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Sunidhi Chauhan on why her time is now. Sold-out shows, crowded recording sessions

Speaking to ThePrint, Sunidhi Chauhan reflected on what’s changed in the music industry since she started and why she has no advice to offer the newcomers.

The unputdownable Sunidhi Chauhan. From playback to live stage show star

Sunidhi Chauhan has redefined female playback singing as a faceless, second-tier role. She is now front and centre on stage with her unapologetic persona and performance.

Vajpayee’s favourite maestro—How Anil Biswas balanced art and appeal

A pioneer of orchestration and choral effects, Biswas, born on 7 July 1914, blended Western symphonic form with Indian classical traditions in films such as Roti.

Mohammed Rafi to sing again. This time in an AI avatar

Eros Music Worlds is coming up with seven AI-native artists. All of their songs will be rolled out in phases, with each launch featuring original singles and artists’ videos.

Stand-up comics versus Bollywood. What a post-mortem looked like

Bollywood Post-Mortem at Delhi’s Bipin Chandra Pal Auditorium on 13 June was a satirical critique of the Indian film industry’s current state over the last decade.

Here are Suman Kalyanpur’s top five unforgettable Hindi songs

The versatile maestro, who sang in Hindi, Marathi, and several regional languages, leaves behind a remarkable six-decade-long career.

Not enough women, says Vishal Dadlani. Urges more women singer to register for Playlist

In a video on Instagram, Vishal Dadlani explains how his new project, The Playlist, is setting the stage for indie artists across India.

Javed Akhtar, Shankar Mahadevan launch Goongoonalo app—artists own the songs, not labels

The launch on 17 January saw the presence of stalwarts like Prasoon Joshi, Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam, Sameer Anjaan, Shaan, Papon, among 40 others.

‘Loveyapa Ho Gaya’ is this year’s Valentine’s Day anthem. It’s not cringy

If you’re a die-hard Mohammed Rafi fan, you might roll your eyes and label the song “senseless.” But, ‘Loveyapa Ho Gaya’ mirrors the unfiltered energy of today’s dating culture.

Singer Mubarak Begum went from poverty to Bollywood & Lollywood. Then her ‘wings were cut’

‘Kabhi Tanhaiyon Mein’ singer Mubarak Begum, who died on 18 July 2016, worked with some of the biggest names in Bollywood in the 1950s & 60s. But her career took a nosedive.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.