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With a career spanning almost three decades and many awards to his credit, as Anu Malik turned on Monday, the music composer expressed concern over the present state of Bollywood music rueing blatant copying of foreign tunes by today's musicians.

After complaining about the music industry, British singer Lily Allen is setting up her own record label. Allen has two hit albums and several singles that topped UK top 10 in her kitty.

An unassuming and down-to-earth woman, Rekha Bharadwaj, who is best known for her Namak song in Omkara,  comes across as somebody passionate about her music. The singer unravels her hidden self to Priya Rajendran.

London-based singer Juggy D, who composed hit numbers like Mere dil vich hai hum tum and Dil mera, is still struggling to find a foothold in Bollywood and says he hopes to collaborate with A.R. Rahman and Kailash Kher in the near future.

We don't know if this 'Slumdog…' composition has made Rahman a millionaire but it’s bringing him lot of accolades for sure! The composer has now won the ‘Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film’ award for the song Jai Ho, at the ninth ‘World Soundtrack Awards’.

Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, which stars Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, is music director Pritam Chakraborty's eighth release this year and he has once again done a great job by composing music that is energetic, contemporary and pleasing.

Oscar winning sound techician Resul Pookutty will join compatriot, music maestro AR Rahman, as a voting member of the Academy of Motion Pictures and hopes that the membership will help him attract good work in Hollywood.

In the late ’80s, Nadeem-Shravan literally ruled Bollywood music, what with just one album of theirs (Aashiqui) selling over 1.5 crore units. Nikhil Taneja speaks to him.

Melody Queen Lata Mangeshkar has sung Daata sun le. The very fact that it is sung by the veteran singer, gives the song an edge. Apart from that, it is a soft track and has a soothing effect on the listener.

Michael Jackson’s elder brother, Jermaine Jackson, landed in Mumbai on Friday afternoon accompanied by his wife, Halima Rashid.