. We only had some problems during Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, during which time we were discovering each other! In film music, so many great lyrics probably have have been sacrificed because they did not fit a tune.
Swanand: And vice-versa. So we were working on individual planes that miraculously came together.

What do you guys think of music today and the way they are used nowadays?
Shantanu: I think that things have changed since the ‘90s and any change takes time to stabilise. For me, it is essential how a song is mounted and used.
Swanand: There is a demand today for a “hit” song. Except as a revenue model, we don’t understand such a concept. How can you make a “hit” song? Music is a subjective thing, but what is the filmmaker’s intention? A director must love music to excel in it, especially in our country.
Shantanu: Music should be taken seriously at all levels. That’s how the great songs of yesteryear were created. One must treat music as an intrinsic part of a film. The first step is the story that gives birth to the need for a song at specific points. Then you put in a cauldron of the script, mahoul and so on. Film music needs to be a serious subject at film institutes, with a syllabus and training course as serious and cerebrally-conceived as those for cinematography and film editing. In film music, samajhna zaroori hai - it’s not just about how much you know music itself.
Swanand: A great song, as I said, comes from a great brief. When it’s an album there is usually a brief on the theme too, or the brief can come from within you. We need a film for a film song. A song cannot be made just because I have a pen in my hand and Shantanu has a guitar. You cannot also make a song with labels like Sufi and Hip-Hop.

As a director, what do you have to say to this? And like your idol Hrishikesh Mukherjee, do you look at songs as a necessary evil in Hindi films?
Rajkumar (Smiles): In a way, I do! But I have grown up like every Indian on songs in films. Foreigners are still flabbergasted by the way we use our songs, but for us it is a very acceptable art form. I have always had five songs in each of my films, but I have used them in such a way that it looked as if I had more. Situations are the key. The Aal izz well (All is well) theory says, “Don’t get scared. Face up to the problems life gives you.” That’s the message in the film. I believe in songs that make a difference to a film, so much so that you cannot remove a single song without making the film look incomplete. Even Zooby dooby, on the face of it a romantic number with a retro feel, is taking the story forward.

Did you advise Shantanu and Swanand to read Five Point Someone, the book on which 3 Idiots is based?
Rajkumar: No, because as I started writing the script, I realised that the book was too anecdotal, whereas a film requires a plot and so I changed the story almost completely. But at the same time Shantanu and Swanand were with me all through. Shantanu’s a seasoned intrepid trekker and he even scouted locations for us – which music director would do that? They were always here in this room, Shantanu and Swanand, even when no song was being discussed, working with Vinodji, Abhijat and me.
Yes, I did keep in mind the kind of lyrics I wanted - there was no room here for ghazals, for example. The language was important as the characters were students. How would a student feel in the first flush of love? Instead of going the filmi way, which would have been out of place for our characters, we managed to have our cake and eat it too by spoofing Hindi cinema and keeping our sensibilities intact by using the line Jaise filmon mein hota hai, ho rahaa hai hu-ba-hu in the Zooby dooby song.

Sonu Niigaam and Shreya Ghoshal are your main singers. Have you followed the classic one-singer-for- an-actor formula?
Rajkumar: Not really.
Shantanu: But since you mentioned them, let me tell you that one quirk we three have that drives Sonuji and Shreyaji up the wall - we keep changing things in a song all the time, even recalling singers after recordings. For Pal pal in Parineeta we ended up calling them four times into the studios, and Sonu joked and asked if something was wrong because we had only recalled them once here after the first recording. But with Zooby dooby, the figure finally did reach four!!

CM inaugurates Lucknow Mahotsava
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LUCKNOW: The 10-day long annual Lucknow Mahotsava got underway here on Wednesday. Organised jointly by the Lucknow district administration and state

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tourism department, the Mahotsava was inaugurated by chief minister Mayawati. After inaugurating the festival, Mayawati said the Mahotsava will showcase the rich culture and heritage of Lucknow and its history. Further, she hoped that, the changing face and modern identity of Lucknow will also be on display for visitors.

Later, citing the chief minister, a media release issued by the information and public relations department said: "Unhone vishwas vyakt kiya ki Mahotsava, apne vibhin saanskritik kaaryakramon ke madhyam se logon ka manoranjan karne ke saath hi Avadh ki nayaab tehzib se parichit karane me bhi mahatvapoorna bhoomika nibhayega." (The chief minister has expressed hope that besides entertaining people through various cultural programmes, the mahotsava will acquaint people with the unique tradition of Avadh).

The inauguration began with a welcome address by commissioner, Lucknow division, Prashant Trivedi who gave a brief about the theme of the festival. This was followed by formal lighting of the lamp ceremony and release of `Urmila' - the Lucknow Mahotsava souvenir. After a brief address by the chief minister, a performance by Prince dance group enthralled the audience. Next, famous Odissi dancer Dona Ganguly and her group presented a dance performance.

Officials at the Lucknow Mahotsava Committee informed that more than 24 types of swings - a large number of them are of new varieties - are sure to draw people. For a change, Lucknow Mahotsava will have useful information for farmers as well. A separate corner has been planned to give information on advances made in the field of agriculture.

As per the Mahotsava calender, dancer duo Nalini-Kamalini will be the attraction on second day of the Mahotsava. Programmes by MA musical entertainment group performance, singer KK and dance ballet on Mahatma Budha will also mark the day.

Bollywood singer Shreya Ghoshal will enthral Lucknowites with her mellifluous voice on Friday. The evening will also see a performance by local artists. On Saturday, comedy programmes by local artists are lined up. Programme by Rashtriya Kathak Sansthan, kavi sammelan, dance drama -- Budha Charitram -- are scheduled for Sunday.

More attractions in store include singer Abhijit Bhattacharya on November 30, performance by Wadali Brothers on December 1 and live performance by singer Shaan on December 2. On December 4, a traditional Mushaira will be held. The closing ceremony on December 5 will see famous singer Sunidhi Chauhan regaling the audience with her chartbursting numbers.

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Playback singer Shreya Ghoshal regaled the audience at the Lucknow Mahotsav on Friday evening. This was the third time she performed at the fair in the State capital. She belted out all her popular numbers from Bairi piya to Jaadu and from Teri ore to the latest Shukran Allah.

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Shreya Ghoshal performs at 'Aditya Birla Sangeet Kala Kendra awards 2009' at Tata Theatre, NCPA, Mumbai. (BCCL/Pradeep Paliwal)
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Do what's right

“How inclusive is our education system?” was the topic of the panel discussion organised by CRY as a part of their on-ground events in the city

By Tapasya Mitra Mazumder
Posted On Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 02:50:41 PM

Child Rights and You (CRY) recently organised a series of on-ground events to motivate the public to participate in asking the government to make amends in the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009, by signing a charter.

The events included a mime, theatre and puppetry performance by a network of theatre groups called Theatre Forum for Child Rights, which highlighted issues surrounding the right to education.
There was also a photography contest-cum-exhibition organised by Jadavpur University Photographic Club and CRY which was an appeal to the public to get themselves involved in highlighting the status of children in the backdrop of education system in India with the theme “Is education really for all?” Dancer Alokananda Ray graced the occasion with her presence.

“How inclusive is our education system?” was the topic of the panel discussion organised by CRY as a part of their on-ground events in the city on November 21 at Rotary Sadan. The panelists comprised professors Amiya Bagchi, Prasanta Ray, Mrinmoy Bhattacharya, Dr Ruma Chatterjee and Satarupa Sanyal.
The panel discussion began with a screening of Mera Bhi to Adhikar Haye, a video song with lyrics by Javed Akhtar, music by Aadesh Shrivastava and playback by Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghosal, Shaan, Udit Narayan along with many others. The video, which also had chorus by children, voiced their rights to education, right to live free and the right to a child labour-free nation.

In his welcome address Dipankar Mazumder, director of CRY questioned, “Why should the children pay for something which is free? They do not voice their opinion and hence remain blatantly ignored. We at CRY are addressing their issues and bringing out their voices in the form of this charter which shall be given to the President of India in the form of a symbolic book.”
Chief guest of the discussion Dr Mahendra Pal Singh, vice-chancellor, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences in his keynote address discussed about having faced a similar situation of less schools and insufficient teachers in his childhood. He stressed on the equal right to education for all and not just the handpicked few. He said, “There is a greater need to implement directive principles because only then will the fundamental rights gain a foreground.”
There was a screening of an audiovisual clip by volunteers of CRY which spoke about a child rights to education, to aspiration and his right to carve his own niche.

The panelists in the discussion mainly addressed issues of inadequate action taken by the government to aid in education. Issues of improper schools, unqualified teachers and unnecessary high incentive schools were also highlighted. The concept of neighborhood schools gained a high ground terming the Education Act 2009 as inadequate in terms to secure a child’s education rights. The fact that such a less percentage of the GDP of the nation was dedicated to children’s education was also highly accentuated.

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Shreya Ghoshal Gets Live on Beach

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Solidarity meet against terror
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New Delhi, Nov. 28: The Union home ministry will organise a meeting at India Gate tomorrow to remember those who died in the 26/11 attack and “to express the nation’s solidarity against terror”.

The hour-long event, titled A Nation In Solidarity Against Terror, will be telecast live on television from 5pm.

Actors Shah Rukh Khan and Nandita Das, lyricist Javed Akhtar, tennis star Sania Mirza and Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra will attend the event. Singers Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shankar Mahadevan and Shreya Ghoshal, filmmaker Feroz Abbas Khan and journalist Shekhar Gupta will also grace the event.

“November 29 is symbolic, since it was the day when the siege in Mumbai last year ended,” a home ministry release said today.

Home minister P. Chidambaram has said in the past that India has been the target of attacks sponsored by external terrorist organisations.

Through this event, Chidambaram wants to convey the message that India has the capacity and courage to combat such threats in the future, the release said.

The terror attacks were meant to weaken the resolve of the country and challenge its capacity to remain a peaceful and democratic nation, the ministry statement said.

“The event has a simple message: Terror has no religion. Our solidarity, courage and resoluteness are the answer to the threat of terror,” the release added.

Senior home ministry officials were today told Chidambaram wanted police officer of the rank of inspector-general and above to be present at the event in civil dress.