Dhanush: Music is my life, I’ll perish without it

The Raanjhanaa actor maintains that music is first love

The actor has written songs for few Tamil films like Mayakkam Enna, 3, Ethir Neechal and upcoming film Maryan.

“Music is my life, without music I will just perish, I cannot perform. Whenever I perform, there is some music running in my head and I perform for that music,” the 29-year-old said here Friday at the launch of the cover of Star Week magazine featuring him and Sonam Kapoor.”Music is my food, my love, my life, everything,” he said.

Dhanush’s Why this kolaveri di became a rage in 2012. He had penned and sung it.

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Bhaag Milkha Bhaag music review: A winning soundtrack!

Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi

Singers: Siddharth Mahadevan, Sukhwinder Singh, Divya Kumar, Javed Bashir, Shreya Ghoshal, Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa

The music of Rakesh Omprakash Mehra's "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" has eight tracks, including a Gurbani rendition. While a lot of the songs are inclined towards fun and passion, the romantic tracks also manage to steal a bit of limelight in the album.

The album starts with a "Gurbani", soulfully rendered by Daler Mehndi to create a mood of peace.

"Zinda", sung by multiple singers like Suhas Sawant, Raman Mahadevan, Mani Mahadevan and Siddharth Mahadevan, has an inspiring passion and intensity. The guitar riffs at the song's beginning are impressive, while the background music along with tough lyrics make the song very encouraging. From hard rock music in the background, the song gradually takes a turn towards a soft, smooth melody.

"Maston ka jhund" has already become the favourite of many youngsters. With singer Divya Kumar crooning in the track, it can be easily tagged as a boys' number. The beats are rhythmic and foot tapping.

Raanjhanaa Review: Regressive Story with a romantic hero of a rare breed

Cast: Dhanush, Sonam Kapoor, Abhay Deol, Swara Bhaskar, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayub

Director: Anand L Rai

Rating: Three and a half stars

Raanjhanna is a Romantic love story that does not fall within the confines of a dull Bollywood Romance.

A good show from everyone in the film and Dhanush projects excellence whenever he appears on the screen. Dhanush has got all the eyes of the watcher as a romantic hero in his Hindi debut and not with the look of a Bollywood Hero. Sonam Kapoor seems to have bettered her acting skills and she looks quite convincing before and after interval.

The dialogues have been sketched down soundly. Dialogues are convincing making the characters of the movie impressionable.  

A.R. Rahman's soundtrack is music to the ears and the film is rightly filled with song and dance sequences. The ones that are truly likeable are 'Piya Milenge', 'Tum Tak', the title track and 'Tu Mun Shudi,' which, by the way, is quite similar to 'Dhakka Laga Bukka' from Mani Ratnam's 'Yuva'.

Be it for its technical pros or for Dhanush's Bollywood debut, 'Raanjhanaa' makes for a good watch this weekend. 

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Deepika Padukone to perform at IIFA awards in Macau

Deepika Padukone to perform at IFFA awards in Maca by performing on her hit numbers like 'Tumhi ho bandho' and 'Balam pichkaari' at the upcoming 14th IIFA awards in Macau this July 6.

The 27-year-old actress will set the stage ablaze by showcasing some of her signature moves from the recent hit songs like 'Angreezi beats, 'Tumhi ho bandho' and 'Balam pichkaari'.

"Im thrilled to be performing at the IIFA this year. I will be performing to some of my favorite songs from my recent release 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' and 'Cocktail'. This will also be my first visit to Macau and I hope my fans enjoy my performance," Deepika said in a statement here.

Postmortem report confirms Bollywood actress Jiah Khan died of hanging

Postmortem report of Jiah Khan has concluded that the Bollywood actress died due to hanging and no external injuries were found on her body, police said on Wednesday.

"The postmortem report has found that the death of Jiah Khan was due to hanging and no other external wounds were found," they said.

Jiah (25) hanged herself at her residence in western Mumbai on June 3, allegedly over broken relationship with aspiring actor Suraj Pancholi, son of actor couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab.

Police are yet to verify if the letter was indeed written by Jiah and are awaiting report of handwriting experts.