Santoor legend Pandit Shivkumar Sharma passes away
Legendary musician and santoor player Pandit Shivkumar Sharma passed away due to a cardiac arrest on May 10. He was 84. Over the past two years, in the wake ...
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10 May 2022
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BY MCAI Legendary musician and santoor player Pandit Shivkumar Sharma passed away due to a cardiac arrest on May 10. He was 84. Over the past two years, in the wake ...
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30 Apr 2022
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BY MCAI Singer Tarsame Singh Saini, popularly known as Taz from pop band Stereo Nation, passed away on 30th April 2022 after suffering a liver failure following which he ...
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20 Apr 2022
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BY MCAI Following the election of Abhay Kumar Sinha as president of the Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association (IMPPA) at the first meeting of the newly-elected ex...
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20 Apr 2022
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BY MCAI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the first recipient of the Lata Mangeshkar award, instituted by the late legendary singer’s family in her memory. Lata Mange...
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21 Apr 2022
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BY MCAI Netflix has lost 2 lakh subscribers in the first quarter of 2022. This is the first time in the last ten years that the OTT platform has seen a decline in the number o...
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21 Apr 2022
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BY MCAI Indore’s first Drive In cinema was inaugurated on 15th April at the hands of Madhya Pradesh tourism and culture minister Usha Thakur. K.G.F. Chapter...
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07 Apr 2022
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BY MCAI Legendary Hindi film lyricist Maya Govind passed away on Thursday at the age of 82. She lived in Juhu, Mumbai. Her funeral will take place in Mumbai this afternoon. He...
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31 Mar 2022
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BY MCAI Vinod Bhanushali, one of the most prominent names in the music and entertainment industry and head of one of India’s most eminent production studios, ‘Bhan...
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31 Mar 2022
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BY MCAI Multi award-winning playback singer Shreya Ghoshal is, without doubt, not only one of the most popular voices in Bollywood but also one of the most talented. Having su...
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31 Mar 2022
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BY MCAI A lot changed in our lives when we were asked to stay indoors because of Coronavirus or COVID-19 lockdown. The new rules and regulations including social distancing le...
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31 Mar 2022
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BY MCAI Singer Lucky Ali needs no introduction, courtesy of, his chartbuster and iconic songs that continue to rule our hearts. The singer is now gearing up for the release of...
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31 Mar 2022
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BY MCAI Anuradha Paudwal is a voice synonymous with Indian devotional music all over the world. H...
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16 Feb 2022
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BY MCAI Bappi Lahiri was suffering from OSA and recurrent chest infection: hospital Bappi Lahiri was suffering from OSA- Obstructive Sleep Apnea and recurrent ches...
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06 Feb 2022
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BY MCAI Lata Mangeshkar, one of India's most beloved singers who provided the soundtrack to hundreds of Bollywood films, has died aged 92. Ma...
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05 Feb 2022
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BY MCAI https://www.hungama.com/IIMA1stEdition/vote.php Dear Members Votings for the 19 various categories of *1st IIMA awards* are on. Many of our memb...
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28 Jan 2022
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BY MCAI Producer-director Suneel Darshan has filed a complaint against Google, its CEO, Sundar Pichai, and five other employees of the tech giant over the alleged copyright in...
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27 Jan 2022
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BY MCAI Several people from the film industry will be honoured with the Padma Awards. The list of honourees was announced on the eve of Republic Day. Filmmaker Chand...
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19 Jan 2022
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BY MCAI The peanut seller, Bhuban Badyakar who has composed the jingle ‘Kacha Badam’ has taken social media by storm and won several hearts; Watch. htt...
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17 Jan 2022
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BY MCAI New Delhi: Kathak legend Pandit Birju Maharaj died at his home in Delhi late Sunday after suffering a heart attack. He was 83. A recip...
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16 Jan 2022
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BY MCAI MUMBAI : Lyricist Ibrahim Ashk, known for penning songs for films like "Kaho Na Pyaar Hai" and "Koi... Mil Gaya"...
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22 Dec 2021
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BY MCAI Filmfare OTT Awards 2021 Winners List: Scam 1992 Wins Big With More Than 10 Honours Filmfare OTT Awards 2021: Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta S...
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25 Dec 2021
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BY MCAI "We are thrilled to be the premiere Indian YouTube channel to hit such a massive subscriber base," said Bhushan Kumar Bhushan Kumar's ...
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25 Dec 2021
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BY MCAI New Delhi: Make it mandatory to play Indian music on flights operated by all airlines in India, as well as at airports. Such a seemingly small s...
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18 Dec 2021
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BY MCAI With limited seating and stringent sanitisation protocols, live concerts are back in NCR, and the ...
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18 Dec 2021
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BY MCAI From learning to play the guitar by watching videos online to becoming an overnight sensation with her rendition of ...
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22 Dec 2021
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BY MCAI Aashish Rego Elected As The Vice Chairman Of APMA ...
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03 Dec 2021
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BY MCAI Tim Ingham It proposed a set of legislation that could have sucked substantial amounts of annual revenue away from UK record companies each year – but ...
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29 Nov 2021
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BY MCAI Indian Manjeet Singh Ral better known as Manj Musik, known for songs like Tamanchey Pe Disco,&n...
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29 Nov 2021
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BY MCAI Babul Supriyo might not be very active when it comes to film music but his evergreen voice is still weaving magic on the independent music front. In a freewheeling int...
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29 Nov 2021
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BY MCAI The 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India was inaugurated today (20th November) in Goa. The festival was off to a colourful start at the Dr. Shyama ...
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29 Nov 2021
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BY MCAI The Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association has written another letter to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (after its earlier letter dated 15th November)...
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06 Nov 2021
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BY MCAI Anushree Rauta The Copyright Office vide public notice dated October 27, 2021, notified that the All India Film Chamber of Commerce (AIFCC) has filed a...
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01 Nov 2021
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BY MCAI In March 2021, the 67th National Film Awards were announced to appreciate t...
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27 Oct 2021
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BY MCAI Iconic music director duo of Laxmikant-Pyarelal has enthralled music lovers for decades, be it films or their live performances. While Laxmikant passed away way back i...
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01 Nov 2021
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BY MCAI In an interview the veteran singer claims there have been better singers than her in the industry and adds that she is grateful to God and her parents to have had such...
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26 Oct 2021
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BY MCAI The current monetary value of India’s music industry, according to Vikram Mehra, the managing director of Saregama and the current chairman of trade body the Ind...
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31 Oct 2021
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BY MCAI Eminent violinist, composer and singer Prabhakar Jog passed away at his home in Pune’s Sahakar Nagar on Sunday morning. He was 88. Eminent violinist, c...
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30 Sep 2021
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BY MCAI Vaishnavi Samvedi India’s oldest and the most celebrated music label ...
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30 Sep 2021
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BY MCAI While the renowned music composer Rajesh Roshan is thrilled to see RD Burman’s Dum Maro Dum being used as the hookline in the new ad for the Apple phone, he wond...
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30 Sep 2021
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BY MCAI Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended birthday greetings to legendary singer ...
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30 Sep 2021
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BY MCAI The ScreenWriters Association has announced the first ever Script Lab for feature films — Script Lab 2022. A panel consisting of six mentors are on board the Lab...
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30 Sep 2021
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BY MCAI The Supreme Court yesterday (September 20) issued notice on a special leave petition filed by Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd., challenging the order of the National Consumer ...
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21 Sep 2021
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BY MCAI Sanjeevani Bhelande wins the best composer award The Clef Music Awards has been Radioandmusic.com’s first edition of a one-of-a-kind celebration ...
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26 Aug 2021
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BY MCAI The much awaited Video song 'JAAGO ZARA' has released on Women’s Equality Day, 26th August 2021. More than 150 female composers, Singers,...
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13 Aug 2021
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BY MCAI MCAI, the MCAI Composers Association of India and its women wing has come up with a PATRIOTIC SONG FOR THE 75th Independence Day ‘Mataram’ ...
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11 Aug 2021
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BY MCAI Vikram Gokhale was re-elected president of the Cine and Television Artistes Association at the first meeting of the newly-elected executive committee, held on 6th Augu...
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06 Aug 2021
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BY MCAI There was no plan to create a new body or an independent agency for recalling films, and the Central Board of Film Certification would continue to certify films, the g...
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02 Aug 2021
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BY MCAI Apple Music Lossless, Dolby Atmos Makes Its Way to India; Android Beta Users Reportedly Get Lossless Audio Apple has updated its India website to mention Ap...
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02 Aug 2021
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BY MCAI For the ‘Sarpatta Parambarai’ composer, the greatest compliment his soundtrack received was that it fused completely with the film For the &lsqu...
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01 Aug 2021
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BY MCAI Sonu Nigam has always been a man of clear words. He likes to speak (and post his Instagram photos) without any filters. The same he has done regarding the brouhaha abo...
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26 Jul 2021
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BY MCAI By Anushree Rauta The Department related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce submitted its 161st Report on Review of the Intellectual Pro...
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07 Jul 2021
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BY MCAI Thespian Dilip Kumar’s death on Wednesday has left the entire Indian film fraternit...
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01 Jul 2021
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BY MCAI By Romika Chawla The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, on June 18, 2021, sought comments from the public (“Notification”...
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29 Jun 2021
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BY MCAI AR Rahman and Gulzar have come together for a song called Meri Pukaar Suno, an anthem which features many well-known singers. The song is for h...
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29 Jun 2021
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BY MCAI Lockdown has surely helped many rediscover & re-invent themselves. Having photographed the Khans, Kapoors, Bachchans, Roshans, Kumars. Lensman Vickky Idnaani launc...
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29 Jun 2021
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BY MCAI The I & B ministry has proposed amendment to the Cinematograph Act, 1952. It has put forth the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021 to make the process of certific...
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22 Jun 2021
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BY MCAI BREAKING: RMPL (RECORDED MUSIC PERFORMANCE LIMITED) RECEIVES REGISTRATION AS A COPYRIGHT SOCIETY FOR SOUND RECORDINGS By Anushree Rauta&nb...
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29 May 2021
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BY MCAI The 10 Executive Committee members for the term 2021-2023 elected at the APMA General Assembly on the 27th May, 2021 through a Webinar conference. Mr Aashish Rego, Hon....
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22 May 2021
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BY MCAI Another sad news. Famous music director Shri Ram-Laxman died today at 2 AM in Nagpur. Shri Ram-Laxman, whose real name was Shri Vijay Patil, was from Nagpur. When Mr....
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08 May 2021
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BY MCAI We have some news to share with you. Our work has received recognition at the 11th Dada Saheb Phalke Awards 2021 Best Director, Sharat Kumar, Unacademy - Teach Them Yo...
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07 May 2021
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BY MCAI Veteranmusic composer Vanraj Bhatia who scored music in several films such as Shyam Benegal‘s Ankur, Naseeruddin Shah starrer ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro’ and...
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25 Apr 2021
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BY MCAI Irreparable loss’: PM Modi condoles classical singer Rajan Mishra's death Part of the Rajan-Sajan Mishra duo, he was a renowned singer of the khayal style of Indian cl...
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22 Apr 2021
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BY MCAI Shravan was admitted to a Mumbai hospital in a 'critical' condition after testing positive for COVID-19, Composer Shravan Rathod, of popular music director duo Nadeem-...
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18 Apr 2021
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BY MCAI Lyricist Pt Kiran Mishra, who is known for his devotional songs, passed away due to COVID 19 infection. Lyricist Pt Kiran Mishra, who is known for his devotion...
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31 Mar 2021
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BY MCAI WINNERS OF 66th VIMAL ELAICHI FILMFARE AWARDS 2021 Here's the complete winners list of 66th ...
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29 Mar 2021
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BY MCAI Legendary singer Asha Bhosle has been selected by the Maharashtra government for the Maharashtra Bhushan Award, which is the state government’s highest honour. T...
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24 Mar 2021
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BY MCAI Mendoza earlier had claimed that he composed "We Can Achieve" in 1983, three years before the creation of "Count on Me, Singapore", after footage of a ...
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24 Mar 2021
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BY MCAI Veteran lyricist Gulzar has once again collaborated with filmmaker-composer ...
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24 Mar 2021
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BY MCAI Arijit Singh has always swept the crowd off their feet with his soothing voice and his fans have always wanted more of him. The music sensation, who ha...
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23 Mar 2021
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BY MCAI Kolkata: Srijit Mukherji’s film, ‘Gumnaami’, based on the book, ‘Conundrum’, on Netaji’s disappearance mystery, bagged two naonal...
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15 Mar 2021
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BY MCAI The 13th edition of the Smule Mirchi Music Awards was host...
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24 Feb 2021
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BY MCAI मुंबई में रविवार को 'दादा साहेब इंटरनेशनल अवॉर्ड 2021' का आयोज...
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24 Feb 2021
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BY MCAI Singer Neha Kakkar will donate Rs 5 lakh to veteran ...
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24 Feb 2021
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BY MCAI It was a pleasant Sunday evening when the finalists of the 10th edition of the ...
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24 Feb 2021
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BY MCAI The upcoming third edition of Critics' Choice Awards has revealed their nominations for feature films. Sharing her views on the nominations, Anupama Chopra, Ch...
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24 Feb 2021
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BY MCAI Among the news that has been much talked about in the past few days has been about the winners of the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards. The stars ha...
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06 Feb 2021
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BY MCAI In a landmark judgement, the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) has upheld the rights of the Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS) and its lyricist,...
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01 Feb 2021
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BY MCAI MCAI proud to announce that it's Hon. General Secretary Mr Aashish Rego has won the Best First Time Director - Music Video for the music video "Vande Mataram" at SRFA ...
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27 Jan 2021
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BY MCAI Panaji: Denmark’s ‘Into the Darkness’ which portrays dilemmas of the Danish populaon against the backdrop of World War II took home the coveted Golde...
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27 Jan 2021
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BY MCAI CHENNAI: Legendary singer SP Balasubrahmanyam, who recently passed away, has been conferred with the second-highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan, posthumously ...
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25 Jan 2021
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BY MCAI There are many composers and musicians who are mentors at various shows. What makes composer duo ...
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22 Jan 2021
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BY MCAI New Delhi: Popular Bhajan singer Narendra Chanchal passed away on Friday, i.e. 22nd January 2021. He was 80. The bhajan veteran breathed ...
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18 Jan 2021
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BY MCAI Nearly 500 artists from diverse backgrounds including theatre, music, dance and fine arts have been selected for this fellowship that would help them get through finan...
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29 Dec 2020
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BY MCAI The global music recording industry is back in growth territory again. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), re...
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17 Dec 2020
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BY MCAI Shayad, Ghungroo, Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage and Garmi are among the most streamed tracks in India on Spotify 2020 had us cooped up inside o...
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17 Dec 2020
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BY MCAI "Independent artists fill the empty spot created by Bollywood music with original and organic content that audiences can relate to," said Palak Parno...
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17 Dec 2020
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BY MCAI Two Indian artistes on their projects that have been recognised by the Recording Academy Anoushka Shankar ...
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17 Dec 2020
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BY MCAI Impressed by an art piece of him created by a fan, musician AR Rahman posted a picture of the art on Instagram Impressed by an art piece...
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28 Nov 2020
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BY MCAI The South Korean pop group BTS won a leading four awards including best song for Dynamite and best group at the MTV Europe Music Awards Sunday night, while Lady Gaga t...
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28 Nov 2020
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BY MCAI Yash Chopra was so fond of Tere Liye that it remained as his ringtone till he breathed his last. On the 16th anniversary of the timeless romance ‘Veer Zaara&rsqu...
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28 Nov 2020
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BY MCAI Sonu Nigam recently completed 25 years of service in the Hindi cinema. The singer has given fans some of the most iconic and memorable songs of all time and establishe...
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28 Nov 2020
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BY MCAI Vishal Bhardwaj has written and composed a single, Mask Kho Gaya, which has been rendered by Vishal Dadlani. "Interesting times can spur interesting ideas as well as r...
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28 Nov 2020
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BY MCAI Around seven to eight months of year 2020 were lost to the coronavirus pandemic during which all new films released on OTT platforms rather than in the cinemas as the ...
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27 Oct 2020
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BY MCAI Veteran Gujarati film star-Music Composer-turned-politician Naresh Kanodia died on 27th Oct 2020 due to COVID-19 at a city-based hospital. He was a BJP MLA and had a m...
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22 Oct 2020
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BY MCAI Sony Music India has signed an exclusive recording agreement with music composer and performer Amaal Malik for his non-film pop debut. Amaal’s son...
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22 Oct 2020
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BY MCAI Social media is huge. Its reach is huge, and its speed is supersonic. Post something on Twitter or Facebook or Instagram and see how it can spread like wild fire. ...
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19 Oct 2020
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BY MCAI In a one-of-its kind global event, Sunday, October 18, 2020 saw, five Bollywoo...
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19 Oct 2020
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BY MCAI Maharashtra chief minsiter Uddhav Thackeray on 15th October held a virtual meeting with single-screen cinema and multiplex owners to discuss the reopening of cinemas i...
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19 Oct 2020
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BY MCAI Vishal Bhardwaj, popularly recognised for his cult classic Shakespearean trilogy — Maqbool, Omkara and ...
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28 Sep 2020
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BY MCAI The famous writer Abhilash has died at the age of 74. Actually Abhilash was suffering from stomach related disease. He also underwent a stomach operation a few months ...
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25 Sep 2020
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BY MCAI The legendary singer, who was hospitalised in August after testing positive for COVID-19, died on Friday afternoon at a private...
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12 Sep 2020
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BY MCAI disturbing with number of deaths that has been happening owing to the ongoing crisis or other reasons. There are many popular celebs who also passed away in the last f...
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07 Sep 2020
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BY MCAI Music composer S. Mohinder passed away today (6th September) in Bombay. He was 95 years old. His full name was Mohinder Singh Sarna Bakshi. When he escaped from Pakist...
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24 Aug 2020
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BY MCAI I & B minister Prakash Javadekar has released guiding principles and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to contain spread of COVID-19 during shootings. The docum...
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17 Aug 2020
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BY MCAI Padma Vibhushan Pandit Jasraj has passed away at the age of 90. Pandit Jasraj breathed his last in New Jersey, the United States. The news of In...
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15 Aug 2020
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BY MCAI On the occasion of the 74th Independence Day, The Music Composers Association of India (MCAI) is set to gift the nation a new rendition of the Indian national song Van...
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11 Aug 2020
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BY MCAI Indore: Noted Urdu poet Rahat Indori, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, died due to the viral infection in Madhya Prades...
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08 Aug 2020
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BY MCAI Ram Sampath, who has given music for films like Fukrey (2013) and Delhi Belly (2011), opens up about favouritism in the industry and how only a select few have the fin...
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29 Jul 2020
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BY MCAI Universal Pictures, in a deal with AMC theatres, will release the titles they want on Premium Video on Demand (PVoD) after just 17 days of a movie being in theatres. ...
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25 Jul 2020
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BY MCAI In my last column, I briefly mentioned how Indian independent music promoters’ attempts to monetise livestreamed concerts had been made more diffi...
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22 Jul 2020
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BY MCAI Netflix today (16th July) announced a line-up of six new films across genres, and two new series. The new films which will premiere on Netflix in the coming weeks are&...
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22 Jul 2020
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BY MCAI ShemarooMe announced the launch of ‘ShemarooMe Box Office’, a platform that will stream films. ShemarooMe Box Office has been designed to create an ecosyst...
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20 Jul 2020
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BY MCAI The Indian Performing Rights Society Limited announced today that they have reached an agreement with Facebook to license its music repertoire for video and other soci...
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03 Jul 2020
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BY MCAI Saroj Khan, the National Award winning choreographer, passed away in Mumbai today. Saroj’s daughter Sukaina Khan confirmed the news to indianexpress.comSaroj Kha...
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30 Jun 2020
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BY MCAI Composer and Singer Sangeeta Pant's festive song 'Holi Aayi Re' has got selected in the ‘Outdoor Video Song’ Category in the London Music Festival....
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25 Jun 2020
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BY MCAI Sushant Singh Rajput’s untimely death by suicide has shaken up B...
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18 Jun 2020
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BY MCAI https://youtu.be/6quaeSLCfV4 ...
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16 Jun 2020
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BY MCAI Actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging in his Bandra residence on Sunday, sending shockwaves through the Hindi film industry and the country. His fans are asking...
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18 Jun 2020
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BY MCAI Javed Akhtar recently won the prestigious Richard Dawkins Award 2020 for critical thinking, holding religious dogma upto scrutiny, advancing human progr...
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04 Jun 2020
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BY MCAI Veteran film director Basu Chatterjee passed away today (4th June) in Bombay due to age-related issues. He was 90. Basu-da, as he was respectful...
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04 Jun 2020
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BY MCAI Bhojpuri film industry lost one of its popular music directors today as ...
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03 Jun 2020
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BY MCAI Veteran lyricist Anwar Sagar passed away on Wednesday. Anwar wrote many popular songs in the 80s and 90s. He wrote the lyrics of the song “Waada Raha San...
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29 May 2020
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BY MCAI Veteran lyricist Yogesh Gaur, known as Yogesh in the film industry, passed away on Friday. He was 77. Yogesh wrote the lyrics of hit songs “Kahin duur ja...
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29 May 2020
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BY MCAI The Producers’ Guild of India on 25th May issued a set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the resumption of shootings in Maharashtra. Thi...
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29 May 2020
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BY MCAI The Bombay high court on 26th May refrained two FM radio channels, Radio Mirchi and Ishq 104.8 FM, from broadcasting songs owned by Tips ...
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29 May 2020
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BY MCAI The Karnataka government is all set to reopen malls and cinemas after 31st May when lockdown 4 ends, provided it gets the green signal from the Centre. Cinemas all ove...
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01 May 2020
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BY MCAI Kulmeet Makkar, CEO, Producers Guild of India (PGI), died on Friday morning. He was 60. Makkar suffered a massive heart attack and passed away in Dharamsala, P...
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01 Jan 1970
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BY MCAI Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor died at 67, a day after another veteran, Irrfan Khan, died New Delhi: Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor's death a day after another Bollywo...
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20 Apr 2020
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BY MCAI Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar on Tuesday paid tributes to Dr BR Ambedkar on his birth anniversary. The 90-year-old singer took to Twitter to extend her gree...
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21 Apr 2020
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BY MCAI Music composer and singer Jasleen Royal points at the fact that there are few female composers in the Indian music industry. "I want to see more women in key r...
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23 May 2020
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BY MCAI The Pandit Corona Show-2. 24th May, 2020, 7:15 pm-IST https://www.show4me.com/campaign/the_pandit_corona_show_2_1589894785 Greetings dear...
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19 Apr 2020
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BY MCAI The coronavirus outbreak has brought the global entertainment industry to a standstill, but veteran singer Asha Bhosle says she is hopeful that once normalcy returns s...
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12 Apr 2020
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BY MCAI Popular lyricist Sameer Anjaan is miffed with the trend of recreations as the original writers and composers are never duly credited in the new versions, an act, he sa...
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31 Mar 2020
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BY MCAI Facebook is a well-known social media platform where people can upload their photos, videos and share their status with other Facebook us...
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31 Mar 2020
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BY MCAI Kanika Kapoor has tested positive for Covid-19 after a fifth test was conducted at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIM...
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20 Feb 2020
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BY MCAI The star-studded musical night which is also India’s biggest musical extravaganza, the ...
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31 Mar 2020
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BY MCAI Music director A R Rahman on Monday welcomed the changes made to the draft National Education Policy saying the alteration will enable students to choo...
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16 Feb 2020
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BY MCAI GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR ANOTHER LAST MINUTE STAKEHOLDER MEETING TO DISCUSS ISSUES PERTAINING TO COPYRIGHT By Anushree Rauta -February 16, 20200153 ...
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09 Feb 2020
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BY MCAI The Filmfare awards are held every year to honour and celebrate the finest talents of Bollywood. This year, the 65th Filmfare Awards were held at Guwahati, Assam on th...
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14 Feb 2020
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BY MCAI Adnan Sami is overjoyed about receiving the Padma Shri award by the Indian government this Republic Day, despite the criticism surrounding his win....
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12 Feb 2020
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BY MCAI The Icelandic composer has now secured three-quarters of an EGOT in less than five months. Hildur Guðnadóttir...
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30 Jan 2020
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BY MCAI Love them or hate them, the current trend of remixing classic Bollywood hits has music lovers divided. According to Himesh Reshammiya, he believes the ...
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30 Jan 2020
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BY MCAI Yash Raj Films Pvt Ltd (YRF) has moved the Bombay High Court against IPRS in relation to the royalties dispute. YRF has sought to quash a criminal case of breach of tr...
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25 Jan 2020
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BY MCAI MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS PRESS NOTE North Block, New Delhi-1 Dated the 25th January, 2020 Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferr...
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20 Jan 2020
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BY MCAI Currently in its 60th year, the Screenwriters Association (SWA) aims to help members decode the confusing legalese that constitutes the first contract they are made to...
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20 Jan 2020
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BY MCAI The National Commission for Women (NCW) has closed the case of sexual harassment filed against Anu Malik. Several women including singers Sona Mohapatra, Shweta Pandit...
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02 Jan 2020
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BY MCAI The last week of 2019 saw some action from the Government’s end on an otherwise neglected sector. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry through Departmen...
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25 Dec 2019
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BY MCAI Amit Khanna’s book – Words, Sounds, Images – was released amidst fanfare on 20th December at Mehboob Studios in Bom...
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26 Dec 2019
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BY MCAI Whistling Woods International this week signed MoUs with 18 universities of India after the Human Resource Development minister, Dr. Ramesh Pokhrial, introduced media ...
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30 Dec 2019
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BY MCAI Vice president M. Venkaiah Naidu presented the National Film Awards to all the winners on 23rd December at a function in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, he said t...
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31 Dec 2019
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BY MCAI The Bombay high court has restrained over 600 hotels, restaurants and pubs from playing songs that have a copyright, during New Year eve celebrations, without obtainin...
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31 Dec 2019
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BY MCAI Watching the same film over and over again or listening to the same song repeatedly could help people suffering from dementia, according to an NHS director. Prof. Alis...
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19 Oct 2019
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BY MCAI The International Film Festival of India this year will celebrate completion of 50 years. To be held in Goa from November 20 to 28, it is being planned on a massive sc...
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19 Oct 2019
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BY MCAI The Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI) was inaugurated on 17th October in Bombay at Rangmandir at the hands of Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis....
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20 Oct 2019
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BY MCAI Winners Source: Iifa.com Complete Story & Pics https://www.iifa...
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27 Sep 2019
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BY MCAI She is all of 22 and singer-songwriter and soul pop sensation from Switzerland, ...
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19 Sep 2019
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BY MCAI After discovering that veteran music composer Vanraj Bhatia suffering from health issues and claiming to be penniless, the Indian Performing Right Socie...
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17 Sep 2019
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BY MCAI Friends, admirers start raising funds for Vanraj Bhatia’s medical care. Alone and penniless, top composer, 92, lives isolated and bed...
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04 Sep 2019
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BY MCAI Why should urban audiences have all the fun? That seems to be the thought behind EPIQ, India’s largest screen, which was launched at Sullurpet on ...
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03 Sep 2019
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BY MCAI Bollywood music fraternity is still reeling from the shock after hearing the sad news that ace cine-musician guitarist-arranger Ramesh Iyer ‘passed away&rs...
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03 Sep 2019
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BY MCAI “For us to get to the top ten, we’ve got to double our revenues, we’re at $150 million, we’ve got to get to $300 million,”...
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04 Sep 2019
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BY MCAI It was an evening to cherish. New singers Ishaan Khan, Abhishek, Satwinder and Jatin regaled a select media gathering on 25th August at a cosy villa at Santacruz in Bo...
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26 Aug 2019
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BY MCAI Mumbai: Leading singers, writers and musicians from the Hindi film industry gathered to celebrate the memory of composer Khayyam at Model Town, Andheri Friday. The 92-...
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20 Aug 2019
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BY MCAI Legendary music director-composer Khayyam famed for his compositions in films like Kabhie Kabhie and Umrao Jaan breathed his last at the age of 92 on Monday at a hospi...
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12 Aug 2019
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BY MCAI 6th National Awards took place in New Delhi on Friday. Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's movie Padmaavat, which went through a lot of controversies before its release,...
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29 Jul 2019
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BY MCAI Over the last few years, artists have become more aware about their right to royalties. In our earlier article we explained about how the ...
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24 Jul 2019
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BY MCAI Music publishing has been largely unexplored in India. Artists and music labels turned a blind eye to this critical aspect of the music business for a l...
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24 Jul 2019
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BY MCAI Sameer Anjaan takes us by surprise when he reveals that in his almost four-decade-long career, the closest that he came to penning a patriotic song was with Suno Gaur ...
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23 Jul 2019
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BY MCAI Kaala chashma, Humma humma and Tamma Tamma Loge have two things in common -- they have all been recreated and Badshah has played an integral part in the new versions o...
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17 Jul 2019
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BY MCAI The music industry has changed quite a bit over the last couple of decades, all thanks to new technology. With the rise of affordable mobile internet, audio streaming ...
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17 Jul 2019
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BY MCAI Mumbai: The first day of Music Inc, a music conference organised by Loudest.in, saw many artists, music composers, sound designers and recordists...
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18 Jul 2019
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BY MCAI Sonu Nigam has always been one of Bollywood much loved singers. However, he isn’t heard so much in today’s times. He has finally opened up ...
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05 Jun 2019
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BY MCAI Ilaiyaraaja wins copyright battle For scores of fans of the much-celebrated ...
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03 Jun 2019
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BY MCAI One of India’s leading pop-rock bands, Sanam, known for their Bollywood covers, has launched their very own anthem – Way O, Wa...
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03 Jun 2019
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BY MCAI Anil Ambani's Reliance Broadcast Network has sold Big 92.7 FM Radio to Jagran Prakashan-owned Music Broadcast Ltd (MBL) for an estimated value of Rs 1,200 crore, an of...
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31 May 2019
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BY MCAI The Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS), India’s only registered copyright society for authors (lyricists), music composers and music publishers was declared ...
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23 Mar 2019
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BY MCAI WINNERS OF THE FILMFARE AWARDS 2019 Winners of the 64th Filmfare Awards were announced at Jio Garden, BKC, Mumbai on 23rd March 2019. Here's the comple...
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08 Mar 2019
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BY MCAI Veteran lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar has been conferred with an honorary doctorate by the Jamia Hamdard University. His wife and actress Shabana Azmi tweeted...
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07 Mar 2019
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BY MCAI When Richard Clayderman and ...
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06 Mar 2019
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BY MCAI Upset over the remixed version of his 1978 song 'Mungda', ...
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19 Feb 2019
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BY MCAI The 11th Mirchi Music Awards, presented by the Radio Mirchi, h...
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22 Feb 2019
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BY MCAI Veteran film producer Raj Kumar Barjatya of Rajshri Films has died in Mumbai, on Feb 21st, 2019 morning. Father of filmmaker Sooraj Barjatya and son of founder R...
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12 Feb 2019
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BY MCAI Music maestro late Bhupen Hazarika, former President Pranab Mukherjee and Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader late Nanaji Deshmukh were on Friday conferred the country’s...
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01 Feb 2019
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BY MCAI Dear All of us who are IPRS members, pls send a mail to IPRS data team. Mail ID: ...
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20 Dec 2018
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BY MCAI Surender Sodhi (often credited as Surendra Sodhi) is one of the finest Indian film score composers who has composed background scores for notable Hindi films like Deew...
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18 Dec 2018
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BY MCAI The Star Screen Awards 2018, which was held in Mumbai on Sunday, 16th Dec 2018, saw a host of Bollywood A-listers in attendance. Salman Khan, Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh...
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17 Dec 2018
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BY MCAI IPRS chairman Javed Akhtar spoke to G.C. Shekhar over Ilaiyaraaja's recent remarks that the he needed to be paid royalties for public performance of his songs. "It...
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11 Dec 2018
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BY MCAI Composer Lalit Pandit has brought together multiple singers, including Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ wife Amruta Fadnavis, for his new song Hum h...
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12 Dec 2018
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BY MCAI Whether it’s the groovy and thumping beats of Hard Hard or the intense Har Har Gange sung by Arijit Singh, Batti Gul Meter Chalu’s music ...
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11 Dec 2018
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BY MCAI The Asia-Pacific Music Alliance, a continental alliance of CIAM, held its second General Assembly on November 14th. Taking place during the CISAC and organised Cr...
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03 Dec 2018
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BY MCAI The distribution of Rs 13 cr as synchronisation royalty dues by Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) was a big breakthrough for Bollywood. Talking to BT, chairperso...
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10 Dec 2018
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BY MCAI THE INDIAN PERFORMING RIGHT SOCIETY LIMITED (IPRS ) INVITATION TO MEMBERS TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION OF DIRECTORS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF In view...
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03 Dec 2018
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BY MCAI NEW DELHI: A group representing composers, lyricists and music publishers has initiated the process of seeking royalties from Indian telecom companies and platforms su...
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10 Oct 2018
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BY MCAI Welcome to the website of the Music Composers Association of India. We are a group of composers and supportive organisations, whose aim is to represent India’s c...
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10 Oct 2018
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BY MCAI We have a lot of plans in the pipeline such as a legal cell, periodicals, workshops, medical aid, insurance and much more. Our aim is to provide the best possi...
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11 Oct 2018
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BY MCAI The MCAI is an organisation that comprises of a wide gamut of music composers, with stalwarts and legends of the music industry on one s...
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29 Aug 2018
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BY MCAI In the last decade or so, we have been fortunate enough to witness a steady rise in the number of aspiring indie musicians, especially because of the wide range of soc...
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20 Sep 2018
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BY MCAI MCAI is proud to associate yet again with All About Music, which conducted the second edition of its trademark event. The 2-day affair was held in Mum...
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