Gangubhai Hangal, Hindustani Classic Vocalist, Kirana Gharana, passes away

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Gangubhai Hangal, a Hindustani Music Vocalist has passed away. She belonged to Kirana gharana in Khyal style.

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Link to be used:
Hindustani music exponent Gangubai Hangal passes away - India - NEWS - The Times of India


Biography at Wikipedia

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Danny Boyle's Music wins Golden Globe for Indian Musician and plus three awards

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Slumdog Millionaire movie directed by the BRITISH DIRECTOR Danny Boyle won four awards including the first Music Award for an Indian Music Director.
Source used: http://www.goldenglobes.org/ of Hollywood Foreign Press Associatioin.

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Sources to be used:
I was terrified before Golden Globe awards: Rahman-India-The Times of India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Slumdog_Millionaire_It_all_started_in_Allahabad/articleshow/3972292.cms

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Kindly note that Slumdog Millionaire has already been included as an important topic meant for Prelims 2009.
Further, the story of Slumdog Millionaire is based on a novel Q and A written by a career Diplomat Vikas Swaroop. Last year, another IFS officer, whom the nation must remember wokring as a spokesman of the foriegn Ministry, Navtej Sarna (A boy from Chandigarh) has penned historic Novel "The Exile" based on the life of Maharaja Dalip Singh, son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. That book is also added to the list important probable questions for Prelims 2009 for Art and Culture Section as well history section which I have yet to begin.

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Noted filmmaker B R Chopra passes away-India-The Times of India

Noted filmmaker B R Chopra passes away-India-The Times of India

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Benegal's Film Screening in London Film Festival

Banegal's 'Welcome to Sajjanpur' at London film festival

"Welcome to Sujjanpur" a film by Shyam Benegal, will be screened in prestigious London Film Festival in October 2008. It will be screened in OWE1 and Waterman's Art Centre, London.

The film is produced by UTV Spot Boy.

It is reported in The Hindu (Link given above), that Benegal said, "The film is an entertaining, musical and comic interpretation of characters and events that are at once hilarious and poignant." The comic side is build around a character named Mahadev.