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Harmonies Redefined–The Trailblazers series: A veena maverick – Rajhesh Vaidhya

Part IV of the series on artistes, who have been trendsetters in the world of Indian classical arts, in the words of authors Shantanu Das and Sapna Narayan.

Music director-composer Rajhesh Vaidhya is renowned for blending the traditional Carnatic music with global influences and carving a special place for the veena, in the world of music.

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Published on Apr 26, 2025 11:11 AM IST

Edited by Henna Rakheja

Bollywood musicians Salim-Sulaiman confess Ishq Wala Love at NSUT fest in Delhi

Music composers Salim-Sulaiman perform at Netaji Subhas University of Technology's fest. Hit songs like Ainvayi Ainvayi and Chak De India echoed on campus!

Salim Merchant and Sulaiman Merchant left the students in high spirits as they sang their Bollywood chartbusters at NSUT's annual cultural event, Moksha. Cosplay competition was another highlight of this fest. (Photo: Anurag Mehra/HT)

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Updated on Apr 22, 2025 01:34 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Laapataa Ladies actor Sparsh Shrivastava marks music debut with song Ji Huzoor

Actor Sparsh Shrivastava talks about his journey into music, desire to do playback and mix his love of acting, dancing and singing on screen

Sparsh Shrivastava is turning composer, singer and lyricist with the song Ji Huzoor

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Updated on Apr 15, 2025 05:44 PM IST

ByDeep Saxena

Shaan Rahman denies wrongdoing in ₹38 lakh fraud case after Kochi concert

Music composer Shaan Rahman recently ran into legal trouble after a case was filed against him at Ernakulam South Police Station by event director Niju Raj.

Music composer Shaan Rahman and his wife Zaira released a statement addressing the issue.

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Updated on Mar 27, 2025 07:49 PM IST

ByHT Entertainment Desk | Edited by Neeshita Nyayapati

Adnan Sami: Want to sing at Nizamuddin Dargah in Delhi, it would be an honour

Singer-music composer Adnan Sami manifests to bow down with his art at the Sufi shrine. He also shares his love for Old Delhi’s food, and the city's audience.

Padma Shri Adnan Sami recently took the stage for his debut performance at the new Plenary Hall inside Bharat Mandapam in Delhi.

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Updated on Mar 22, 2025 11:00 AM IST

ByHenna Rakheja

Amaal Mallik says he's clinically depressed, blames parents for distance with brother Armaan

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Published on Mar 20, 2025 05:20 PM IST

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Neha Singh Mishra, Anupama Raag and Kantika Mishra on overcoming challenges

On International Women’s Day, we talk to performing artistes Neha Singh, Anupama Raag and Kantika Mishra from Lucknow about the biggest challenges they faced.

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Updated on Mar 08, 2025 12:28 PM IST

ByDeep Saxena

Music composer and singer Mithoon: Indie music and live shows are my focus now

Singer-composer Mithoon, who recently received Naushad Samman in Lucknow, says he is coming up with a 10-song independent ablum titled Master of Melody.

Mithoon has now also started focusing on live shows and indepenent songs

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Published on Mar 06, 2025 02:12 PM IST

ByDeep Saxena

Mika Singh says Shah Rukh Khan didn't deliver on his promise of gifting a bike

Mika Singh recently shared a lighthearted complaint about Shah Rukh Khan, teasing the superstar for not fulfilling a promise.

Mika Singh jokingly complained about SRK not fulfilling his promise

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Published on Mar 04, 2025 12:20 PM IST

BySamarth Goyal

Composer-lyricist Mithoon, singer Pratibha Singh Baghel bag Naushad Samman

Composer, lyricist and singer Mithoon and singer Pratibha Singh Baghel were awarded Naushad Samman during two ceremonies held in Lucknow.

Music composer, lyricist and singer Mithoon receiving Naushad Samman from Army officials Lt Gen Surendra Singh and Maj Gen Salil Seth in Lucknow(HT Photo)

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Updated on Feb 25, 2025 05:17 PM IST

ByDeep Saxena

Papon on the use of artificial intelligence in music: The world is changing but…

Singer-composer Papon believes AI can’t replace traditional music’s raw essence, says as long as there is Earth, people will always come back to what is real

Papon has championed traditional sounds, including folk, to protect the music industry from the rise of AI.(Photo: Manoj Verma/HT)

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Published on Feb 24, 2025 03:56 PM IST

ByKaran Sethi

Music Composer’s office boy who fled with ₹40 L arrested

MUMBAI: Malad police arrested Pritam Chakraborty's office boy, Ashish Sayal, for stealing ₹40 lakh cash. He fled to Jammu; ₹34 lakh was recovered.

Music Composer’s office boy who fled with <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>40 L arrested

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Published on Feb 22, 2025 08:24 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Thaman S called ‘Boomer’ for saying marriages are hard due to independent women

Music composer Thaman S faces backlash for comments on marriage, stating it is difficult due to women's independence.

Music composer Thaman S' comments on marriage have received flak on social media.

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Updated on Feb 20, 2025 12:39 PM IST

ByHT Entertainment Desk | Edited by Neeshita Nyayapati

Legendary Studio Ghibli composer passes away at 95

Annie Awards honoured the legacy of Michio Mamiya, who passed away last year. He is best known for his contributions to the Grave of the Fireflies soundtrack.

Studio Ghibli's war film Grave of the Fireflies composer Michio Mamiya passed away last year. He was remembered at the 52nd Annie Awards on February 8, 2025.

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Published on Feb 12, 2025 06:58 AM IST

ByAshima Grover

Salim Merchant: College festivals help us stay relevant among the youth

Composer duo Salim-Sulaiman view college fests as an opportunity to connect with youth

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Updated on Feb 06, 2025 06:04 PM IST

ByS Farah Rizvi

Sonu Nigam feels AR Rahman ‘wouldn’t call himself a great singer'

Singer Sonu Nigam praised music composer AR Rahman’s voice, calling it “nice” despite his lack of formal training, highlighting Rahman’s ability to stay in sur.

Sonu Nigam revealed that AR Rahman let him compose the final bits of the song Inn Lamhon Ke Daman mein from the movie Jodhaa Akbar

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Updated on Jan 30, 2025 05:33 PM IST

BySamarth Goyal

Sonu Nigam thinks Pritam was 'offended' when he praised AR Rahman. What happened

In the interview, Sonu Nigam revealed that AR Rahman gives a lot of liberty, which gives one creative freedom.

During a conversation with O2 India, Sonu looked back at his experience of working with Pritam and AR Rahman.

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Updated on Jan 19, 2025 06:18 AM IST

ByHT Entertainment Desk

Pt Ram Narayan who mainstreamed sarangi as solo instrument is no more

Sarangi legend Pt Ram Narayan, 96, passed away, leaving a legacy of musical innovation; he was cremated where his friend Jaidev was laid to rest.

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Updated on Nov 10, 2024 07:58 AM IST

ByYogesh Pawar

Piyush Mishra: I used to get affected with trolls but no more

Singer-actor-writer Piyush Mishra says, “Sometimes, main zyada bol jata hoon jissey takleef bhi hoti hai but I speak directly from my heart.”

Piyush Mishra will be performing in Lucknow on October 18(Instagram)

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Published on Oct 18, 2024 01:31 PM IST

ByDeep Saxena

Shreyas Puranik: While working on a solo album, there’s a uniformity of thought

Satranga composer Shreyas Puranik talks about the difference between working on a solo-composer soundtrack vis-à-vis a multi-composer album.

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Published on Apr 25, 2024 07:26 PM IST

BySoumya Vajpayee

Firing at Mohali eatery minutes after lyricist Bunty Bains steps out

Bunty Bains, a close aide of slain singer Moose Wala, had been receiving threats, had shared his real-time pics at eatery on Instagram

Punjabi lyricist and music composer Bunty Bains was reportedly receiving threat calls for some time and the callers were demanding <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1 crore ransom. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Feb 28, 2024 09:22 AM IST

ByRobert Abraham

Darshan Raval: I'm not performing at college fests because of safety issues!

Singer-composer Darshan Raval, who is on an India Tour, feels that the safety of artistes like him has been compromised at private events of late.

Singer-composer Darshan Raval says he doesn't need to accept all gigs, just to earn money, at this stage of his career.(Photo: Instagram)

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Published on Feb 12, 2024 08:44 AM IST

ByKriti Kambiri

Manan Bhardwaj addresses the controversy surrounding Animal's music

Manan Bhardwaj's song Dang Khadke landed in controversy after lyricist Sameer Anjaan called out makers of Animal for not giving due credit to music artistes

Manan Bhardwaj is a popular name in the Indian music industry.

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Published on Nov 18, 2023 01:38 AM IST

BySyeda Eba Fatima

Asees Kaur's first Diwali after marriage: It’s naya ghar, nayi family for me

Asees Kaur always had a very quite celebration on Diwali. However, things will be different for her this year post her marriage with Goldie Sohel, she shares

Asees Kaur celebrates her first Diwali after marriage.

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Published on Nov 11, 2023 02:59 PM IST

BySyeda Eba Fatima

Singer-composer Vishal Mishra opens up on shouldering a project alone

Vishal Mishra also talks about how art has a language and “when there are too many people doing music for a film, the language keeps changing”

Vishal Mishra has given hits like Chal Tere Ishq Mein and Pehla Pyaar

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Published on Nov 01, 2023 07:21 PM IST

BySyeda Eba Fatima

Sachin Sanghvi: I want people to not feel shy in creating regional music

Sachin Sanghvi felt there was a lot of misrepresentation of Gujarati music at a global level, which pushed him to work in this direction

Sachin Sanghvi has gives hits like Tere Vaaste and Zubaaniya Teri.

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Published on Oct 31, 2023 02:49 PM IST

BySyeda Eba Fatima

K-pop artiste Aoora: I would love to visit India to celebrate Diwali, Holi

K-pop artiste Aoora also expresses desire to collaborate with Indian artistes and shares that he would love to sing for a Shah Rukh Khan film someday

Aoora is excited for several collaborations that he is doing with Indian artistes.

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Published on Oct 31, 2023 01:36 PM IST

BySyeda Eba Fatima

Musician Gary Wright of Dream Weaver and Love Is Alive fame dies at 80

American musician and composer Gary Wright died at 80. He was battling with Parkinson's and Lewy body dementia.

Gary Wright died after a battle with Parkinson's disease.

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Updated on Sep 06, 2023 07:57 AM IST

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RRR composer MM Keeravani: I don’t carry baggage of an Oscar or National Award

Music composer MM Keeravani, who had earlier won an Oscars for Naatu Naatu (RRR), and has now won a National Award, says it doesn't change anything for him.

MM Keeravani won an Oscar for Naatu Naatu (RRR)

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Published on Sep 01, 2023 06:07 PM IST

BySyeda Eba Fatima

Music director Hamsalekha to inaugurate Mysuru Dasara festivities: Siddaramaiah

Hamsalekha is expected to inaugurate this year's Mysuru Dasara festivities, said CM Siddaramaiah.

Hamsalekha works primarily in the Kannada film industry.(Twitter)

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Published on Aug 29, 2023 03:51 PM IST

ByYamini C S

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Part IV of the series on artistes, who have been trendsetters in the world of Indian classical arts, in the words of authors Shantanu Das and Sapna Narayan.

Music composers Salim-Sulaiman perform at Netaji Subhas University of Technology's fest. Hit songs like Ainvayi Ainvayi and Chak De India echoed on campus!

Actor Sparsh Shrivastava talks about his journey into music, desire to do playback and mix his love of acting, dancing and singing on screen

Music composer Shaan Rahman recently ran into legal trouble after a case was filed against him at Ernakulam South Police Station by event director Niju Raj.

Singer-music composer Adnan Sami manifests to bow down with his art at the Sufi shrine. He also shares his love for Old Delhi’s food, and the city's audience.

Amaal Mallik says he's clinically depressed, blames parents for distance with brother Armaan

On International Women’s Day, we talk to performing artistes Neha Singh, Anupama Raag and Kantika Mishra from Lucknow about the biggest challenges they faced.

Singer-composer Mithoon, who recently received Naushad Samman in Lucknow, says he is coming up with a 10-song independent ablum titled Master of Melody.

Mika Singh recently shared a lighthearted complaint about Shah Rukh Khan, teasing the superstar for not fulfilling a promise.

Composer, lyricist and singer Mithoon and singer Pratibha Singh Baghel were awarded Naushad Samman during two ceremonies held in Lucknow.

Singer-composer Papon believes AI can’t replace traditional music’s raw essence, says as long as there is Earth, people will always come back to what is real

MUMBAI: Malad police arrested Pritam Chakraborty's office boy, Ashish Sayal, for stealing ₹40 lakh cash. He fled to Jammu; ₹34 lakh was recovered.

Music composer Thaman S faces backlash for comments on marriage, stating it is difficult due to women's independence.

Annie Awards honoured the legacy of Michio Mamiya, who passed away last year. He is best known for his contributions to the Grave of the Fireflies soundtrack.

Composer duo Salim-Sulaiman view college fests as an opportunity to connect with youth

Singer Sonu Nigam praised music composer AR Rahman’s voice, calling it “nice” despite his lack of formal training, highlighting Rahman’s ability to stay in sur.

In the interview, Sonu Nigam revealed that AR Rahman gives a lot of liberty, which gives one creative freedom.

Sarangi legend Pt Ram Narayan, 96, passed away, leaving a legacy of musical innovation; he was cremated where his friend Jaidev was laid to rest.

Singer-actor-writer Piyush Mishra says, “Sometimes, main zyada bol jata hoon jissey takleef bhi hoti hai but I speak directly from my heart.”

Satranga composer Shreyas Puranik talks about the difference between working on a solo-composer soundtrack vis-à-vis a multi-composer album.

Bunty Bains, a close aide of slain singer Moose Wala, had been receiving threats, had shared his real-time pics at eatery on Instagram

Singer-composer Darshan Raval, who is on an India Tour, feels that the safety of artistes like him has been compromised at private events of late.

Manan Bhardwaj's song Dang Khadke landed in controversy after lyricist Sameer Anjaan called out makers of Animal for not giving due credit to music artistes

Asees Kaur always had a very quite celebration on Diwali. However, things will be different for her this year post her marriage with Goldie Sohel, she shares

Vishal Mishra also talks about how art has a language and “when there are too many people doing music for a film, the language keeps changing”

Sachin Sanghvi felt there was a lot of misrepresentation of Gujarati music at a global level, which pushed him to work in this direction

K-pop artiste Aoora also expresses desire to collaborate with Indian artistes and shares that he would love to sing for a Shah Rukh Khan film someday

American musician and composer Gary Wright died at 80. He was battling with Parkinson's and Lewy body dementia.

Music composer MM Keeravani, who had earlier won an Oscars for Naatu Naatu (RRR), and has now won a National Award, says it doesn't change anything for him.

Hamsalekha is expected to inaugurate this year's Mysuru Dasara festivities, said CM Siddaramaiah.

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