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Birthday Special: How Piyush Mishra Accidentally Became a Cult Icon for Gen Z With Songs like ‘Aarambh’, ‘Ik Bagal’ and ‘Husna’

A 60-year-old poet who turned down Bollywood stardom found his real audience on TikTok, where Gen Z discovered revolution tastes like philosophy wrapped in cigarette smoke. The irony stings. Piyush Mishra spent three decades chasing applause in Delhi theatre and Mumbai's dark corners - broke, battling demons, writing verses nobody ...

Year-End Special: Indian OTT’s Most Expensive Series That Flopped Despite Massive Budgets

When deep pockets met shallow returns - India's streaming platforms learned that throwing crores at content doesn't always guarantee eyeballs. Here's the thing about Baahubali: Before the Beginning - nobody's seen it. Not a single episode. Netflix pumped ₹300 crore into this prequel series, went through two lead actresses (first Mrunal Thakur, then Wamiqa Gabbi), cycled through three directors, and still nothing. Production started in 2018 with a ₹100 crore budget, got scrapped during the pandemic, rebooted with an additional ₹200 crore, and eventually shelved completely by 2024. That's more expensive than Pathaan. More than Pushpa: The Rise. And we ...

Films
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All about Music

Birthday Special: Underdog to Oscar King - AR Rahman's Hollywood Struggles, Slumdog Breakthrough, and India's Global Music Win

While the West looked for a "Bollywood sound," AR Rahman gave them a global pulse - paving a path from the keyboard of a jingle-maker to the golden glow of the Dolby Theatre. Most people think Rahman’s Hollywood story began with a phone call from Danny Boyle. In reality, it ...

Birthday Special: The Rahman Code: Hidden Mathematical Patterns in Jai Ho, Kun Faya Kun & Why Math Nerds Obsess Over His Scores

Behind the soulful Sufi hums and Oscar-winning beats lies a cryptic architecture of numbers - where every rhythm is a calculation and every silence is a zero. Ever wondered why Kun Faya Kun feels like it’s physically lifting you off the floor? Or why Jai Ho has that relentless, clockwork ...

Most musicians build songs; the Mozart of Madras builds legacies, turning "nobody" auditions into the voices of a generation.

Most musicians build songs; the Mozart of Madras builds legacies, turning "nobody" auditions into the voices of a generation. You know that feeling when a song hits your ears and suddenly the world feels a little less heavy? That’s the Rahman effect. But if you look past the synths and ...

Remembering Pandit Ravi Shankar: Discover His Raga Recordings That Changed Indian Classical Music Forever

A sitar, a stage, and a sea of possibility - Pt. Ravi Shankar’s raga masterworks forever altered what Indian classical music could sound and mean. Some musicians preserve tradition. Ravi Shankar, though, stretched it until the old world sang something utterly new. Upending established approaches, he introduced innovative raga structures, ...

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Along With Manoj Bajpayee's Recent Release 'Silence 2,' Some Underrated ZEE5 Original Web Series To Stream

Unveil the underrated originals on ZEE5, promising a weekend filled with hidden treasures waiting to be explored. Discover the latest gem on ZEE5, ‘Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout,’ featuring the dynamic duo of Manoj Bajpayee and Prachi Desai, under the adept direction of Aban Bharucha Deohans. Delve into the gripping narrative centred around ACP Avinash Verma investigating a mass shoot-out at the Night Owl Bar in Mumbai. Unveiled on Zee5 starting April 16th, the movie invites viewers to explore the plethora of underrated originals awaiting discovery, promising an exciting weekend. Sunflower ‘Sunflower’ is a dark comedy original series ...

Web Series
  • 1 year ago
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