Shilpi Mudgal , when asked if she was the girl in the photo, said, "Oh my god! This is not my picture. This picture is of Nupur, who was with me in " Jo Bole So Nihaal ", and this is her picture from a song sequence in the movie.

" She added, "My mother was devastated on hearing all this. I'm anyways going slow in films.

Because of that, I even got into interior designing." Does she watch cricket? "I don't watch TV, and I'm not interested in cricket and the IPL and all.

My friends keep inviting me to come to watch matches, but I don't go," she replied (less)

Dressed in a white sari with her trademark red bindi and kohl, Shubha talks to CS about her musical influences: I never got a chance to learn from Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Saab or his disciples, but there's not a single Hindustani classical singer who has escaped his influence. My parents loved his music, so I grew up listening to him on almost a daily basis.

The magnificence and delicacy of his voice is unparalleled. Even if you tried to imitate his voice by listening, you would learn so much in terms of voice control, expression and artistry.

Such was his genius. I love his renditions of kamod, todi and shuddha sarang.

When you study music, you realise that one lifetime isn't enough to learn even a single form of music. Unless you are supremely confident or complacement, you cannot say that you are a master of any form.

I still consider myself a student, and that gives me immense happiness, satisfaction and inspiration. Though people associate me with Hindustani classical, I like to listen to all kinds of music.

And I consider myself very lucky to be in a age where I have easy access to all music forms. I believe that the voice defines the power of music.

I have never put much value in the gharana system and so have learnt music from various gurus. Each one of them had something special in them.

Ustad Amir Khan Saab, Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and Kumar Gandharva have had tremendous influence on me. In the world of thumri, I adore Begum Akhtar.

I absolutely love Ella Fitzgerald, the late American jazz vocalist. Larry Armstrong is another favourite.

Basically, I love jazz. I enjoy listening to the pop divas like Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Shakira, as well as Bollywood film music.

Yes, I like Shakira (laughs). WHAT: Speaks about her role models "Please don't ask me to sing while posing for pictures," says a hesitant Shubha Mudgal, as we request her to render a few lines of the full-bodied Ab Ke Sawaan while she was being shot.

The lady was in town to perform at the Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Yaadgar Sabha recently. Dressed in a white sari with her trademark red bindi and kohl, Shubha talks to CS about her musical influences: I never got a chance to learn from Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Saab or his disciples, but there's not a single Hindustani classical singer who has escaped his influence.

My parents loved his music, so I grew up listening to him on almost a daily basis. The magnificence and delicacy of his voice is unparalleled.

Even if you tried to imitate his voice by listening, you would learn so much in terms of voice control, expression and artistry. Such was his genius.

I love his renditions of kamod, todi and shuddha sarang. When you study music, you realise that one lifetime isn't enough to learn even a single form of music.

Unless you are supremely confident or complacement, you cannot say that you are a master of any form. I still consider myself a student, and that gives me immense happiness, satisfaction and inspiration.

Though people associate me with Hindustani classical, I like to listen to all kinds of music. And I consider myself very lucky to be in a age where I have easy access to all music forms.

I believe that the voice defines the power of music. I have never put much value in the gharana system and so have learnt music from various gurus.

Each one of them had something special in them. Ustad Amir Khan Saab, Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and Kumar Gandharva have had tremendous influence on me.

In the world of thumri, I adore Begum Akhtar. I absolutely love Ella Fitzgerald, the late American jazz vocalist.

Larry Armstrong is another favourite. Basically, I love jazz.

I enjoy listening to the pop divas like Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Shakira, as well as Bollywood film music. Yes, I like Shakira (laughs).

WHERE: Tata Theatre I never got a chance to learn from Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Saab or his disciples, but there's not a single Hindustani classical singer who has escaped his influence. My parents loved his music, so I grew up listening to him on almost a daily basis.

The magnificence and delicacy of his voice is unparalleled. Even if you tried to imitate his voice by listening, you would learn so much in terms of voice control, expression and artistry.

Such was his genius. I love his renditions of kamod, todi and shuddha sarang.

A role model "Please don't ask me to sing while posing for pictures," says a hesitant Shubha Mudgal, as we request her to render a few lines of the full-bodied Ab Ke Sawaan while she was being shot. The lady was in town to perform at the Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Yaadgar Sabha recently.

Dressed in a white sari with her trademark red bindi and kohl, Shubha talks to CS about her musical influences: I never got a chance to learn from Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Saab or his disciples, but there's not a single Hindustani classical singer who has escaped his influence. My parents loved his music, so I grew up listening to him on almost a daily basis.

The magnificence and delicacy of his voice is unparalleled. Even if you tried to imitate his voice by listening, you would learn so much in terms of voice control, expression and artistry.

Such was his genius. I love his renditions of kamod, todi and shuddha sarang.

When you study music, you realise that one lifetime isn't enough to learn even a single form of music. Unless you are supremely confident or complacement, you cannot say that you are a master of any form.

I still consider myself a student, and that gives me immense happiness, satisfaction and inspiration. Though people associate me with Hindustani classical, I like to listen to all kinds of music.

And I consider myself very lucky to be in a age where I have easy access to all music forms. I believe that the voice defines the power of music.

I have never put much value in the gharana system and so have learnt music from various gurus. Each one of them had something special in them.

Ustad Amir Khan Saab, Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and Kumar Gandharva have had tremendous influence on me. In the world of thumri, I adore Begum Akhtar.

I absolutely love Ella Fitzgerald, the late American jazz vocalist. Larry Armstrong is another favourite.

Basically, I love jazz. I enjoy listening to the pop divas like Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Shakira, as well as Bollywood film music.

Yes, I like Shakira (laughs). A lifetime isn't enough When you study music, you realise that one lifetime isn't enough to learn even a single form of music.

Unless you are supremely confident or complacement, you cannot say that you are a master of any form. I still consider myself a student, and that gives me immense happiness, satisfaction and inspiration.

Though people associate me with Hindustani classical, I like to listen to all kinds of music. And I consider myself very lucky to be in a age where I have easy access to all music forms (less)

, Sonu Nigam, Babul Supriyo, Swanand Kirkire, Pranab Biswas, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Mita Vashisht, Rekha Bharadwaj Music Director: Shantanu Moitra Rating: *** Shantanu Moitra returns after his classic "Parineeta" to compose a soundtrack for the multi-starrer "Laaga Chunari Mein Daag". While fans of Moitra's genre will be delighted with the album, others wouldn't be disappointed either as he creates a soundtrack that is different, encompasses melody and doesn't miss out on the Indian classical touch.

Swanand Kirkire provides the lyrics for the title track "Chunari mein daag", a brilliant piece of music. Vocals by Shubha Mudgal are a treat as her amazing voice does complete justice to the song (less)

He has served as costume designer, art director and an all-purpose all-in-one man-on-the-spot on his sets. He has even dubbed some emotional dialogues for some of his superstar leading ladies from Mumbai when they've not been able to get their dramatic pitch right.

But his latest role as a lyric writer for Deepa Mehta has taken everyone by surprise. The sensitive Toronto-based filmmaker has asked her prolific colleague from Kolkata to write a song, and that too in the Bihari Brij Bhasha, for her Amitabh Bachchan period epic Kamagata Maru to be filmed next year.

Exults Deepa, "I think Rituparno is a wonderful humanbeing and an astonishing filmmaker. But when I heard his songs in the Brij Bhasha sung by Shubha Mudgal for Raincoat which he had written I knew I had found my lyricist for Kamagata Maru.

The song will be filmed on a homesick nostalgia-driven Bihari traveling far away from home." Ritu has agreed to do it.

" Deepa is someone whom I really respect. And why just her? I"ve also written Bengali dialogues for Mira Nair The Namesake and for a number of Aprana Sen's films including Yugant and her documentary An Unordinary City on Kolkata.

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The first edition of GIMA will be held in the metropolis on November 10. In addition to 10 non-film and 11 film music categories, there will be an award for the Best Anti-Piracy Initiative.

GIMA has received 940 entries including 223 albums. Six Bollywood films - 3 Idiots , Karthik Calling Karthik , Kaminey , Ishqiya , Love Aaj Kal and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani - have been nominated in the 'Film-Music' category.

Legends and new talent alike are vying for the honours in the 'Non-Film' music category and the nominations include Ustad Rashid Khan, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Dr L Subramaniam, Shubha Mudgal, Lata Mangeshkar, Kailash Kher, Mohit Chauhan and Purnima Chaudhuri (less)

. despite the cacophony, I managed to sleep! Omelette-bread, Masala chai, greasepaint and a hair dryer! I pick a Leheriya flaming orange-and-pink saree as an ode to the "Pink City" Press Conference.

Overwhelmed by the warmth and affection of the media in Jaipur, much to the chargin of the coordinator who allots each 3 minutes, I give in to emotional blackmail !! Back to the hotel for a quick touch- up and a drink of water..

. Rajasthan College of Engineering for Women, Jaipur - 300 Krishnas and 2,000 Babbans.

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. felt like I was back at St Anthony's Girls' High School with OLPS Boys' School on the other side of the wall!! While Leheriya, Bandej and Gota sarees vie for my attention, what really gets me is a board across the street which reads: "Piles to Smiles".

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haven't read anything as funny in a long time! Driven for an hour and a half to Kishengarh (marble haven) for a rally, where they get me to cut an Amazon of a cake to celebrate the success of Ishqiya. Touched Shubha Mudgal calls it a night with "Raat ke pehredaar ki seeti, saath hawa ke ser ko nikali, jagte rehna jagte rehna, raston se awaazen guzari.

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" 9.30 am: A full flight to Jaipur with a hundred first-time flyers.

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despite the cacophony, I managed to sleep! Omelette-bread, Masala chai, greasepaint and a hair dryer! I pick a Leheriya flaming orange-and-pink saree as an ode to the "Pink City" Press Conference. Overwhelmed by the warmth and affection of the media in Jaipur, much to the chargin of the coordinator who allots each 3 minutes, I give in to emotional blackmail !! Back to the hotel for a quick touch- up and a drink of water.

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Rajasthan College of Engineering for Women, Jaipur - 300 Krishnas and 2,000 Babbans..

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felt like I was back at St Anthony's Girls' High School with OLPS Boys' School on the other side of the wall!! While Leheriya, Bandej and Gota sarees vie for my attention, what really gets me is a board across the street which reads: "Piles to Smiles"..

. haven't read anything as funny in a long time! Driven for an hour and a half to Kishengarh (marble haven) for a rally, where they get me to cut an Amazon of a cake to celebrate the success of Ishqiya.

Touched Shubha Mudgal calls it a night with "Raat ke pehredaar ki seeti, saath hawa ke ser ko nikali, jagte rehna jagte rehna, raston se awaazen guzari..

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30 am: I pick a Leheriya flaming orange-and-pink saree as an ode to the "Pink City" 12 pm: A full flight to Jaipur with a hundred first-time flyers..

. despite the cacophony, I managed to sleep! Omelette-bread, Masala chai, greasepaint and a hair dryer! I pick a Leheriya flaming orange-and-pink saree as an ode to the "Pink City" Press Conference.

Overwhelmed by the warmth and affection of the media in Jaipur, much to the chargin of the coordinator who allots each 3 minutes, I give in to emotional blackmail !! Back to the hotel for a quick touch- up and a drink of water..

. Rajasthan College of Engineering for Women, Jaipur - 300 Krishnas and 2,000 Babbans.

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. felt like I was back at St Anthony's Girls' High School with OLPS Boys' School on the other side of the wall!! While Leheriya, Bandej and Gota sarees vie for my attention, what really gets me is a board across the street which reads: "Piles to Smiles".

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haven't read anything as funny in a long time! Driven for an hour and a half to Kishengarh (marble haven) for a rally, where they get me to cut an Amazon of a cake to celebrate the success of Ishqiya. Touched Shubha Mudgal calls it a night with "Raat ke pehredaar ki seeti, saath hawa ke ser ko nikali, jagte rehna jagte rehna, raston se awaazen guzari.

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" 2 pm: Press Conference. Overwhelmed by the warmth and affection of the media in Jaipur, much to the chargin of the coordinator who allots each 3 minutes, I give in to emotional blackmail !! (less)

He had also been nominated for the thought-provoking anthem from Rang De Basanti, Rubaroo . ?Getting nominated along with Javed Sahab and Gulzar Sahab is an honour in itself,? Prasoon revealed to IndiaFM .

One of the top-notch Advertising Guru in the country, Joshi has won plethora of awards in the field of advertising all over the world. He is also widely known for the Thanda Matlab Coca Cola Campaign .

His stint in lyrics writing started with pop band Silk Route, followed by surreal Shubha Mudgal?s private albums and he finally made a mark in films with Kunal Kohli?s Hum Tum . You did two films last year ( Rang De Basanti and Fanaa ) and got nominated for both.

What are you doing next? ?I am doing Aamir?s Taare Zameen Par and the remake of Ghajini ,? says Prasoon. ?Shankar Ehsan Loy is giving music for Taare Zameen Par while A R Rahman is giving music for the Ghajini remake,? he adds.

Have the songs been recorded for Ghajini Remake? ?No, not as yet.? And finally, are you directing a film starring Aamir? ?No?.

? Joshi signs off leaving behind a trail of fragrant words (less)

The singers filled the stadium with reveberating echoes of sufi, pop, remixes and contemporary numbers that made for the Bollywood presence at the Games closing event. Sufi singer Zila Khan, choreographer Shiamak Davar, Shubha Mudgal, Usha Uthup, and Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendosa of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio, and composer-singer Raghav Sachar, Indian Idol 5 winner Sreeram Chandra, celebrated percussionist Sivamani and Sukhwinder Singh, added to the electrifying Games finale.

The crowd went crazy to the medley of numbers presented by the singers. Kher commenced the 30-minute long segment with his first hit "Allah ke bande", which was followed by Zila Khan's soulful rendition of Duma dam mast kalandar and Rajasthani folk song Morni bagah me bole by Ila Arun.

The songs brought the spectators on their feet, cheering to hits like Dholna , Ab ke saawan , Desi girl , Nagada nagada and Ahun ahun . All the while, dancers clad in red and yellow Jaipuri outfits grooved in synchronisation with the music.

Choreographer Shiamak Davar set the mood by belting out international hits like We Will Rock You and I Gotta Feeling by bands like Queen and Black Eyed Peas respectively. Shaan, Davar and Usha Uthup also voiced an Indian version of One Love - an international chartbuster by Boy band Blue.

Delhiites went berserk when the singers crooned the title track of Shah Rukh Khan starrer women's hockey movie Chak de! India , that has almost become a sports anthem in the country. The performers took a bow with Utho jiyo badho jeeto - the Games anthem composed by double Oscar-award winning music maestro A.

R. Rahman (less)

"It is a new role for me. I am normally at the receiving end of awards.

It is a great pleasure for me at the age of 92 to give awards to the people who I have been admiring since long. It is my first venture as an award giver," the great musician said.

Other artists in the list are folk singer Teejan Bai, violin virtuoso L Subramaniam, tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain, vocalist Shubha Mudgal, musician Ilaiyaraaja, vocalist Pandit Jasraj and flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia. Bhosle, who recently entered the Guinness World Records for maximum number of recordings, said she was surprised that Delhi people did not speak in Hindi and later thanked the audience for understanding her speech in Hindi.

"No one in Delhi speaks Hindi. I recently entered the Guinness World Record for singing most songs but this award is the biggest honour because it has come through Pandit Ravi Shankarji.

I met him after a long time and he reminds me of Tagore. God has forgotten to create people like him.

" Yesudas and L Subramanium thanked their fathers for giving them the gift of music. The former recited a Sanskrit shloka and said he was still the student of music.

Subramanium recalled his association with Ravi Shankar and George Harrison in the 70s. The violinist said he left medicine to study music much to the shock of his family but they supported his choice.

Teejan Bai, the Pandavni singer, said she did not understand about the honour but later realised that it was given to nice people. The 23rd edition of the Limca Book of Records by Coca-Cola India is dedicated to music and features over 10,000 awe-inspiring feats in its latest edition, of which 6000 are new records achieved by Indians.

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The designer jewellery pieces were launched by 12 women achievers like Jija Harisingh, Madhuri Genomal, Sadhna Rao, Dolly Tandon, Sadiqa Peerboy, Nandani Alva, Nahid Wazirali, Sudha Jaishankar, Ruby Chakraborty, Anne Warrier, Archana Chaudhary and Shubha Kulkarni at their flagship diamond store. The event coincided with the Triveni Vinod's birthday, and Ganesh and Vinod left no stone unturned to surprise her.

bangalore: ??The coffee morning at C Krishniah Chetty was unique. The 140-year-old jewellery house unveiled their latest collection''Bouquet of Birthstone, inspired by flowers for each month of the zodiac.

The designer jewellery pieces were launched by 12 women achievers like Jija Harisingh, Madhuri Genomal, Sadhna Rao, Dolly Tandon, Sadiqa Peerboy, Nandani Alva, Nahid Wazirali, Sudha Jaishankar, Ruby Chakraborty, Anne Warrier, Archana Chaudhary and Shubha Kulkarni at their flagship diamond store. The event coincided with the Triveni Vinod's birthday, and Ganesh and Vinod left no stone unturned to surprise her.

bangalore: ??The coffee morning at C Krishniah Chetty was unique. The 140-year-old jewellery house unveiled their latest collection''Bouquet of Birthstone, inspired by flowers for each month of the zodiac.

The designer jewellery pieces were launched by 12 women achievers like Jija Harisingh, Madhuri Genomal, Sadhna Rao, Dolly Tandon, Sadiqa Peerboy, Nandani Alva, Nahid Wazirali, Sudha Jaishankar, Ruby Chakraborty, Anne Warrier, Archana Chaudhary and Shubha Kulkarni at their flagship diamond store. The event coincided with the Triveni Vinod's birthday, and Ganesh and Vinod left no stone unturned to surprise her.

bangalore: ??The coffee morning at C Krishniah Chetty was unique. The 140-year-old jewellery house unveiled their latest collection''Bouquet of Birthstone, inspired by flowers for each month of the zodiac.

The designer jewellery pieces were launched by 12 women achievers like Jija Harisingh, Madhuri Genomal, Sadhna Rao, Dolly Tandon, Sadiqa Peerboy, Nandani Alva, Nahid Wazirali, Sudha Jaishankar, Ruby Chakraborty, Anne Warrier, Archana Chaudhary and Shubha Kulkarni at their flagship diamond store. The event coincided with the Triveni Vinod's birthday, and Ganesh and Vinod left no stone unturned to surprise her.

bangalore: ??The coffee morning at C Krishniah Chetty was unique. The 140-year-old jewellery house unveiled their latest collection''Bouquet of Birthstone, inspired by flowers for each month of the zodiac.

The designer jewellery pieces were launched by 12 women achievers like Jija Harisingh, Madhuri Genomal, Sadhna Rao, Dolly Tandon, Sadiqa Peerboy, Nandani Alva, Nahid Wazirali, Sudha Jaishankar, Ruby Chakraborty, Anne Warrier, Archana Chaudhary and Shubha Kulkarni at their flagship diamond store. The event coincided with the Triveni Vinod's birthday, and Ganesh and Vinod left no stone unturned to surprise her.

bangalore: ??The coffee morning at C Krishniah Chetty was unique. The 140-year-old jewellery house unveiled their latest collection''Bouquet of Birthstone, inspired by flowers for each month of the zodiac.

The designer jewellery pieces were launched by 12 women achievers like Jija Harisingh, Madhuri Genomal, Sadhna Rao, Dolly Tandon, Sadiqa Peerboy, Nandani Alva, Nahid Wazirali, Sudha Jaishankar, Ruby Chakraborty, Anne Warrier, Archana Chaudhary and Shubha Kulkarni at their flagship diamond store. The event coincided with the Triveni Vinod's birthday, and Ganesh and Vinod left no stone unturned to surprise her (less)