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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Bhotu Shah - **REMAKE** of Manmohan Waris - PUNJABI VIRSA
Bhotu Shah - **REMAKE** of Manmohan Waris - PUNJABI VIRSA
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Vishal-Shekhar on cloud 9
Vishal-Shekhar are excited these days, not because of musical success of their film, but because the Marathi ad film which they composed, is doing great and is the talk of the town.
The ad film has become a hot topic of discussion in the ad fraternity and also the film industry.
The duo who have done the music for several jingles and ad films in the past, were in for a big surprise when choreographer friend, Farah Khan, recently requested them to compose a Marathi folk tune for an ad featuring Shahrukh Khan.
Vishal said that the duo was on cloud 9 when Farah approached them. He said that they have worked earlier with her but this time they were bedazed as they had never recorded a Marathi song before Talking about the ad, he revealed that the ad is for a popular range of biscuits to be launched in Maharashtra and is essentially targeting the Marathi-speaking crowd having lived in Mumbai.
Being well versed with the Marathi culture, the duo has chosen ‘lavani’ or tamasha music for the ad and has given it a foot tapping tune. The agency which had given the lyrics is absolutely satisfied with their work and so are Farak and Shahrukh Khan, whose company, Red Chillies, has produced the ad.
The ad, which has just been released on all the Marathi channels, is a must watch as Farah’s dance steps which she gave to Shahrukh and the beats rendered by Vishal and Shekhar totally harmonize with each other. The ad reflects a new beginning for the Maharashtrian community and the music and its looks go well with this concept.
By Gunika Khurana
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U.K. based punjabi rapper- Dr.Zeus
Pop queen Madonna, the rapper Eminem, classic rock bands like the beatles and the rolling stones have had billions of music lovers across the world swinging to their tunes. But if there’s one music genre that people, particularly punjabi’s can’t hold themselves to –is the Bhangra beats.
Bhangra has always been popular in the UK with sections of the Asian community. As young British Asians started drawing on the influences of hip-hop and Jamaican dancehall reggae the music began to find its way through to a much wider community.
Baljit Singh aka Dr. Zeus is a Punjabi Music Director. He gained stardom in India in late 2004 with his hit song “Kangna”. Dr. Zeus launched his first album in India, also titled KANGNA, in late 2004 with HOM Records. Gwandian Da Dhol is another hit credited to Dr.Zeus.
Dr. Zeus has helped to signal the dawn of a new era in the way in which bhangra will evolve in the months and years to come. Brilliantly mixed bhangra by Dr. Zeus is in perfect harmony with just the right amount of hip-hop.
His albums appeal to the majority of bhangra listeners and also open the doors for those who have been previously been put off by the typical dhol sounds, by incorporating hip-hop.
UK Girl Band Rouge had an instant hit with the Zeus song don’t be Shy. Dr. Zeus also found success when he introduced Lehmber Hussainpuri to the Bhangra music scene. Lehmber has since then risen to the top of the industry.
“Unda The Influence,” was probably one of the best modern bhangra albums of all time.. The main man behind the success of the likes of “Rouge,” Dr Zeus' has finally returned with his latest offering called “The Original Edit.” Originality is the name of the game and this is what we've come to expect from Zeus.
What’s behind the Dr. prefix he adds to his name? No, not any MBBS or Ph.D degree to his credit. It’s just to please his parents who wanted to see him in a white coat with a stethoscope in his hand.
Bhangra has always been popular in the UK with sections of the Asian community. As young British Asians started drawing on the influences of hip-hop and Jamaican dancehall reggae the music began to find its way through to a much wider community.
Baljit Singh aka Dr. Zeus is a Punjabi Music Director. He gained stardom in India in late 2004 with his hit song “Kangna”. Dr. Zeus launched his first album in India, also titled KANGNA, in late 2004 with HOM Records. Gwandian Da Dhol is another hit credited to Dr.Zeus.
Dr. Zeus has helped to signal the dawn of a new era in the way in which bhangra will evolve in the months and years to come. Brilliantly mixed bhangra by Dr. Zeus is in perfect harmony with just the right amount of hip-hop.
His albums appeal to the majority of bhangra listeners and also open the doors for those who have been previously been put off by the typical dhol sounds, by incorporating hip-hop.
UK Girl Band Rouge had an instant hit with the Zeus song don’t be Shy. Dr. Zeus also found success when he introduced Lehmber Hussainpuri to the Bhangra music scene. Lehmber has since then risen to the top of the industry.
“Unda The Influence,” was probably one of the best modern bhangra albums of all time.. The main man behind the success of the likes of “Rouge,” Dr Zeus' has finally returned with his latest offering called “The Original Edit.” Originality is the name of the game and this is what we've come to expect from Zeus.
What’s behind the Dr. prefix he adds to his name? No, not any MBBS or Ph.D degree to his credit. It’s just to please his parents who wanted to see him in a white coat with a stethoscope in his hand.
by Riya Chauhan
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Punjab ropes in HIV positive people, NGOs to counter AIDS
Punjab is gearing up to counter the AIDS threat with the help of HIV positive people and Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs).
Pooja Thakur, herself an HIV positive person and an activist, is determined to educate people in the high risk areas like slums about the HIV/AIDS.
She runs an NGO "Chandigarh Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS" with a mission to give support to HIV infected women and children, who suffer from stigma, isolation and diseases.
"I am a witness to neglect and discrimination faced by a HIV positive person. So I was looking for a support to do my bit for HIV people, which I got by joining the Network," said Thakur.
A barber shop in Burail, a colony of nearly 100,000 migrant labourers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in Chandigarh, has hit upon an idea to disseminate HIV and AIDS related information to its clients.
The shop provides handouts and condoms to youngsters, in view that in most of the cases the virus is transmitted through the sexual route.
Sunil, a resident, said: "I regularly visit the saloon for a shave and they have been making me aware about HIV/AIDS. I share the information with my friends and brothers for a safe life."
Apart from NGOs, government institutions like the Chandigarh AIDS Control Society, has taken a lead in providing infrastructural support to HIV/AIDS patients.
Chandigarh is the focal point for the State to provide free of cost counselling, testing and treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
The Chandigarh AIDS Control Society plans to start two centres of sexually transmitted infections in the private sectors in the collaboration with general practitioners.
"We are training them (doctors) and providing them drugs under the Syndromic Management. This will be one of the first government-private partnerships," said Dr. Suvir Saxena, Project Director, Chandigarh AIDS Control Society.
Pooja Thakur, herself an HIV positive person and an activist, is determined to educate people in the high risk areas like slums about the HIV/AIDS.
She runs an NGO "Chandigarh Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS" with a mission to give support to HIV infected women and children, who suffer from stigma, isolation and diseases.
"I am a witness to neglect and discrimination faced by a HIV positive person. So I was looking for a support to do my bit for HIV people, which I got by joining the Network," said Thakur.
A barber shop in Burail, a colony of nearly 100,000 migrant labourers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in Chandigarh, has hit upon an idea to disseminate HIV and AIDS related information to its clients.
The shop provides handouts and condoms to youngsters, in view that in most of the cases the virus is transmitted through the sexual route.
Sunil, a resident, said: "I regularly visit the saloon for a shave and they have been making me aware about HIV/AIDS. I share the information with my friends and brothers for a safe life."
Apart from NGOs, government institutions like the Chandigarh AIDS Control Society, has taken a lead in providing infrastructural support to HIV/AIDS patients.
Chandigarh is the focal point for the State to provide free of cost counselling, testing and treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
The Chandigarh AIDS Control Society plans to start two centres of sexually transmitted infections in the private sectors in the collaboration with general practitioners.
"We are training them (doctors) and providing them drugs under the Syndromic Management. This will be one of the first government-private partnerships," said Dr. Suvir Saxena, Project Director, Chandigarh AIDS Control Society.
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A Post-Modern Move: Megalomaniac intent on gifting Punjab with a Metro
Megalomania is the flavor of the season in Punjab, and with the man called Sukhbir Singh Badal at the helm, no discussion is complete unless there are a few bridges, choppers, fighter jets, sun and moon thrown in. The young man is in a hurry and is racing breathlessly towards the Chief Ministership, but before he achieves what he does not deserve, he must impress the common folk, or create a pretence about it.
Part of this exercise has been the latest hair brained idea of equipping Punjab with nothing less than the clown version of the London Underground. A Tube from Lambi to Chandigarh is what Sukhbir would probably like, but for the time being he has stopped at talking about Rs 3000 crore splash on what is called Metro Rail in Punjab.
The Punjab Government has signed an MoU for developing metro rail project in Ludhiana and Sukhbir has called it "post-modern technology". Post-modernism is not part of Sukhbir's lexicon, and he will have to pore over many a tomes to understand that it is something different from post-mortem, but the fact remains that no thought has been given as to who will bear this burden Rs 3,000 crore. Sukhbir may need not do so, but the others too have forgotten to add the cost of rolling stock.
Was a rail based mass rapid transit system must, or wouldn't we have done much better with a bus rapid transit system in cities like Ludhiana, Mohali, Amritsar? It would have been done without changing much of existing road infrastructure. Construction cost of 1 km elevated metro line is almost 35 times higher than a dedicated bus lane. Buses give better node to node connectivity through open and closed system.
Construction of metro will disturb the skyline of the city and the best example is Chaura Bazar flyover, which has almost spoiled the entire city structure of Ludhiana without changing much improvement in city's congestion situation. Another point of debate can be, metro is required to cater the future demand; but future demand can be very well addressed by developing a better master plan for the city, where people need to travel lesser distance from workplace to home. Better planning can also result in reduced congestion and pollution due to vehicles.
Delhi Metro data reveals that metro is a viable option where people travel the corridor in one direction, more than intra city demand. It should be at least 20,000 persons per hour. Population density of Ludhiana per sq.kms is 804 persons in comparison to Delhi's population density 9,296 persons per square kilometer. With the population density 11 times higher than of Ludhiana, if Delhi metro is not able to generate half of its estimated users, then how will Ludhiana be viable. Unless of course Sukhbir issues a command that Ludhiana Akali workers must ride the train along with their families at all times of the day and night. After all, with a leader like Sukhbir, who will say no to a little tube ride? Tube light is almost a Punjabi word now, and everyone knows what it means. For someone enamored of seeing post-modern idea in a metro for Punjab, it will just fit very well. Ride on it, Sukhbir, towards the Chief Ministership. Papa is waiting. His Panth too. Why not name it Panthic Rail Gaddi?
Source: www.worldsikhnews.com
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