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Meet Subodhh Sharma, new voice behind Awarapan 2 song Ve Junoon, music arranger plucked from obscurity after viral video

Meet Subodhh Sharma, new voice behind Awarapan 2 song Ve Junoon, music arranger plucked from obscurity after viral video

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How Instagram helped Subodhh bag Ve Junoon Even as he continued working as a music arranger, Subodhh continued to collaborate with his father, Pt. Prithvi Raj Sharma, singing, arranging and producing some of the music he composed. Subodhh routinely shared videos of these songs in his voice on social media. One such performance eventually made its way to Instagram, where a video of Subodhh singing caught the attention of producer Vishesh Bhatt. According to a source, the filmmaker was impressed by the ‘rawness, vulnerability and emotional honesty’ in Subodhh’s voice, signing him up for the soundtrack of Awarapan, which eventually culminated in Ve Junoon. Subodhh now joins a legion of talents who found their break in Vishesh Films’ soundtracks, notably Arijit Singh, who broke through with a song in Murder 2. About Awarapan 2 Directed by Nitin Kakkar, Awarapan 2 is a direct sequel to the 2007 film, Awarapan. It brings Emraan Hashmi back as Shivam, and also stars Disha Patani, Shabana Azmi, Salil Acharya, and Suvinder Vicky in key roles. Its soundtrack features songs …

‘American chess will fade into obscurity’

‘American chess will fade into obscurity’

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The exponential rise of Indian chess talents is a result of solid ‘structural support, good mentors and backing from the country’ which the United States of America lacks and it’ll lead their chess scene to nowheresville is what the American Grandmaster Hans Niemann believes. Praising the Indian chess ecosystem, while also pointing out the obvious flaws in American chess, Neimann wrote on X (Twitter), “The rise of Indian chess talents is largely due to structural support. Anand mentors all of the top players, large companies and the government support them financially. America has no infrastructure, all of the most talented players go to Ivy leagues and quit chess. If we want to dominate the chess world, we need to support young talents instead of buying players from other countries like mercenaries. If things continue this way, American chess will fade into obscurity.” India, who have the current world champion in D. Gukesh, are also the defending champion of the Olympiad in both open and women’s sections. Story continues below this ad Earlier, Another US GM, …

Zeenat Aman says she was reluctant to attend award show, recalls ‘self-imposed obscurity’ from public eye | Bollywood

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Aug 20, 2024 02:55 PM IST Zeenat Aman took to her Instagram to share a picture from the IIFA awards a decade ago, when she was recognized for Outstanding Achievement in Cinema. Zeenat Aman often shares anecdotes from her career and life journey with her fans through Instagram. The veteran actor has now shared a picture from the IIFA awards ceremony from over a decade ago, and recalled how she was reluctant to go out in the public as that was the time when she was away from the public eye. (Also read: Zeenat Aman shares pic of her sans make-up, says she still gets nervous before events: ‘I start out as frumpy Z aunty’) Zeenat Aman shared memories of attending an award ceremony. Zeenat Aman’s latest post Zeenat was seen in a sparkling black gown in the picture, as she held her IIFA Award and smiled for the cameras. In the caption, she began: “There aren’t too many pictures of me from this phase of my life. And certainly very few glamorous ones. Which …