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Red carpet @ Cannes: Here’s who all will walk from India
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Niharika Lal (BOMBAY TIMES; May 11, 2022)
Actors Akshay Kumar and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, music maestro A R Rahman, Grammy-winning composer Ricky Kej and actor R Madhavan are among those from the field of cinema and music who will walk the red carpet at the opening ceremony of the 2022 75th Cannes Film Festival, as part of the Indian delegation led by Anurag Thakur, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting.
Other names from the Indian delegation that will walk the red carpet include CBFC chief Prasoon Joshi, acclaimed director Shekhar Kapur, CBFC board member Vani Tripathi Tikoo, actresses Tamannaah Bhatia, Pooja Hegde, Nayanthara and folk artiste Mame Khan.
This year, Cannes’ Marche’ Du Film will celebrate India as its Official Country Of Honour. As part of these celebrations, the Palais des Festival premiere of R Madhavan’s Rocketry: The Nambi Effect will take place on May 19. The restored version of G Aravindan’s Thamp will also be screened at the film market.
This will be the first time that the market will have an official Country Of Honour and is expected to continue this tradition during its future editions. The India Forum will be the first event to open the conference program of the Marché Du Film on May 19, where the panel discussion, India: The Content Hub of the World, will feature Prasoon Joshi and Shekhar Kapur, among others.
The centenary celebrations of Satyajit Ray will continue at Cannes as a restored classic of the filmmaker — Pratidwandi— will be screened at the Cannes Classic section Cinéma de la plage.
Sonu Nigam brings together 100 artistes from across India for a song
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Sonu Nigam brings together 100 artistes from across India for an acapella piece that cuts across languages, to raise funds for PM-CARES
Sonia Lulla (MID-DAY; May 4, 2020)
Despite the sealed borders keeping him from returning home to India, Sonu Nigam has been neck-deep in work, supporting causes for daily-wagers, and raising awareness for relief funds for the country. It's been a month since Nigam, who is currently holed up in Dubai, began the cumbersome task of breathing life into a passion-project, the brainchild of his industry associate Srinivas. Along with Indian Singers Rights Association CEO Sanjay Tandon, the duo reached out to 100 artistes from across India for the creation of the 14-language track, One nation one voice, which is set to be unveiled by Lata Mangeshkar.
"We had been struggling to find a Sindhi [singer], and that's when we reached out to Ghanshyam Vaswani. Though disconnected from mainstream [music], he has been a ghazal singer for decades. My mother was proficient in Sindhi. So Ghanshyam ji and I collaborated for those portions. Similarly, Papon [worked on] the Assamese [verses], Bhajan Sopori ji and Kailash Kher did the Kashmiri track, Mame Khan crafted Rajasthani [verses] and Krishna [Beura], the Odia portions," Nigam tells mid-day of the song that also includes lines in Bengali, Marathi, Malayalam, and Tamil.
The coalescing of an assortment of home-bound artistes for a single track becomes simpler when employing a digitally transferable background score that they can individually lay their vocals on. But Nigam was creating an acapella piece, which didn't have instruments to play second fiddle in supporting his endeavour.
"We sent two songs to all the singers. One [included] the base track that had been created by [a select few], and included sounds, layers and harmonies. No instruments were used to create this, and it was upon this piece that the singers [recorded their vocals]. We also gave them a reference piece of how we wanted the song to sound, but offered an empty space [for them to experiment]." Those singers who do not have a home-studio had to let the acapella piece play in the background as they recorded their vocals over it, he informs.
There's a peculiar cheer in his voice when he talks of Asha Bhosle's involvement in this number. "With her being by our side, this project has become invaluable. At 86, she has opened this song like a boss. You find yourself wondering how someone at that age can sing so beautifully. I was reduced to tears on hearing her 30-second performance."
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