Sonu Niigaam Sings For 'Paanch Din'

Sonu Niigaam Sings For 'Paanch Din'
Young music director Ricky Kej, who has scored music for well-known Kannada films like Accident and Venkata In Sankata has signed his first Bollywood project called Woh Paanch Din.

The director was looking for a new composer and stumbled upon my international work,” Ricky tells Metrolife. “They wanted one person to compose both the background score as well as the songs,” he adds.

Directed by Sandeep, the movie is a suspense thriller about four call centre employees, who travel from Delhi to Nainital. How different will the music be from his Kannada projects? “It will have a more international feel to it,” answers he. “Plus I will be experimenting a lot more.”

Besides the background score, the movie will have three songs sung by popular Bollywood singers like Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan and Kunal Ganjawala. “Bangalored based singer Avinash Chebbi will be singing a song as well,” Ricky informs. “One song is about friendship, while the other song is an item number. The third song is a Sufi song.” But Ricky confirms that he will not be shifting his base to Mumbai. “When I pitched in for the project, one of my conditions was to work from Bangalore,” he says.

Ricky is extremely excited about his second Bollywood project as well. “The production house has signed me for another film called Dil Mein Kuch Hone Laga, which will be a big budget film.” Then there is Ramesh Aravind’s Crazy Kutumba on the Kannada front, where he has given music to four old Kannada poems. “I am quite eager for its release,” he exclaims.

That is why Sonu is what he is today ... Shantanu

Guys you have to watch out this one....Full of praises for Sonu Niigaam ji....Hats off to Sonu ji...."Shantanu, Raju, Swanand and Sonuji they all were so emotional after the recording of "Jaane nahi denge " that they were listening Rafi saab song till 3 am ,, they were like really happy , upset....juss watch it out out wat these people saying about Singing Maestro.............lots of love for Sonu ji :)

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Classical music is the ultimate: Ustad Rashid Khan

Mumbai: Gunidas Sammelan is among the few such events in the city which have preserved and promoted the true and rare art of Hindustani classical music. As the 33rd sammelan takes place in the city, After Hrs caught up with Ustad Rashid Khan, who performs at the festival and belongs to the Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana. He was awarded the Padma Shri, as well as the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2006. Even Pandit Bhimsen Joshi is believed to have said once that Rashid Khan holds the true potential and promise for the future of Indian vocal music.

Khan likes to concentrate purely on the classical style of music and is not really tempted to run the rat race of the Hindi film industry.

"Classical music is the ultimate. You may feel that the younger generation doesn't listen to classical music, but actually there are hundreds of amazing classical songs present today, existing either with fusion music or pure, which are really loved by the younger generation," he says.

Khan's Aao ge jab song in the film Jab We Met is a classic example. This classical song has a slow melodious and romantic tone and is considered among the best songs from the movie. "Classical music will continue to exist forever," he says. However, Khan is not happy with the general state of music that is being produced in the industry. "I feel that there is less of 'gaana' and more of 'bajaana' in most of the music you hear today. It doesn't mean that I am criticising anybody but there are certain really random songs you hear in movies today which have no head or tail," he remarks.

But he holds musicians and singers such as AR Rahman, Shankar Mahadevan, Sonu Nigam, Jagjit Singh and Hariharan in high regard. He says, "All of these musicians have learnt classical music since inception. They really know the value of good music."

AKG Powers Sonic At Indian Rock Festival

As 50,000 students from across Southeast Asia flooded into the AIIMS campus for the PULSE festival in September, Asian rock bands Sonu Nigaam, Euphoria and Motherjane were preparing to rock the crowd with AKG's DMS 700 series digital microphone.

Over the next seven days, the three bands performed with other Asian superstars using an array of Harman products that included Soundcraft mixers, Crown amplifiers and AKG microphones, provided by Audio Design.

The festival, which was co-sponsored by Harman International's professional division's India distributor Hi-Tech Audio Systems, went from September 16 - September 22 and featured a variety of events that included a fashion show, various dance and singing competitions, a fine arts competition, and multiple concerts.

Harman Professional played a central role at each event; whether they were mixing the sound with the Soundcraft MH4 or delivering uninterrupted vocal tones with the AKG's DMS 700 series digital microphone. AKG was used every day and drew praise from many of the bands who used them, including Sonu Niigaam & Palash Sen.

Navneet Wadhwa, Director of Audio Design, said: "We selected AKG for its warmth, versatility and reliability. As one of the largest professional rental companies in India, we are very familiar with the sonic integrity and pristine audio quality that AKG is known for, and we knew that it would exceed expectations for both the crowds and the performers. We selected the DMS 700 Digital Wireless Microphone Series with the D5 head. The D5 head has a fantastic gain structure, which in turn gives us a lot of headroom at the mix console and its output is indeed the most natural sounding."

Students from countries all across Southeast Asia came to the show, hailing from countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and more. There were events held day and night throughout the week, with various food and games continuing everywhere in addition to the shows. Gifts and prizes were handed out to the pa