Navin Kundra

UK’s singing sensation Navin Kundra is on his way to Bollywood! He will be the playback singer for none other than Akshay Kumar in his new film entitled ‘Kambakht Ishq’ (Rishi Rich Productions).

The announcement was made at Tiffin Bites restaurant in the UK.

Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan launched London’s new ZEE Radio on February 16th. It took place at the ZEE Carnival 2008, an Asian lifestyle exhibition held at the Grand Hall in Kensington, Olympia, Central London. The 3-day celebration as also attended by other leading Bollywood stars as well.

Amazing musical artists also were there to perform, like Jay Sean and the Eastern Illusion dancers accompaning Navin Kundra (http://www.myspace.com/navinkundra), who rocked the crowd not only with Bollywood numbers such as ‘Dus Bahane’ but to the sheer delight of the packed audience, with his new super hit, Zinda Hoon (see video).

According to Lakhvinder Baddhan, “ZEE Radio will be a Bollywood centric station with an output consisting of 65% Hindi and 35% English. The station’s strap line has been confirmed as “Dil Se…Bollywood.” (courtesy bizasia.co.uk, which is part of media247.co.uk)

Schedule
Early breakfast show
Main breakfast show
Daily Bollywood news show (primetime)
Drive time (16:00 and 19:00)

Founder of BizAsia.co.uk and Sabras Radio Operations Manager (for three years) Raj Baddhan, was confirmed as the Station Manager for ZEE Radio. He said, “In this competitive sector, ZEE Radio has set out a clear strategic plan to bring back wholesome family entertainment in an innovative way. We’re confident about the shows we have put together and we’re sure our loyal ZEE followers will welcome this new revolution in UK Asian radio.” (courtesy bizasia.co.uk)

We’ll be adding continuing coverage of the events going on regarding Zee Radio here on ICB, so stay tuned. In the meanwhile, enjoy the videos of Shahrukh Khan, Jay Sean and Navin Kundra.

Navin Kundra is back with the electrifying new single, Zinda Hoon, following the success of his number 1 debut hit single, Tukde Tukde. Written, composed, produced and sung by Navin, the Club Mix of Zinda Hoon is already making waves across the British-Asian music scene, having been play-listed on almost every major asian radio station across the UK and being featured as the BBC Asian Networks Big One and Clubasia’s winner of Tastemakers. Zinda Hoon also sees Navin facing the camera for the very first time in the stylish accompanying music video. The trailers are creating a rage online and the release is highly anticipated.

Zinda Hoon is very different from Tukde Tukde says Navin, “but I think that people who liked Tukde Tukde will definitely like this new track. It’s a club mix so people can really move to it and get lost in the banging beats and trance sounds of the song. The depth of the Hindi lyrics also give the track a whole new dimension, and again is different to Tukde Tukde which was written in Punjabi.”

So how does it feel to be a 22 year old with a debut number 1 single under his belt? “I want to achieve so much more! Yes…having my first song go to number 1 and stay there for 3 weeks amongst some of the biggest Bollywood soundtracks was an amazing feeling, but that was just my first song! I have to keep moving forward and now people’s expectations are very high which makes it hard, but also makes for an attractive challenge which I’m ready to take on and give my all.”

Talking about the lyrics of Zinda Hoon, Navin says “I’m sure the sentiment is something that we’ve all felt at some point. Often we just go through the motions of living life and in the process, we tend to lose focus of the things that matter and the direction we want to take our lives in. That really comes through in the original version of the song which will feature on my upcoming EP, but this is the Club Mix baby! This is for you to freak out to and enjoy the experience!

Zinda Hoon is the second single taken from Navin’s forthcoming debut album and will be released as an EP imminently with an exclusive track featuring a collaboration between Navin, Rishi Rich and Jay Sean. To watch the music video, to download this brand new track and for further information about Navin, visit www.myspace.com/navinkundra.