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The Beatles And India
''The Beatles and India'' is a 2021 documentary film directed by Indian author and political journalist Ajoy Bose. It covers the Beatles' immersion in Indian culture and philosophy during the 1960s and the band's influence on India. The documentary's world premiere took place on 29 May 2021, to close the UK Asian Film Festival (UKAFF). Production The film was inspired by Ajoy Bose's book ''Across the Universe: The Beatles in India'', published in 2018, fifty years after the Beatles' highly publicised stay in Rishikesh, India. It was Bose's directorial debut. Cultural researcher Peter Compton co-directed and Reynold D'Silva, head of Silva Screen Music Group, produced the film. Bose credited the film with being the "brainchild" of D'Silva, who had first considered such a documentary over 30 years before, when his music company was working with George Harrison's HandMade Films. According to Bose, the reopening of the Rishikesh ashram where the Beatles once stayed brought the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajoy Bose
Ajoy Bose (born 1952) is a Bengali-Indian author, political journalist and television commentator. His books include ''For Reasons of State: Delhi under Emergency'' (1977, written with John Dayal) on the Emergency; ''The Shah Commission Begins'' (1978, with Dayal); ''Behenji'' (2009), a biography of Indian politician and social reformer Mayawati; and ''Across the Universe: The Beatles in India'' (2018). His writing has appeared in the publications '' Scroll.in'', ''Quartz'', ''Outlook'', ''Economic and Political Weekly'' and ''Firstpost''. In 2021, he made his directorial debut with the documentary film ''The Beatles and India''. He has worked as a resident commentator for CNN-News18 CNN News18 is an Indian English-language news television channel founded by Raghav Bahl based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is currently co-owned by Network18 Group and Warner Bros. Discovery. CNN provides international coverage for the .... Bose grew up in Calcutta. References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultimate Classic Rock
Townsquare Media, Inc. (formerly Regent Communications until 2010) is an American radio network and media company based in Purchase, New York. The company started in radio and expanded into digital media toward the end of the 2000s, starting with the acquisition of the MOG Music Network. Townsquare was the third-largest AM–FM operator in the country, owning 349 radio stations in 74 markets. History As Regent Communications Townsquare Media was established as Regent Communications by Terry Jacobs in 1994. Jacobs was formerly the CEO of Jacor, Jacor Communications, a radio broadcasting company which he created in 1979. Bill Stakelin later shared chief status in the company with Jacobs, and the two established JS Communications, later selling Regent to Jacor in 1997. Stakelin and Jacobs resurrected the Regent name to replace JS, with approval by Jacor. Jacobs left the company in 2005. On October 27, 2008, Regent Broadcasting joined Radiolicious and began streaming on the iPhon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janwar (1965 Film)
''Janwar'' () is a 1965 Hindi film directed by Bhappi Sonie. It stars Shammi Kapoor, Rajshree in lead roles. The music is composed by Shankar-Jaikishan and lyrics are by Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra and Faiz Ahmad Faiz. It is notable for a rendition of the song "Dekho Ab To Kisi Ko Nahin Hai Khabar", set to the tune of the Beatles song " I Wanna Hold Your Hand". Plot Mr. Srivastava lives a very wealthy lifestyle with his wife and two sons, Mahendra and Sunder. He plans to get his sons married to women from equally wealthy backgrounds. Mahendra falls in love with Seema, who is poor and lives with her stepmother. This creates considerable acrimony in the family, and Seema is not accepted as a daughter-in-law. Unable to find a solution, Mahendra takes to alcohol and falls in the bewitching clutches of a beautiful courtesan named Bahaar. While vacationing in Srinagar, Sunder meets Sapna, who also comes from a poor family, falls in love with her and wants to marry her. She, too, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shammi Kapoor
Shammi Kapoor (born Shamsher Raj Kapoor; (pronounced Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, [ʃʌmːi kʌpuːɾ]; 21 October 1931 – 14 August 2011) was an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi cinema. Kapoor is considered one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, Kapoor worked in over Shammi Kapoor filmography, 100 films. He is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards, including one for Filmfare Award for Best Actor, Best Actor. Born to actor Prithviraj Kapoor and a member of the Kapoor family, he made his film debut with the commercially unsuccessful ''Jeewan Jyoti (1953 film), Jeewan Jyoti'' (1953). Following roles in continued Box-office bomb, box-office flops, he had his breakthrough with ''Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957 film), Tumsa Nahi Dekha'' (1957), which attained him the image of a stylish Playboy lifestyle, playboy and dancer, and subsequently gained further recognition with ''Dil Deke Dekho'' (1959). Kapoor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Alex
Yannis (later John) Alexis Mardas (; 2 May 1942 – 13 January 2017), also known as Magic Alex, was a Greek self-professed inventor who was closely associated with the Beatles. His nickname was given to him by John Lennon when he was involved with the group between 1965 and 1969, during which time he became head of Apple Corps#Apple Electronics, Apple Electronics. Mardas arrived in England in 1965, exhibiting his ''Kinetic Light Sculptures'' at the Indica Gallery. He impressed John Lennon with the ''Nothing Box'': a small plastic box with randomly blinking lights, and allegedly claimed that he could build a 72-track magnetic tape, tape machine. Mardas was in India with the Beatles at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram in India and was then given the job of designing the new Apple Studios (recording studio), Apple Studio in Savile Row. His schemes lost Apple at least £300,000 (£ in pounds). In the 1970s, the Counter-terrorism, anti-terrorism industry offered bullet-proof vehi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Turner (writer)
Steve Turner is an English music journalist, biographer, and poet, who grew up in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England. Career Turner's first published article was in the '' Beatles Monthly'' in 1969. His career as a journalist began as features editor of '' Beat Instrumental'', where he interviewed many of the prominent rock musicians of the 1970s. He subsequently freelanced for music magazines such as ''Melody Maker'', ''NME'' and ''Rolling Stone''. During the 1980s, he wrote extensively for British newspapers and magazines on a range of subjects as well as produced his study of the relationship between rock music and religion, ''Hungry For Heaven'', and co-authored ''U2: Rattle & Hum'', the book of the eponymous 1988 film. In the 1990s, he began devoting himself to full-length books. The first was a best-selling biography of British music star Cliff Richard, ''Cliff Richard: The Biography'' (1993), which stayed on the ''Sunday Times'' bestseller list for six weeks. He has als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Lewisohn
Mark Lewisohn (born 16 June 1958) is an English historian and biographer. Since the 1980s, he has written many reference books about the Beatles and has worked for EMI, MPL Communications and Apple Corps.Catching Up With Mark Lewisohn What Goes On, 4 April 2005 He has been referred to as the world's leading authority on the band. ''The Independent'', 26 April 2004 His major works include ''The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions'' (1988), a history of the group's session dates, and ''The Beatles: All These Years'' (2013–present), a three-volume ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonderwall Music
''Wonderwall Music'' is the debut solo album by the English musician George Harrison and the soundtrack to the 1968 film ''Wonderwall (film), Wonderwall'', directed by Joe Massot. Released in November 1968, it was the first solo album by a member of the Beatles, and the first album issued on the band's Apple Records, Apple record label. The songs are mostly instrumental pieces, with some featuring non-English language vocals and one track with English lyrics, mostly short musical vignettes. Following his Indian-styled compositions for the Beatles since 1966, he used the film score to further promote Indian classical music by introducing rock audiences to instruments that were relatively little-known in the West – including shehnai, sarod, tar shehnai, tanpura and santoor. The Indian pieces are contrasted by Western musical selections, in the psychedelic rock, Experimental music, experimental, Country music, country and Ragtime music, ragtime styles. Harrison recorded the album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Music Circle
The Asian Music Circle (sometimes abbreviated to AMC) was an organisation founded in London, England, in 1946, that promoted Indian and other Asian styles of music, dance and culture in the West. The AMC is credited with having facilitated the assimilation of the Indian subcontinent's artistic traditions into mainstream British culture. Founded by Indian writer and former political activist Ayana Angadi and his English wife, Patricia Fell-Clarke, a painter and later a novelist, the organisation was run from their family home in the north London suburb of Finchley. In the 1950s, with Yehudi Menuhin as its president, the AMC organised the first Western performances by Indian classical musicians Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan, as well as Vilayat Khan's debut concerts in Britain. During the following decade, the Angadis introduced George Harrison of the Beatles to Shankar, initiating an association that saw Indian music reach its peak in international popularity over 1966–68. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar (; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitar, sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known expert of Hindustani classical music, Indian classical music in the second half of the 20th century, and influenced many musicians in India and throughout the world. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999. He is also the father of American singer Norah Jones and British-American musician and sitar player Anoushka Shankar. Shankar was born to a Bengalis, Bengali family in India, and spent his youth as a dancer touring India and Europe with the dance group of his brother Uday Shankar. At age 18, he gave up dancing to pursue a career in music, studying the sitar for seven years under court musician Allauddin Khan. After finishing his studies in 1944, Shankar worked as a composer, creating the music for the ''Apu Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beatles' 1966 Tour Of Germany, Japan And The Philippines
The English rock group the Beatles toured West Germany, Japan and the Philippines between 24June and 4July 1966. The thirteen concerts comprised the first stage of a world tour that ended with the band's The Beatles' 1966 US tour, final tour of the United States, in August 1966. The shows in West Germany represented a return to the country where the Beatles had The Beatles in Hamburg, developed as a group before achieving fame in 1963. The return flight from the Philippines to England included a stopover in Delhi, India. There, the Beatles indulged in two days of sightseeing and shopping for musical instruments while still under the attention of the press and local fans. The concerts were well attended yet provided the band with little in the way of artistic fulfilment. The programme was in the package-tour format typical of the 1960s, with two shows per day, several support acts on the bill and the Beatles' set lasting around 30 minutes. The band's setlist included their new si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
