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CD Review: The Bombay Royale… a musical romp through the mythology of cinema music born of the blending of eastern and western subcultures

The Bombay RoyaleArtist: The Bombay Royale
Title: The Island of Dr. Electro
Label: HopeStreet Recordings
Genre: synthesizing Indian classical and folk music with Western styles such as surf, rock and disco/soundtrack

CD Review by Dawoud Kringle

Formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2010 by musical director and saxophonist Andy Williamson, The Bombay Royale is an 11-piece Australian band fronted by singers Parvyn Kaur Singh and Shourov Bhattacharya. Taking soundtracks of 1960’s and 1970’s Bollywood movies as their main source of inspiration, their music synthesizes Indian classical and folk music with Western styles such as surf, rock and disco. In their beginning, they played covers of popular Hindi songs from the 60s and 70s. They have since composed and performed original music.

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Upcoming Bollywood movie and soundtrack: My Name is Khan, an epic romantic drama with universal appeal!

About the movie

This is the trailer of the  upcoming Bollywood film My Name Is Khan based on a true story of one man’s (played by one of Newsweek’s 50 most powerful people in the world, Shahrukh Khan) journey across America post 9/11. Directed by Karan Johar and starring Shahrukh Khan and Kajol.

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