Akshit Choudhary

akshit.choudhary@asianetnews.in

Akshit Choudhary

akshit.choudhary@asianetnews.in

Singer Daler Mehndi reveals why Tunak Tunak Tun has DJ Marshmello, Deadmau5 dancing to his beats

Jan 31, 2019, 5:26 PM IST

The veteran musician also revealed how the famous dance move from the Tunak Tunak Tun music video came about.

Mohammed Rafi, the ultimate singer too big for playback

Mohammed Rafi: First to set Saare Jahaan Se Achchha to tune; other rarely recalled facts about the singer

Dec 24, 2018, 1:11 PM IST

Mohammed Rafi has by far been the only playback singer whose voice remained steady throughout his career spanning five decades. Mastering the legendary range of his notes would make one a true flagbearer of his legacy, one whom we have not discovered yet since his death in 1980

Bhubaneswar: KIIT University students clash, over 40 hospitalised; Section 144 imposed

KIIT University students clash over eve-teasing incident, more than 40 hospitalised

Nov 25, 2018, 1:36 PM IST

Following an incident of a second-year B Tech mechanical engineering student allegedly harassing and teasing a final year female law student, on the evening of November 23, the law student and her batchmates protested at the B Tech hostel, demanding an apology. The accused, Rakesh Rathod, had to come out of his hostel and apologise

Aadhaar Columbia University book Narendra Modi social benefits unique biometric ID

Columbia University profs write book appreciating PM Modi's way of handling Aadhaar

Nov 11, 2018, 12:06 PM IST

A collaboration of the government and private sectors, international and local participation, and community involvement designed by the Narendra Modi administration to make Aadhaar work for social benefits energised a system that was conceived in the 1990s but was not working for more than two decades, say William Eimicke and Howard Warren Buffett in their book Social Value Investing: A Management Framework for Effective Partnerships

Malayalam superstar Prithviraj's mother rescued from flooded house in Kerala

Aug 16, 2018, 12:35 PM IST

Kerala is suffering from one of its worst flooding disasters in decades. Malayalam actor Prithviraj's mother was rescued after their house was flooded.

Whenever Kishore Kumar refused a song initially, it would turn out a gem or launch a career

Whenever Kishore Kumar refused a song initially, he would later make it a gem or make it launch a career

Aug 4, 2018, 12:43 PM IST

The legendary, versatile singer from Khandwa of Madhya Pradesh, who was born this day in 1929, Kishore Kumar would, once in a while, refuse a song under the pretext that it was too difficult to render. When the composer would finally convince him that he was the most suited for the number, he would deliver a marvel. Or, he would refuse a song to give a budding artiste an opportunity to rise in career, and the new kid on the block would leave the audience floored.

Paltan trailer: JP Dutta's war movie looks like old wine in new bottle

Aug 3, 2018, 12:50 PM IST

JP Dutta's Paltan looks like he is trying to recreate the charm of Border. The movie is based on the events that occurred after the 1962 Indo-China war.