Daily soaps, reality shows, sports, game shows, news, movies etc etc etc!

All this and much more fills up your TV channel list in a bid to provide you entertainment, even if most fail to come near entertaining you in any manner.

However, in the past couple of years there have been some serious attempts to provide quality entertainment and one show, which has definitely succeeded not only in India, but also across the border is none other than Coke Studio @ MTV!

Coke Studio@ MTV

Yes, it is a music based show and no, it is totally unlike fictional or non-fictional shows which normally do wonders for producers and the channel. What started out as an experiment in 2011 has taken new wings and this year, which is the 4^th season for the show, it is all set to entertain the loyal fans of music all year long! Yeah, you read that right! MTV brings you this marvellous piece of entertainment for an entire year which will have not only the traditional studio set-up, but also the videos of songs sung by hugely talented singers and composers from all across the country.

Kailash Kher

One must be tempted to point out that it is yet another music based show, but here is the difference. Bollywood has slowly, but surely killed all forms of alternate music so much so that traditional folk, the un-conventional music is dying out. The market for such music and artists who are the masters of their craft are finding it difficult to compete with the deep pockets of Hindi film music. Film music is definitely popular, but it fails to give space to diversity. It only makes and sells popular music instead of giving listeners some variety and deep music.

In such circumstances it is really a praiseworthy effort of groups like Coca Cola and MTV to join hands and give a platform to music which has been part of our history for centuries. To present such music to the youth of today in a form which appeals to them is a big deal considering that anything related to folk is looked down upon. Thanks to Coke Studio, people have started showing interest in soulful music.

A R Rehman at Coke Studio MTV

Coming to the soul of this show, the immensely talented performers like Amit Trivedi, Pritam, Ram Sampat, Raftaar, Clinton Cerejo, Sachin-Jigar, Harshdeep Kaur, Rekha Bhardwaj, Jyoti Nooran, Vishal-Shekhar etc. will make their contributions. Trust these singers and music composers to come up with the music they believe in instead of catering to demands of stars or producers for individual projects.

Gear up for the soulful music coming to you March onwards and get ready to groove!

Coke Studio MTV – Arif Lohar

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Whoa! Hope you guys didn’t fall off your chairs or beds or wherever you are, after reading this potential breaking news!

Well, it is indeed a potential breaking news, with a very high expectancy of coming true, soon, really very soon!

After all, the way the latest controversy about Shahrukh Khan and musician duo Vishal-Shekhar is playing out in the media, it is no wonder then that the next time SRK decides to buy a new pair of underwear or discards his toilet paper (if he uses one in order to save water and be a good citizen!!), it will become hot news.

By now everyone knows that king of Bollywood has just ‘kicked out’ or ‘shown the door’ or ‘discarded’ Vishal-Shekhar and brought in Pritam for his next film with Rohit Shetty. Well, frankly the words used to describe the parting of ways are not respectful towards either of the parties.

Shahrukh Khan And Rohit Shetty

Allow us to explain.

Firstly, Vishal-Shekhar are not newcomers or those music directors whose existence in Bollywood is only because of SRK. They have been around since 1999 and given music in more than 40 films, out of which only four movies are with Shahrukh. Hence, they deserve more respect than being shown as some small time music guys who depend on a big brand for their survival. And mind you, their music in practically every movie has been different, edgy, and stylish and has connected well with the youth of the country.

Vishal Shekhar

Secondly, Shahrukh himself is a creative guy who has been around for more than two decades and has worked with different kind of filmmakers, music directors, lyricists, choreographers, etc and is not known to stoop so low to go around kicking people out of his projects for his ego trips. Even if he did find the duo not up to the mark and had some differences, he has every right to select someone else. After all, we all can agree to disagree, right?

The point is this is a creative field and not just a place to make money. In creative endeavours, it is important that one works with as many different talents as possible. The resulting chemistry of two talented minds can create some wonders which are not possible if you keep working with the same set of brains in a comfort zone! Pritam has his own way of creating music and once his creative spark meets SRK’s, something new will be created. It might or might not work, but then it is true for any creative process.

Pritam

We guess all these highly talented people should be left to do their jobs with the best of their capabilities. This unnecessary politics of who kicked out and why and what will be the repercussions can only lead to gossip without having any positive outcome.

Let’s wait and watch for the new magic to happen!

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