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Humsafar (album)
''Humsafar'' () is the second album sung by KK released on 22 January 2008. The music was composed by KK himself and lyrics were by Mehboob in Hindi, and KK in English. Overview Humsafar, came eight years after the release of KK's super-hit debut album ''Pal''. It belongs to the pop-rock genre and has a total of 10 songs. Humsafar has two additional songs — "Din Ho Ya Raat" and "Mehki Hawa"—from ''Pal'', KK's earlier album. The album has a fun-filled romantic number—"Aasman Ke", featuring the singer and a south Indian model, Suhasi Goradia Dhami, in the video. "Humsafar", the title track, an interplay of English and Hindi lyrics, is about one's conscience and how it is a constant companion in the journey of life. One of the songs, "Yeh Kahan", was penned seven years before the release and "Dekho Na", a rock number, was written six years ago. The rest of the six songs came about in the last two years before the release. Other songs in the album include "Rain Bhai Kaari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK (singer)
Krishnakumar Kunnath (23 August 1968 – 31 May 2022), popularly known as KK, was an Indian playback singer. KK is regarded as one of the greatest playback singers of India, noted for his versatility in a variety of music genres. He recorded songs primarily in Hindi, Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu and Kannada. He was a recipient of two Screen Awards, along with nominations for six Filmfare Awards. KK began his career by singing advertising jingles and made his film debut in 1996 with a song in ''Maachis''. KK released his debut album, ''Pal (album), Pal'' in 1999. The songs "Pal" and "Yaaron" from the album became popular, and are used in school graduations. The album turned out to be his career breakthrough. The song "Tadap Tadap Ke" from the 1999 film ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'', earned him his first Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer nomination. KK went onto establish himself as one of the leading singers of the 2000s with successful songs in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Music India
Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian music record label operated by Sony and headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The company began operations in 1997 and was the first record company in India to be fully foreign-owned, with Sony being a Japanese corporation. From December 2013 to March 2020, the company distributed Warner Music Group releases in India and the SAARC region, until the launch of the Warner Music India division. Sony Music India is the largest foreign-owned music label in the country and the second-largest overall. It holds a 25% share of the Indian music market, ranking behind T-Series and ahead of Zee Music Company, with which it has a strategic partnership. Labels Sony Music South is a division of Sony Music India that focuses on film soundtracks and independent music from South India. The label is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal (album)
''Pal'' () is the debut solo album by Indian pop, Indipop playback singer KK (singer), KK. It was released on 16 April 1999 by Sony Music India, Sony. The album was arranged and produced by Lesle Lewis (composer), Lesle Lewis while lyrics were written by Mehboob (lyricist), Mehboob. All tracks were sung by KK. In 2008, after a gap of eight years, KK released his second album ''Humsafar (album), Humsafar''. Background The lyrics are by Mehboob (lyricist), Mehboob, while the music is by Lesle Lewis. After its release in 1999, it was an instant hit, and brought a lot of recognition to KK (singer), KK. With no formal training to count, KK got himself to release a music album ''Pal'' with support from his friend, Lesle Lewis in Mumbai. The songs—"Aap Ki Dua", "Yaaron" and the title-track "Pyaar ke Pal" in no time ruled the lips of the youngsters and KK's quick march to celebrity-hood commenced. Track listing Reception All the songs from the album were massive hits all over India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehboob (lyricist)
Mehboob (credited as Mehboob Kotwal or simply Mehboob; born 1961) is an Indian film lyricist. He was born and brought up in Mumbai city of Maharashtra, where he also received his primary education, first in English and later in Urdu. Career In 1986, Mehboob met music composer Ismail Darbar who played violin in film orchestras those days. It was Darbar who taught him the difference between poetry and film lyrics. Darbar introduced Mehboob to filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma and he began his songwriting career with Varma's 1992 film Drohi whose music was composed by R.D. Burman. He then worked with A.R. Rahman on Varma's Rangeela. Rahman liked his work and introduced him to Mani Ratnam and Mehboob penned the lyrics for the Hindi (dubbed) version of Bombay. Mehboob went on to work with A.R. Rahman on films such as Thakshak, Doli Saja Ke Rakhna and Dubbed version of Dil Hi Dil Mein. He has also written lyrics for A.R. Rahman's non-film album Maa Tujhe Salaam as well as Mani Ratnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a weekly publication in 1878 by the Triplicane Six, becoming a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. Except for a period of around two years, when Siddharth Varadarajan, S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, senior editorial positions of the paper have always been held by members of the original Iyengar family or by those appointed by them under their direction. In June 2023, the former chairperson of the group, Malini Parthasarathy, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suhasi Goradia Dhami
Suhasi Dhami (née Goradia) is an Indian actress and model. She is known for portraying Abha in ''Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli'' and double role as Vedika Mathur and Vedika Pratab in ''Aap Ke Aa Jane Se''. She appeared in KK's music video titled 'Aasman Ke". Early life Dhami is a trained classical dancer since childhood. Career She began her acting career in 2004 when she appeared in an episode of K. Street Pali Hill as Jugnu Khandelwaal. In 2005, she was cast in Raat Hone Ko Hai, Poorav Ya Paschim and Home Sweet Home. In 2006, she landed a role in two serials ''Aek Chabhi Hai Padoss Mein'' as the lead and ''Antriksh-ek Amar katha'' as Rajkumari Urmi. In 2009, she was cast in ''Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli'' as Abha. After ''Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli'' ended in July 2012, few months later, she joined Aaj Ki Housewife Hai... Sab Jaanti Hai as Sona Kanhaiyya Chaturvedi which premiered in December 2012. In 2012, she participated as a contestant in ''Nach Baliye 5'' alongside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baul
The Baul () are a group of mystic minstrels of mixed elements of Sufism and Vaishnavism from different parts of Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley and Meghalaya. Bauls constitute both a religious syncretism, syncretic religious sect of troubadours and a musical tradition. Bauls are a very heterogeneous group, with many sects, but their membership mainly consists of Vaishnavism, Vaishnava Hindus and Sufism, Sufi Muslims. They can often be identified by their distinctive clothes and musical instruments. Lalon, Lalon Shah is regarded as the most celebrated Baul saint in history. Although Bauls constitute only a small fraction of the Bengali population, their influence on the culture of Bengal is considerable. In 2005, the "Baul tradition of Bangladesh" was included in the list of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesle Lewis (composer)
Leslee Peter Lewis (formerly spelled Leslie and Lesle; born 20 June 1960), popularly known as Lezz Lewis, is an Indian singer and composer known for his work with Hariharan as the duo Colonial Cousins.Leslee Lewis composes for his first Bollywood flick IBN Live; 13 November 2007 They won the MTV Asia Viewer's Choice Award and then the U.S. Billboard Viewer's Choice Award for 'Colonial Cousins', their debut album. He conceived and created all the music for Coke Studio, MTV India debut season. Lewis is one of the first Indian composers to have introduced the Indian audiences to rock and pop music. Lewis's creative side comes as an inherited value from his father, P. L. Raj< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Soundtrack Albums
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