Dharma Productions compensates PNC for a song used in Dostana

Just 3 days before the release of Dostana, its makers Dharma Productions received a little bit of a scare when PNC (Pritish Nandy Communications) filed a case against them for using one of their songs 'Kuch Kum' in Dostana.

Apparently, the story goes that, the song 'Kuch Kum' was originally composed by Vishal-Shekhar for a film which was to be directed by Tarun Mansukhani for the PNC banner. However, the film never took off and Tarun went on to direct Dharma Productions' Dostana.

When Pritish Nandy heard the song featured in Dostana, he was quite livid and raised an objection with the makers - Dharma Productions. However, rather than getting into unnecessary legal tangles, the parties decided to resolve the issue mutually in an out of the court settlement. Eventually, Dharma Productions compensated PNC by paying them Rs.3 crores for just that one song.

While Pritish Nandy must be a relieved man having got his due, the people at Dharma Productions must be surely pondering over this (suddenly turned) expensive song.

NDTV Imagine to air Unforgettable Mega Concert

NDTV Imagine will be airing the Bachchans' Unforgettable Mega Concert on 11 October at 8:30 pm.

Apart from Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya, stars like Ritiesh Deshmukh, Preity Zinta, Akshay Kumar, Madhuri Dixit, Shilpa Shetty and music-director duo Vishal-Shekar will also be performing.

Reliving his experiences on the tour, Amitabh Bachchan said, "Phenomenal!! The quality of the production was unbelievable. The adulation and support from the fans was amazing. What a tour!"

"The first thing that hits you is just the euphoria. It's an outpouring of love from the audience -- it really explodes when actors come on stage," adds Abhishek.

OSO wins Best Music at Asian Film Awards

Vishal-Sekhar triumphed at the best composer category for Om Shanti Om as Secret Sunshine, the South Korean story of a widow's mental breakdown, won big at the 2nd Asian Film Awards announced on Monday in Hong Kong, bagging best movie, best director and best actress for Jeon Do-yeon.

Best actor went to Hong Kong veteran Tony Leung Chiu-wai for his performance in the Ang Lee spy thriller Lust, Caution.

In Secret Sunshine, Jeon plays Shin-ae, a widow who moves to her husband's hometown to start afresh after his death in a traffic accident. Instead, she has to face the kidnapping and murder of her son.

The lifetime achievement award went to Japanese director Yoji Yamada. Organisers paid tribute to late Taiwanese-American director Edward Yang by showing clips from his movies.

The Asian Film Awards is organised by the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

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TASHAN - Six months wait for Vishal Shekhar

It was way back in September 2007 that the music of OM SHANTI OM released to a blockbuster response.

Though it has been more than six months since the music hit the stands and turned out to be a best seller in 2007, OM SHANTI OM still continues to record good sales all over. Meanwhile its composer duo of Vishal and Shekhar patiently waited for their next project to get ready for its arrival.

And now as the month of March reaches its mid point, Vishal and Shekhar get ready to create some TASHAN.

While the film is releasing on 25th April, it's promotion is expected to kick start later this week. Meanwhile the music would be hitting the stands only in March end while going by Yash Raj Film's tradition of spacing the audio and film release by only one month.

In spite of the fact that the selective composer pair didn't have any other release to their names in last so many months, they have hardly been bothered about this fact. Instead they have continued to focus on their other biggie projects in hands while looking forward to the tremendous response that TASHAN is expected to generate on its release.

Stay tuned for more updates!

Joginder Tuteja, Bollywood Trade News Network