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Euphoria’s lead singer Dr. Palash Sen joins us, remotely, from his Delhi home, for a long conversation with Host Eva Bhatt, about his  'lockdown' experience & his creative discipline.  The 'Dhoom' singer shares his thoughts and opinions regarding the music industry & its current trends, why he will stick to producing 'original' music only and his tips for independent artists, today. He talks about...

Noted sound engineer & music arranger-composer of blockbuster soundtracks in Bollywood - Sunny M.R., talks to Host Eva Bhatt, in this episode, about the creative & technical aspects of music making. Sunny shares different stories behind the making of some of his award-winning projects like 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' (Best Music Arranger cum Programmer award), 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil', 'Dangal', 'Barfi'...

All ears to the one and only - Amit Trivedi, one of the most creative and successful musicians of our times, who talks to Host Eva Bhatt, in this episode about his beliefs, his approach towards making music and his creative discipline as an artist. While talking about his experience of working on various projects like Queen, Bombay Velvet, Udta Punjab, Dear Zindagi, Manmarziyaan & Andhadhun, he al...

Indian-Canadian playback singer, lyricist & music producer/arranger Shashaa Tirupati talks to Host Eva Bhatt, in this 'remotely' recorded episode. Though having sung for Rahman in numerous projects earlier, (including the National Award winning "Vaan Varuvaan") Shashaa shares about her unforgettable experience of singing 2 songs in A.R. Rahman's '99 Songs'. She considers the soundtrack as to be ha...

This week's episode of 9XM SoundcastE - the Podcast, features the fiery & feisty singer Neha Bhasin, talking to Host Eva Bhatt, remotely, during the current 'lockdown' conditions.  They talk about the best ways to deal with the 'self-isolation' & its side-effects and how to utilize this period in the most productive way. The 'Jag Ghoomeya' & 'Dil Diyan Gallan' singer talks about her latest album '...

Music composer-singer of award-winning songs like ‘ Sunn Raha Hai’ (Aashiqui 2) & ‘Galliyaan’ (Ek Villain) – Ankit Tiwari, talks to Host Eva Bhatt, on this episode. He talks about the success as well as the roadblocks, his approach towards making music, amidst ‘influencer’ & ‘remix’ trends. He talks about the lyricists & technicians, responsible behind his back-to-back chartbusters and the soundtr...

Multiple times award-winning music composer, Pritam Chakraborty, talks to Host Eva Bhatt, just before his live performance called 9XM On Stage, which was a musical tribute to the Indian Army & their families. Pritam talks about his pre-gig routine and his creative discipline for live shows. He is joined by singers like Nakash Aziz, Amit Mishra, Shalmali Kholgade & others, who share their individua...

Mohit Chauhan talks to Host Eva Bhatt, about his incredible musical journey of award-winning songs for A.R. Rahman (‘Rang De Basanti’,’Delhi 6’ ‘Rockstar’, ‘Tamasha’) to Pritam (‘Jab We Met’, ‘Rajneeti’, ‘Love Aaj Kal’ etc.) in this episode. Find out why Rahman called him after a gap of five years, why he prefers to be away from the limelight and the ‘creativity’ he derives from the hills. With no...

This week on 9XM SoundcastE, Host Eva chats with the award-winning singer -Kavita Seth, who is known for her Ghazals & ‘Sufiyana’ renditions. She talks about her story of realizing her childhood dream of becoming a singer, from Bareilly to Bollywoood and about her passion projects about her first love – ‘Poetry’. She also talks about the challenges she faced, with her voice being ‘unconventional’,...

On 9XM SoundcastE, Host Eva chats with the Punjabi Pop legend of the 90s, who is ruling the charts, even today in 202 - Jazzy B, who gave us the classic hit ‘Dil Luteya’ that has now been remixed to ‘Gallan Kardi’ for Jawaani Jaaneman. The King of Bhangra Pop, talks about his story from Jaswinder Singh Bains to Jazzy B, the challenges & changing phases of the music industry, his inspiration & valu...

On the next episode of 9XM SoundcastE, Host Eva chats with India’s YouTube sensation Dhvani Bhanushali. She talks about everything, from what all went behind the making of the pop diva, at such a young age to how she deals with criticism & trolling and about her musical inspirations. She talks about her experiences of working with Guru Randhawa and Tanishk Bagchi and how they helped her become a b...

This week on 9XM SoundcastE, Eva is joined by one of the prominent voices of the Punjabi hip hop music of the 90s - Manj Musik. He talks about the making of ‘RDB’ & it's success, and the reason why it doesn’t exist anymore. He also recounts how Akshay Kumar discovered their songs and got them the big ‘Bollywood’ break, and how different was his experience of making music with Himesh Reshammiya. He...

This week on 9XMSoundcastE, Eva is joined by an extremely talented rapper & musician - Dino James. He talks about his long struggle in finding out his passion, the challenges he faced and how he changed his destiny through his music. Listen to the parts when he talks about his early years, time that he ‘wasted’ in addiction, anger & depression and how he surmounted everything. Write to the host -...

Host Eva Bhatt is joined by the versatile music composer duo, Salim – Sulaiman. Together, they talk about their beginnings in the ad jingle industry to Bollywood, some unheard stories behind some of their iconic songs from movies like ‘Fashion’, ‘Chak De! India’ & ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’. They talk about their mega-musical ‘Umrao Jaan Ada’, their upcoming project ‘Bhoomi 2.0’. Since they have create...

Listen to a special episode of 9XM SoundcastE, where, Host Eva Bhatt, curates the best of 2019, as a year-end roundup. Check out the amazing line up of artists that have featured on this Podcast, ranging from some of the most successful to the creative ‘game changers’ of the year gone by, talking about their unique approach towards music-making, life lessons and their creative discipline. Kick sta...

This week our host, Eva is joined by the singer of award-winning songs like ‘Kajra Re’ (Bunty aur Babli) ‘Jashn-e- Bahara’ (Jodha Akbar), ‘Nagada Nagada’ (Jab We Met) & ‘Kun Faya Kun’ (Rockstar) – JAVED ALI. Listen to some unheard stories shared by the otherwise shy, Javed Ali (The ‘Qawwali’ in ‘Jodha Akbar that was removed or when Rahman made him cover his head before singing). He talks about the...

This week on 9XMSoundcastE, host Eva is joined by the Punjabi ‘munda’ Jassie Gill. He talks about his love for melodies and his approach towards making music, considering market trends and audience response. He also talks about how working with Gurdas Maan changed his approach towards life & success. Hediscusses the changing trends in the Punjabi music scene in Bollywood, the diminishing shelf lif...

This week, host Eva is joined by singer of superhits like ‘Sari Ke Fall Sa’&‘Gandi Baat’ (R...Rajkumar), ‘Jabra Fan’ (Fan), and ‘Slow Motion’(Bharat) - Nakash Aziz. He has lent his voice for actors like SRK, Salman Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, and Ranbir Kapoor. Listen to his fantastic journey of assisting A.R. Rahman on some of his biggest projects, how Pritam discovered the ‘fun’ side in...

This week Bollywood singer, Benny Dayal joins host Eva Bhatt, where he talks about his ‘Bharat Natyam’ days to working as an Event co-ordinator & at a BPO, before taking the plunge into playback singing. How he impressed A. R. Rahman, for whom he sang the award-winning song ‘Kaise Mujhe’ (Ghajini) and why Pritam’s song ‘Badtameez Dil’ made his life ‘miserable’. Tune in to the episode to know more...

This week on 9XMSoundcastE, host Eva is joined by Divya Kumar, the singer of powerful songs like ‘Jee Karda’ (Badlapur) to soulful melodies like ‘Sun Sathiya (ABCD 2) or ‘Halka Halka Suroor’ (Fanney Khan). He talks about the importance of folk & classical music, his learnings. He also talks about the ‘Art of limitation’, as a part of training one’s self, as a singer and the four lines of a ‘Shanka...

This week, host Eva is in conversation with the beautiful voice who is known for her singing in Bollywood songs like Kaun Tujhe’ (M.S.Dhoni) & ‘Chahun Main Ya Naa’ (Aashiqui 2) - Palak Muchhal, She talks about her musical training, her ‘life-changing’ decision, and her creative discipline. Through her music, she has and is continuing to change many lives. Listen to the episode, where she talks abo...

This week on 9XM SoundcastE, host Eva Bhatt is joined by the ‘twin singers’ - Prakriti & Sukriti Kakar. They share their journey from Delhi to Mumbai, their music training, their constant effort to challenge themselves and their creativity etc. They talk about the process behind their singles, what inspires them & they also share some practical tips for aspiring singers. Tune in to the episode whe...

This week on 9XMSoundcastE, host Eva is joined by the super successful and young musicians Onkar & Gautam (The Doorbeen) who are joined by Shreya Sharma, who sang the female vocals in their single ‘Prada’, featuring Alia Bhatt. They also talk about their musical inspirations, their folk influences, and their creative discipline. Shreya Sharma recalls fun anecdotes during the shooting of the song ‘...

This week on 9XMSoundcastE, host Eva Bhatt is joined by Pratibha Singh Baghel who has sung in films like Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, Manikarnika & ‘Saand ki Aankh’. Listen to the entire episode where Pratibha is talking about her journey Madhya Pradesh to Mumbai, her learning from working with Shankar Mahadevan and Salim – Sulaiman & her mega musical project ‘Umrao Jaan Ada – The Musical’, in which...

This week on 9XM SoundcastE, host Eva Bhatt is joined by Nikhita Gandhi - the multi-talented singer, lyricist, composer who has sung in multiple languages. Her Bollywood debut song was the sensational ‘Raabta’ featuring Deepika Padukone, and has lent her voice to some of the famous songs like ‘Qaafirana’ (Kedarnath), ‘Aao Kabhi Haveli Pe’ (Stree) & ‘Sanedo’ (Made in China). She talks about her Ben...