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There was a time when the only music that was marketed well (apart from Hindi film music) was the genre that went by the name of Indi-pop. Further to this came the remix wave which has more or less died down over the last couple of years. But to one's pleasant surprise, an industry that has grown over the past few months is lounge music and fusion albums that incorporate Indian classical elements in them. The man who seems to have benefited most out of this new wave is internationally acclaimed 'santoor' player Rahul Sharma. If one looks at the sheer volume of albums he has brought on stands in the last few months, it would make the picture quite clear. His TIME TRAVELER came a few months back and was an instant success. Further to this, he came up with WHITE which was picked up by the connoisseurs of experimental music. But what takes the cake is the last couple of months that have brought to fore as many as 4 new albums by Rahul Sharma. First to come was H2O that was followed by MAYA. Beyond this, there are also albums like LADAKH and INTERFACE that have been gracing the stands for last few weeks. Needless to say, though it seems like an overdose of santoor albums by Rahul Sharma, each of them come with a distinct flavor of their own that makes the music stand out. With number of music videos on air that feature tracks from these albums, it indeed has been a great musical year for Rahul Sharma and the music lovers who have found a liking for 'santoor'!
Rahul Dholakia, Pradeep Sarkar facilitated by IFTDA
The Indian Film and Television Directors Association (IFTDA) felicitated Shri Shakti Samanta, Shri Lekh Tandon and BP Singh with the IFTDA Lifetime Achievement award yesterday at a star studded award ceremony at Bhavan's college ground, Andheri West. IFTDA also honored National Award winners such as Rahul Dholakia for Parzania, Pradeep Sarkar for Parineeta, Shujminder Dhanjal for Punjabi film Bagi, Anand Ghatraj for Bhojpuri film, Nishikant Kamat for Marathi film Dombivali Fast and many more. Special guests present included Sharmila Tagore, Shatrughan Sinha, Jagdeep, Gulzar, Raman Kumar, Deepti Naval, Aseem Samanta, Ashok Pandit, Vinod Pandey, Dharmesh Tiwari and many other prominent film personalities. This was definitely a grand affair celebrating the best of the Indian cinema!
Rahul Dholakia Wins Ramnath Goenka Memorial Award
Rahul Dholakia of "Parzania" fame has won the coveted Ramnath Goenka Memorial Award at the Screen awards held recently. It's a special award that recognizes excellence in cinema to a filmmaker who dares to make a difference in society with his work. It is an extremely prestigious award as Ramnath Goenka, one of the pioneers in journalism was a man who defied all odds to make his statement and fight for justice, and this award is a tribute to his spirit. Rahul Dholakia had directed and produced this ground breaking film starring Naseeruddin shah, Sarika and Emmy award winner Corin Nemic based on the Gujarat riots.
Rahul says bye to his other passion
It may be because Rugby is not a popular game in India that only a few people knows that actor Rahul Bose is a quality Rugby player who can play at the highest levels. In spite of being seen regularly in both Bollywood movies and in other projects like the recently released Cinematographer/director Santosh Sivan's 'Before the rains', Rahul is still a very active rugby player. After being a player representing the country for long, Rahul Bose has finally decided to hang up his Rugby boots. The forthcoming Asian Zone rugby tournament going to be held in Bangkok as a qualifier for the Rugby World cup will be the actor's last major tournament. Well if India qualifies from the group which comprises Malaysia, Thailand and Pakistan, Rahul will be playing with the Indian team in the next group which will be having other Asian nations. If India fails to qualify, it's not only goodbye to Rugby, the qualifying round will also be a farewell tournament to injuries for Rahul. The actor has been through serious injuries which come almost near to being fatal. 210 pieces of tiny stones from dirt getting stuck in the eyes, two arthroscopies, three broken noses and six broken fingers is the major ones from the list of injuries during all these years of playing the highly aggressive game. One other actor who is known to have played Rugby before he entered the filmdom is the new hunk in Kollywood Vinay. Lately this highly talented and choosy actor have been seen in a wide variety of roles in both commercially and critically acclaimed films. Serious injuries can only create hurdles in the actor's career and the age can also be a factor which Rahul must have considered before deciding to quit playing rugby.
Rahul raids for big reach
After earning a pat across the audience all over the world for his unforgettable performance in the films of 1947 Earth and Bollywood Hollywood now has decided to raid into mainstream produced by Saif Ali Khan as his first venture. Following his father Vinod Khanna's foot steps he and his younger Akshaye entered into acting career however, elder preferred to stick with parallel films and the younger became a big Khilladi. Director Imtiaz Ali, 'Jab we met' famous has a special role which suits Rahul intact offered to him and surprisingly he also accepted to play. The film cast includes Saif and Deepika Padukone in lead roles. The actor is said to be involved with another important role in Karan Johar's production starring with Ranbir Kapoor and Konkona Sen Sharma.
Rahul Khanna finds a donkey more expressive than kids
Rahul Khanna has always disliked working with kids and animals as he believes that they are difficult to deal with on the sets. Rahul reluctantly agreed to ace cinematographer Santosh Sivan's directorial venture - TAHAAN which required him to shoot with a kid and a donkey. But his whole perception about working with kids and animals changed while shooting on the sets. He reveals that he was totally impressed with the kid who was so natural while acting. A scene required Rahul to hold a cold face while the kid cries. The kid enacted it so well that the entire crew was in tears and Rahul had to hold back his. And about the donkey he exclaims that he has not seen an animal as beautiful as the donkey. He thinks he was more expressive than the kids and very well behaved and disciplined.