Background score cues by Rahman from the recent ‘Rockstar’, put together by the unfailing @ursmusically: backgroundsc…d-score.html[+]
Song of the day: ‘Kangna’ by Fareed Ayaz and Abu Muhammad, with a scintillating performance on Season 4 of Coke Studio: youtube.com/…ure=youtu.be[+]
Badal ko kabhi short circuit hote hue dekha hai kya? #Delhi6
This year’s @NH7 Weekender takes place at Pune on the 18th, 19th and 20th. Best thing to happen for Indian indie music. nh7.in/weekender/[+]
A documentary on the first ever @NH7 Weekend (2010). nh7.in/indie…documentary/[+]
Includes support for n00b subtitles.
Song of the day: ‘Paimana Bitte’, a beautiful Darri/Farsi and Pashto/Afghani number from Zeb & Haniya’s debut album ‘Chup’.
Folk Rajasthan – An initiative to better organise and present the folk music of Rajasthan. folkrajasthan.com/[+] /via @aahsomemag
एक जहां छोटा सा अपना एक जहां तुम्हारा
मुस्कान चाहे मीठी हो या आंसू एक खारा
चलो बाँट ले गम और ख़ुशी थोड़ी गुफ्तगू कर लें,
कहो Kya Khayaal Hai
Chalo baant lein gham aur khusi thodi guftagoo… youtube.com/…ure=youtu.be[+]
24 hours to the Dewarists EP 2 with Shantanu, Swanand, Zeb & Haniya.
Bacchon jaisi baatein mat kar, ab hum bade ho gaye hain. #Delhi6
Decent options to stream and listen to music online, but no real solution yet for digital purchases in India. blogs.wsj.co…ndian-music/[+]
Song of the day: ‘Tumhein Dillagi Bhool Jani Padegi’ by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan saab.
Minimal movie posters, closer to home. designbeing.me/[+] /by @scribblebulb
Rabbi Shergill performs ‘Ganga’ for Tehelka’s ‘The Music Project’: youtube.com/…ure=youtu.be[+]
More: youtube.com/…82F777FD5E4C[+] & nh7.in/indie…sic-project/[+]
September 20th is close. Until then,
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youtube.com/…ure=youtu.be[+] #Rockstar
“The Dichotomy of Fame, featuring Balesh on shehnai and Kabuli on guitars” arrahman.com…ockstar.html[+]
@rakeshrach You bet! Every little snippet released has been extremely captivating. 6 more days to countdown.
“Humein mard bana do.
“Thare se kisne bola main mard banati hoon?
“Sab jaante hai. Ab hum bade ho gaye hain, humein banna hai!
Say Na Na. #CouplesRetreat
@rashmiswamy :)
Song of the day: ‘Ghir Ghir’ from Indian band Advaita’s debut album, performed here for Coke Studio. youtube.com/…=vZf_V6e7D1s[+]
Celebrating Indian plagia—oops, inspirationists bollywoodcoversongs.com/[+] /by @goberoi
“It is possible, of course, to render dil, khoon & kismat (heart, blood and destiny) as hriday, rakt & bhagya but it doesn’t often happen.”
Urdu, Awadh and the Tawaif: the Islamicate roots of Hindi cinema, by Mukul Kesavan columbia.edu…ema_2004.pdf[+]
Log sunenge to kya kahenge?
“Chutiya aashiqi ke chakkar mein mar gaya, aur laundiya bhi nahin mili.” #YehSaaliZindagi
@lokallobaat wherewasitsh…7/15/raavan/[+] Filming locations from Raavan and many more Indian movies.
Album of the day: Dil Chahta Hai Background Score by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. Notables: Opening, Sid’s theme, Opera Experience & Campus Vision.
Posters such as this don’t deserve to be relegated to a Facebook album.
2 day Nalini Jayawant retrospective at Sirifort yfrog.com/h7183sgj[+]
Tumne bhi meri zindagi bachai hogi.
“Nahin Sukhi, isne teri zindagi nahin bachai.”
Koi baat nahin, kabhi na kabhi zaroor bachaegi. #RDB
So, 2011: Dhobi Ghat, Yeh Saali Zindagi, 7 Khoon Maaf, Shor In the City, Stanley Ka Dabba, Shaitan, Delhi Belly, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara…
“Zarre zarre mein usi ka noor hai. Tu na jhaank woh tujhme bekasoor hai. Ishq hai khudse toh sabse ishq kar, is ibaadat ka yahi dastoor hai.
Catch the first/second movies by the path-breakers of Indian cinema at the ongoing Naya Cinema Festival in Mumbai. moifightclub…the-details/[+]
Song of the day: Aahatein (Live & Unplugged) by Agnee, featuring Rahul Ram and Pritam. /via @souvikdg
The one thing on everyone’s mind & the one thing society likes pretending doesn’t exist: Sex. Love in India, by Q. loveinindia.in[+]
Best place for Indian indie music scene @NH7 & @indiecision gets a design refresh, with digital purchases coming soon. nh7.in/indie…the-new-nh7/[+]
Arrey ruk ja…
Arrey tham ja…
Arrey ruk ja re bandeh.
notices blood on legs
Arrey, yeh kaise ho gaya?
realizes he was hit by a bullet
Aww, shit. Yeh kab hua?
Li’lah! #7KhoonMaaf
KHAMOSH!
Ye ‘teja teja’ kya hai, yeh ‘teja teja’? #AndaazApnaApna
Arrey Khurana sir pe toh aapne jaado kar diya hai.
He loves you. #KhoslaKaGhosla
Nalayak, adharmi, durachaari, vamachaari, bhrashtachaari, bol sorry! #JaaneBhiDoYaaron
Pandeyji, Dubeyji, Usha ji and Musaddilaal, Office Office bade parde par aane wala hai. Dekh sako to dekh lo. youtube.com/…ure=youtu.be[+]
Delhi Belly music director @RamSampath247 profiled over at Open Magazine: http://t.co/oabhoks /via @milliblog
Does anything connect India better than the railways? @vrinda_m explores what the movies think of that in ‘Desh ka mel’ mylaw.net/Ar…Desh_ka_mel/[+]
Kunaal Roy Kapoor (Nitin/photographer in Delhi Belly) also *ed in Loins of Punjab and directed The President is Coming. #didyouknow
Pancham Da’s Happy Budday today. From the soothing Aandhi to that heck of an adrenaline boost called Pyaar Humein, long live R.D. Burman.
moviesandnom…logspot.com/[+] “..for rare, relatively unknown, classics from the Indian Hindi Film industry..”
How did Khoya Khoya Chand end up where it did in that headed-to-cult-status Shaitan sequence? youtube.com/…=ASxEujcaA8c[+] /via @lokallobaat
Album of the day: Meenaxi, the film collaboration between A.R. Rahman and M.F. Husain.
youtube.com/boxoffice[+] Another avenue to watch full-length Indian movies online. Legally and for free. Interesting…
New Age hitting Indi Pop with Prashant Pillai’s contributions to the Shaitain soundtrack? ‘Nasha’ stands out in particular.
Winners of the 58th National Film Awards: pib.nic.in/n…?relid=72204[+]
Shor in the City in @baradwajrangan’s bullet points. baradwajrang…in-the-city/[+]
Dhobi Ghat DVD out on April 29th (according to Amazon amazon.com/D…p/B004KPPQFK[+]). What of its background score?
Song of the day: Soz-e-Ishq, delivered in the spiritual voice of Abida Parveen.
Watch & be mesmerised cokestudio.c…SeasonId%3D3[+] [Coke Studio S3]
Paagal Subtitle: Lost—nope, gained in translation! Fun project by @bethlovesbolly
Girgit – Animated feature on the steady rural migration to Bombay. By Gitanjali Rao. Shelved for lack of funds. youtube.com/…ure=youtu.be[+] Woah!
Song of the day: ‘Kyun Main Jaagoon’ from Shankar-@EhsaanSEL-Loy’s Patiala House, rendered searchingly by Shafqat Amanat Ali.
Song of the day: The folksy and stirring ‘Pyaasi’ by Swarathma (feat. Shubha Mudgal).
The makers of ‘99’ / Tusshar Kapoor.
Excellent poster si3.twimg.co…dg-Noise.jpg[+] / Awful ‘in the city’ title.
Very puzzling. /via @AuteurMark
“What if everything around you was full of … vimeo.com/18322555[+]
Intriguing ‘Just that sort of day’ promo. More: moifightclub…t-brilliant/[+]
Song of the day: ‘Bondhu’ from Indian Ocean’s 16/330 Khajoor Road.
Song of the day: Khidki by The Raghu Dixit Project (@trdp).
bombayproduction.com/[+] Wowza!
Ek bar phir, wah wah!
Song of the day: ‘Warriors In Peace’, from Rahman’s score for the Chinese language film 天地英雄 / Warriors of Heaven and Earth.
Song of the day: ‘Arrey Ruk Ja Re Bandeh’ from Black Friday. By Indian Ocean.
“… then they fight you, then you win.”
Song of the day: Jinhe naaz hai hind par woh kahan hain? By Rabbi Shergill.
Song of the day: Gangaram Sakhet’s Chola Maati Ke Ram, composed & performed by Nageen Tanveer for Peepli [Live].
“.. jeevan mukti kar le..”
R.I.P. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi.
Raavan’s unreleased closing track ‘Ruth Beet Gayi’ is out as a music video featuring Rahman himself. youtube.com/…=Tlv0O6ksEuo[+]
/via @milliblog
Aankhon se, aankhein chaar karne do. youtube.com/…=js6nQybsfyE[+] #bhardwajreturns
/via @lokallobaat
Song of the day: Naina Laggeyan Baarishan … Tujhe Bhula Diya by Vishal-Shekhar.
