 MAR 15- The Customs Department has seized an imported car belonging to
Dia Mirza in a case of alleged duty evasion, department sources in
Mumbai said.
Suspecting duty evasion Customs officials seized the actress' Land
Cruiser and summoned Mirza here to record her statements.
The actress, who is in Goa now, would appear before Customs soon,
the sources said.
Earlier, the department had seized imported cars of actors Salman
Khan and Saif Ali Khan, but returned the vehicles after they paid
the necessary import and custom duties.
Recently, the customs department also seized an imported Land
Cruiser of actress Sushmita Sen on the charge of tax evasion.
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15 - Versatile hindi film singer Asha Bhosle recently
released a brand new album "Asha Reveals The Real RD, " in
New Delhi. The album comprises of the lesser-known numbers
of her composer husband R.D. Burman.
“I have decided to include those songs that I feel what
Pancham liked best. He preferred rhythmic songs. But he
wasn't allowed to do enough of it. He used to be hugely
restricted by what the producers wanted. This album is
homage to him,” Asha said while releasing the album.
The album features 22 personal favourites of R D Burman that
has been recreated under the personal supervision of Asha
Bhosle.
“There are so many good compositions of Pancham that went
unnoticed. It could be, because the songs were filmed on
second leads or vamps. In those days people used to listen
to the songs picturised on main leads only. Now, of course,
times have changed, ” the versatile singer said.
In this album the selections of song are entertaining. There
is lesser-known cabaret numbers 'Aaj ji raat koi aane ko hai,'
picturised on Helen in 'Anamika. ' Then it has Kishore
Kumar’s number 'Pyar diwana hota hai' from 'Kati Patang'. It
also has cabaret song 'Karle pyar karle', which was actually
composed by R D Burman but credited to father S.D. Burman.
"I've selected songs that I hadn't sung originally, like
Kishore Kumar's 'Hum bewafa' ('Shalimar'), Usha Uthup's
'One, two cha cha cha' ('Shalimar') and Lata didi’s 'Jaane
kya baat hai' ('Sunny'), Asha said.
For the first time extensive bass, strings, chorus sections
and live rhythm and percussions have been used in this
album. The songs have been re-arranged by Nitin Shankar.
This album is a real homage to a music composer who
unarguable is one of the legends of Hindi film music |
