Music Albums 'Dard' is ready for release

New Music albums "Dard", this new kind of musical album with 8 songs  has been brought to music lovers by Masoom film company and lyricist by Mukesh Masoom &  music director is Aman Shalok. The videos of  album has been shot by video director Virendra Gupta. In the video of  song 'Mast Tere Joban par Mera dil bhi Lattatoo ho Gaya….." actress Seema  and Sirin will be seen doing a sexy dance with lyricist Mukesh Masoom. It's ready for release soon.

Saregama India Limited introduces Parwati Kumari with her latest album Barse Barse Naina 

Saregama India Limited launches its first Sufi album of the year 2008 Barse Barse Naina. Parwati Kumari, a Sufi enthusiast, has lent her zealous voice to the album. Parwati Kumari performed on some of her melodious tracks from the album making the entire evening a sheer bliss for the audience. The event saw Vishal & Shekhar, Loy Ehsaan and Vishal Bharadwaj encouraging the budding artist for her first individual album 

Saregama India Limited had come up with their extremely innovative Underground series album nationwide. Parwati Kumari is the first fortunate Underground Artist to get her dues in form of an album, projecting her talent and passion for Sufi music. Arre Logon, the track which was part of Mumbai Underground, had won the hearts of many ardent music lovers. Jogi Jogi Re the title track of the album Barse Barse Naina has Parwati emoting her feelings of love and sacrifices which one has to go through in life.  

The album is composed by Gaurav Issar who also happens to be a part of the Underground Series. His journey started with producing and composing title tracks for TV serials, jingles and background scores for films which led him to create the Sufi album ‘AWAKENING’ for singer Shubha Mudgal. The title track from Awakening was featured in the Buddha Bar VIII Series. 

Parwati Kumari started singing sufiana kalam at an age when she hardly knew what it meant. Under the tutelage of her gurus Shri Nizami Bandh and Shri Shardha Prasana Achera, she went on to become a five time state winner from the Delhi chapter of Sangam Kala group and also won the all India light vocal music competition organized by the Sangam Kala group. 

About Saregama: Saregama India Ltd, formerly known as 'The Gramophone Company of India Ltd., is a professionally managed entertainment company listed on the NSE and BSE. It is rapidly transforming into an entertainment company from being India's largest and best-known music company with a library of over 25000 hours of the best South Asian music. The Company has been intimately associated with the development of Indian music from the time the first recording was made on Indian soil. Saregama owns the largest music archives in India, one of the biggest in the world. It is now an emerging player in quality cinema, TV software, radio content, events and digital exploitation

Saru Maini's "Shake it Shake it" 

"Do what you Believe in and Believe in what you do. "

With a mantra like that, there's little need to reveal that Singer and Performer Saru Maini is brimming over with confidence .She dictates a typical  image of an indipop Singer and Performer . She looks ravishing and has a unique melodious voice. This is a singer who has the talent and capability to create a niche for herself. Saru is here to rock the indipop scene in a completely new look with her latest album "Shake it Shake it " to be released by T series .

Trained in classical and light classical music for several years, with her hard work and persistence  Saru has  made a name for herself and is all set to take it further with "Shake it Shake it" . To make her dream into a reality Saru has gone through a hectic routine of Riyaz,dance classes ,yoga and workouts .

Saru packs all the energy and punch of a Punjabi kudi with the elegance and grace of a seasoned model. She is now being revealed in her new makeover as a Singer –Performer -A Pop Diva. 

About The album- "Shake It  Shake it"  has  10 songs and the music has been composed by D J Sanj.It is primarily a dance Album and the music has a very international sound. Saru has also penned down for the first time the lyrics for two of the songs.The album is indeed close to her heart .

About the video The Video which has been directed by Shiraz Bhattacharya and Choreographed by Firoz Khan is high energy and Pacy and brings out the best of Saru as a Singer and a Performer/dancer.Saru makes her entry in a very cute Golden Electric Convertible REVA and Sings, Performs and Dances with a group of Youngsters at a Party set in the theme of 60's. Saru Says  "Lets Party hard ---But the Green way" .           

Usp of "Shake it Shake it" album : Saru has supported various social causes and continues to do so by associating herself with protecting the environment. "Global warming is something that is affecting and touching everybody's life today and hence I wanted to create an awareness through the platform of  "Shake it Shake it" " says Saru,She has supported the use of Electric cars, which will go a long way in improving and creating a pollution free environment, a better place to live in for our generations to come. 

About her previous albums: Saru has already made a name for herself in the Pop scene with the success of her album Ishq Hua where two of the videos for the album were shot in Morocco. The first video  "'Tenu Ishq Hua" was a fusion of Punjabi and Hindi with Sufi influence. The second video was lighter hearted with Saru tripping through the streets of Morocco, waking up a sleepy marketplace .  

Her third video Jhoom Jhoom which featured Rajeev Khandelwal was an instant hit. "Pop music is something I love because it allows me to express myself better than any other form of music".

Saru's Album Sutta Mixx which was also a big hit was conceived to help spread the message "DON'T SMOKE". Saru wanted this message to reach out to the masses.  

Saru  got her first break in Playback singing with  "Bhangara Paale" a duet with Sonu Nigam  in the movie "Anthony Kaun Hai " for which the music was composed by Himesh Reshammiya. 

Through  her song "Say No to Drugs" Saru created awareness against Drug abuse.    

Saru quotes "I want to do more performance-oriented work and pop music helps me achieve that better than anything else ," she says, excitedly"  

Her excitement on the realease of Shake it Shake it is not just palpable, it's infectious!

Meet Bros Music Co. releases Melodious singer Tishika's album Ocean of Love.

Music by Sajid Wajid and Lyrics by Jaleesh Sherwani.

Leading music company Meet Bros Music Co. is releasing the launch of a unique and extremely talented young singer, Tishika, which , with leading music directors Sajid-Wajid's compositions and featuring some of the best instrumental musical talent in the country, is without doubt one of the most lavishly produced launch albums in India in recent memory.

Entitled Ocean of Love, and featuring the voice of the beautiful, highly talented singer Tishika, the album, mastered in London, features nine different songs across a wide variety of genres ranging from peppy uptempo dance,disco,rock-n-roll,ballad and melodious romantic Bollywood kind of songs.

This extremely lavishly produced album, released by Meet Bros. Music Co., is being distributed by Virgin Records (India) Pvt Ltd. A lavishly produced video of the catchy dance track Salaama Salaama has been released, and a second video too is ready, but will be released later.

All the songs on " Ocean of Love" have been sung by the gifted and beautiful singer Tishika, who moved to India from Dubai, and has trained in classical vocal singing. Every one of the nine tracks on " Ocean Of Love" has been composed by Sajid-Wajid, the extremely popular music director duo whose recent hits have included the most popular songs from blockbuster Hindi Films like Partner, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, Tere Naam, Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam, Tumko Na Bhool Payenge, Hello Brother and Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya, and more recently, with the hugely successful and popular songs for the Salman Khan-Amitabh Bachchan starrer God Tussi Great Ho. Their title songs for the hit film Welcome too was very successful. Their most recent hit film has been the multi-starrer Heroes.

Jalees Sherwani , as a lyricist is always in demand without compromising.He has always worked with two talented music directors named Sajid- Wajid. He has not gone to anyone else and no one has come come to him. That is an honest answer from his side. He admits that he could have achieved far more if he had done all that.

Dhoni  meets Aish on the location of 'BOOM – BOOM'

Producer Padama Ansari's remix music album 'Boom Boom'( Remix of fames singer Nazia Hassan's album) is ready. The video of its song 'Mile Jab Hum Tum…….' was shot in Banglore. This Devange Desai choreographed ,Guru Sharma remixed music and Singer is Akriti.The video was shot on 'Johnson & Johnson' fame model & South Indian actress  Aish Ansari. Everybody present on the location has only words of praise and appreciation for Aish's buity and oomph. Her sexy gyrations numbed not only crew but visiting guest, Indian Cricket Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhoni was impressed by the music and wished the album all gargantuan success. Aish Ansari considers herself lucky to have Dhoni on the location, and she puts in her happiness  this way, "I want to make it big, just like Dhoni. I am not averse to films but I won't do it for the sake of just doing. Role must be good enough to get me in."

Saregama India Ltd launches the most ambitious project by Esbee, “Pehli Mulaqat”

                                                                                              Meet The Real Mr. Rock On 

Pehli Mulaqat is Saregama India Ltd’s one of the most ambitious projects ever. The “Rock on Star”, Esbee the youngest singer to start singing Rabindranath Sangeet, saw his life flash before him in two-and-a-half hours while watching Farhan Akhtar’s latest flick- Rock On. Esbee is one of those few fortunate artists who get there dues eventually similar to the character of Farhan Akhtar in “Rock On”.

Currently, a global media director at a multi national firm, he saw himself living the emotions enacted by Farhan in the movie. Convinced of the need to return to his first love, Mr. Rock On became determined to relive his dreams as an aspiring singer. In 1989 Sital Banerjee was crowned the best singer at the finals of the All India Kishore Kumar Memorial Music Competition at Delhi’s Siri Fort auditorium.   

The music industry at one time had rejected his aspiration to be a singer. And today after almost a decade Saregama India limited has given this ambitious artist the pleasure of releasing his own album named Pehli Mulaqat. The album is dedicated to none other than the legendary singer Kishore Kumar with a modern arrangement. 

The album comprises of evergreen classic tracks like Nahin Nahin Abhi Nahin, Dream Girl and the impeccable Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhaagi Si, giving the listeners a divine feel. Sital Banerjee has sung each song with different feelings and emotions catering to the lyrics and mood of the songs making it a blissful experience. 

The album has tracks catering to every age group a conscious effort by Saregama India Limited.  

Saregama offers yet another musical and memorable offering

                                       A slice of history itself !!

Saregama India Ltd, part of RPG Enterprises and India’s flagship music company, will host a music exhibition from the September 6^th to 30^th , 2008 at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (formerly, the Prince of Wales Museum) . The legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar will inaugurate the exhibition that aims to take the visitors through the transformation of Indian music in the past 110 years .

Commenting on this initiative, Harsh Goenka, Chairman RPG Enterprises said, “Saregama is extremely proud to be a driving force behind this exhibition- an effort to spread the immortal & rich music heritage that we house and we are happy to have the association of the city’s museum which offers an ideal setting. No music lover should miss it”. 

The month long exhibition, is a walk through the past few decades of Indian music. Right from the first machine to record sound – the rare Edison’s Phonograph to modern gadgets, the researched presentation is an era wise display of music, musicians and audio technology. Although, the mention of the words ‘history’ and ‘museum’ coming from a century old company brings out dull imagery, care has been exercised to design the entire exhibition with a highly engrossing feel. The aesthetic feel of the past is a beautiful part of the exhibition. There will be several “listening stations” where visitors can listen to historic recordings like the first ever song to be recorded, sung by Gahaur Jan  and also the original recordings of great speeches by Mahatma Gandhi, Pt. Nehru and other national leaders.  There is even nostalgic music from regional languages as well. Early period record players, record cutting machines, earliest microphones, coloured records and many other artefacts will also be on display.

CSMVS Museum Director Mr Sabyasachi Mukherjee is looking forward to the exhibition’s opening. “It is a very unique exhibition and the Museum is happy to bring to life some of the most loved sounds and musical heritage of the country from the beginning of the recording era. I am sure it will be a big attraction”, said Mr Mukherjee.  

Karaoke and a recording studio will add flavour to the environment. It will enable the understanding of the recording experience where one can actually record and playback one’s own voice through different eras in recording. . Workshops on various forms of music will also be conducted on weekends by distinguished musicologists  in the field. Prominent singers like  Suresh Wadkar, Bhupendra Singh, Sonu Nigam & Kavita Krishnamoorthy will also be a part of the exhibition in the form of special interactive public meetings. 

To carry back memories of the exhibition, Saregama will be offering special exhibition commemorative CDs for sale at the venue at a special price. The exhibition is curated by Kushal Gopalka.

 The exhibition will also mark the launch of Pasand Meri, Geet Sathiyon ke- a handpicked collection of Lata Mangeshkar’s favourite tracks.   Commenting on this elaborate display of culture and the extremely special occasion owing to the launch of her album, Lata Mangeshkar, says, “I have always liked to hear some of my own colleagues like Manna Dey, Mohd. Rafi and also amongst the new generation singers I like to listen to Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy. I am delighted that Saregama India Ltd has thought of this unique concept by releasing an album of my favourite tracks sung by some of my favourite singers.”

The inaugural function, for special invitees only, is also marked by a music concert by the renowned vocalist Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj at the enchanting Key Gallery of the CSMVS museum.  

About Saregama: Saregama India Ltd, formerly known as 'The Gramophone Company of India Ltd., is India’s foremost music company and is a member of the RPG group. It is rapidly transforming into an entertainment company from being India's largest and best-known music company with a library of over 25000 hours of the best South Asian music. The Company has been intimately associated with the development of Indian music from the time the first recording was made on Indian soil. Saregama owns the largest music archives in India, one of the biggest in the world. It is now an emerging player in quality cinema, TV software, radio content, events and digital exploitation.

Show organisers PANIC over Sherlyn's outrageous bikini

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 As the 'outrageous' singer and actress Sherlyn Chopra prepares to embark upon her first promotional tour for her new album 'Dard-e-Sherlyn', her show organisers are panicking.

 Starting this Saturday, September 6, the newbie will begin her tour spanning seven prominent cities of India namely Delhi, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Pune, Vizag, Hyderabad and Mumbai.

 But her organisers are losing sleep over the bold and flamboyant girl wearing her trademark diamond-encrusted bikini top and golden hot pants that she has famously worn in the new superhit video of her remix album.

 They have been considering stringent security measures at all her promotional events across the country. Apart from expecting trouble from unruly crowds due to the skimpy attire, the organisers also feel it is very risky for her to wear the bikini top as it is actually studded with a couple of real diamonds on the sides of the top.

 Special care was taken for this diamond-studded top when the video was shot at Filmistan Studio in Mumbai. In fact, Sherlyn had employed an extra lady assistant just to keep an eye on the top whenever she left it in her vanity van in between the shots.

 "But while travelling from city to city, obviously the risk will dramatically increase. So it comes as no surprise, that the organisers are worried about Sherlyn's protection," says her publicist Dale Bhagwagar. "It's a delicate-cum-volatile situation with extreme potential to spark off untoward incidents. Most of the organisers feel the risk is too big. It will require tremendous care and vigilance by the security personnel – for Sherlyn as well as for the diamond top," he adds. 

"To be on the safe side, Sherlyn will perform with around six to eight bouncers in the stage's vicinity, and four other plain-clothes security men, who will intermingle with the audience, to subtly tackle any troublemakers in the crowds," informs Bhagwagar.

After the runaway success of her first album 'Outrageous' on T-Series, Sherlyn emerged a diva, out to make men go weak in their knees. The second album 'Dard-e-Sherlyn' is her tribute to the original dreamgirl Hema Malini and takes off from her 1976 hit song "Mujhe dard rehta hai, dil mein dard rehta hai…" from the film 'Dus Numbri' co-starring Manoj Kumar. But the "Dard-e-Sherlyn" video has already attracted 19 cuts from the Censor Board and also invited the ire of Hema Malini.

The yesteryear's actress was obviously furious and upset when in a recent interview she spoke about Sherlyn with stinging sarcasm, stating, "I don't even know why she's linking me with a hot-hot thing. She's trying to change her image maybe with my name. If she's doing this, poor thing, I wish her success, for all those who see nudity will be happy. But my name is Hema Malini and that won't change for anything."

It can also be recalled that after being in discussion for appearing on the reality show 'Bigg Boss', this firebrand bikini babe was shown the door as she had suggested that the makers install cameras even in bathrooms of the House, so that she could flaunt her vast collection of colourful bikinis and inner wear while bathing. She was keen to generate loads of teenage interest in the show from both sexes, but the makers had found her demand too outrageous and she was out.

Now she plans to fully utilise the next few weeks to aggressively promote her album 'Dard-e-Sherlyn' through events and endorsements.