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Vishal-Shekhar
Vishal & Shekhar performing live in Flare 2012 at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar
Background information
Genres	Indian film music
Occupations	Music Director, Singer, Actor
Years active	1999–present
Associated acts	Pentagram, Akon

Vishal-Shekhar are a music directing duo (Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani) for Hindi films. They have had a number of successes including Jhankaar Beats, Om Shanti Om, Salaam Namaste, Dus, Bluffmaster, Tashan, Bachna Ae Haseeno, Dostana, Anjaana Anjaani, Ra.One and more.

Career[link]

The duo rose to prominence when they composed the score for the film Jhankaar Beats which included the hit song "Tu Aashiqui Hai". Their efforts paid off when they won the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent for Jhankaar Beats. The music for the film Musafir became popular with young people in India and overseas. They combined techno music with Indian sounds. The score included the hits "Saaki" and "Door Se Paas". 2005 was a good year for the duo as they composed the scores for three hit films: Salaam Namaste, Dus and Bluffmaster.

Vishal Dadlani (aka Abhishek Singhal) is also the vocalist of Mumbai-based electronic band Pentagram.

Shekhar Ravjiani is a trained classical singer and has a sound base of Indian music. Shekhar was a participant of Zee TV singing contest Sa Re Ga Ma Pa in 1997.

Other acts[link]

Vishal-Shekhar have been judges on the popular star hunt show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 and the musical talent show Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star with director and choreographer Farah Khan. They are the judges on Amul Star Voice Of India Mummy Ki Superstars. They were mentors and judges in the Zee TV reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar with Sajid-Wajid and Daler Mehndi. The have composed title track for Star Plus' upcoming daily Navya.

They have also composed the IPL theme song of season 3 and Anthem of Kolkata Knight Riders.

Vishal-Shekhar will be the World's first ever musicians to perform for a live audio concert which will be accessible on mobile phones and the internet. They are excited to be the pioneer in the show which may put them in the Guinness Book Of World Records.^[1]

Following the terror attacks on Mumbai on 26 November 2008, Vishal Dadlani launched a petition to ban live media coverage during the rescue operations.^[2]

They are the composers behind the Kailash Kher's song "Allah Ke Bande" from Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II.

On January 23, 2012, Vishal and Shekhar performed at Spring Fest 2012 in IIT Kharagpur.^[3]

On February 15, 2012, Vishal and Shekhar perfomed at Crossroads 2012 in SRCC, which went on to become the largest college festival in the country that year.^[4][5]

On March 25, 2012, Vishal and Shekhar with Shruti Pathak performed live at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University in Flare (Techno-Cultural Fest).^[6]

On May 1, 2012 on the ocassion of Maharashtra Day, Shekhar Ravjiani released his first solo Marathi single 'Saazani'. Shekhar, who has also sung the number besides composing it, performed for the first time on the Marathi music reality show Zee Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. “I always wanted to do a Marathi song considering Maharashtra has always been special for me. Not just now, in the past too, I have spent a lot of time in the state, especially Nashik. We had a farmhouse there that I would visit a lot as a kid. Plus, I am very fond of Marathi music,” says Shekhar, who finds Hridaynath Mangeshkar and Suresh Wadkar “absolutely amazing”.

Discography[link]

Music director (Vishal & Shekhar)[link]

Lyricist (Vishal Dadlani)[link]

Playback singer (Vishal Dadlani)[link]

Playback singer (Shekhar Ravjiani)[link]

References[link]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfaUfbqFOi8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAaWoz9wJ_4

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Sonu Kakkar is an Indian playback singer, born as Niti Kakkar, in Rishikesh (then U.P. now in Uttarakhand, India). At the age of five she started singing in jagrans (Hindu devotional gatherings). After some years her family shifted to New Delhi. Then famous Bollywood music director Sandeep Chowta noticed her voice in a contest and the result is "babuji zara dheere chalo".

The most popular dance song of recent times since then she is regular in Bollywood playback singing.

Nusrat fateh ali khan is her inspiration. It was the time time when most of the aspiring female singers were following lata mangeshkar and asha bhosle kind of singing style but she followed the other way of full throated voice. Sandeep chowta counts Sonu as one of his most favourite singers. She has won MTV IMMIES AWARD for her song babuji. At the very young age she has performed with musicians like Virgil Donati, Frank Gambale, Bunny Brunel and Mitch Forman. She has also worked with A R Rahman. Her recent single "Mallika I Hate You" is another superhit as well.

Singles[link]

• "Aali re Sali re" (No One Killed Jessica) (2011)
• "Relarey" Telugu Film (Kedi) (2010)
• "Abe Saale" (Toss) (2009)
• "Blue theme" (Blue) (2009)
• "Bareilly ke bazzar mein (Jail) (2009)
• "Rama Rama" (Shivamani), Kannada [2009]
• "Jeena" (Mukhbiir) (2008)
• "Hitchki" (Risk) (2007)
• "O sikandar" (Corporate) (2006)
• "Dhinam Dhinam Deepavali" Tamil Film Varalaru (2006)
• "Bin Laden" Kannada Film Jogi (2005)
• " Mudduletti" Telugu Film (Super) (2005)
• "Mallika i hate you" (mallika i hate you)
• "Sun charkhe di" (call of the lover- mitti)
• "Yaadan teri yaad" (now that's sandeep chowta)
• "Ni main yaar manana ni" (virus)
• "Babuji zara dheere chalo" (Dum) (2003)
• "Ishq da tadka" (Naach) (2003)
• "lawani" (Bombay to Goa)
• "Hypnotize" - Karen David feat. Sonu Kakkar & Ishq Bector

Source[link]

• - Hindi Song
• - Sonu Kakkar perfoming [sic] live in Ludhiana

http://sonukakkar.com/

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Kamal Khan is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film Octopussy. He is portrayed by Louis Jourdan.

Khan is a suave exiled Afghan prince living in India in the Monsoon Palace. He has a penchant for fine food and liquor, priceless jewels, "hunting" humans, and atomic weaponry. In the film, he associates with the power-crazed General Orlov in an attempt to unleash nuclear holocaust in Western Europe, by planning to detonate a nuclear bomb inside a US airbase, using his jewel smuggling partner Octopussy's Circus as a cover. The ensuing outrage at this "accident" will encourage NATO to abandon nuclear arms, and allow Orlov's armies to invade the West. In return, Khan gets valuable jewels stolen directly from the Kremlin.

Unfortunately for Khan, his activities catch the attention of British Intelligence, who send Agent 009 to investigate to East Germany. When 009 is killed by henchmen Mischka and Grischka, James Bond is sent instead.

After a humiliating defeat by Bond at backgammon, Khan tries multiple times to kill the spy. First he sends Gobinda in pursuit of him in a tuk tuk, only for Bond to outrun him. He then sends Gobinda to knock him out in his hotel room after sending Magda to seduce him, after which Bond is held captive in Khan's palace, only for him to escape through the jungle the next day. He then sends his henchman to raid Octopussy's palace after finding out that Bond is staying there, only for Bond to escape once more.

Bond pursues Khan from East Germany to West Germany, as he travels with Octopussy's circus. General Orlov is shot dead by soldiers when trying to cross the border into West Germany, while Bond manages to reach the circus at the American Air Force base to deactivate the bomb that Khan and Orlov had transported there. During the commotion, Khan's pay is lost in a car accident and confiscated by the KGB.

After Khan and Gobinda raid Octopussy's palace in India and kidnap her, they climb aboard Khan's plane. Bond jumps onto the outside of the plane and defeats Gobinda in hand-to-hand combat while Khan makes the plane do dangerous flips and turns in an attempt to kill Bond, who then detaches the fuel line causing the plane to nosedive, leaping off with Octopussy just as Khan desperately tries to land on a runway. Due to the runway being too short, Khan ends up going over a cliff and perishes when he crashes into the side of a mountain and the plane explodes.

While unquestionably a villain, Prince Kamal Khan has a few social graces. Prince Khan does at least have the good manners to invite James Bond to a formal dinner at his palace in India, where he is served souffle. The pleasure of the dinner is somewhat lessened when Prince Khan informs Bond that he is to be interrogated the next day. He is also gracious enough to provide James Bond a tuxedo to wear to the dinner, so Commander Bond may at least be properly dressed for the occasion.

Henchmen[link]

Imogen Heap
Background information
Birth name	Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap
Born	(1977-12-09) 9 December 1977 (age 34)
Origin	Havering, Essex, England
Genres	Electronica, alternative, indie, synthpop,[1] folktronica, ambient, dream pop, rock
Occupations	Musician, singer, songwriter, visual artist
Instruments	Vocals, keyboards, array mbira, cello, clarinet, guitar, drums, keytar, nail violin, vocal percussion, synthesizer, sampler, organ, Hang, vocoder
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Almo Sounds (1998–2001) Megaphonic (2005–present) RCA Victor (2006–present)
Associated acts	Frou Frou Urban Species IAMX MIKA
Website	imogenheap.com

Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap ( /ˈɪmədʒɨn ˈhiːp/; born 9 December 1977 in the London Borough of Havering)^[2] is a Grammy Award-winning English singer, composer and songwriter from Havering, Essex. She is known for her work as part of the musical duo Frou Frou and her solo albums, which she writes, produces, and mixes. She has produced three solo albums, the latest of which is 2009's Ellipse, which was a North American chart success and earned Heap two Grammy nominations, winning Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.^[3]