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Gurudev Is Immortal

admin — Fri, 07 May 2010 10:30:06 +0000

“I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can’t make it through one door, I’ll go through another door – or I’ll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.” said, the great poet, philosopher, musician, writer, educationist and the first Asian to become a Nobel laureate, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.

It is indeed very emotional to celebrate a man who made life so meaningful with his words of wisdom. It will be like committing an awful sin, worth killing thousands, if we miss this grand day which brought this legend to life. Yes, we at Nokia Ovi Music are proud to present a special tribute on the occasion of Gurudev’s 150th Anniversary. Celebrate Rabindrasangeet Special on Ovi Music India with close to 40 tracks sung by Srikanto Acharya, Indrani Sen, Lopamidra Mitra, Debashish Basu, Biswarup Rudra to name a few. Download & enjoy the best of Rabindra Sangeet and win gift vouchers!

Rabindra Sangeet Contest

He was popularly called as Gurudev and his songs were and still popularly known as Rabindrasangeet. Two songs from his Rabindrasangit are now the national anthems of India and Bangladesh: the Jana Gana Mana (India’s National Anthem) and the Amar Shonar Bangla (Bangladesh’s National Anthem).

A prospective barrister, Tagore enrolled at a public school in Brighton, East Sussex, England in 1878. He read law at University College London, but left school to explore Shakespeare and more.

When Tagore was small, he was mostly raised by servants, as his mother had died in his early childhood and his father travelled extensively. Tagore largely declined classroom schooling, preferring to roam the mansion or nearby idyll. Upon his sacred thread ceremony initiation at age eleven, Tagore left Kolkata on 14 February 1873 to tour India with his father for several months.

In 1901, Tagore moved to Santiniketan to found an ashram which grew to include a marble-floored prayer hall, an experimental school, groves of trees, gardens, and a library. By now, his work was gaining him a large following among Bengali and foreign readers alike, and he published such works as Naivedya (1901) and Kheya (1906) while translating his poems into free verse.

Jai Ho!

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Celebrating the Best of Kishore Da’s Music

admin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:29:46 +0000

In one of the very famous interviews by Dadamuni (Kishore Kumar’s elder brother, Ashok Kumar), he was quoted saying that Kishore never had any formal classical training in music. In fact his family members joked at him whenever he tried to modulate his voice, because of his coarse grating voice. When he was young, once he hurt himself badly and kept crying endlessly in pain. He used to cry in pain for almost 20 hours and that continued for a month. After that, a miracle happened.

Gradually the wound healed and one’s month’s crying practice, suddenly cleared his voice and it became melodious.

Thus was born, Abhas Kumar Ganguly’s new avataar popularly known as “Kishore kumar”. He was the second golden male voice that the film industry produced, the first being that of Kundan Lal Sehgal.

Kishore still lives and will always live. He worked with the best of playback singers in Bollywood, from Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey to Mohd Rafi. He worked behind the scenes and became a success mantra for many of the actors including Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan.

Let’s celebrate the evergreen music from the man himself. Tune into the Ovi Music Store for a special Kishore Kumar collection.

Kishore Kumar

Kishore Kumar with Salil Choudhary

Artist Aloud Contest!

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:05:59 +0000

Artist Aloud Contest

Be a part of the “Artist Aloud Contest” Win an Exquisite Guitar by downloading songs from the playlist. Take your pick from wide selection of 115 tracks from Artists like Ali Azmat,Tauseef Akhtar,Tony S. Fernandes and many more at the Nokia Music Store India

Artist Aloud Contest

IPL 2010 Special!

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:49:17 +0000

Cricket fever is back with “IPL 2010“.

IPL 2010 Contest

Catch up with IPL fever Indian Premier League.Join the Kings and Queens of Bollywood and the owners of respective teams of IPL with “IPL 2010 Contest” at the Nokia Music Store India.

IPL 2010 Contest

Exclusive collection of 100 tracks available from Juhi Chawla,Shilpa Shetty,Preity Zinta and Shahrukh Khan’s movies.Download & enjoy the best songs of Bollywood & reserve the tickets for IPL here http://music.nokia.co.in/IE/features/ipl2010contest.aspx

Teen Patti

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:43:15 +0000

Composer duo Salim and Sulaiman Merchant have crafted an apt soundtrack for suspense thriller “Teen Patti”.The album is truly international in its approach. Salim and Sulaiman have given music that perfectly gels with the theme of the film.

Teen Patti

The tracks are available at the Nokia Music Store India and there is a contest running too! Download the tracks of “Teen Patti” & win some exciting movie merchandise !

Celebrate Womans Day on the Nokia Music Store India

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:48:15 +0000

To celebrate the Divas of India we’ve got three special promotions going on now over at the Nokia Music Store India
First up we have “Bollywood Divas Contest!”

Bollywood Divas contest

Where you can find a selection of songs from Bollywood’s most popular Divas
Second we have “Queens of Bollywood Contest!”

Queens of Bollywood Contest!

Not only is it a great selection of songs, but you can also win prizes by downloading songs from the playlist
We also have “Happy Woman’s Day”

Happy Woman's Day!

As you can see we’ve got a great selection of songs to celebrate Women’s Day here on the Nokia Music Store !

Unforgettable collection of Audio Movies

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:17:23 +0000

We now have Audio films available at Nokia Music Store India.
The collection is of ever green movies which everyone loves to hear again and again, which consists of Don,Ek Duje Ke Liye,Silsila,Mughal – E – Azam,Anand and much more !

Audio Movies

Listen to your favorite films at Nokia Music Store India

Valentine’s Day Special

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:53:59 +0000

Love is in the air with Valentine’s Day approaching. What better way than celebrating the season of romance with music?

Nokia Music Store India has something special this Valentine for you. A splendid collection of best love songs across all genres! 50 Bollywood songs, 50 South Indian songs, 50 Regional and 50 International songs. If you like them, which we know you surely will, click here to refer this page to your friends and loved ones.

So, pour your heart out and express your love to your special ones!

: Valentine’s Day Special (Bollywood)

: Valentine’s Day Special(Bollywood)

: Valentine’s Day Special(International)

: Valentine’s Day Special(International)

: Valentine’s Day Special(South)

: Valentine’s Day Special (Regional)

Tune into Ishqiya

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:14:30 +0000

It’s time to unwind and tune into the ‘Ishqiya‘ mode. It’s the best of music that one can get when Gulzar teams up with composer Vishal Bhardwaj. The duo is always ready to bend the way Hindi Film music is perceived and presented. It’s not the first time that they have teamed up together and created music that sounds so fresh, yet bears their trademark quality stamp.

You can catch all the action on Ishqiya on the Nokia Music Store (viewable on Internet Explorer). Of course, the entire album is available for you to tune in, download songs you like or favorite them. You can also get a special preview to two trailers. One of them is a Ishqiya Movie trailer and the other is of Dil To Bachcha Hai song sung by popular musician Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.

Ishqiya Videos on Nokia Music Store

You can also participate in a special contest by downloading songs from Ishqiya. You could win autographed cds of the album!

About the movie

Ishqiya is a story of romance between individuals caught in a web of crime, suspense, passion, and deceit. Set in a rural landscape, Ishqiya explores basic human emotions as influenced by desire, greed and revenge. The music of the film has a touch of rustic class to it. Its another landmark album by Vishal Bharadwaj and Gulzar. ‘Ishqiya’ turns out to be a short and sweet album with an eye on being a quality outing.

Nokia Music India Best Sellers of January Week 3

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:27:53 +0000

We’ve got a lot of exciting and fun songs on the Nokia Music Store this week. Our best sellers include some really awesome numbers like :

As you can see, they’re really a great collection of music.

What do you think will be next week’s best seller ?