Tag: Bollywood

  • Bollywood National Award Winning Songs – 2001 to 2011

    Ever wondered why some songs are so much more loved than others? The songs listed below give us some insight into what makes some songs special. These are my personal favorites from the list of Bollywood songs/albums that have won a National Award in the Best Singer category over the last decade. Enjoy! Movie: Lagaan…

  • MySwar Beta Announcement – Reactions And How We Are Responding

    I announced the MySwar beta a few days ago on this blog, on our Twitter account, our Facebook page, directly to a few people who I view as early adopters and music geeks and also a forum called RMIM. All of us at Mavrix also shared the announcement with friends and family. While I haven’t…

  • Nostalgic 90’s with Kumar Sanu

    Writing about the Hindi film music of 90’s is like writing about one single man and that’s Kumar Sanu. If I say that the man ruled the Hindi cinema in that decade, it wont be wrong. What he gave to the listeners in 90’s with some brilliant music by the duo Nadeem-Shravan was magical. You…

  • Coming Soon! The Complete Guide To Hindi Film Music.

    We’re launching! We’re launching! We’re launching! Soon that is. The beta will launch in a few weeks and the public launch will happen soon after. We’re calling it MySwar.in because in the end, it’s about your taste in music. The Coming Soon page is up so you can sign-up right away and be one of…

  • Why I Don’t Care For Remixes

    I freely dispense advice to friends and family about keeping their minds open when it comes to music and be willing to explore new music and artists. But I must confess that I have been guilty of not practicing what I preach when it comes to remixes. When I read an NME article with this…

  • R.D. Burman – The Man, The Music – Book Review

    Book review – “R.D. Burman – The Man, The Music”

  • R.D. Burman’s Top 10 Lesser Known Songs

    If you hadn’t heard – yesterday was R.D Burman’s birth anniversary. Lata Mangeshkar tweeted a tribute to him yesterday and since it would be really hard to top her tribute, we are not trying! Instead, here is a translation of her Hindi tweet: Today, I remember a 13-14 year old boy wearing khaki shorts and…

  • Coke Studio India Must Be Cheered

    Coke Studio debuted in India last Friday. Armchair critics did detailed analyses proving conclusively that the first episode sucked. “Loud and empty” said one post. Another post said it “veered dangerously close to cacophony at times.”.  There were some voices that attempted to tone down things a bit including this post, this tweet and this…

  • Popular Is Not Always Good

    Stung by poor reviews of “Ready”, and outraged Salman Khan asked – “Are my fans stupid?”. My answer – Not all of them, but the truth is that there is no correlation between people’s intellect and their taste. As the saying goes, “There is no accounting for taste”. I haven’t seen “Ready” but a number of…

  • Mavrix Monthly Update April-2011

    Mavrix update for April, 2011