Shilpa Rao

Shilpa Rao

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Recent Movies

Bang Bang!
Bang Bang!
Action, Thriller
Oct 2014
Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam
Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Action, Thriller
Nov 2012
Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam
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Complete List of 71st National Film Award Winners: Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerji Take Top Honours Bollywood
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Complete List of 71st National Film Award Winners: Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerji Take Top Honours

Mumbai, August 1 - The 71st National Film Awards were officially announced on August 1, 2025, recognising exceptional contributions by actors, filmmakers, and technicians across the country. The awards, presented by India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, honoured films certified in the calendar year 2023. ## Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan scored his maiden national award win as he won this highest national honour for his exceptional performance in director Atlee's action drama Jawan. He shared this honour with Vikrant Massey, who won the award for 12th Fail. Rani Mukerji also scripted history by winning her maiden national award, for Best Actress role in Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway. ## Here Is The Complete List of Award Winners - ## Best Film: 12th Fail## Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani## Best Direction: Sudipto Sen (The Kerala Story)## Best Action Direction: Nandu-Prudhvi (HanuMan)## Best Choreography: Vaibhavi Merchant (Dindhora Baje Re - Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani)## Best Lyrics: Kasarla Shyam (Ooru Palleturu - Balagam)## Best Music Direction: GV Prakash Kumar (Vaathi), Harshavardhan Rameshwar (Animal)## Best Makeup: Shrikanth Desai (Sam Bahadur)## Best Costume Design: Sachin, Divya, Nidhhi (Sam Bahadur)## Best Production Design: Mohandas (2018)## Best Editing: Midhun Murali (Pookkaalam)## Best Sound Design: Sachin Sudhakaran, Hariharan (Animal)## Best Screenplay: Sai Rajesh (Baby), Ramkumar Balakrishnan (Parking)## Best Dialogue: Deepak Kingrani (Sirf Ek Bandha Kaafi Hai)## Best Cinematography: Prasanthanu Mohapatra (The Kerala Story)## Best Playback Singer (Male): Rohit (Premisthunna - Baby)## Best Playback Singer (Female): Shilpa Rao (Chaliya - Jawan) Best Child Artist: Sukriti Bandireddi (Gandhi Thatha Chettu), Kabir Khandare (Gypsy), Treesha Toshar, Shrinivas Pokale, Bhargav (Naal 2)## Best Actor in Supporting Role: Vijayaraghavan (Pookalam), Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar (Parking)## Best Actress in Supporting Role: Urvashi (Ullozhukku), Janki Bodiwala (Vash) ## Best Actor in Leading Role: Shah Rukh Khan (Jawan), Vikrant Massey (12th Fail) ## Best Actress in Leading Role: Rani Mukerji (Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway)## Best Direction: Sudipto Sen (The Kerala Story)## Best Film in AVGC: Hanu-Man## Best Children's Film: Naal 2## Best Film Promoting National, Social Values: Sam Bahadur## Best Debut Film: Aatmapamphlet## Best Tai Phake Film: Pai Tang Step of Hope ## Best Garo Film: Rimdottianga ## Best Telugu Film: Bhagavanth Kesari ## Best Tamil Film: Parking ## Best Punjabi Film: Godday Godday Chaa ## Best Odia Film: Pushkara ## Best Marathi Film: Shyamchi Aai ## Best Malayalam Film: Ullozhukku ## Best Kannada Film: Kandeelu ## Best Hindi Film: Kathal ## Best Gujarati Film: Vash## Best Bengali Film: Deep Fridge## Best Assamese Film: Rongatapu 1982## Stay tuned...

'Kaavaalaa' Song From Rajinikanth's 'Jailer' Hits Massive 100 Million Views On YouTube Kollywood
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'Kaavaalaa' Song From Rajinikanth's 'Jailer' Hits Massive 100 Million Views On YouTube

Chennai, August 5 - Superstar Rajinikanth's action drama "Jailer" is less than a week to go for the big release in cinemas worldwide on August 10. The much-awaited movie is directed by Nelson Dilipkumar and produced by Sun Pictures.## Meanwhile, the high-octane first single "Kaavaalaa" from "Jailer" has set social media on fire. The lyrical video song featuring Tamannaah and Rajinikanth has crossed a massive 100 million views within just 4 weeks, one of the fastest Tamil movie songs to reach the milestone on YouTube.## Sung by Shilpa Rao, and Anirudh Ravichander who also composed, the "Kaavaalaa" song has become a massive chartbuster on YouTube as well as other social media platforms. Fans across the country are making reels on it which is helping the makers to keep the buzz of the movie high.## The song currently has approx. 101 million views with a massive 1.3 million likes on Sun TV's YouTube channel. Arunraja Kamaraj has penned the lyrics of the song.## ## "Jailer" is scheduled to release on August 10, 2023, in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi languages. It also stars Mohan Lal, Jackie Shroff, Shiva Rajkumar, Sunil, Ramya Krishnan, Vinayakan, Mirna Menon, Tamannah, Vasanth Ravi, Naga Babu, and Yogi Babu, among others in key roles.##

Bollywood music artistes rue shortage of female solo songs Bollywood
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Bollywood music artistes rue shortage of female solo songs

New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Women-led films are increasingly being made in Bollywood but it seems like solo songs for female playback singers are not in focus. While women singers might be the priority for special or dance numbers in Bollywood, they are increasingly leaning on non-film songs to show versatility and for better opportunities.## Budding singer Dhvani Bhanushali of "Dilbar" and "Vaaste" fame says she is aware that there are less songs for women in films. "I feel that should change and get better but I think I make up for it by having an independent (music) career," the "Psycho saiyaan" hitmaker told IANS.## On "Dilbar", she was well complemented by Neha Kakkar, who has become the voice of recreations and fastpaced songs in the film industry.## Singer-composer Payal Dev, known for singing in films including Salman Khan-starrer "Dabangg 3", is also rooting for more songs in women's voices but not just dance numbers.## "We should have more in our movies rather than just dance numbers and party songs. Fortunately, we have been seeing that change a bit and a lot of female musicians are coming forward in Bollywood or independent music," she said.## She knows that Bollywood songs have a lot to do with what the movie script demands. So, here comes the significant role of singles.## "I myself have composed and sung singles/non-film songs, so I feel in independent songs, one doesn't face any barrier or follow a particular brief of character. With singles, one can express themselves and with the kind of digital mediums we have, it has been easy to do so," said Payal.## Singer Shilpa Rao, who is enjoying the success of her song "Ghungroo", co-sung with Arijit Singh for Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff-starrer "War", said: "I guess it's quite natural that everyone feels that there are fewer female songs but I think that is a change that is required, especially when there is a global change happening... women actresses, directors, writers, musicians all over the world are constantly talking about having a fair chance to work."## It's not just the women but also men like composer Lalit Pandit who feel that solo female songs have almost "vanished in recent times".## "Even if it's a background song and is picturised on a woman, the voice of the song is of a man! This should be from a music company's point of view as they might be feeling male songs make more money. This could be a fact and a bitter truth. And for that reason, songs are more male-oriented in female-oriented films," said Lalit, who has given some great hits with brother Jatin especially in the nineties.## In fact, he thinks that dance numbers like "Munni badnam hui" are where female voices have "excelled".## Kumar Taurani of Tips Industries also shared examples of Bollywood dance numbers that work in women's voice.## "They (men) bring in the numbers, so a little more priority is there but then there have also been songs like 'Chikni Chameli' and 'Chamma chamma', so female lead songs also work," he shared.## One of the 90s' favorite singers Alka Yagnik, who is currently seen in the role of mentor in the show "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs", shared that back then the trend was different. It was more about one or two singers recording the entire soundtrack of a film.## "The kind of songs they were, those types of songs used to suit the singers' voices. We used to sing the entire album, so an identity used to be made. There used to be a face with a voice, and the songs were good ones. They used to be soulful songs, good composition. We all used to have an identity," the "Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein" singer told IANS.## "Nowadays there are so many singers and musicians of that caliber are not being made, so if there are six songs in one album then every song is sung by different singers. There is a crowd of singers. They get lost in the crowd," she added.## But Shilpa says women don't need special treatment. "In fact, nobody needs special treatment. All we need is proper and equal opportunities for work."## So, if not more then let's start with equal number of solo songs sung by men and women in Bollywood.## For more and latest news about Bollywood, stay tuned with us.

Shilpa Rao claims there is no rivalry among musicians today Bollywood
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Shilpa Rao claims there is no rivalry among musicians today

New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Singer Shilpa Rao has been in the industry for long and she insists there is no rivalry among musicians.## Whispers of bitter feuds and backstabbing politics among singers and musicians in the Indian music industry have been rampant since time immemorial, what with so many artistes vying to score hits. Shilpa, however, insists she has never felt threatened by any singer.## "All the musicians are very friendly, and caring like a family. We tease and have fun with each other. In fact, when we meet each other on the red carpet or at some music event, we say 'I love this song of yours'. We do concerts together sometimes. There are multiple artists at the same concert, so we mingle and talk. There are genuine compliments that come to each other, so I think there is no music rivalry that exists among musicians. Everyone is doing their own thing and nobody shies away from complimenting each other. It's a very healthy way of working," claimed the "Ghungroo" hitmaker, while speaking to IANS.## She adds that she enjoys collaborating with other artists. "I love collaborations. I would love to collaborate with a rapper now. It's high time to do something, so I would love to do that," said the artist.## Shilpa recently joined hands with sitar player Anoushka Shankar and singer-songwriter-cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson to create the song "Those words".## "I have learned from every collaboration of mine and it's such an emotional journey when you interact with another artist. This is what it's become with the song, and you learn so much. When I was there in the UK, I was looking at how everyone works. You end up learning so many things just by observing other musicians and seeing them at work. It's very important to not just do your part and get out, but also spent that time," she said.## "Those words" is one of her non-film songs. "In these cases, you have to figure out a lot of things and judge, and take a call on your own because there is no external force telling you what to do, so in that way, there is more involved as an artist. You pretty much take a call on a lot of things on your own, so that's something different working on a non-film song but the kind of composers we have in today's time, the music scene... I think they are so many who are open to singers coming in and trying to do new things with the song and you know, having more inputs and a little additional involvement in the song," said Shilpa.## "I love that about every composer we have today urge us to try out new things and that's amazing," added the singer, who made her Bollywood debut back in 2007 with the unforgettable "Tose Naina" number in the film, "Anwar".## Is she planning to turn a composer someday? "I don't know. Thank you for asking me that question. It puts me to that thought process. I will think about it and I will try and compose one song at least someday," said the "Khuda Jaane" hitmaker.## For more and latest news about Bollywood, stay tuned with us.