Tribute to the King of Pop ...

We are excited to announce the worldwide release of The Beat of Our Hearts: A Musical Tribute to Michael.

This amazing album, which has been in the works and under wraps since the one year anniversary of Michael’s passing, is taking the MJ community by surprise with its release.

The Beat of Our Hearts (produced by The Michael Jackson Tribute Portrait) is an unprecedented collection of eighteen original songs written and performed by Michael’s friends and fans. This one-of-a-kind compilation was written and performed by some of the most talented singers/songwriters from around the world who have honored Michael through their music and donated their songs to this worthy fundraiser. This uniquely special collection contains some of the most heartfelt and touching songs you’ll ever hear.

Producer J. Michelle Gold has been on a search around the globe for many months to bring you the voice of Michael’s most musically gifted fans, as they express their love and devotion. These heartfelt songs help to heal; they bring us closer to Michael …and each other.

The select group of featured artists – some who Michael personally knew and worked with, including Judith Hill (This Is It), Jason Jackson, Maxso and Jackson family friend Tony Wilson – represent nine countries, including Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, Africa, Russia, Sweden, Romania, India and the United States. This first-time-ever collection truly demonstrates the global love that exists for Michael Jackson.

This very special collection of music is being released this week worldwide as an MP3 download, so you can start enjoying it immediately.  One hundred percent of the proceeds from the sale of this CD will be used to support Michael’s Tribute Portrait to help ensure that every Michael Jackson fan on the planet has the opportunity to be a permanent part of his legacy by being a dot in his portrait.

Grab your copy now... 

I was a die hard fan of Sonu Nigam -- Prachi Shah !!!

I have always loved performing arts — be it singing, dancing or acting.

Thus when it came to watching television, I never used to miss even a single episode of Sa re ga ma, at that time the only reality based talent show. It was a different thing all together.

I remember watching every episode of the program and if I ever missed any show, I would catch hold of the repeat telecast. At that time my friend and I were diehard Sonu Nigam Ji fans, who used to host the show at that point of time.

His voice and charisma was something that teenaged girls like us were crazy about. We even went on the sets of the show and found a way of meeting with up Sonu.

Exclusive Tracklist of Tees Maar Khan ...

Much awaited movie of the year Tees Maar Khan is going to release this December.. Here's an exclusive tracklist of the movie...

Director :-   Farah Khan
Music Director :- Vishal - Shekhar
Cast :- Akshay Kumar, Akshaye Khanna, Katrina Kaif

01 - Tees Maar Khan - Sonu Niigaam Ji, Mikey McClearyu
02 - He's A Smart-Ass - Vishal Dadlani & Debojit
03 - Laakhon Laakhdein - Abhijeet Sawant, Harshit Saxena
04 - Aji Shukriya - Shiraz Uppal & Suzzane D'Mello
05 - Chulbhuli - Sunidhi Chauhan & Piyush Mishra
06 - Chimak Chuum - Rana Mazumder, Shekhar Ravjiani, Vasundhara Das
07 - Sheela Ki Jawaani - Monali Thakur & Nikhil D'Souza
08 - Wallah Re Wallah - Mika Singh, Raja Hasan, Kamal Khan & Shreya Ghoshal
09 - Na Jaane Kyun Dil - Vishal Dadlani
10 - Tees Maar Khan (Steal Your Soul Mix) - Sonu Nigam Ji & Mikey McClearyu
11 - Wallah Re Wallah (Dhol Beat) - Mika Singh, Raja Hasan, Kamal Khan & Shreya Ghoshal


Music out on 20th November and the movie is scheduled to be released on 24th December, 2010..

Sonu Niigaam Ji -- The best plaback singer ...

The Annual Central European Bollywood Awards (ACEBA) are fan awards with the voters mostly from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. They are users of the Bollywood Forum belonging to the film website www.molodezhnaja.ch, organizer of the ACEBAs. The 2009 awards were a bit delayed because film fans in Central Europe usually cannot watch Hindi films when they first release... only very few of them are screened in the cinemas there, so they have to wait patiently for the DVD releases. Since 3 Idiots one of 2009’s most potential award winning films wasn’t released on DVD until pretty late, it was a matter of fairness for the organizers to wait until it was so that it had its chance to be watched by the voters.

So, now the votes have been tabulated and the results of the 7th Annual Central European Bollywood Awards are out. 3 Idiots actually turned out to be the big winner, bagging six ACEBA Awards including Best Film, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Script. Toughest competitor was Luck By Chance with five awards, including Best Actress.

Best Music
Love Aaj Kal - Pritam - 31.7%
Delhi 6 - A.R. Rahman - 30.3%
Kaminey - Vishal Bhardwaj - 15.0%
Wake Up Sid - Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - 10.6%
Luck by Chance - Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - 8.2%
Dev.D - Amit Trivedi - 4.1%

Best Song
Kaminey - Dhan Te Nan - 27.9%
3 Idiots - Zoobi Doobi - 25.2%
Luck by Chance - Yeh Zindagi Bhi - 15.5%
Delhi 6 - Delhi 6 - 11.7%
Wake Up Sid - Kya Karoon - 11.7%
Delhi 6 - Genda Phool - 7.9%

Best Singer male

Kurbaan - Sonu Nigam Ji (Shukran Allah)
- 35.9%
Ajab Prem Ki ... - Atif Aslam (Tu Jaane Na) - 17.9%
Delhi 6 - Javed Ali (Maula Maula) - 14.5%
Luck by Chance - S. Ravjiani (Yeh Zindagi Bhi) - 10.7%
Delhi-6 - Mohit Chauhan (Masakali) - 10.3%
De Dana Dan - Rahat F. A. Khan (Rishte Naate) -
7.9%

Best Singer female
3 Idiots - Shreya Ghoshal (Zoobi Doobi) - 39.3%
Delhi 6 - Rekha Bhardwaj (Genda Phool) - 22.1%
Wake Up Sid - Kavita Seth (Iktara) - Kisaan - Shreya Goshal (Humko Kehna Hai) - out the13.0%
Paa - Shilpa Rao (Mudi Mudi) - 8.8%
Aagey Se Right - D. Bhattacharya (More Piya) - 2.1%

Do check  the names of all the winners on the following link ..


http://www.bollyspice.com/view.php/5744-central-european-bollywood-awards-winners.html

Cheers and Hearty congrats to the living legend --- THE SONU NIIGAAM

Sonu Nigam Ji sings for Telgu movie ...

Umesh Shirupalli has just finished with the post-production of his second film Cricket, Girls and Beer. He is extremely euphoric at the way the film shaped out and says that he has three more scripts ready and is in the process of finalizing the third film. For Cricket, Girls and Beer he has chosen a newcomer Naga Shourya who is very good looking and touts him to be the find of the year. "He will be one of the top three artistes in Telugu cinema soon," he expresses confidently. Aadarsh Balakrishna's career will open up, he hasn't been given much recognition in his previous films and Surya Tej who played Krishnudu's friend in Vinayakudu and is currently doing a significant role in a Rajendra Prasad, Suhasini starrer (Bhale Mogudu Bhale Pellam) has a romantic angle which leads to a thrilling situation in this project.

Umesh an MBA grad, went abroad and after twenty years realized his dream of making his kind of film. His first project was based on kids, 'Circus Circus' which was released by Suresh Productions last year and won rave reviews. Cricket, Girls and Beer is about three siblings, each one find their interest in the game, love and a happy life with friends and drink. This is actually based on his life. Umesh has two brothers and all of them like the characters in the movie are passionate about their interests. The next half of the story is pure fiction, it is about how the family and the siblings react when one character is entangled in a problem. The film begins amidst fun and frolic in a college campus and ends on a thrilling note. A two hour twenty minute drama, it has two songs sung each by Sonu Nigam Ji and Shankar Mahadevan.

When there are so many Telugu singers around, why did he choose Sonu Ji and Shankar? Umesh says there isn't much to read in it, it's just that they were accessible. All the music directors are his friends who are from BITS, Pilani. They work in US in their Companies and spend time in the evenings working on the music for this film. Is he taking newcomers for his next film as well? "Of course," says Umesh. He is not running behind stars for the simple reason that his boys are going to be stars soon. He has an interesting banner name too.. Saggitarius Films. He signs off, "Both me, my wife share the same sun sign!"

Courtesy :- 
 http://www.cinegoer.com/telugu-cinema/news-archives/october-2010/director-umesh-shirupalli-talks-on-cricket-girls-and-beer-201010.html

Sonu Nigam Ji at the celebration party of Four Play ...

A comedy play by Vandana Sajnani Khattar starring some of the most appreciated artist like Rajesh Khattar, Gaurav Chopra, Mouni Roy, Akshay Kapoor and Payal Rohatgi (making her debut in theatre) was something all enjoyed and appreciated...

Vandana Sajnani, Proprietor of Moksh Creations in association with Provogue presented Four Play at Rangsharda Auditorium, Bandra; after the success of humorous plays like Perfect Wedding and Perfect Divorce came another fantastic play called Four play. A comedy Play by Vandana Sajnani Khattar starring some of the most appreciated artist like Rajesh Khattar, Gaurav Chopra, Mouni Roy, Akshay Kapoor and Payal Rohatgi (making her debut in theatre) was something all enjoyed and appreciated. After the successful screening of Four Play Fashion Partner Provogue in association with Moksh Creations had a Post Premiere Party of the newest lounge/club in Bandra called “RED ANTZ” owned by Krishna Tamang. The Provogue star-studded evening saw celebrities from Film and Television industry gracing the occasion and the perfect evening commenced from the play till the party in perfect harmony and the celebrities present enjoyed all the way till the end. All were in great spirits and it was a night where Art met Fashion in great style. The night saw Sonu Nigam Ji, Udita Goswami, Payal Rohatagi, Aseem Merchant, Gaurav Chopra, Mouni Roy, Narayani Shastri, Akshay Kapoor, Ashok Chopra, Rajesh Khattar, Vandana Sajnani, Sai Deodhar, Nasir, Narayani Shashtri, Asif Bhamla, Jagmohan Mundra, Pawan Malhotra, Dr.Ajeenkya D.Y. Patil, Dilawer Nency, Natasha Suri, Mona Kapoor, Siddhart Kanan, Munisha Khatwani and many more. After a hearty laugh, the guests were treated to a sumptuous fare of exotic dishes, by chef Rashmiraj Rego (Red Antz). Exciting multi-cuisine fare of the likes of Parmesan tuiles with cream cheese, enokitake mushrooms with chicken, goat cheese and walnut bruschetta made it a perfect evening for everyone present. Four Play:Four play is a story of 4 couples together in 1mad house for 1 night and the funny trail of incidents that follow. The play is an adaptation of British hilarious Super Hit play “Move over Markham” by Ray Cooney and John Chapman. Rajesh & Vandana are going to be seen in completely different characters. Watch out for the sizzling dance number by Payal Rohatgi. Popular real life couple Gaurav Chopra & Mouni Roy will also be seen on stage for the first-time together... Keep logged in for more updates...

I Am Next Superstar Promo -- Sonu Nigam Ji

Fans go amuck as Sonu Nigam Ji performs ...

Lilting voice of Sonu Nigam Ji cast a spell, at Maharaja College grounds that was jampacked with audience at Manaranjana Dasara in the city on Thursday. With this curtains were also drawn on ‘Manaranjana Dasara’.

The gifted singer he is, Sonu Ji who has also given several hit numbers in Kannada didn’t disappoint his fans who clammered for Kannada songs. He had just finished rendering ‘Zoobi doobi...’ from ‘3 Idiots’ and pat resumed with ‘E sanje yaakagide..’ from ‘Geleya’. Obviously, one couldn’t stop youngsters from shaking their legs. He went on to sing several other chartbusters like ‘Nee sanihake bandare...’ from ‘Maleyali Jotheyali’, ‘Neene neene... from his first ever Kannada album ‘Neene’, ‘Ninnindale’, from ‘Milana’ and of course ‘Anisuthide Yako Indu...’ from ‘Mungarumale’ that firmly cemented his position in Kannada filmdom too. Clad in black and white tad resembling a british officer, Sonu sang ‘Rang de basanthi chola...’ from “The legend of Bhagat Singh’ that is still rated among the best songs from his stable. Medley of songs like ‘Mere sapnon ki rani...’, ‘Bholo shivashankar...’, ‘Bachna ae haseeno..’, ‘duniya tere peeche...’ proved a perfect treat for young and old alike who couldn’t stop themselves from applauding, truly it was Sonu’s magic. How can he forget the title track of ‘Saathiya..’  Sonu Ji sang it to the thunderous applause of the gathering. He not only sang but also showed his skill on dancing too making ample use of the dais. Meanwhile, he was taken aback when a frenzied young girl made a sudden appearance on the stage hoodwinking the cops. Sonu Ji appealed to the cops to let her go free, even as she was lifted off the stage. However, it couldn’t stop that girl from going berserk who continued to enjoy the evening, dancing according to her whims and fancies. Earlier, noted Kathak exponent Nirupama Rajendra performed giving a cultural treat. Unlike the previous days events, Sonu Ji’s live concert saw huge flow of his fans that also included VIPs families.  They were Director general, Administrative Training Institute (ATI) Amitha Prasad, Deputy Commissioner, Mandya, P C Jaffer, Deputy Commissioner Harsh Gupta, Police Commissioner Sunil Agarwal, Additional DC Dr C J Betsurmath, CEO, ZP, Sathyavathi to name a few.

Sonu Niigaam Ji will perform at the Mysore Dusshera Fest ...

Like every year, Dussherra is here with yet another new chapter of culture and traditions. But what makes it special this year is the 400th anniversary of Dussherra celebrations. The festivities that came to the princely Mysore State in 1610 from the Vijayanagar empire got firmly rooted here, evolved over time and transformed into a brand promoting diverse cultures of Karnataka.

When Dharmadhikari of Dharmastala Veerendra Heggade launches Naada Habba atop Chamundi Hills on Friday, Mysore will reverberate with the echoes of a glorious past and a prosperous future.

Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa will be part of the special pujas atop Chamundi Hills. The main attraction of the day would be the wrestling competition where minister Revu Nayak Belamagi will take on city-based wrestler Tiger Balaji. Other events that will get off to a start are film festival, food mela and cultural programmes, including Navaratri Rangotsava, a theatre festival at Rangayana.

The mega Jumboo Savari is scheduled on the final day on October 17 when Dasara elephants take out a majestic procession in the city with a 700-kg howdah.

Keeping the weekend crowd in mind, Manoranjan Dasara is scheduled on Saturday. There will be high-decibel performances by Sonu Niigaam Ji, Kailash Kher and KK along with music moghuls Anup Jalota and Rajashekar Mansur...

Cheers!!

Nevaan Nigam imitates Sonu Niigaam Ji !!!

Sonu Nigam Ji and his wife, Madhurima were spotted at a function in Delhi recently and Madhurima got talking about their three-year-old son.

She said, "My son tries to imitate Sonu. He is also into music and loves to sing like his father." When we asked Sonu Ji about his sudden visit to Delhi, he told us, "I keep visiting Delhi regularly, but my wife Madhurima is coming to Delhi after a long time. I'm happy to see so many changes and developments in the city – which, I guess, is due to the Commonwealth Games. Every thing has changed. Delhi looks so different now."

So why didn't we see him performing at the opening ceremony of the games? "Well, I was not invited to perform so I didn't perform. The games committee had sent a letter to me but after that there was no follow up from their end." But Sonu Ji has still sung a song composed for the games along with Shankar Mahadevan, Swapna Mukherjee and Sadhna Sargam. Sonu Ji says that these days he is busy with his new album. He explains, "I'm busy working on my next album. Besides that, I'm eagerly waiting for my title track of "Tees Maar Khan" to go on air."

Sonu Niigaam Ji launches Priya Kumar's book ...

Priya Kumar, India’s No.1 bestselling author, launched her second book, License to Live – A Seeker’s Journey to Greatness at Crossword Kemps Corner amidst much fanfare. Singing superstar, Sonu Niigaam Ji, was present at the launch to lend his support to good friend, Priya. License to Live is Priya Kumar’s second attempt at writing a bestseller after her first offering, I Am Another You, created quite a stir among the literary fraternity.

License to Live is a fictional book that sends the reader on a journey towards finding greatness within. It is an inspirational thriller and a wonderfully crafted fable about finding the direction you are destined to head in and creating the life of your dreams. License to Live tells the tale of a successful corporate guru who enrolls herself in a seminar by one of the finest success coaches in the world. His radical training methods take her on a life-changing odyssey.

A seven day seminar spread over three countries, puts her onto a journey where she is forced to look within and be her own teacher and guide, something she had done so well for others but missed doing for herself. Full of wisdom, wit and spiritual insights, you collect lessons that will change the way you lead your life forever.

The event opened with Priya thanking her fans and Sonu Ji for taking time out to be present on her special day. “I think I was born to be a writer. In writing I have grown so much as a person. With the amount of fan mails I get, it only increases my responsibility and raises the bar for my work. Your support is something that will add the magic to my work. I don’t believe in the concept of bestselling authors, I believe in bestselling teams.”

This was followed by Sonu Ji referring to Priya’s books as “divine” and  going on to explain why he thinks Priya Kumar is one of the best Indian authors today and how her words have truly affected his life in several ways.  “The beauty about Priya’s writing is that it reaches out to people across every age and strata of society. 

Her words always strike a chord with her readers, changing their lives for the better. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading both her books and strongly recommend License to Live to anyone who wishes to fulfill their pursuits and dreams in life.”

The event ended with Priya Kumar’s signature board breaking activity. People from the crowd were called upon stage and made to break a wooden board with nothing but their fists. This, Priya believes, helps people break all the limitations they impose on themselves and ignite peoples minds towards peak performance...

Cheers!!

Sonu Niigaam Ji sings for the movie Guzaarish...

Legendary playback singer Sonu Niigaam Ji has sung for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming movie Guzaarish starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.. Sonu Ji has shared the microphone with another legend Lata Mangeshkar Ji.. The tracklist is still not confirmed yet.. We are waiting for the official announcement but we got to know the tracklist, therefore we thought lets share it..

Tracklist :--

01 - Ek Guzaarish - Sonu Niigaam Ji, Lata Mangeshkar
02 - Aisi Hasrat - Javed Ali
03 - Tujh Se Judi - Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan
04 - Tu Rokh Na Paya Mujhe - Alka Yagnik, Rashid Ali
05 - Mere Saath - Alka Yagnik, Pandit Jasraj
06 - Tere Pairon Ke Nishaan - Shail Hada, Renukha Bhansali
07 - Odh Le Mera Saaya - Pandit Jaraj
08 - Mere Humdum - Shreya Ghoshal, Malani Pathak, Tina
09 - Kya Baaki Hai - Alka Yagnik
10 - Raakh Ke Andhere - Lata Mangeshkar
11 - Toh Kya Huaa - Sarika Godse, Javed Ali, Renukha, Yughna Dhillon
12 - Guzaarish (Theme) - Marianne D'Cruz, Tina, Renukha Bhansali

Sonu Niigaam LIVE In Concert in Birmingham, UK...

PERFECT HARMONY PRODUCTIONS , along with FIRE WORKS AND JAY’S ENTERTAINMENT are presenting ‘’ALL IZZ WELL’’ a concert, featuring the biggest Bollywood singing sensation from India ‘’SONU NIGAM’’, for the first time with his own Band of fantastic musicians, co singers, mimicry artiste from India and the most advanced Light, Sound and Audio Visual presentation that has ever been produced by any Bollywood concert.

The concert will be 3hrs and will include the most popular numbers sung in films and albums by the singer himself. There is going to be a lucky draw at each concert where the winner will be presented the prize from Sonu Nigam Ji and a photo opportunity with the Artiste himself.

Sonu Nigam Ji is universally acclaimed as the finest Indian singer and the golden voice of Indi pop but he has proved time and again that he is a complete musician and an institution in himself with extra-ordinary talent and a voice to die for. He is a student of music, with a zeal to surpass his own targets and a performer par excellence.

Today he is a superstar, an icon to millions of music lovers across the globe. He is already a legend, and the journey has just begun! To attain this level of completeness, the technical aspects apart from music for a ‘Sonu Nigam – Live in Concert’ also have been designed after a lot of thought and planning, thereby ensuring a memorable concert!

Sonu Niigaam Ji at the screening of Anjaana Anjaani !!!

Clearly, this was one screening that film buffs had been looking forward to for a long time and finally, Thursday night saw them head to Cinemax, Versova to get their fill of Eros International's and Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment's Anjaana Anjaani.

The screening hosted by Wardha Nadiadwala and co-producer Krishika Lulla saw Sunil Punjabi, CEO Cinemax welcoming guests Alvira Agnihotri, David Dhawan, Sammir Dattani, Kishen Kumar with wife Tanya, Sonu Nigam Ji and wife Madhurima, Dia Mirza, Farah Khan Ali, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Kunal Kohli, Tulip Joshi and Captain Vinod Nair.

Salim and Suleiman Merchant were present with their better halves Jeanne and Reshma respectively. Sonu Sood dropped in and so did others like Shama Sikandar, Kiran Bawa, Madhu Mantena, Poonam Dhillon, Nikhil Advani and Anjorie Alagh.

Priyanka Chopra may have decided to skip the first show but chose to go for this more intimate screening held by Siddharth Anand. And from the looks of it, PC finally seems to have become more open about her relationship with Shahid Kapoor.

The two came in together in a car, with Shahid covering up his hair to hide the look for his next film. Ranbir's ex Deepika Padukone too was spotted. Javed Jafferey, Ramesh Taurani, Vishal Dadlani, Vishal Bhardwaj, Ahmed Khan and Anu and Sunny Dewan were also spotted enjoying the film. Rani Mukerji too, we hear, was supposed to come for the show but couldn't make it...

Cheers!!!