Raageshwari

Raageshwari Loomba is an Indian pop singer, actress, model, television anchor, former MTV and Chanel V VJ a Yoga expert and a motivational speaker. She also entered in the fifth season of the reality television show Bigg Boss and was named 'Positive Raaga and the messenger of peace'.
Raageshwari was born in Mumbai to Trilok Singh Loomba, a National Award winning musician and government servant, and his wife Veera. She has an elder brother, Rishabh who is a filmmaker. The Sanskrit word Raageshwari means 'the goddess of Ragas' and 'wife of the Lord'.
Raageshwari attended the Auxilium Convent High School. As a child model, she did the rounds of several advertising agencies with her father. At the age of 13, she was noticed by director Shekhar Kapoor, and auditioned at a photo shoot for the lead role opposite Bobby Deol, but did not secure the part.
As a teenager, Raageshwari signed her first film as an actor, Zid (released in 1994). She took a month off from school to complete the shooting, but managed to secure a distinction in her Class X exams. She then acted in hit films, including David Dhawan's Aankhen (1993) and Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994).
Later, Raageshwari forayed into television, acting as VJ for the popular countdown shows, BPL Oye. In a later version of the show, she also wrote her own scripts and won innumerable awards. She was given the nickname "Ragz", while working on BPL Oye with Sunil Sahjwani and his team. She was an instant hit with teenagers and young kids.
She then decided to launch herself as a musician. She recorded a scratch demo of the song Ta Ta Ra Ri Ra Ra (later the title song of her first album, Duniya), and did the rounds of music companies. However, she faced rejection from the music companies.
She and her brother Rishabh then decided to go ahead and shoot the music video in Maldives. The music video became very popular and launched Raageshwari's singing career. It was followed by another video, titled Oye shava.
The album went platinum in just a month after its release. Raageshwari then signed a deal with Coca-Cola to do a series of concerts all over India.
In 1998, Raageshwari released her second album, Pyar Ke Rang, in collaboration with her father and brother. The video for the title track was a spin-off on the character of Aida from Giuseppe Verdi's opera, with Raageshwari switching between the characters of Aida and a college girl.
The second music video, for the song Mere Mehboob, depicted her as a young woman separated from her lover. At this point, Raageshwari also began touring the world with her dance troupe.
In 2000, Raageshwari and her father collaborated on another album, Y2K Saal Do Hazaar. Raageshwari was suffering from malaria, while shooting for the video Ikki chikki chikita. The album was released with a concert on the eve of the year 2000.
Just a week after the concert, Raageshwari was diagnosed with Bell's palsy, which left her with a paralyzed left side of the face and a slur in her voice. Over the next year, she rehabilitated herself with help of physiotherapy, electrical stimulation and yoga.
She did television shows such as Ek do teen and Baar baar dekho on MTV, Kuch Kehti Hai Yeh Dhun on Sony, Quest for BBC and One on One With Raageshwari on TEN Sports. She then came back with an album in 2006, 'Sagari Rayn' which is a fusion world music album.
Her video for the same created quite a stir as it was lavishly shot in 'The Sultanate of Oman' by her brother Rishabh Loomba. The video was the first in Indian History to have released in Cinema theatres all over.

ADNAN SAMI

Adnan Sami  is a British-born Pakistani/Canadian singer, musician, pianist, actor and composer of Pakistani origin. .His style merges Asian and Western music styles and instrumentation and ranges from classical to jazz to modern pop-rock.

He had his first solo album Raag Time in 1991-92. The song from his album "Kisi Din Teri Yaad" was the title track "Jab Chandani Barh Kar" of his first album. In 1994, he composed music for a film for the first time.

The Pakistani film, in which Adnan was the lead actor with his wife Zeba and famous Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle did the playback, Sargam, was a blockbuster. However, the authorities banned Asha's voice from the soundtrack which disappointed Adnan.

After unsuccessfully trying to make it to the restrictive Pakistani pop scene in 1997, in 2000, Asha Bhosle teamed up with him to release a collection of love songs named Kabhi to Nazar Milao. The music was also composed by Adnan. According to Adnan, this was a "dream come true" for him.The album became an instant blockbuster and topped the Indipop charts for most of 2001.  

Since 2003, he has sung for a few Tamil movies like Boys, Aayutha Ezhuthu composed by A.R. Rehman. He also sang for the Tamil and Telugu versions besides the Hindi version of songs from the movie Yuva (2004) whose music was also composed by A. R. Rahman.

SUKHWINDER SINGH

Sukhwinder Singh is definitely an Indian native vocalist most widely known with regard to operating because Bollywood playback designer. Singh is actually well-known with regard to performing "Chaiyya Chaiyya" that he or she received the very best Man Playback Honor in the 1999 Filmfare Honours.

 Singh later on acquired much more worldwide popularity with regard to performing "Jai Ho" in the movie Slumdog Uniform, that received a good Academy Honor with regard to Greatest Unique Tune along with a Grammy Honor with regard to Greatest Tune Created for any Movie, Tv or even Additional Visible Press.

ASHA BHOSLE

The living legend Asha Bhonsle, one of the Mangeshkar sisters was born on 8th September, 1933 in a small hamlet called ‘Goar’ in Maharastra. Born to the renowed Maharashtrian parent, actor and singer Dinanath Mangeshkar, Asha like her other sisters and brother was introduced to music at a very tender age.
Asha gave her first playback for the movie ‘Badi Maa’ released in the year 1944/1945, though officially her first song was for the movie Chunaria (1948). Her first solo was for the film Raat Ki Raani (1949). Reputed to have sung over 20,000 songs in more than 14 languages, Bhonsle’s lively style knows no limits — it matched the fun dances to the numbers  picturized on Helen in the film Chinatown, and Aiye meherbaan picturized on Madhubala in the film Howrah Bridge
At 60-plus she still dares to challenge the youngsters on the scene, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurty, Sadhana Sargam in evocative songs ‘Yai Re, Yai Re…‘ & ‘Tanha Tanha…‘ both from Rangeela or ‘Rang De…‘ from Takshak. She teams with Adnam Sami & ‘Ghulam Ali’ with the equal ease for private albums of Songs or ghazal.
Having started her career in elder sister’s shadow, she has outgrown every contemporary singer. Despite having sung varied styles and types of music, her forte is the bubbly and naughty songs. With the main songs of film going to Lata, Asha successfully managed to stamp her songs with her inimitable style.
O.P.Nayyar & R.D.Burman exploited her singing talent & experimented with her vocal cords to such an extent that it is difficult to imagine their music without her or Asha without them. Teesri Manzil, Ijazat, Khushboo with R.D.Burman, Mere Sanam, Kashmir Ki Kali, Ek Musafir Ek Haseena, ‘Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaye’ & many others with O.P.Nayyar have added unforgettable rare gems to film music.
Her exuberance & ease in qawali like ‘Nighan Mila Ne Ko Jee Chahta Hai…’, ‘Raaj Ki Baat Kahdu To…’ & ‘Hum Kisise Kum Nahin…’; bhajan, ‘Sun Le Pukar…’; gazal, ‘Is Akhon Ki Masti Ke…’; Cabaret, ‘Piya Tu Ab Aaja…’, ‘Duniya Mein…’, ‘Reshmi Ujala Hai…’, stuns you out of your wits. Moreover she sings in more than twenty languages including English. History of Indian film music would never be complete without Lata, Rafi, Kishore & off course ‘Asha Bhonsle’.

ALKA YAGNIK

For the past decade or two, Alka Yagnik, has reigned supreme in the world of playback singing in India. The Ek Do Teen girl has been pushed even further into the limelight since the nightingale of India, Lata Mangeshkar, took a partial break from singing. Being the premier female playback singer in India today, Alka has achieved what few can hope to do.
Starting her career with the song "Tere Angne Mein", Alka Yagnik really got moving with "Ek Do Teen". With this hit song from "Tezaab", Alka has been climbing the ladder of fame consistently. Since Lata and Asha had become voices of yesteryears, the top spot was up for the grabs. Alka Yagnik came to the party at the right time and overshadowed few close competitors. Alka had hits after hits, such as, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (Gazab Ka Hai Din), Akele Hum Akele Tum (Raja Ko Rani Se), Deewana (Aisi Deewangee), Baazigar (Baazigar O Baazigar), Karan Arjun (Jaati Hoon Main), Criminal (Tu Mile), Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (Ghunghat), Khamoshi (Bahon Ke Darmiyan), Raja Hindustani (Pardesi Pardesi), Taal (Taal Se Taal), Refugee (Panchi Nadiya and many more.
Born and brought up in Calcutta, Alka Yagnik came to Bombay almost two decades ago and ever since she has become an inseparable part of the film industry. In her short career, she has had the privilege of walking away with three Filmfare awards and two National awards. Born to a lady who happens to be a classical singer herself, music was in her blood.
She started singing Bhajans for the Calcutta Radio, at the tender age of six. According to her, singing was just a hobby initially but as success and popularity came along, she started taking it up seriously as a profession.
Alka Yagnik has been trying her hands in other things such as entering the world of Indi-Pop where she has cut an album with Javed Akhtar, "tum yaad aaye", and that too with great success.
Married happily to a successful US based guy, Alka enjoys her family life and holidays are reserved for the closed ones. Getting up early in the morning, exercising and getting her daughter ready for school, are a few things that show that Alka is a family person.
We hope that Alka continues to rise in her field of work and keeps her listeners enthralled by her enchanting voice. We wish her best of luck for the future and things to come.

Alka Yagnik is a bollywood singer who sings hindi music for hindi Bollywood films Alka Yagnik provides great entertainment to Indian entertainment industry.

Tine Sani

Tina Sani is a Pakistani female singer renowned for her classical and semi-classical Urdu Ghazals.


Early life
Tina Sani was born in Dhaka, at the time East Pakistan, the family moved to Kabul for a few years, where her father, Nasir Sani, worked for an oil company, before moving to Karachi, where after graduating from the Karachi American School, she went on to study commercial art. She was trained in classical music by Ustad Nizamuddin Khan son of Ustad Ramzan Khan of Dehli Gharana and Ustad Chand Amrohvi. Tina also received special training from ghazal maestro Mehdi Hasan .

Career
Tina Sani began working for an advertising agency in 1977. She was involved in all the creative aspects of advertising business, including listening to and evaluating the music that is an integral part of advertising. Tina also taught at the Karachi American School in the art department.
Singing career

She entered the professional world of singing in 1980, when producer Ishrat Ansari introduced her on TV in a youth programme titled 'Tarang' hosted by Alamgir.

She was influenced by renowned ghazal singers from the sub-continent like Mehdi Hasan, Malika Pukhraj, Begum Akhtar, Mukhtar Begum and Farida Khanum but has created her own style of singing. She gained much acclaim in Pakistan and India by singing the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz including poems like 'Bahaar aayi' and 'Bol ke lab azad' composed by Arshad Mehmood. She renders poetry of contemporary poets with complete ease and is equally at home singing works of Zauq, Ghalib and Mir Taqi Mir; the immortals of Urdu poetry.

Her rendition of Iqbal's Shikwa Jawab-e-Shikwa has earned her great reviews and remains to be the lengthiest piece of poetry she has ever sung.

More recently Tina Sani sang Rumi's beginning verses of the Mathnavi for Coke Studio (Pakistan) to bring verses of the 13th century mystic poet's Persian verses in Urdu language.

Personal life
Tina Sani is married and has a son, Nasir Siddiqui (b. 1996 ).

Kumar Sanu

Kedarnath Bhattacharjee (alias Kumar Sanu) (born 23 September 1957 in Kolkata) is a leading Indian Bollywood playback singer.He was awarded the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award for five consecutive years. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009

Kumar Sanu was born into a Bengali Hindu Kulin Brahmin family. Sanu's father, Pashupati Bhattacharya, was a vocalist and composer. He trained Sanu as a singer and tabla player. After getting a degree in commerce from Calcutta University, Sanu began performing in 1979, singing at shows and restaurants around Calcutta. He tried to model his singing style after Bollywood singer Kishore Kumar. Later, he developed his own singing style.

Sanu started his play back career with a Bangladeshi movie Tin Kanya directed by Shibli Sadiq in 1986.

In 1987, music director and singer Jagjit Singh offered Sanu the chance to sing in the Hindi film Aandhiyan. Sanu then relocated to Mumbai, where Kalyanji-Anandji gave him chance to sing in the film Jaadugar. Kalyanji-Anandji suggested that he change his name from Kedar Nath Bhattacharya.

Sanu went on to work with composers including Naushad, Ravindra Jain, Hridayanath Mangeshkar, Pt.R K Razdan, Kalyanji Anandji, and Usha Khanna.

For the 1990 film Aashiqui, music directors Nadeem-Shravan got Sanu to sing all but one of the songs. He won the first of his record five consecutive Filmfare Awards as Best Male Playback Singer. His next Filmfare Awards came for songs in the movies Saajan (1991), Deewana (1992), Baazigar (1993), and 1942: A Love Story (1994).

Significant collaborations

Nadeem-Shravan
Sanu often collaborated with Nadeem-Shravan. Some of their big success included songs from movies like Aashiqui (1990), Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin (1991), Sadak (1991), Saajan (1991), Deewana (1992), Dil Ka Kya Kasoor (1992), Kal Ki Awaz (1992), Salami (1993), Damini – Lightning (1993), Dilwale (1994), Agni Sakshi (1996), Raja Hindustani (1996), Jeet (1996), Pardes (1997), Sirf Tum (1999), Kasoor (2001), Dil Ka Rishta (2003), Andaaz (2003), among others.

Jatin Lalit
Sanu started his work with Jatin Lalit from the 1992 film Khiladi, from then on he provided his voices for hit movies like Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992), Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1993) Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Khamoshi (1996), Yes Boss (1997), Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai (1998), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha (1998), Ghulam (1998), Dil Kya Kare (1999).

Anu Malik
Sanu has sung various genres of songs with Anu Malik. Specifically Anu Malik is the one who has made Sanu to sing his first western type song 'Yeh Kaale Kaale Aankhe' from Baazigar (1993) and Kumar Sanu became a full fledged versatile singer mainly because of Anu Malik. Some notable movies of their combo are Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee (1993), Sir (1993), Imtihaan (1994), Vijaypath (1994), Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994), Naaraaz (1994), Naajayaz (1995), Diljale (1996), Virasat (1997), Judwaa (1997), Tamanna (1997), Duplicate (1998), Ishq Vishq (2003), No Entry (2005) and many more.

Other composers
In a career spanning three decades he has sung with other composers including R.D. Burman, Bappi Lahiri, Anand-Milind, Himesh Reshammiya, Ismail Darbar, Kalyanji Anandji, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Rajesh Roshan, Sajid-Wajid, Viju Shah, Uttam Singh, Raam Laxman, Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen, Anand Raj Anand, Aadesh Shrivastava, Vishal–Shekhar, M. M. Keeravani, Vishal Bharadwaj, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Hridaynath Mangeshkar and also A. R. Rahman.

Other work

He has also created music for Indian films and also produced the Bollywood film, Utthaan. Currently Kumar Sanu team up with Rakesh Bhhatia and together they produced Hindi feature film based on the four street children of Mumbai. All four children are doing shoe- polish on railway platform in order to earn their daily bread and butter. Mithun Chakraborty is acting in his movie as a lead role. Recently Kumar Sanu has sang for epic Bengali film Hason Raja, which directed by UK-based filmmaker Ruhul Amin.

Sanu was in the panel of judges on Sony TV for Waar Parriwar, a reality show based on the bringing together of a singing gharana (family of singers) and on Zee Bangla TV in a music reality show called Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - Vishwa Sera.

In 2012, he judged Zee Bangla musical reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - Gane Gane Tomar Mone.

In 2013,he is currently judging Zee Bangla musical reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa- Lil Champs.

Politics

He joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2004 in a ceremony headed by then Party President Venkiah Naidu

PANKAJ UDHAS

Pankaj Udhas is an Indian singer, credited in the Indian music industry, along with other musicians like Jagjit Singh and Talat Aziz, with bringing the Ghazal style to the realm of popular music. Udhas rose to fame for singing in the 1986 film Naam, in which his song "Chitthi Aayee Hai" became an instant hit. Following that, he has also performed as a playback singer for numerous films. He has recorded many albums since then and tours the world as an accomplished ghazal singer. In 2006, Pankaj Udhas was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award.

Pankaj Udhas was born in Jetpur near Rajkot in Gujarat and is the youngest of three brothers. He hails from Charakhdi a small village near Rajkot in Gujarat. His father's name is Keshubhai Udhas and mother's name is Jituben Udhas. His eldest brother Manhar Udhas achieved some success as a Hindi playback singer in Bollywood films. His second elder brother Nirmal Udhas is also a well-known Ghazal Singer and was the first of the three brothers to start singing in the family. He had studied in Sir BPTI Bhavanagar. His family moved to Mumbai and Pankaj attended St. Xavier's College in Mumbai.

Pankaj Udhas' older brother, Manhar, was a stage performer and this aided Pankaj in his introduction to musical performance. His first stage performance was during the Sino-Indian War, when he sang "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo" and was given Rs. 51 by an audience member as a reward.

Four years later, he joined the Sangeet Natya Academy in Rajkot and learned the nuances of playing the tabla. After that, he pursued a Bachelor of Science degree at Wilson College, and St Xavier's college Mumbai and started training in Indian classical vocal under the tutelage of Master Navrang. Udhas's first song was in film Kamna a solo song composed by Usha Khanna and written by Naqsh Lailpuri the film was a flop but his rendition was very much appreciated.

Subsequently, Udhas developed an interest in ghazals and learned Urdu to try to pursue a career as a ghazal singer. He spent ten months in Canada and the US doing ghazal concerts and returned to India with renewed vigour and confidence.

His first ghazal album, Aahat, was released in 1980. From this, he began to have success and, as of 2011 he has released more than 50 albums and hundreds of compilation albums

In 1986, Udhas received another opportunity to perform in film, in the film Naam, which brought him fame. In 1990, he sang the melodious duet "Mahiya Teri Kasam" with Lata Mangeshkar, for the movie Ghayal. This song achieved immense popularity. In 1994, Udhas sang the notable song, "Na Kajre Ki Dhar", from the film Mohra. He continued working as a playback singer, making some on-screen appearances in films such as Saajan, Yeh Dillagi, and Phir Teri Kahaani Yaad Aayee.

His album Shagufta launched by Music India in December 1987 was the first to be released on compact disc in India.

Later, Udhas started a talent hunt television program called Aadab Aarz Hai on Sony Entertainment Television

Pankaj Udhas is soon going to make his acting debut in a Marathi movie. The film is titled 'Thoda Tujha Thoda Majha' and was launched recently in Pune. Pankaj would be working with Anupam Kher, Varsha Usgaonkar and Ajinkya Deo in this Marathi movie.

Pankaj Udhas is married to Farida. They have two daughters, Nayaab and Reva

JAGJIT SINGH

Jagjit Singh, born Jagmohan Singh (8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011), was a prominent Indian Ghazal singer, songwriter and musician. Known as the "Ghazal King", he gained acclaim together with his wife, another renowned Indian ghazal singer Chitra Singh in the 1970s and 1980s. Their combination album comprising music from the films, Arth and Saath Saath is the HMV's largest selling combination album of all time.Sajda (An Offering, 1991), Jagjit Singh's magnum opus double album with Lata Mangeshkar holds the same record in non-film category. He sang in numerous languages. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the government of India in 2003.

Singh is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian classical art form, by choosing poetry that was relevant to the masses and composing them in a way that laid more emphasis on the meaning of words and melody evoked by them. In terms of Indian Classical music, his style of composing and Gayaki (singing) is considered as Bol-pradhan, one that lays emphasis on words. He highlighted this in his music for films such as Prem Geet (1981), Arth and Saath Saath (1982), and TV serials Mirza Ghalib (1988) and Kahkashan (1991). Jagjit Singh is considered to be the most successful ghazal singer and composer of all time in terms of critical acclaim and commercial success. With a career spanning five decades and a repertoire comprising over 80 albums, the range and breadth of his work has been regarded as genre-defining. He is the only composer and singer to have composed and recorded songs written by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee — also a critically acclaimed poet — in two albums, Nayi Disha (1999) and Samvedna (2002).

Singh's 1987 album, Beyond Time, was the first digitally recorded release in India. He was regarded as one of India's most influential artists. With sitar legend Ravi Shankar and other leading figures of Indian classical music and literature, Singh voiced his concerns over politicisation of arts and culture in India and lack of support experienced by the practitioners of India's traditional art forms, particularly folk artists and musicians. He lent active support to several philanthropic endeavors such as the library at St. Mary's School, Mumbai, Bombay Hospital, CRY, Save the Children and ALMA.

Jagjit Singh was born on 8 February 1941 in Sri Ganganagar, Bikaner princely state (now in Rajasthan), India. His birth name was Jagmohan but this was changed to Jagjit after his parents sought the advice of a member of the Sikh Namdhari sect. His parents were Sikh — Amar Singh and Bachan Kaur — and had several other children, with sources variously reporting the number between six and eleven.
Educated initially at Khalsa High School and Sri Ganganagar Government College, Singh obtained an arts degree from DAV College at Jalandhar and then a post-graduate degree in history from Kurukshetra University in Haryana. Throughout this time, and as a consequence of a natural talent that was spotted by his father, Singh learned music in Sikh temples and from musicians such as Pandit Chaganlal Sharma and Ustad Jamaal Khan, both of whom were trained in classical Indian music. He performed on radio and on stage, as well as composing some material, although he subsequently claimed that his father, who was a government employee, had hoped that he would become an engineer. On another occasion his memory was that his father aspired for him to become a bureaucrat and that his siblings were encouraged musically.

In March 1965, and without the knowledge of his family, Singh moved to Mumbai, where there were many opportunities for music artists because of the Bollywood film industry. He obtained work initially as a singer of advertising jingles and later progressed to playback singing. In the same year he persuaded the record company HMV to produce an EP; he also altered his Sikh image by abandoning his turban, shaving and cutting his hair. His first film role was in Dharati Na Chhoru, a Gujarati production by Suresh Amin

Singh was still struggling to make a living in 1967 when he met the Bengali-born Chitra Dutta. She divorced her husband and married Singh in December 1969. Following the birth of their son, Vivek, the couple performed as a singing duo but it was not until the 1976 release of the album The Unforgettable that they found significant, and surprising, success. In the interval, the primary difficulty for them had been that the ghazal music genre was dominated by Muslim artists and especially those from Pakistan.

The Unforgettable, which was the couple's first LP, was an unconventional recording and it turned them into stars. The song "Baat Niklegi" from the album achieved great popularity for the Singhs. The Independent described it in 2011 as "ground-breaking ... it became a transformative, before-and-after milestone in the history of Indian popular and ghazal music. It remains that." Using modern arrangements, it consists of ten tracks that include two on which they sang as a duo and the remainder equally split between Jagjit and Chitra singing the lead. The Independent further noted that "This format of solo and duet performances from the first commercially successful husband-and-wife team in Indian popular music proved astonishingly successful." Jagjit explained that "I was determined to polish up the genre and make it more acceptable to modern tastes, so chose simple poems and set them to simple tunes. I also introduced western instrumentation to make them livelier." Thereafter, the couple worked both on solo and joint musical projects and performed concerts worldwide. There was success from involvement with the film industry and they amassed considerable wealth, while Jagjit became known as "the Ghazal king".

Jagjit Singh's work in film encompassed playback singing for productions such as Arth, Saath Saath and Premgeet. He composed all of the songs for the latter, as well as for the TV serial Mirza Ghalib that was based on the life of the eponymous poet, Mirza Ghalib.

Among their subsequent duo recordings of the 1970s were Shiv Kumar Batalvi – Birha da Sultan (1978), Live in Concert at Wembley (1979) and Come Alive (1979). Of those released in the 1980s, Ecstasies (1984) has been described as "one of their finest". The joint projects ceased in 1990 when their 18-year-old son, Vivek, was killed in a road accident. Chitra felt unable to sing following these events. Monica, Chitra's daughter from her first marriage, committed suicide in 2009.

Although Jagjit continued to work and to have success after Chitra withdrew from public life he, too, was affected by the death of Vivek. The Guardian notes that he "suffered from deep depression and his anguish was often evident in his live performances." Aside from occupying himself with solo projects, which he performed in several languages, he collaborated with Lata Mangeshkar on an album titled Sajda, an Urdu word meaning "prostration".

On 10 May 2007, in the presence of numerous political and diplomatic luminaries at an event held in the Central Hall of the Parliament of India, Jagjit Singh rendered Bahadur Shah Zafar's famous ghazal Lagta nahin hai dil mera to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Google India honoured Jagjit Singh with a doodle on his 72nd birthday on 8 February 2013.

Singh toured the UK in 2011 and was due to perform with Ghulam Ali in Mumbai but suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on 23 September 2011. He was in a coma for over two weeks and died on 10 October 2011 at Lilavati Hospital, in Mumbai. He was cremated the following day at Chandanwadi Crematorium in Mumbai.
A number of tributes have been paid to Singh after his death, and some tried to cash in on his popularity, which was criticised by his wife.

A biography of Singh, entitled Beyond Time based on about 40 hours of interviews with him, was released in 2012. It was transcribed and edited by Ashrani Mathur

HARIHARAN

Hariharan born 3 April 1955) is an Indian playback singer who has sung for Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Bhojpuri and Telugu films, an established ghazal singer, and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. His melody is strongly appreciated by the film fraternity. In 2004, he was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India and is a two-time National Award winner.

Hariharan, associating with Leslie Lewis, formed Colonial Cousins, a two-member band. They have cut many private music albums and also scored music for few feature films in Tamil cinema and Bollywood cinema.

Born in Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram) he grew up in Mumbai in a Tamil Iyer family, and has bachelor degrees in science and law. He did his collegiate studies from S.I.E.S.College. The son of renowned Carnatic vocalists, Shrimati Alamelu and the late H.A.S. Mani (full name:Anantha Subramani Iyer), he inherited his parents' musical talents. Alamelu was Hariharan's first guru (mentor). From her, he picked up Carnatic music skills. He was also exposed to Hindustani music from a young age. In his teens, inspired by the songs of Mehdi Hassan and Jagjit Singh, Hariharan developed a passion for ghazals and started training in Hindustani music from Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. He used to put in thirteen hours of singing practice everyday. The committed Hariharan also put heart and soul into learning Urdu when he decided to become a ghazal singer.

At the start of his career, Hariharan did the concert circuit and also performed on TV. He sang for a number of TV serials (e.g., Junoon). In 1977, he bagged the top prize in the "All India Sur Singaar Competition" and was promptly signed on by the late music director Jaidev to sing for his new Hindi film Gaman (1978). His debut song "Ajeeb Sa neha Mujh Par Guzar gaya yaaron" in that movie became such a hit that it won him an Uttar Pradesh State Film Award, as well as a National Award nomination.

Hariharan entered the world of Tamil films in 1992 introduced by debutant music director A.R. Rahman with the patriotic song "Thamizha Thamizha" in Maniratnam's film Roja. He was judged best male playback singer in the 1995 Tamil Nadu State Government Film Awards for his soulful rendition of the song "Uyire Uyire" also by music director A.R Rahman in Maniratnam's Bombay (Hariharan sang the song with K.S. Chithra). Hariharan has been one of the most trusted singers of Rahman and has sung many songs for him in long list of movies that includes Muthu, Minsara Kanavu, Jeans, Indian, Mudhalvan, Taal, Rangeela, Indira, Iruvar, Anbe Aaruyire, Kangalal Kaithu Sei, Sivaji, Alaipayuthey, Kannathil Muthamittal, Guru, Enthiran etc. In 1998, Hariharan won the national award for the best playback singer for the soulful rendition of the song "Mere Dushman Mere Bhai" from the Hindi movie Border, composed by Anu Malik. Hariharan got another National Award for the Marathi song "Jiv Rangla" from Jogwa, set to tune by Ajay Atul in the year 2009.

He has sung more than 500 Tamil songs and nearly a hundred Hindi songs. He has also sung hundreds of songs in Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi and Bengali languages.

Hariharan has acted in a Tamil film with Khushboo, Power of Women, and played cameo roles in the Tamil film Boys and the Malayalam film Millennium Stars.

Hariharan is one of the foremost Indian ghazal singers and composers with more than thirty albums to his credit. In his early career, he cut several successful ghazal albums, writing most of the scores himself. One of Hariharan's first ghazal albums was Aabshar-e-Ghazal with Asha Bhonsle, which went gold in sales. Another outstanding ghazal album was Gulfam, which not only hit double platinum in sales but also fetched Hariharan the Diva Award for the Best Album of the Year in 1994. The other major ghazal albums by him are Hazir (1992), Jashn (1996), Halka Nasha (1996), Paigham (1997), Kaash (2000), Lahore Ke Rang Hari Ke Sang (2005), and Guftagoo. His live concert recordings, Hariharan in Concert (1990), Saptarishi (1996) and Swar Utsav (2001) were run away successes. His latest ghazal album is Lafzz... (2008). Hariharan worked with tabla maestro Zakir Hussain on his album Hazir. The album Lahore Ke Rang Hari Ke Sang with renowned ghazal composers from Pakistan won him rave reviews and critical acclaim inside and outside India. A.R. Rahman was an avid listener of his ghazals way before roping him in to sing his first song in Tamil film music, "Thamizha Thamizha", for the film Roja.

The year 1996 was a career milestone; he formed the band Colonial Cousins with Mumbai-based composer and singer Leslie Lewis.[5] Their first album, Colonial Cousins was a fusion album and was the first Indian act to be featured on MTV Unplugged. It won a string of awards including the MTV Indian Viewers' Choice award and Billboard Award for the Best Asian Music Group. By this single album, Hariharan established himself as one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. The next albums by this band were The Way We Do It (1998) and Aatma (2001) but were fairly noticed. Colonial Cousins released thier fourth studio album "Once More" on October 29, 2012 under the label Universal. 2009 Tamil film Modhi Vilayadu had score and soundtrack composed by Colonial Cousins. They also scored the 2010 Tamil film Chikku Bukku.

In 2004, he was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri and Yesudas Award for his outstanding performance in music.Hariharan collaborated with Pakistan based band Strings for a track called "Bolo Bolo". He released an album called Destiny with Punjabi / bhangra artist Daler Mehndi.[11] He also coined the terminology "Urdu Blues" with his fairly successful album Kaash which featured musicians like Anandan Sivamani the percussion maestro, Ustad Rashid Mustafa on tabla, Ustad Liyaqat Ali Khan on sitar and Ustad Sultan Khan on sarangi. He also performed the Swagatham song in the 2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony held in New Delhi on 3 October.He is currently appearing in a music show in Jaya TV named Hari Yudan Naan which is aired every Thursday, Friday and Saturdays at 9PM.Hariharan collaborated with Sarangan Sriranganathan for "Sruthi" at the Sydney Hill Centre and the Melbourne Robert Blackwood Hall Australia in 2011Hariharan has been selected as judge for Asianet Star Singer Season 6 programme, a very popular music contest television show for upcoming singers in Malayalam.

Lalitya Munshaw

Lalitya Munshaw is a renowned singer and has received extensive training in Hindustani classical music from Ustad Shaukat Khan of Agra Gharana and voice culture training from Padamshri Late Shri Kalyanji and Anandji. Born to connoisseur parents with strong musical beliefs embedded deep into her family, Lalitya has her roots into music. Blessed with a melodious voice Lalitya has clear inclination to express music through her performances on Indian as well as International platforms. With classical training she has forayed into Fusions, Film songs, Romantic melodies, Bhajans and Ghazals. As a live performer she has had the privilege of working with stalwarts like Hariharans, Anup Jalota, Pankaj Udhas, Shivamani, Louis Banks, Ronu Majumdar, Neeladari Kumar, Abhijeet and Vinod Rathod. Lalitya's most popular fusion album 'Maika Piya' was launched by the Dream Girl of the industry Hema Malini, her romantic album 'Rum Gaya Dil' by the romantic hero of the 70's Rishi Kapoor.Gujarat Chief Minsister Narendra Modi launched Lalitya Munshaw's Album 'Halarda' and 'Lori', 'Guru Om' a spiritual Album was released by Sri Sri Ravishankarji. Lalitya feels that music is enough for lifetime but lifetime is not enough for music. With this dedication Lalitya also runs a music studio Re n Raga (www.renraga.com) and a music production company Red Ribbon Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.(www.redribbon.in) and soon she is all set to bring a new album for her music lovers.

Albums

"Fusion Albums" 

 'Maika Piya' with Hari Haran and Ranjit Barot

 'Fusion Lounge' with Ustad Rais Khan and Ustad Sultan Khan

 'Black Lounge' with International Artist and 'Piya Bawari Again' with Abhijit Pohankar

"Romantic Albums"
 'Rum Gaya Dil' on Red Ribbon

 'Rab Piya' on Red Ribbon

"Devotional Albums" 

'Ganesha' Album with 10 tracks of Aartis, Dhuns, Bhajans, Slokas, Stotras, Meditation Mantra, and Visarjan

'Shree Krishna Janmotsav'
'Krishnarpan' with Anup Jalota

'Hare Ram Hare Krishna' with Suresh Wadkar

'Sakhi Mein Diwani', 'Shamaliya', 'Shreenathji' in Gujrati on Times Music

'Sakhi Main Deewani' with Anup Jalota

 'Guru Om'

'Aartiyaan' with Suresh Wadkar

"Kids Albums" 

'Halarda' in Gujrati and 'Lori' in Hindi on Red Ribbon

Realize and Traveller 01 features track Longing released on six degrees of California

DISH HOME - DISH NEPAL

Dish Media Network Pvt. Ltd.  is one of the most admired and aspiring companies of Nepal run by the most professionals who have created much top class corporate in Nepal. The company with brand Dish Home is formed by well known, having a proven track records of their respective business in the past. The management is young, energetic, professional and creative in idea.
Vision
We create medium for all media.
Mission
We would like to:

• Create a medium for information and entertainment to the households of Nepal
• Bring the latest and best technology to facilitate and educate people.
• Create alternative ways of Nepalese content to reach its customers.
• Create great values of all stake holders but benefiting the customers.

Philosophy
Our philosophy is to satisfy the customers with best and latest technology of media with reasonable price and reach all remote areas of Nepal
Management Team
Company is run by the experts of Nepalese Management, who have a proven track record of previous success.
Presently the company is led by Mr. Rabindra Man Shrestha (CEO). There are various departments and divisions for smooth operations.

CONTACT DETAILS

Dish Media Network (P) Ltd.
Corporate Tower, Gairhigaun, Tinkune,
Kathmandu, Nepal

Tel No : 977-1-4482425 (hunting line)
Toll Free: 1660-01-22000 (Helpdesk)
Toll Free: 1660-01-10101 (Service Inquiry)
For CDMA: 5592401
FAX :    977-1-4482379
Email : info@dishhome.com.np

FOR 'SMS' BOOKING:
TYPE: DTH   SPACE  LOCATION
& Send SMS TO 2580 

DIALOG TV

Dialog TV is a DTH from Srilanka, there is only one DTH in lanka.
Broadcasting from the satellite Intelsat-12  45 East. 


Here is channels list of Dialog TV 

Discovery Channel India
Fox Traveller
National Geographic Channel India
Nat Geo Adventure Asia
Setanta Sports Asia
Animal Planet India
KidsCo Asia
Pogo
Nickelodeon India
Cartoon Network Asia
Toonami
Baby TV Asia
Colors
Sun Music
Sony Max India
SET India
Star Plus India
KTV (India)
Star Vijay India
AXN HD Asia
ESPN HD India
National Geographic Channel HD India
Star Movies HD India
Fashion TV Asia
Comedy Central India
History TV 18
Ten Action
Discovery HD World India
Discovery Turbo India
CNN International South Asia
BBC World News South Asia
NDTV 24x7
Al Jazeera English
Bloomberg TV Asia
CCTV News
ESPN India
Star Sports India
Star Cricket
Neo Sports
Neo Prime
Ten Sports India
Ten Cricket India
Eurosport Asia
Discovery Science Channel India
Channel C
VH1 India
Kalaignar TV
Sun TV (India)
Vasantham TV
Eye
Rupavahini
ITN (Sri Lanka)
Revision TV
Derana TV
Hiru TV
Swarnavahini
TNL TV
Ridee TV
The Buddhist TV
Peace TV English
God TV Asia
[Dialog TV test card]
Learn TV
Nenasa TV
Zee TV Asia Pacific
CSN
Star Movies India
HBO Asia
HBO Signature Asia
HBO Hits
HBO Family Asia
Cinemax Asia
Zee Studio
Zee Café
Diva Universal Asia
Star World India
Warner TV Asia
AXN East Asia
Fox Crime Asia
NHK World TV
Shraddha TV
Australia Network India
NDTV Good Times
TLC India

POSTPAD CONNECTIONS

Connection Details

Primary Connection	Rs. 5,990.00
Secondary Connection	Rs. 5,990.00

Note:

• Channel C, Ridee TV and Learn TV added FOC until further notice.
• Packages and package rentals are subject to change without prior notice.
• Applicable taxes to be added to the rentals.
• Connection prices are inclusive of taxes.

Available package details

	Pearl	Thee	Diamond	Emerald	Gold
No. of Channels	40	33	51	51	72
Monthly Package Rental	Rs. 699.00	Rs. 729.00	Rs. 1,099.00	Rs. 1,649.00	Rs. 1,949.00
News
CNN
BBC World
ND TV
Al Jazeera
Bloomberg TV
CCTV
NHK World
Sports
ESPN
Star Sports
Star Cricket
Neo Sports
Neo Prime
Ten Sports
Ten Cricket
Eurosport
Music
MTV
Channel C
VH1
Movies
Star Movies
HBO
HBO Signature
HBO Hits
HBO Family
Cinemax
Zee Studio
Redee TV
Entertainment - English
Zee Cafe
DIVA Universal
Star World
Warner TV
AXN
Fox Crime
Australia Network
NDTV Good Times
Edutainment
TLC
Discovery
Fox Traveller
Nat Geo
Nat Geo Adventure
Animal Planet
Discovery Turbo
Discovery Science
Kids
Kids Co
POGO
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Toonami
Baby TV
Entertainment - Hindi
Colors
Set MAX
Sony SET
Star Plus
Zee TV
Entertainment - Tamil
Sun Music
KTV
Star Vijay
Kalaignar TV
Sun TV
Local
Vasantham TV
Channel Eye
Rupavahini
ITN
Derana
Hiru TV
Swarnavahini
TNL
CSN
Religious
The Buddhist	Added free on request
Peace TV	Added free on request
God TV / EWTN	Added free on request
Educational
Learn TV / HTV
Revision TV

PER DAY BILLING SERVICE

Per Day TV

Dialog Television is pleased to introduce another first in Sri Lanka – ‘Per Day TV’ (Pre Paid Dialog Television) which is designed to change the landscape of TV viewing in Sri Lanka by making satellite pay TV more affordable than ever before to a multitude of potential subscribers who can now enjoy the very best in the world of entertainment, edutainment, movies, kids entertainment, sports and news

Connection Details

	Per Day TV Primary Unit Price	Per Day TV Secondary Unit Price
12 months warranty	Rs.9,990.00	Rs.7,990.00
24 months warranty	Rs.10,990.00	Rs.8,990.00
36 months warranty	Rs.11,990.00	Rs.9,990.00

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Initial Connection Activation

For USSD activation dial #679# and follow instructions
To activate through SMS :
From your Dialog Mobile Type DTV <ACT> <CIR Number> and SMS to 679 from your Dialog Mobile
from Other Mobile Networks :
Type DTV <ACT> <CIR Number> and SMS to 077 0 679 679

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How to Reload your Account

• Via eZ Reloads which is available from your nearest eZ retailer.
• Via Reload Cards – To recharge dial 679 from your Dialog Mobile or 077 0 679 679 from any other network.
• Via eZ cash – Dial #111# and follow instructions.

Available package details

	Budget Pack	Lite Pack	Value Pack
No. of Channels	18	22	30
Daily Package Rental	Rs. 3.00	Rs. 6.00	Rs. 9.00
News
Al Jazeera
CCTV
NHK World
Sports
Ten Sports
Eurosport
Music
MTV
Channel C
Movies
Zee Studio
Redee TV
Entertainment - English
Zee Cafe
Australia Network
Edutainment
Animal Planet
Kids
Nickelodeon
Entertainment - Hindi
Colors
Star Plus
Entertainment - Tamil
Kalaignar TV
Local
Vasantham TV
Channel Eye
Rupavahini
ITN
Derana
Hiru TV
Swarnavahini
TNL
CSN
Religious
The Buddhist
Peace TV
God TV / EWTN
Educational
Learn TV / HTV
Revision TV